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The End of Growth: the Great Unravelling?
Maddy Harland |
Sunday, 22nd January 2012

For four decades, Richard Heinberg has been observing why our current growth based economy is unsustainable. He has written seminal books on peak oil and the global effects of the end of easily extracted cheap oil. We are now entering that period in human...

 
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How farms are using permaculture design to survive and prosper
Louise Cartwright |
Monday, 16th January 2012

The rise in fuel prices has seen greater awareness and a wider concern for what life will be like when the oil runs out. This has seen interest in less chemical dependant farming methods bringing permaculture to the forefront of discussion and debate.

 
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Permaculture Education in Malawi: taking practical skills to rural communities
permaculture.co.uk |
Friday, 6th January 2012

Butterfly Space is a unique community space aiming to bring together passionate volunteers and the local community. Community, self-sustainability and the environment are some of the central principles of numerous projects within the local community that...

 
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5 practical steps for feeling fulfilled
Beth Creedon |
Sunday, 1st January 2012

We can spend our time concentrating our thoughts so much on the future or the past that we forget to take stock of what there is to be pleased about in our lives today. So here's an easy five step method of how to bring the feeling of fulfilment into your life...

 
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Free Downloads, Useful Sites and Inspiration for 2012
Maddy Harland |
Tuesday, 27th December 2011

2012 is a turning point. Of this be sure. It is our opportunity for positive change, yet most of us sense that the transition from the fossil fuel based hierarchical societies that run this planet will not be easy. There are struggles ahead.

 
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New Carpet? Insulate First
John Adams |
Thursday, 22nd December 2011

In the middle of topping up my loft insulation to current standards, my wife informs me that she has ordered a new carpet for our downstairs guest room. I had realized long ago that insulating under the floors would make a considerable difference to the comfort of...

 
Happy Anniversary Sunseed

Celebrating 25 years at Sunseed Desert Technology, Spain
Posted by MH |
Thursday, 15th December 2011

This year Sunseed celebrates 25 years of hard work and play in the oasis valley of Los Molinos, within a natural park nestled among the arid lands of Almería in southern Spain.

 
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Woodland Co-operation - restoring woodlands and providing volunteers with cheap woodfuel
John Bell |
Sunday, 11th December 2011

A call to billhooks! Next time you’re out in the woods take a look around the forest floor and count the number of seedlings for a certain area. Look up and notice how much space surrounds the canopy of each tree and whether the trees are crowded and perhaps...