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		<title>Earthship Huts &#8211; Low Hanging Fruit in the Fight Against Poverty</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Feineigle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  

Beavers and wasps can build their own homes&#8230; &#8212; Michael Reynolds

History

  Modern Earthships are shelters built to sustain their occupants by providing energy, water, and waste management through the use of passive systems. They have been designed to meet the rigorous criteria that are found in the building codes of so many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Permaculture in Damaged Lands: Degradation and Restoration in New Mexico</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
  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>Swale Fail?</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2012/01/20/swale-fail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Bell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: It&#8217;d be great if more people would share their successes and failures in similar fashion as Greg has below. The reason I say this is three-fold &#8212; 1) you get valuable feedback from readers on how to overcome your challenges, 2) readers can learn from your mistakes and thus hopefully avoid them, and [...]]]></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>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>Hugelkultur: Composting Whole Trees With Ease</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2012/01/04/hugelkultur-composting-whole-trees-with-ease/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2012/01/04/hugelkultur-composting-whole-trees-with-ease/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Feineigle</dc:creator>
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		<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>ABC Rural Talks to Matt Kilby About Farm Restoration Through Installing Trees and Swales (Podcast)</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/12/08/abc-rural-talks-to-matt-kilby-about-farm-restoration-through-installing-trees-and-swales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
  Consultant Matt Kilby stands before one of the swales he has
  put in at Gippsland farm, Nambrok.
Photographer:  Kath Sullivan
Matt Kilby, the &#8216;man of a thousand trees&#8216;, shares thoughts with ABC Rural on his work (with Nick Huggins alongside) over the last 18 months at Nambrock, a property in Gippsland, southern Victoria, [...]]]></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>The Dehydration and Rehydration of the Australian Landscape</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/11/23/the-dehydration-and-rehydration-of-the-australian-landscape/</link>
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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>Permaculture in Jordan Video Series &#8211; Part I</title>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/11/15/permaculture-in-jordan-video-series-part-i/</link>
		<comments>http://permaculture.org.au/2011/11/15/permaculture-in-jordan-video-series-part-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Mackintosh PRI Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This excellent little video, put together by Anselm Ibing, introduces a new  series on sustainable land use in Jordan. It kicks off with a concise look at historical aspects relating to Jordan&#8217;s present ecological situation. I&#8217;m now left looking forward to Part II&#8230;.

  

Further Reading:

Letters from Jordan: &#8216;Greening the Desert &#8211; the Sequel&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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