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Permaculture Tip of the Day – The Permaculturist’s Tool Bag

By nicholas
September 29, 2014
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A year or so ago I consulted on a beautiful property (The Earthstead Farm) with Sam Dodson and Rebecca Visconti who are passionate about system change and moving towards a sustainable and regenerative future in homesteading. Listening back to this podcast goes to show me how we, as permaculturists and humans, never really stop learning. […]

Hiring for Researcher and Social Media Intern

By nicholas
September 26, 2014
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Researcher and Social Media Intern – Part-time The right candidate will be passionate about permaculture, healthy food and living, environmental and humanitarian issues and be driven to want to make a change to make the world a better place. The candidate will integrate within our organization and use it as a platform on our organization’s […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Mental Patterning

By nicholas
September 26, 2014
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In permaculture we look for constants and patterns such as: level pacifies water, the sun is always in the southern part of the sky while viewing from the northern hemisphere, or that the moon, which moves east 13-15 degrees in the sky each night causes it to rise around an hour later each day after […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Fresh Water on Salt Water Islands

By nicholas
September 24, 2014
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It is imperative when working in/on/with islands that all fresh water sources stay as unpolluted as possible. On coral islands (which are often found less than 30 degrees away from the equator) a fresh water lens, from rain that seeps through the top soil and coral, stays afloat on top of the salt water. These fresh […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Plumbing a House

By nicholas
September 23, 2014
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When possible, it is ideal to have as much piping and plumbing for water use in the house in close proximity to each another. Not only is this common sense, but it maximizes effectiveness and reduces the amount of material, and hours working, plumbing the house. If designing a house with let’s say two interior […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Planning a Food Forest – Part 2

By nicholas
September 17, 2014
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Planning a Food Forest Part 1 found here. Most permaculturist learn very quickly that working with nitrogen fixing legumes and dynamic nutrient accumulators is paramount in planting and grazing systems. We are usually given the major species that work well in most climates and many permaculture courses teach, in great detail, which species grow well […]

Problems/Solutions to Permaculture Design Course Formats

By nicholas
September 15, 2014
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The original Permaculture Design Course format was three weeks long. The first two weeks taught the bulk content of the course and the last week was filled with networking (this was even before fax). Since then the course has had many re-formats and in it’s most advertised form is held as a two week intensive […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – A Basic Soil Horizon Understanding

By nicholas
September 12, 2014
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Soils is a massive subject that, as a species, we have barely scratched the surface of. Like permaculture, it is a study that once a door is opened, 16 more doors appear – take one of those – 32 more doors and the rabbit hole becomes apparent. When getting into farming, gardening, pasturing, and food […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Ridiculously Fast and Easy Compost Tea

By nicholas
September 10, 2014
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When making soil pro-biotics such as compost tea, it is easy to get bogged down in the “chemistry” of compost tea preparation. Often we learn very precise measurements, time and infiltration for air inoculation, and a host of different ingredients to add. And on a large farm or broad acre site, I will recommend to stick […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Double The Yield

By nicholas
September 9, 2014
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When thinking about the placement of water loving plant species such as water chestnut and blueberries, it is beneficial to home them near the edge of a water feature such as a pond or grey water system. A whole day is usually given to the study of pattern in a permaculture design course. If we take a 1/4 […]

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