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	<title>Permaculture Research Institute of Australia</title>
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		<title>Geoff in Early Observation Mode</title>
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Here&#8217;s a photo of a famous Permaculture person. Can you guess who it is? He was photographed with this shovel back in 1956 at the age of two. He is wearing a child restraint belt usually attached to a long cord as was customary in those days to prevent him from running away to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>September 20, 2010 Bill Mollison/Geoff Lawton Melbourne PDC Fast Approaching – Book Now!</title>
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  Bill and Geoff teaching in Melbourne, September 2009
  Photos &#169; copyright Craig Mackintosh
There is enough evidence of global problems, but still not enough models of practical solutions. 
We can live in disorder and pretend order. We can live in lies and pretend truth. 
To demonstrate life we act. It is not what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2010/09/02/september-20-melbourne-pdc-fast-approaching-book-now/</link>
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		<title>It’s Time to Colonise Earth!</title>
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Ascension Island, in the Pacific Ocean (source)
It seems Darwin was a permaculturist! 
In his days globetrotting aboard HMS Beagle, Darwin set in motion the transformation of a dead, volcanic island rock &#8211; Ascension Island, described by nearby islanders as &#34;a cinder&#34; &#8211; into a green, rain-creating oasis. How did he do it?


Ascension was an arid [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2010/09/02/its-time-to-colonise-earth/</link>
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		<title>Liquid Democracy</title>
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      Isn&#8217;t it time to imagine a new world?


Perhaps it is impossible to write an article about politics without evoking strong &#8211; and maybe quite emotional &#8211; thoughts and responses. One particular all-too-human reaction to a novel concept or idea about which we have a strong &#34;gut feeling&#34; (good or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2010/09/02/liquid-democracy/</link>
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		<title>United Colors of Ho avy: Growing Trees and Growing with Them, Madagascar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Editor’s Note: This is an update for the ho avy project in Madagascar. Previous updates here and here.
EcoExplorers Madagascar 2010 from Shannon Kohlitz on Vimeo.
Here we are past July&#8217;s time for fleece, hat and socks, wouldn&#8217;t you believe! Manintsy &#8211; cold (25/16 &#176;C day/night or less) was the semiarid southwest Madagascar in winter; winter in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustenance</title>
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  Courtesy: Marc Roberts
In a warming world pests migrate and flourish in previously inpenetrable habitats and latitudes.
Of course there are obvious problems with Frank&#8217;s position here &#8211; like what happens when your subsistence gets washed away by some other unpredicted AGW shitstorm. 
  As ever,  Permaculture looks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2010/08/31/sustenance/</link>
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		<title>Green Manure Resources</title>
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  Editor&#8217;s note: Red clover is a useful leguminous green manure. Growing taller than
other clovers, it can be easily cut down with a scythe or other when it starts to 
flower, so that it doesn&#8217;t scatter seed where you don&#8217;t want it.
You can never have enough information about Earth Repair/Ecosystem Restoration tools, techniques, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2010/08/31/green-manure-resources/</link>
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		<title>Swimming Pool to Garden Pool</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was in Australia over a year ago, Geoff mentioned that a former student and her partner were converting their pool into a fish farm. I didn&#8217;t have a lot of time to spare, but told him I had to go. A day or so later I was poking around Vanessa and Justin&#8217;s pool, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2010/08/31/swimming-pool-to-garden-pool/</link>
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		<title>Tumbling Dice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
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  Courtesy: Marc Roberts
Loaded dice and extra spots, courtesy of DotEarth. 




		
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		<link>http://permaculture.org.au/2010/08/30/tumbling-dice/</link>
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		<title>Permaculture for Kids</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: Please welcome new contributing writer, Paul Douglas of Victoria, Australia!
During my two week immersion into permaculture design, Bill Mollison was asked by a student, &#34;How do we go about teaching permaculture to our children?&#8221; to which Bill replied something along the lines of, &#8220;I don&#8217;t believe we should be teaching Permaculture to children. [...]]]></description>
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