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	<title>Permaculture Research InstituteAlex McCausland &#187; Permaculture Research Institute</title>
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		<title>72-hour Permaculture Design Course, Konso, Ethiopia (Feb 2012)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
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This PDC will take place in Konso, south Ethiopia, from 13th &#8211; 25th February 2011, at Strawberry Fields Eco Lodge. It will have a special focus on the application of Permaculture to communities in the developing world and low tech solutions to food establishment in rural and urban schools and communities drawing inspiration from established [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on Karat Primary School&#8217;s Permaculture Progress, Ethiopia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McCausland</dc:creator>
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  The &#8216;after map&#8217; design &#8212; does not resemble the actual implementation
This is an update on my recent post on new school projects here in Ethiopia. We visited Karat Primary School again as a group on Friday 28th October 2011. The group comprised Alex McCausland, Tichafa Makovere, Rhamis Kent (an international permaculture trainer accredited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia&#8217;s Strawberry Fields Eco-Lodge &#8211; A Call for Participation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
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Permaculture in Ethiopia stands on the edge of a sea of possibilities. This is a virgin land. The mighty plains of Abyssinia rise out of the Eastern Sahara, to become rolling fertile uplands, worked by farmers in the primeval mode that the modern westerner can only dream about nowadays, caricatured by the Shire in Tolkein&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Practical Example of How Attitudes Can Be Leverage or Obstacles in Critical Project Development Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McCausland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: It&#8217;s a trend we&#8217;re increasingly seeing with permaculture unfortunately &#8212; that of the rise of permaculture perfectionists. Many readers have noticed this in comments on this and other permaculture sites, where people are quick to judge and criticise, feeling superior in their own problem-discovering skills, instead of taking pride in helping fledgling projects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Don&#8217;t Have to Dream It, You Can Do it! Take a Certified 72-hour Permaculture Design Course in Konso, Ethiopia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
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  The &#8216;master plan&#8217; concept is alive and well in Ethiopia &#8211; allowing low-income
locals to have their permaculture training subsidised through the tuition fees
of western students, who in turn benefit from indigenous wisdom
and exciting cultural immersion
This PDC will take place in Konso, south Ethiopia, from October 17 &#8211; 30th, 2011, at Strawberry Fields Eco [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strawberry Fields Eco Lodge &#8211; Update: Cob Oven</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 09:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McCausland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: As many of you will have noticed, Alex has been making some great practical updates on the work going on at the Strawberry Fields Eco-Lodge. Below is yet another little update on the practical application of permaculture in southern Ethiopia. In addition to the Steve Cran Training of Trainers course, the PRI&#8217;s Rhamis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strawberry Fields Eco Lodge Update: Solar Powered Fridge</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/04/01/strawberry-fields-eco-lodge-update-solar-powered-fridge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McCausland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: As many of you will have noticed, Alex has been making some great practical updates on the work going on at the Strawberry Fields Eco-Lodge. The following article is another good example. I thought I&#8217;d mention that if you want to soak in some excellent experience at this site, Steve Cran will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Permaculture Training of Trainers: Interactive Training for Permaculture in Aid Work in the Developing World (30 Day Program US$2000; 8-week follow-up internship program US$1000)</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/04/01/permaculture-training-of-trainers-interactive-training-for-permaculture-in-aid-work-in-the-developing-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McCausland</dc:creator>
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Steve Cran brings his infamous Green Warriors (Permaculture-Aid Workers’) Program to Ethiopia. This course is a full-on intensive, interactive action learning Training of Trainers Course, inducting the participants on the practicalities of applying Permaculture to the development of food security in rural third world communities. This induction will be done through action learning: The participants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visiting Konso Schools Project Sites, Ethiopia</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/01/22/visiting-konso-schools-project-sites-ethiopia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McCausland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: Alex gives us another update on the excellent work he and his team are doing in Ethiopia. You can see his previous reports via his author&#8217;s profile. If you want a first hand look at their work, and an exciting trip-of-a-lifetime as well, now&#8217;s a good time to book for their upcoming March [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Konso, Ethiopia &#8211; Agriculture and Culture</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2010/12/22/konso-ethiopia-agriculture-and-culture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McCausland</dc:creator>
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Following my recent trip to Siltie country I wrote a report on the Enset based agriculture of the area. Following that trip we brought some Enset plants back to Konso and we have planted them, 5 of them, on the Strawberry Fields Eco-Lodge (SFEL) site in Konso. We put them on places where our &#8220;pit-composting&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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