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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.

  [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Lewin</dc:creator>
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  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>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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Perlot</dc:creator>
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  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>Rwanda &#8211; Forests of Hope</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/07/26/rwanda-forests-of-hope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of you will remember the inspiring and encouraging example of earth restoration found in the story of the Loess Plateau in China (see links at bottom). John Liu was the man heavily involved in this amazing and very large scale initiative. In this new video, below, you&#8217;ll see Mr. Liu turning his eyes toward [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owen Hablutzel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://permaculture.org.au/?p=5932</guid>
		<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>Observations and Interactions at the Jordan Valley Permaculture Project (aka &#8216;Greening the Desert &#8211; the Sequel&#8217;)</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/03/30/observations-and-interactions-at-the-jordan-valley-permaculture-project-aka-greening-the-desert-the-sequel/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/03/30/observations-and-interactions-at-the-jordan-valley-permaculture-project-aka-greening-the-desert-the-sequel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Douglas</dc:creator>
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Is it any wonder with daily reminders of the widening disparity between exponential population growth and water and food scarcity, so many of us begin to question the possibility of long term sustainable human habitation on the planet? Being a constant witness to damage caused by modern agricultural practices &#8212; motivated and driven largely by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on the Jordan Valley Permaculture Project (aka &#8216;Greening the Desert, the Sequel&#8217;): &#8220;Leave All Expectations Behind&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/02/19/update-on-the-jordan-valley-permaculture-project-aka-greening-the-desert-the-sequel-leave-all-expectations-behind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Douglas</dc:creator>
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I felt fully prepared leaving for Jordan three weeks ago. Equipped with a 55ltr backpack laden with books, a compost thermometer, a dumpy level as hand luggage and a few well chosen words of advice from former patrons of the land: &#34;Leave all expectations behind&#34;. In fact, as i remember correctly, it was to &#34;flush [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Permaculture at the Al-Baydha Project in Saudi Arabia &#8211; Neal Spackman, Video 1</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/01/14/permaculture-at-the-al-baydha-project-in-saudi-arabia-neal-spackman-video-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you remember Geoff&#8217;s recent Saudi Arabia consultation? Well, left behind in the Kingdom as project manager to implement the work is Neal Spackman. Neal has kindly followed up on my request for reports, providing the video and images below. After the video I&#8217;ll give you a little more swivel-chair commentary based on info I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strawberry Fields Update &#8211; Flood Protection and Water Control in Ethiopia</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2010/10/08/strawberry-fields-update-flood-protection-and-water-control-in-ethiopia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McCausland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest challenges of doing Permaculture in a semi-arid place like Konso is the drought-flood hydrology besets in degraded dry-lands. The whole of south Ethiopia has now been so deforested, added to the fact that the global climate is getting completely messed up, that rainfall is now completely unpredictable. The old folks are [...]]]></description>
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