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		<title>Gold Coast Permaculture Prepares for Another Great Year Ahead</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2012/01/19/gold-coast-permaculture-prepares-for-another-great-year-ahead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Permaculture Gold Coast</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Vanessa Fernandes

  Dani, Mel, Judy, Kristy and Pond in the house garden
2011 has been seminal in the development of permaculture on the Gold Coast, NSW, Australia. The incorporation of Gold Coast Permaculture (GCP) early in the year has seen the organisation and the concept become very much integrated into the Gold Coast community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on Karat Primary School&#8217;s Permaculture Progress, Ethiopia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex McCausland</dc:creator>
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  The &#8216;after map&#8217; design &#8212; does not resemble the actual implementation
This is an update on my recent post on new school projects here in Ethiopia. We visited Karat Primary School again as a group on Friday 28th October 2011. The group comprised Alex McCausland, Tichafa Makovere, Rhamis Kent (an international permaculture trainer accredited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kenya: Permaculture &#8211; Agriculture With a Green Touch</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosemary Quipp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: This article appeared as the cover story for Kenya&#8217;s main newspaper &#8212; the Daily Nation &#8212; helping give top exposure to the just-established PRI Kenya. Warren Brush (see also) sent this through, and has been the main driver in helping get PRI Kenya off the ground, or onto the ground, as the case [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poll Indicates Lack of Confidence in Murray-Darling Basin Authority Plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Douglas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Ian Douglas

Initial results of an ongoing on-line poll on water policy in Australia raise concerns that the majority of Australians are far from convinced that the draft Basin Plan, soon to be released by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, will be successful in its aims.

The poll, coordinated by Fair Water Use Australia, currently indicates that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Gasoline Use Declining: Keystone XL Pipeline Not Needed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Earth Policy Institute</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Lester Brown, Earth Policy Institute
As the debate unfolds about whether to build a 1,711-mile pipeline to carry crude oil from the tar sands in Canada to refineries in Texas, the focus is on the oil spills and carbon emissions that inevitably come with it. But we need to ask a more fundamental question. Do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rhamis Kent: Permaculture in Somalia (IPC10 Presentation &#8211; Video)</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/10/07/rhamis-kent-permaculture-in-somalia-ipc10-presentation-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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    Rhamis Kent speaking at the Tenth International Permaculture Conference
  (IPC10), Amman, Jordan, September 2011
  Photograph &#169; Craig Mackintosh 
The PRI&#8217;s Rhamis Kent talks about the situation in Somalia &#8212; including the so-called &#8216;aid&#8217; work presently underway, with its short-term business oriented methods and the social blackmailing it encourages, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad News, and Good News, for Greece</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/06/29/bad-news-and-good-news-for-greece/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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  Warning &#8212; graphic protest content
The bad news:

Police have fired tear gas in running battles with stone-throwing youths in Athens, where a 48-hour general strike is being held against a parliamentary vote on tough austerity measures.
Thousands of protesters have gathered outside parliament in the capital where public transport has ground [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Douglas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
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>Permaculture Australia Survey &#8211; A Chance to Have Your Say</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/03/15/permaculture-australia-survey-a-chance-to-have-your-say/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Champagne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Warm Greetings to all members of the Permaculture community,
The idea of unifying the many components that make up the Permaculture movement in Australia is not a new one, but after a rich 30-year history, it is an idea whose time has come. This survey initiative enables all of you that have completed a Permaculture Design [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Us Give You What You Want</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/03/03/help-us-give-you-what-you-want/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you really understand what the Worldwide Permaculture Network is all about?



        
        The WPN represents many months of work.
      Now is your chance to pitch in a little, and
      directly [...]]]></description>
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