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Mindfulness Project

Mindfulness Project
The Mindfulness Project is a radical new approach to a holistic life style. We combine proven methods from the fields of permaculture, meditation, yoga and nutrition into an integrated healing system of transformation for ourselves and our environment.
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Pictures of January 2017

Aziz Kaouass
Last week I was in the village for planting trees, observe with the idea to dig swales and perhaps build gabions. A link to some pictures, please help me with the names of the native plants in some of the pictures. If you know the name please leave a comment.  Masaoudah March next trip.
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Permaculture Design Course (PDC) at Greyton, Western Cape, South Africa, 15th to 26th April 2017

Ezio Gori
Facilitated by Ezio “Buzz” Gori from www.permaculture2012.co.za This PDC is internationally accredited with the Permaculture Research Institute (PRI), Australia, and, the Permaculture Association, Britain.To book your place, contact Ezio Gori on whatabuz@iafrica.comDownload the PDC advert at www....

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Permacultura Aboré

Permacultura Aboré
Permaculture project in Indaiatuba, SP, Brazil
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Olive Tree Pruning and Mulching

Rachel Jessee
After the early November olive harvest, the 1000 olive trees got their first ever pruning since their plantation 16 years ago! We've been collecting the branches, putting many before the goats and sheep to indulge in their leaves before sending smaller branches then to the wood-chipper and reserv...

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Dar Slimane

Dar Slimane
5 hectares 30 minutes outside of Marrakech. Established olive grove since 2001 that has incorporated permaculture gardens, animal sanctuary, artist residency and taking on other sustainable initiatives.
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CCRES GINKGO BILOBA

Zeljko Serdar
Despite the lack of well-controlled studies to support the use of Ginkgo biloba leaf extract for prevention and treatment of memory impairment, ginkgo products continue to be heavily marketed and widely used. In 1997, sales of Ginkgo leaf extract products reached $240 million in the United States...

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We have moved to the city - the "before" picture

João Gonçalves
the before stage picture at https://ecotrabalho.joomla.com/43-a-foto-do-antes-em-transicao-para-a-permacultura
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Taking my 3rd PDC

mary combs
I have enrolled in Geoff Lawton's 2017 PDC. The last time around I designed a property for some friends - this time around after 4-1/2 years of observation and some early projects, I will be designing my own property, and really going to town on implementation. I have started building my dairy h...
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Online campaign for my Ecovillage Design Education

Cori Alessa Co
Hey, everyone. I'm doing whatever possible way I can to be able to gather support from all of you since I have been accepted to attend the Ecovillage Design Education training course for Sustainability in India. Please check out this link :  http://www.wethetrees.com/campaigns/creating-regenerat...
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La Lomita Homestead

La Lomita Homestead
La Lomita is a 2.5 acres diversified family smallholding, located in the cloud forest of Central Veracruz that has been designed as an ecological homestead with a high degree of self-sufficiency in mind. It has been converted from a degraded pasture to a lush tropical paradise. Together with like...
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Forest garden, polyculture orchard and food savannah

Barbara Scheltus - van den Berg
At the moment we are working on 3 food forests on our terrain: 1. A food forest in a jungly area between the field and the forest,2. A food forest on the field between the living fence and the vegetable park: the "food savannah" 3. The plum orchard will be turned into a more varied forest garden...

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Hundred Fruit Farm

Hundred Fruit Farm
Hundred Fruit Farm is located in beautiful Buckingham, Pennsylvania. We are a small, ten-acre diversified no-spray permaculture orchard and farm that uses only regenerative farming methods - no sprays, chemical fertilizers, GMOs, antiobiotics, etc. The farm was started in 2015, born out of a desi...
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First Update of 2017 - A Lot Has Happened!!!

John Lee
   Wow, I have been working with Wakarusa Valley Permaculture for almost a year now!  I moved all of my plants and belongings from Colorado in the beginning of April 2016 to begin a new site that would be farm-scale (hopefully using keyline design which we have begun!) and create a new hub for th...
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Seeking enthusiastic help!

Samantha Harbecke
We have an existing 6 bedroom home for accommodation.  All food is provided plus limited internet access. We are seeking like minded and enthustic helpers who wish to live rent-free, in the heart of some wonderful country for a minimum of 1 month....more if you love it as much as we do!!  Serious...

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New Construction

Samantha Harbecke
So....we got some earthworks completed in August....and the main house has a much greener outlook....however....we have decided to extend our home....or rather build a new one....in the trees!!  Check out our project for more details  https://permacultureglobal.org/projects/2765-hills-n-hollows
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Bird Buffet

Jami G4
Now that I'm living full-time at the Harn, I wanted to increase the bird population.  There is now a heated bird bath that so far seems to be unused, some peanut butter suet, a sunflower seed feeder that requires refilling daily, and a deer carcass where I also put goodies like cranberry relish. 
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The Harn

Jami G4
Our original plan was to build a pole barn for a small apartment, workshop and storage while we later built a cabin for living - possibly a SIP or cordwood building.  We built a 20' x 30' living space in the east end of the pole barn and called it The Harn (House-Barn... H-arn... Harn).  In the e...
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