Waste Systems & Recycling
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Building the Chicken Tractor on Steroids
"Who can weld?" Geoff asks. Keen to impress, my hand goes up. “I will see you at the shed after…
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Solar Water Bottle Bulbs
Alfredo Moser with his solar water bottle bulbs Introduction Thomas Alva Edison lit up the world with his electric bulb…
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Creating the Alternative: Inside Look into the SolTrekker
by Mo Lohre and Will Redwine Sorry for the hiatus, but would you believe we came across a few bumps…
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How to: Making Eco-Bricks (Costa Rica)
Finished bottles. Remember, one’s trash is another’s treasure! Last year I worked on making cob walls for a chicken coop,…
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Can Earth Building Scale Up to the Mainstream? Robert Alcock on the Power of Keeping It Small
Rob Hopkins: Our recent post about Kevin McCabe’s ‘cob citadel’ and what we might learn from it about ‘scaling up’…
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Rough, Ready, But Very Real – a November 2013 Update on the Jordan Valley Permaculture Project (aka ‘Greening the Desert – the Sequel’ Site)
Project from above, featuring a garbage-accumulating fence edge Well, you would be hard pressed to find a tougher block of…
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Funding for Small Scale Anaerobic Digesters in England
UK government starts mining agricultural wastes for renewable energy as municipal and household wastes are becoming scarce. by Dr Mae…
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Grey Water Grease Trap (PRI Maungaraeeda, Sunshine Coast, Australia)
Slightly downhill and about 20 metres away from the sink at our student space (which is now our main eating…
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How to be Water Wise
We are constantly being reminded of the necessity to use water with great care, yet this does not mean we…
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Advanced Cell Grazing – Permaculture Livestock Systems at Zaytuna Farm
Cell grazing is not a new option when it comes to large animal management. However, brewing at Zaytuna Farm is…
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Geoff Lawton’s Zaytuna Farm Video Tour – Part II
Last year I took some time out to make a Zaytuna Farm Video Tour for you all (embedded here, with…
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Yet Another Use For the Humble Shipping Container – a Greenhouse
Building a greenhouse from a shipping container and using it as an educational resource in Kyrgyzstan. The shipping container is…
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