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		<title>Earthship Huts &#8211; Low Hanging Fruit in the Fight Against Poverty</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2012/02/08/earthship-huts-low-hanging-fruit-in-the-fight-against-poverty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Feineigle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  

Beavers and wasps can build their own homes&#8230; &#8212; Michael Reynolds

History

  Modern Earthships are shelters built to sustain their occupants by providing energy, water, and waste management through the use of passive systems. They have been designed to meet the rigorous criteria that are found in the building codes of so many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Hardy: My Green School Dream</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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Join John Hardy on a tour of the Green School, his off-the-grid school in Bali that teaches kids how to build, garden, create (and get into college). The centerpiece of campus is the spiraling Heart of School, perhaps the world&#8217;s largest freestanding bamboo building. &#8212; Ted.com 

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		<title>Hugelkultur: Composting Whole Trees With Ease</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Feineigle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is it?
 Hugelkultur is a composting method that uses large pieces of rotting wood as the centerpiece for long term humus building decomposition. The decomposition process takes place below the ground, while at the same time allowing you to cultivate the raised, or sunken, hugelkultur bed. This allows the plants to take advantage of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Jean Pain Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Feineigle</dc:creator>
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In the book Another Kind of Garden, the methods of Jean Pain are revealed. He spent his entire short-lived life studying brush land and forest protection, specifically fire prevention, alongside his wife Ida. These studies led to an enormous amount of practical knowledge for composting, heating water, as well as harvesting methane, all of which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Litre of Light</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is perhaps the most resourceful use of plastic crap I&#8217;ve ever seen.

  
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		<title>Urine: Closing the NPK Loop</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 14:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Feineigle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Stockholm Environment Institute conducted experiments and collected data that shows the usefulness of a resource every one of us has access to &#8212; urine. When utilized as a fertilizer, urine can provide an alternative to chemical fertilizers. The impacts ripple far beyond the nutrient value of the urine; in developing regions, diverting a urine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jordan Valley Permaculture Project Update: Post IPC Happenings</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/11/11/jordan-valley-permaculture-project-update-post-ipc-happenings/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/11/11/jordan-valley-permaculture-project-update-post-ipc-happenings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Lewin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
  An aerial view of the site
Although the landscape here could be seen as a model for scarcity, what there is an abundance of is rocks. The baked dusty earth barely passes for soil and during the summer there isn&#8217;t rain here for over six months. With valuable agricultural resources seemingly at a minimum, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gold Coast Permaculture &#8211; Serious About Working With Local Waste Streams</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/10/18/gold-coast-permaculture-serious-about-working-with-local-waste-streams/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/10/18/gold-coast-permaculture-serious-about-working-with-local-waste-streams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa Fernandes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The creation of soil biology and composting and the generation of soil health and fertility as the foundation of regenerative agriculture is a major part of any organic or permaculture design gardening process. It is no different at the Gold Coast Permaculture site at 270 Ferry Road where the creation of soil is a major [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Benefits of Portable Sawmilling</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/10/07/the-benefits-of-portable-sawmilling/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/10/07/the-benefits-of-portable-sawmilling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Spicer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to learn much more about sustainable saw milling, take Dave Spicer&#8217;s upcoming (27 November 2011) 1-day course, where you can gain from his extensive expertise in this area.

We all need to be loggers and we all need to be greenies. We all live in timber houses. &#8212; Bill Mollison 


  Low [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the Mara Soil &#8211; a Film About Simple and Natural Solutions to Poverty, Hunger and Disease</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/09/29/from-the-mara-soil-a-film-about-simple-and-natural-solutions-to-poverty-hunger-and-disease/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/09/29/from-the-mara-soil-a-film-about-simple-and-natural-solutions-to-poverty-hunger-and-disease/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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What if global hunger, poverty and disease could be solved with resources already at our disposal?


  
  A film directed by Steve Schrenzel
It was a pleasure to meet Tara Blasco and Lyn Hebenstreit at the Tenth International Permaculture Conference (IPC10) in Jordan this month. Tara and Lyn have been deeply involved in a [...]]]></description>
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