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		<title>Permaculture in Damaged Lands: Degradation and Restoration in New Mexico</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2012/01/21/permaculture-in-damaged-lands-degradation-and-restoration-in-new-mexico/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Smith</dc:creator>
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  A certain coal-strewn road in Madrid, New Mexico 
 &#8212; the remnants of a now defunct railway.
  Alternately barren and spectacular, the southwest United States has piqued the imagination of Americans and people across the world for generations. The site of gold rushes, Native American homelands, and a culture of lawlessness that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dehydration and Rehydration of the Australian Landscape</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Campbell Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article and diagrams copyright &#169; Cam Wilson
This is a pictorial tour of the degradation and dehydration process that the Australian landscape went through post European settlement, along with one of the major aims of Peter Andrews&#8217; Natural Sequence Farming approach, namely the rehydration of the Australian landscape.

 If you were one of the early explorers, [...]]]></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>Small Update on the Recent Small Dam and Fish Pond Installation (Video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five days ago I edited together and uploaded some video files that Geoff Lawton sent through of a recent small dam and fish pond installation during the recent Earthworks course at Zaytuna Farm. Since then Geoff has sent through a few more clips that might interest you. You see, just after I uploaded the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gift of a Living Bridge</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/10/10/the-gift-of-a-living-bridge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
  

It seems there is a plant able to fill almost any niche. In this case Strangler Figs are painstakingly trained over generations to stop massive soil erosion in the rainiest place on earth, and, more, to create almost indestructible living pedestrian bridges which will last for centuries despite mega rain events. 
You have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brad Lancaster: &#8220;Urban Water Harvesting Systems&#8221; (IPC Presentation &#8211; Video)</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/09/28/brad-lancaster-urban-water-harvesting-systems-ipc-presentation-video/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/09/28/brad-lancaster-urban-water-harvesting-systems-ipc-presentation-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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    Brad Lancaster presents at the IPC10, Amman, Jordan, Sept. 2011
  Photographs &#169; Craig Mackintosh
Brad of harvestingrainwater.com has well-honed presentation skills &#8212; urban water harvesting has never been more interesting and compelling than after Brad has laid it all before you, and injected no small measure of fun and humour into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roman- and Byzantine-era Cisterns of the Past Reviving Life in the Present</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/08/16/roman-and-byzantine-era-cisterns-of-the-past-reviving-life-in-the-present/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/08/16/roman-and-byzantine-era-cisterns-of-the-past-reviving-life-in-the-present/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Lancaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: Brad Lancaster has established himself as one of the world&#8217;s leading permaculture dryland authorities. Brad will be participating in the soon-to-begin International Permaculture Conference (IPC10) in Jordan, across September 2011, both with co-teaching the pre-IPC PDC and as one of the speakers at the Conference itself. If you wish to book your place [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/07/14/let-the-water-do-the-work-induced-meandering-an-evolving-method-for-restoring-incised-channels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owen Hablutzel</dc:creator>
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		<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>From Grass to Habitat Garden &#8211; Our Front Yard 2005-2011</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/06/16/from-grass-to-habitat-garden-our-front-yard-2005-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/06/16/from-grass-to-habitat-garden-our-front-yard-2005-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Ladwig-Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A detailed account of the transition from a sparse and chemical dependent landscape to an ecologically diverse and resource efficient garden.
by Stephanie Ladwig-Cooper
Our rural 1/3 acre of land in Northern California has been our home and office as well as a continual experiment in ecological land care and permaculture for over 6 years. Our decision [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Al Baydha Water System, Part 1: Flash Floods</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/05/12/al-baydha-water-system-part-1-flash-floods/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/05/12/al-baydha-water-system-part-1-flash-floods/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 11:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neal Spackman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Neal Spackman
The most common way to die in the desert is dehydration. The second most common is drowning. Drowning in the desert may seem like an oxymoron, but it illustrates the tricky nature of dealing with water in desert climates; when it rains in a desert, the result is flash floods. 
Floods form in [...]]]></description>
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