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		<title>Incorporating Disability Access and Therapeutic Spaces in Permaculture Design</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2012/02/09/incorporating-disability-access-and-therapeutic-spaces-in-permaculture-design/</link>
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		<dc:creator>Elspeth Brock</dc:creator>
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  Ilma Lever Gardens garden designed for wheelchair access

  When working in various gardens for community usage I found we often needed to consider access for gardeners of a range of abilities without compromising the overall function of the design.  I want to outline some things I have found useful to make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Needs Grass?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leigh Glenn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kniskerns&#8217; yard is a sustainable smorgasbord



      Over a period of less than 10 years, James and Mary Kniskern transformed their sod-based lawn into a vibrant, blooming habitat that not only reduces their impact on the land but also rewards them with a bounty of edible plants as well as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gold Coast Permaculture Prepares for Another Great Year Ahead</title>
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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>Permaculture Urban Landscape Design Course</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2012/01/16/permaculture-urban-landscape-design-course/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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  Photo &#169; Craig Mackintosh
I&#8217;d love to take this course myself, but alas, I&#8217;m unable to make it. Those of you who&#8217;re itching to get started, or to do better, with your urban patch (or with someone else&#8217;s urban patch!), should seriously consider jumping on this course. 

During this intensive 5-day Permaculture Urban Landscape [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rental Permaculture: How to Fill the Void</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Nekrasov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bob Nekrasov

I hear you comrade. &#8216;I want those acres and to start my food forest and have a permaculture demonstration Eden &#8211; but alas, I am a humble renter with big bloody dreams and typically uncreative landlords&#8217;. 
 As us &#8216;renters&#8217; forlornly scan open fields and acres &#8212; seeing real estate listings of eroded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orlando Permaculture Documentary</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2012/01/02/orlando-permaculture-documentary/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2012/01/02/orlando-permaculture-documentary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Ansley</dc:creator>
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The heroes and heroines of history&#8217;s past are so well-known they need not be mentioned. Lesser known and perhaps more integral, however, are the countless individuals whose stories remain untold and hidden by history. &#8220;Orlando Permaculture&#8221; is a documentary of the latter modern-day individuals. It is a story of a community of people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on the Byron Bay Shire Permaculture Challenge</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/12/08/update-on-the-byron-bay-shire-permaculture-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phoebe Lines</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Phoebe Lines, BOS (Being Of Service) Team for the Permaculture Challenge

  The Byron Permaculture Challenge gang creates a No-Dig 
garden for the young people at the Byron Youth House
Our apparently disaffected Byron Shire youth, it would seem, are in fact a hotbed of movers and shakers, changing the world one Permablitz at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing Fish and Soil on Pool Algae</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/12/07/growing-fish-and-soil-on-pool-algae/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/12/07/growing-fish-and-soil-on-pool-algae/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ecofilms</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
  

Here is Geoff Lawton explaining how this particular swimming pool is growing fish and soil on algae. This is a clip from the recently released Urban Permaculture DVD, which has over 90 minutes of sustainable solutions you can try at home. 
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		<title>Greening the Desert Video &#8211; now also with French Subtitles</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/12/02/greening-the-desert-video-now-also-with-french-subtitles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many thanks to Jeremy, Christina, Erik, Lamia and Kristen for all the work that went into creating the French translation subtitle file for both Parts I &#38; II of the Greening the Desert video below. As a result, I&#8217;ve been able to upload a version suitable for your French-speaking friends and family, should you have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How a Single Women Transformed Her Urban Garden into a Productive, Organic, Tropical Paradise</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/11/30/how-a-single-women-transformed-her-urban-garden-into-a-productive-organic-tropical-paradise/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/11/30/how-a-single-women-transformed-her-urban-garden-into-a-productive-organic-tropical-paradise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicola Chatham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
You don&#8217;t have to know her street number to find Rosina Buckman&#8217;s place. All you need is the street name. Winner of the Edible Landscape Award from Australia&#8217;s Sunshine Coast Council in 2009, her garden spills out into the nature strip, bursting with plants.
Her driveway, once a barren front lawn, is now edged with strawberry [...]]]></description>
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