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		<title>How to Revive the Honeybee</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/08/19/how-to-revive-the-honeybee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mari Korhonen</dc:creator>
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I recently saw a new film, Queen Of The Sun: What are the bees telling us?, about the global honeybee crisis and colony collapse disorder. From a holistic perspective the movie tells a story of transformation of beekeeping and the relationship of humans and bees to explore what is really going on. Once [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Urban Permaculture DVD and the Sound-Proof Chicken House</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The biggest problem with chicken houses in urban settings has got to be the hyper-vocal rooster. If you want to avoid having tired grumpy neighbours, what can you do? Even giving them a few eggs per week is unlikely to assuage their wrath. There are obvious options to deal with this situation, but they&#8217;re not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gravity Chicken Run Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 13:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Milkwood Permaculture</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Milkwood Permaculture

Gravity and chickens are two of our favorite natural forces at Milkwood Farm. Chickens scratch, poo, give eggs and good company, plus a trillion other benefits. Gravity draws things down. Great if you want stuff to end up down the bottom. Which, in the case of our gravity fed chicken house, we do!

 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Animal Systems at HEPA, Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 15:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marty Miller-Crispe</dc:creator>
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At SPERI&#8217;s Human Ecology Project Area we have a number of Farmer Field Schools (HEPA FFS) which are host to students from a variety of indigenous minority groups from Vietnam and Laos. The students are here to learn about eco-farming and permaculture whilst respecting traditional laws and customs. 
The main focus of the farms isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Native Bees to Help Our Garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 13:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zaia Kendall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the world&#8217;s bee population is becoming more and more endangered we are keen to embark on the journey of native bee keeping. 
by Zaia Kendall

  Australian Stingless Bee
As many of you already know, the world&#8217;s bees are in trouble. Colony collapse disorder, predator beetles and probably a range of other factors that have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ecofilms 2011 &#8211; What Are We Working On?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 11:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ecofilms</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re planning a number of exciting new titles to be released in 2011.
Urban Permaculture DVD
One of the complaints we often get from people living in the city is that we focus a little heavily on Permaculture titles that require a large scale farm to get the most benefit from practicing Permaculture.
So we are happy to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City Kids Move to the Country &#8211; Part III</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2010/12/25/city-kids-move-to-the-country-part-iii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 15:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicola Chatham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pit-falls, projects and laughs from our Permaculture journey

When Chris and I first got together, he used to wake up to his socks, t-shirts and towels carefully draped over his DJ equipment, where I&#8217;d laid them during the night to cover any glowing or flashing lights. A somewhat sensitive sleeper, trying to sleep in a discotech [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Truth About Trees</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2010/12/02/the-truth-about-trees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julia Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Julia Mitchell

When one thinks of trees and the benefit they have for us as humans, the obvious comes to mind: Trees help reduce the effects of global warming by reducing carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere. The photosynthetic process provides the trees with nutrients, and humans with the primary element required to sustain life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Establish a Small Space Intensive Food Garden</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2010/09/20/how-to-establish-a-small-space-intensive-food-garden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Lawton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: This post is a good reminder to ensure you take good before, during and after photos as you implement projects! Case studies like this become an awesome portfolio for yourselves, and help people to see the practical potential in permaculture. It can be totally inspiring, and help get people moving on the ground!

 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make an Egg Mobile</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2010/09/03/how-to-make-an-egg-mobile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Lawton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, we wanted to make an egg mobile for egg laying chickens to follow behind our dairy cows and fertilise the pasture while scratching the manure that the cows leave behind. The chickens also leave behind their own manure whilst free ranging across pasture. This technique allows the chickens to supplement their diet and produce [...]]]></description>
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