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		<title>Kenya: Permaculture &#8211; Agriculture With a Green Touch</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/11/02/kenya-permaculture-agriculture-with-a-green-touch/</link>
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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>Cuba To Host Eleventh International Permaculture Conference (IPC11)</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/10/27/cuba-to-host-eleventh-international-permaculture-conference-ipc11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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  Roberto Perez triumphantly rides a camel at IPC10, 
  while looking forward to hosting IPC11 in Cuba, November 2013. Photo &#169; Craig Mackintosh
One of the tasks for attendees of each International Permaculture Conference (IPC) is to hear bids for hosting the subsequent IPC, consider the best option and to vote on it. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The PRI Restarts the Permaculture Teacher Registry</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/10/19/the-pri-restarts-the-permaculture-teacher-registry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Short Version 
If you&#8217;ve been waiting to apply to be a PRI PDC Teacher, we are now ready to receive your application (English only at this point &#8212; but read the rest of the post below to find out more about other languages). To apply, simply log into the Worldwide Permaculture Network, ensure you&#8217;ve clicked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rodale Institute&#8217;s 30-Year Farming Systems Trial Report</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/10/13/the-rodale-institutes-30-year-farming-systems-trial-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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        The Rodale Institute&#8217;s 30-year
      Farming Systems Trial report (1.3mb PDF)
    


The Rodale Institute has been, for a full 30 years now, conducting a long-term comparative Farming Systems Trial. Starting in 1981, when it was already abundantly clear that industrialising [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Permaculture Featured on New York Times</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/07/29/permaculture-featured-on-new-york-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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We all know the world is looking for answers to very pressing questions &#8212; so it&#8217;s high time the mainstream media started to share them! As such, it&#8217;s great to see the following article on the New York Times website. Thanks to New York Times writer Michael Tortorello, and well done to Wayne Weiseman, David [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jail Time for Planting Front Yard Garden?</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/07/17/jail-time-for-planting-front-yard-garden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 16:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is by-law madness, and it&#8217;ll have to change&#8230;. I rather blatantly encourage everyone to disregard dumb rules like this which would stop you from increasing your resiliency and demonstrating better use of your lawn space. The more of us who rebel against absurdity, the easier it becomes to legalise sustainability. I just hope you&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Smart Garden</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/06/02/my-smart-garden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Lamshed</dc:creator>
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Do you live in Melbourne&#8217;s  Hobsons Bay or Moonee Valley City Council areas and  like gardening but don&#8217;t know what more you can do&#8230; or are you a budding gardener and don&#8217;t know where to start? 

Then join My Smart Garden! The program is flexible, easy and inspiring. Plus, it&#8217;s free!
Local Moonee Valley [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Permaculture Comes to Aruba</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/05/28/permaculture-comes-to-aruba/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 16:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Bacca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: A former PRI Australia intern shares exciting news of efforts she has been successfully engaged in since her stay at Zaytuna Farm. Well done Amber!
A U.S.-based non-profit, Resilient Futures International, recently travelled to the beautiful island of Aruba to participate in the country&#8217;s first Permaculture Fair, which took place between April 10-20, 2011. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frank Fekonia</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/03/07/frank-fekonia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ecofilms</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Frank Gapinski
I was very sad to hear of the passing of a true legend and active member of Permaculture Noosa &#8211; Frank Fekonia. Husband to Elisabeth, Frank was a true maverick character who told me how he escaped from communist Slovenia in the early 1960s by stealing a canoe and paddling night and day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Linkfest &#8211; Edition 17</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/02/23/weekly-linkfest-edition-17/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oyvind Holmstad</dc:creator>
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Welcome to round seventeen of our Weekly Linkfest, where we share the good, the bad, the ugly and the just plain interesting from what we&#8217;ve seen this week.
I would greatly appreciate readers getting involved in this weekly linkfest. Please email editor (at) permaculture.org.au with links (and ideally a summary sentence outlining the key point of [...]]]></description>
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