Created 13/11/18

Permaculture and soil organic matter (journal)

Effects of Permaculture Practices on Soil Physicochemical Properties and Organic Matter Distribution in Aggregates: A Case Study of the Bec-Hellouin Farm (France)

Authors studied the impact of permaculture and biointensive micro-gardening practices on soil physicochemical properties and soil organic matter (SOM) distribution.
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Created 13/11/18

Assessing crop/livestock/forestry systems (#journal)

Crop, livestock and forestry performance assessment under different production systems in the north of Mato Grosso, Brazil
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Created 13/11/18

Eating organic lowers risk of cancer (online)

Eating organic food lowers risk of certain cancers, study suggests
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Created 13/11/18

Support for garden project

Rheola Walled Garden project is extremely grateful to Paramaethu Cymru for the support received from the “Open Days Access Fund” which was used to purchase gravel for resurfacing paths within the walled garden and so enables easier access to the garden for people of all abilities. The work has been mainly carried out with voluntary labour by regular supporters of the project.

 

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Created 01/11/18

Seedsaving - Babington's Leek

#WeLoveLiving so we save seeds to grow more, locally adapted healthy plants.

Holly Silvester of RHS Bridgewater shows how you can save seed. Holly demonstrates Babingtons leek, a perennial that grows in Hulme Community Garden Centre's forest garden. "It's totally easy peasy, very simple."

Filmed at the national permaculture convergence, September 2018, Hulme Community Garden Centre, Manchester.

www.weloveliving.co.uk

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Created 01/11/18

Discover the joys of keeping The Biotime Log

Biotime, or biological time, runs at a very different pace and rhythm to human time. It can be observed by recording events in the natural world.
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Created 30/10/18

Lush Showcase 2018 - how Lush are upholding permaculture ethics in 2018

by Emmy Jenkins

Toward the end of a fun-packed Permaculture Convergence 2018, participants split off to explore permaculture across Manchester. While some toured local projects, a group of us headed over to check out the Lush Showcase 2018, to see how they were delivering the message of sustainability.

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Created 23/10/18

Carbon negative district heating (online)

Tampere’s Hiedanranta to be the first in Finland to produce carbon-negative district heating
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Created 23/10/18

Biochar included in IPCC report (online)

Biochar and PyCCS included as negative emission technology by the IPCC
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Created 23/10/18

Introducing Woodside Arran (CIC)

Woodside Arran The Early Years

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