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	<title>Permaculture Research InstituteRhamis Kent &#187; Permaculture Research Institute</title>
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		<title>Peace for Somalia &amp; Its People</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/08/09/peace-for-somalia-its-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhamis Kent</dc:creator>
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A comprehensive, lasting security is created through giving people a viable means to provide for themselves.
The ultimate goal should be to enable the country of Somalia and its people to create a self-sustaining economy of their own. Only then will there be a meaningful, lasting peace.

There is an obvious vested interest for certain parties to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autotrophic Infrastructure &amp; How Real Work Gets Done: A Historical Dilemma</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/07/09/autotrophic-infrastructure-how-real-work-gets-done-a-historical-dilemma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhamis Kent</dc:creator>
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  All photographs &#169; Craig Mackintosh
I&#8217;d like to revisit a few points I brought up  in a piece that appeared here at the PRI Australia website in April last year; &#8220;Things That Can&#8217;t Last Forever, and Things That Can: A Few Thoughts&#8221;.
  I&#8217;d like to begin with the following premise:

Economics is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Debunking the Stubborn Myth that Only Industrial Ag Can ‘feed the world’&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/03/17/debunking-the-stubborn-myth-that-only-industrial-ag-can-feed-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhamis Kent</dc:creator>
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Image courtesy of Marc Roberts
Tom Philpott has been writing great articles covering issues related to agriculture &#38; food security issues for quite some time at Grist. These two are no exception. With the recent global unrest being partially attributed to sky rocketing food costs and widespread environmental &#38; ecological destruction directly tied to abysmal land [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Price of Food is at the Heart of this Wave of Revolutions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhamis Kent</dc:creator>
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It seems as though the wheels are continuing to show signs of coming off as it concerns the issue of global food security. The recent unrest in the Middle East and North Africa are a testament to that. It has caught everyone by surprise &#8212; experts and laypeople alike. The article that follows, which was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Need for Sustainable Agriculture &#8211; It&#8217;s So Obvious and Inevitable That Even The UN Has To Admit It</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/02/25/the-need-for-sustainable-agriculture-its-so-obvious-and-inevitable-that-even-the-un-has-to-admit-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhamis Kent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: Quite some time ago, I shared the big 400-scientist-strong IAASTD worldwide study that concluded that small scale, localised, ecological agriculture was an imperative we cannot afford to ignore any more. The post was titled The Food Crisis: &#8220;A Perfect Storm&#8221; &#8211; and How to Turn the Tide. If you missed it, do check [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support the Latest PDC in the West Bank!</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/01/13/support-the-latest-pdc-in-the-west-bank/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhamis Kent</dc:creator>
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  The view at sunset, westwards from Marda, Palestine
  Photograph © copyright Craig Mackintosh 
Preparations are being made for the upcoming April 2011 PDC taking place at Marda Permaculture Farm, located in the village of Marda, Palestine, the occupied West Bank.
There have been a number of great pieces written about this project on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step By Step Earthship Construction in Normandy</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2010/12/21/step-by-step-earthship-construction-in-normandy/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2010/12/21/step-by-step-earthship-construction-in-normandy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhamis Kent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Further to our recent Earthship post, I&#8217;m adding this nice step-by-step video for good measure. We&#8217;ve put it at the end of the earlier post as well for your convenience.

  
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		<title>An Agriculture that Stands a Chance: Perennial Polyculture &amp; the Hard Limits of Post-Carbon Farming</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2010/12/16/an-agriculture-that-stands-a-chance-perennial-polyculture-the-hard-limits-of-post-carbon-farming/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2010/12/16/an-agriculture-that-stands-a-chance-perennial-polyculture-the-hard-limits-of-post-carbon-farming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhamis Kent</dc:creator>
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More and more articles are being written that continue to hit the proverbial &#34;nail on the head&#34;. This one was posted to the Energy Bulletin website a couple of days ago. It does a great job of summarizing the problems with annual monoculture-based food systems and the advantages of those which are perennial polyculture-based.
  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earthships &amp; Permaculture: A Potent Tag-Team</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2010/12/14/earthships-permaculture-a-potent-tag-team-by-rhamis-kent/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2010/12/14/earthships-permaculture-a-potent-tag-team-by-rhamis-kent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhamis Kent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve recently been doing research on Earthships after being formally introduced to them while talking to my friend Paul &#34;Ringo&#34; Kean. For those who don&#8217;t check this website often, Ringo is a professional earthmover who is one of our more skilled PC field operators, having worked with the likes of Darren Doherty &#8211; definitely one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable Agriculture and the Green Energy Economy</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2010/12/07/sustainable-agriculture-and-the-green-energy-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2010/12/07/sustainable-agriculture-and-the-green-energy-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhamis Kent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have recently been focusing  on the work and contributions of Dr. Mae Wan Ho and the Institute of Science in Society, UK . Here is a paper she presented at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland 24-25 March 2010 entitled &#34;Sustainable Agriculture and the Green Economy&#34; (PDF).
The importance of agriculture within the context [...]]]></description>
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