Urban – School of Permaculture

Your Rain Barrels aren’t enough – Use This Instead

By nicholas
December 12, 2018
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Rain barrels, great idea – not truly practical. Rain barrels have been the rage lately but are they truly enough for your practical garden needs. The answer is no. Here is an alternative that is extremely versatile, won’t break the bank, and can be found all over the world. Want to learn more about how […]

KEYHOLES KNIVES WORM EATING AND THE HOMELESS

By nicholas
July 7, 2017
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Keyhole gardens are vastly underestimated of how distracting they are. Robin Jones brings it, like really. You want working knives? Help the poor. Take a peek inside what it really takes to run, not one, but two demonstration sites, operate a school of permaculture, manage an amazing team of instructors and consultants, while being a […]

Kelley Joy Tours our Permaculture Suburban Site

By nicholas
May 23, 2017
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Kelly Joy from Coffee with Kelly Joy (check out her facebook page) came over a few days ago and facebook lived a video tour of the front and back yard food forest gardens here at our suburban site of the School of Permaculture. Because permaculture is so scalable and sometimes thought of for only large […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – High End Code Compliant Composting Toilet

By nicholas
June 13, 2016
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Nicholas Burtner visits Guner Tautrim and the two have a bit of a silliness showing off a real high end code compliant composting toilet for those who wish to still have the look and feel of a flush toilet but with code compliance (where applicable) and responsible use. Find more toilets like these at http://www.sun-mar.com […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Beautifying Urban Spaces With Reclaimed Materials – Urbanite On Steroids

By nicholas
March 22, 2016
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Nicholas Burtner visits Elijah Santoyo in a suburb or Los Angeles and gets rocked by some amazing implementation of urban design. You will definitely want to know how to get that natural patina stone look using urbanite, which we affectionately dub “Urbanite on Steroids”. Elijah explains it in this video. Learn more at www.earthflow.com —- […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – How Many Bananas Can Fit in a Banana Circle?

By nicholas
February 4, 2016
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Sorry about the low volume, external mic was being stubborn that day. Nicholas Burtner is at Haiti Communitere in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and stumbles upon this banana circle / banana clump with an obscene about of bananas for such a small space. Make sure to check out our other video explaining in detail what a banana […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Mediterranean Dry Land Gray Water System & Plant Selection

By nicholas
December 9, 2015
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Nicholas Burtner gets a tour of Orella Ranch with Loren Luyendyk as he discusses the intricacies of planting a gray water banana circle-ish system in the Mediterranean dry lands. You can contact/hire Loren at: www.sborganics.com ~We greatly appreciate your shares and likes. If you found something useful, please share. What next? (click below) Take a […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Gravity Fed “Dark” Gray Water System

By nicholas
November 9, 2015
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Gray water is typically any waste water that is used other than the toilet and kitchen sink water. Dark gray water is the same but inclusive with the water that drains from kitchen sink. Nicholas Burtner is in Victoria, BC, Canada with the amazing Ann and Gord Baird on their off grid established homestead showing […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Swale Crossing Suburban Size

By nicholas
June 4, 2015
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Nicholas Burtner is at, what is believed to be the first apartment complex in the country (USA) that has specifically asked for permaculture and a food forest, woohoo!!!, and shows us a how to put in a suburban size swale crossing pathway. #TortillaCheeseTortilla ~We greatly appreciate your shares and likes. If you found something useful, […]

Permaculture Tip of the Day – Self Wicking Seed Starter

By nicholas
May 21, 2015
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Nicholas Burtner explains what is seed starter and talks us through how to put together a larger version which is good for all types of permaculture site applications, and especially for the suburban and urban environments. ~We greatly appreciate your shares and likes. If you found something useful, please share. What next? (click below) Take […]

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