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	<title>Permaculture Research InstituteSoil Biology &#187; Permaculture Research Institute</title>
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		<title>How to Prepare a Beneficial Microorganism Mixture</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2012/02/04/how-to-prepare-a-beneficial-microorganism-mixture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niva Kay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many have heard of EM mixtures, sold worldwide with cultures of effective microorganisms, that  due to their symbiotic relationships with each other can benefit the microorganisms&#8217; ecosystem in our soils, compost piles and toilets. They are known to boost yield and speed the composting process and are sold worldwide for their positive effect.
You can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Biochar Miracle</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2012/02/03/the-biochar-miracle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sunny Soleil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carbon pirates bury black gold&#8230; so future generations will be richer. &#8211; John Rogers

Biochar is being promoted as the soil saving miracle of the century promising outrageously high yields of crops as well as removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The first video &#8216;The Promise of Biochar&#8217; explains what biochar is, how valuable it is [...]]]></description>
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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>Permaculture at The Farm</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2012/01/13/permaculture-at-the-farm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Albert Bates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[


        Former stockbroker Brian Bankston now calls himself the &#8220;Keyline Cowboy&#8221; after a carbon farming course at The Farm&#8217;s Ecovillage Training Center transformed his life. He quit his job, bought a keyline plow and compost tea brewer, and moved to The Farm.


Climate Prophylaxis
For the past 10 years or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greeks Reclaim the Land to Ease the Pain of Economic Austerity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beatrice Yannacopoulou</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: The recently-formed PRI Hellas (Greece) team are making good progress in difficult times, as evidenced by this nice piece from The Ecologist below. If you want to support this work, whilst having a great learning experience in an incredibly beautiful location, be sure to check out their April 23 &#8211; 29, 2012, Intensive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hugelkultur: Composting Whole Trees With Ease</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2012/01/04/hugelkultur-composting-whole-trees-with-ease/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Feineigle</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://permaculture.org.au/?p=6825</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What is it?
 Hugelkultur is a composting method that uses large pieces of rotting wood as the centerpiece for long term humus building decomposition. The decomposition process takes place below the ground, while at the same time allowing you to cultivate the raised, or sunken, hugelkultur bed. This allows the plants to take advantage of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Jean Pain Way</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/12/15/the-jean-pain-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Feineigle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
In the book Another Kind of Garden, the methods of Jean Pain are revealed. He spent his entire short-lived life studying brush land and forest protection, specifically fire prevention, alongside his wife Ida. These studies led to an enormous amount of practical knowledge for composting, heating water, as well as harvesting methane, all of which [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/12/02/greening-the-desert-video-now-also-with-french-subtitles/#comments</comments>
		<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>FRESH &#8211; World&#8217;s Wildest Supermarket</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/11/17/fresh-worlds-wildest-supermarket/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/11/17/fresh-worlds-wildest-supermarket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Gronbjerg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A holistic and most outrageous concept being turned into reality in Denmark.

From: Sepp Holzer&#8217;s Permakultur, Leopold Stocker Verlag, 2008
Fresh is the concept for an organic, living supermarket in cities and villages, where instead of taking the items off the shelf, the customer harvests the produce directly from raised beds!
It is a  system that works [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Owen Hablutzel: &#8220;Water and Transformation in Dryland Systems &#8211; Resilience Science &amp; Keyline Application&#8221; (IPC10 Presentation &#8211; Video)</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/11/04/owen-hablutzel-water-and-transformation-in-dryland-systems-resilience-science-keyline-application-ipc10-presentation-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
  

Owen&#8217;s talk here is quite fascinating. While most in permaculture will recognise the importance of mainframe design,  Owen&#8217;s talk goes a step further, and dips headlong into mainframe concepts as well. If you&#8217;re one of those right-side brain type people who just loves thinking a little above and beyond and immersing yourself [...]]]></description>
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