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See http://blogs.newcastle.edu.au/blog/2013/09/26/chikukwa-documentary-permaculture-farming-generates-food-surplus-in-africa/

How Permaculture Can Restore Ecosystems & Communities
Maddy Harland |
Thursday, 20th August 2015

In the rural Shona African community in Zimbabwe, five villages of 7,000 people have joined together to form the Chikukwa Project, named after their local chief. Twenty years ago their land was deforested, barren, and nothing would grow there in the summer months. When the rains came, they...

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Reforesting Haiti For Food & Resilience
Conor O'Higgins |
Tuesday, 18th August 2015

Haiti is a complex and unique country. The only country ever founded by a slave revolt, the first country where slavery was illegal, once the most productive agricultural center in the world, now the poorest country outside Africa, once a rainforest, now nearly a...

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Plant Diversity & Symbiotic Relationships
Crystal Stevens |
Monday, 17th August 2015

Joseph Simcox, 'The Botanical Explorer' is a seasoned ethnobotanist who has an intrinsic fascination with inherent wonders in nature.

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The Controversial Flow Hive
Helen iles |
Monday, 10th August 2015

Stu Anderson lives at the end of a steep and stony track not far from Byron Bay in Northern New South Wales, Australia. His beautiful, handmade home stands amongst others, surrounded by lush rainforest. Stu is one half of the father-son team behind the Flow™Hive.

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Medicinal Benefits of Ferns
Nathaniel Whitmore |
Wednesday, 5th August 2015

The Lenni Lenapes and Iroquoians are natives to the Delaware River valley region. The natives as well as the Cherokees used the many available species of ferns for medicinal benefits.

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The Cuban Agricultural Model
Rolf Otto Niederstrasser |
Friday, 31st July 2015

Agriculture has played an enormous role in Cuba's history. Yet, today, it is only 5% of the GDP with a possibility for expansion.1

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Permaculture & the Menstrual Cycle
Emily Stewart |
Friday, 24th July 2015

Permaculture means different things to different people, but at root it means taking natural ecosystems as the model for our own human habitats. Natural ecosytems are by definition sustainable, and if we can understand the way they work we can use that understanding to make our own...

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Woodcarving of Rajasthan
Permaculture magazine |
Monday, 20th July 2015

The famous woodcarving of Rajasthan is also widely practiced across India.

This ancient craft uses different woods depending on the shape and size of the final product. Each item is crafted by hand, into a range of figures, from gods and goddesses to theological figures, animals and more...