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		<title>January Earthworks Course Early Bird Discount is About to Expire</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/12/15/january-earthworks-course-early-bird-discount-is-about-to-expire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonnie Freibergs</dc:creator>
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Photo &#169; Craig Mackintosh
This is a courtesy reminder to mention that the 10% &#8216;early bird&#8217; discount ($110) for the January Permaculture Earthworks course being taught by Geoff Lawton at Zaytuna Farm will expire on Monday the 19th of December. If you&#8217;re planning to take part in this fantastic course, now&#8217;s the time to book.

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		<title>Small Update on the Recent Small Dam and Fish Pond Installation (Video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five days ago I edited together and uploaded some video files that Geoff Lawton sent through of a recent small dam and fish pond installation during the recent Earthworks course at Zaytuna Farm. Since then Geoff has sent through a few more clips that might interest you. You see, just after I uploaded the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Dam/Fish Pond Installation &#8211; October 2011 Earthworks Course with Geoff Lawton</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/10/26/small-damfish-pond-installation-october-2011-earthworks-course-with-geoff-lawton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this short video Geoff walks us through an overview of a small dam/fish pond installation at the PRI&#8217;s Zaytuna Farm in northern NSW, Australia. If you&#8217;d like to get a better understanding of the why and how of permaculture earthworks, you could purchase the Water Harvesting DVD, or, better yet, book on one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review of Geoff Lawton&#8217;s Food Forest DVD, by Paul Wheaton and Helen Atthowe</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Wheaton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click play to hear the talk!

Paul Wheaton and Helen Atthowe (www.veganicpermaculture.com) watch Geoff Lawton‘s Food Forest video and Helen really loved it. It shows a food forest as they start it, at 6 months, a year, 3 years, 10 years. 
Paul thinks it is one of the best permaculture videos. Lawton starts by talking about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sandot Sukkaew&#8217;s Tacomepai Farm (Thailand): A 20-Year-Old Permaculture Project</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/08/11/sandot-sukkaews-tacomepai-farm-a-20-year-old-permaculture-project/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/08/11/sandot-sukkaews-tacomepai-farm-a-20-year-old-permaculture-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Perlot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
  Sandot Sukkaew explains the difference between his own organic rice paddies
  and the chemically-treated ones in the background. 
As the forests were felled, the life-giving water disappeared &#8211; Thai farmer Sandot Sukkaew made that critical connection decades ago while laboring in the mud of his father&#8217;s rice paddies, and he&#8217;s spent the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water is life! &#8211; Tamera is Creating a Model for Renaturation of Dry Regions</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/07/19/water-is-life-tamera-is-creating-a-model-for-renaturation-of-dry-regions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Tamera, Portugal
The Tamera water landscape is a model and an educational project for natural water management and the renaturation of damaged landscapes all over the world and a basis for forestation, horticulture and agriculture in regions threatened by desertification. It is a globally adaptable model which can be applied in all regions in various [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let the Water Do the Work: Induced Meandering, an Evolving Method for Restoring Incised Channels</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/07/14/let-the-water-do-the-work-induced-meandering-an-evolving-method-for-restoring-incised-channels/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/07/14/let-the-water-do-the-work-induced-meandering-an-evolving-method-for-restoring-incised-channels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owen Hablutzel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The volume reviewed below comes highly recommended for all Permaculturists working in or around any water channels, and particularly on the broad-acre. While the methods happen to apply most immediately in drylands, they will apply directly anywhere that erosion, down-cutting, rapid gully formation, and other forms of channel incision occur. Keep in mind that these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Positive Examples of Agricultural and Community Transformation in Kenya</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/07/07/positive-examples-of-agricultural-and-community-transformation-in-kenya/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/07/07/positive-examples-of-agricultural-and-community-transformation-in-kenya/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m adding  the following clips as a positive supplement to the preceding post. I think it&#8217;s important to see that positive work is happening, and that GMOs are not only not needed, but they are a definite threat to these excellent efforts. Permaculturists working, or intending to work, in Kenya could potentially find ways [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earthworks Course &#8211; Zaytuna Farm, The Channon, May 2011</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/05/12/earthworks-course-zaytuna-farm-the-channon-may-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/05/12/earthworks-course-zaytuna-farm-the-channon-may-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 15:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Grace</dc:creator>
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The sun works on an 11 year cycle over which it radiates heat at varying levels upon the earth. The cycle is observed by counting the frequency and placement of sunspots visible on the sun. Currently we are at a peak of the cycle whereby the sun is radiating a maximum amount of heat and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PRI Ridge Point Dam Earthworks</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/04/07/pri-ridge-point-dam-earthworks/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/04/07/pri-ridge-point-dam-earthworks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Gordon Williams

On the 31st of January the Permaculture Earthworks course at Zaytuna Farm began with good weather and a group of enthusiastic students ready to see the process of laying the groundwork for functional rainwater harvesting features in landscapes. During the week a variety of works were conducted across the property, including a new [...]]]></description>
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