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"The Backyard"

"The Backyard"
"The Backyard" is a 110 acre Permaculture Project in Northern California. It is being designed as an eco village type educational center.
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Spreading the Word

Chief Phillip 'Cloudpiler' Landis
Condor/Eagle Chapter in Columbus began a Food Forest project last month, kicking things off with a PDC Introduction Workshop followed by a demonstration of Berm and Swale systems, including the use of Key Line. As a result of the project, a new Farmer's Market and CSA has sprung up in Old Town C...
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Teaching is part of Fair Share

Chief Phillip 'Cloudpiler' Landis
Nemenhah Youth Chapter in Bowling Green, OH has begun their demonstration Food Forest at King's Kids School.  Zone one is nearly complete with kitchen gardens designed to reduce the cost of the King' Kids Minsitry.  The Nuzums have had as many as thirty children (most are handicapped or come from...
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Start at your doorstep - John and Laura's Shade-garden makeover, Inner Urban Sydney

Cecilia Macaulay
"If you want to change the world, start at your back doorstep" said Permaculture's Bill Mollison. John and his big sister Cecilia   Here is the story of how John and Laura turned a shady dirt-patch into a little jewel-box organic garden. 1. Start by Subtractio...
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Joel Salatin: debt-free farming for beginners

Kirsten Bradley
Last summer, when Joel Salatin was at our farm, we asked him a question or two. The first one was: what’s your advice for young-uns who want to farm but don’t want to get into debt? You see, at Milkwood Farm we’re very committed to positive balances. Positive natural balances, and posi...
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Stop Pooing on Drinking Water!

Jorge Crespo
This is the way we at Monte Aton address the issue of converting a problem into an oportunity. The oveall system mimics the Jenkins's system depectied in his Humanure book. The system is composed of a bucket sized 42 cm high, 46 cm wide (top) and is self-supported. This buckets suppport almost...

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Vajra Azaya

Vajra Azaya
Permaculture multi-purpose community located in Central Texas.
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EarthSong Retreat

EarthSong Retreat
Six acre residential. Water management, food forest, gardening, additional housing and demonstration area.
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Photos of the Permaculture Neighborhood center

Erik Ohlsen
Here are some Pictures from the last two years of our project. Hopefully you can get a sense of what the property was like before transformation covered in asphalt and gravel. Now you can see it is full of life,the soil has responded to our rehabilitation techniqies we're catching and storing wat...

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Permaculture Neighborhood Center

Permaculture Neighborhood Center
The Permaculture Neighborhood Center, PNC is a 1/3 acre lot, transformed from an asphalt parking lot to a budding Food Forest/Permaculture Education center/co-housing community in 2 years!
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St. James the Apostle Urban Agriculture...

St. James the Apostle Urban Agriculture Project
A community project growing food fresh, organic vegetables to improve local food security and increase knowledge of ecological garden design and urban agriculture.
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From grass to habitat garden... our front yard 2005-2011

Stephanie Ladwig-Cooper
From grass to habitat garden... our front yard 2005-2011 Our rural 1/3 acre of land in Northern California has been our home and office as well as a continual experiment in ecological land care and permaculture for over 6 years.  Our decision to relocate to the 'city' this month has us pond...

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Planted: OSU Druid Circle Outdoor Classroom Demonstration Garden

Andrew Millison
The beautiful outdoor classroom built by Permaculture interns and Permaculture Design Courses. We planted this spring: Apple, fig, walnut, hardy kiwi, redwood, plum, elderberry, goumi, currant, persimmon, comfrey, yarrow, borage, salmonberry, basket willow, huckleberry, gogi berry, ceanothus, tim...

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Herb Galaxy Spiral Season 3

Andrew Millison
This herb spiral, built during the summer of 2009 by a Permaculture Design Course, is not your typical herb spiral. It is a galaxy spiral, spiraling from both directions and meeting in the middle like the galaxy pattern. You can see the incredible growth in 3 years in this mild temperate climate ...

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Sepp Holzer: Words of a Master OR A Model of Holzerian Permaculture Action

Harry Wykman
Sepp Holzer is an Austrian farmer from a family of Austrian farmers. I did not realise what this heritage meant until attending a three day seminar with Holzer in the Alentejo region of Portugal. >> Read More

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Permaculture Ritualizer: A Kid's Tool for Writing New Stories, symbols, Songs & Myths. Video. By Willi Paul,

Willi Paul
Permaculture Ritualizer: A Kid's Tool for Writing New Stories, symbols,Songs & Myths. Video. By Willi Paul, PlanetShifter.com http://planetshifter.com/node/1888Earth Life Cycles are impacted, destroyed and disrespected now - use the matrix to create new combinations.

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