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Permaculture Explained (Volume III Issue 5): Use and Value Renewable Resources and Services

"Let nature take its course"

Permaculture design aims to make best use of renewable resources to create, manage and maintain high yielding systems, even if some non-renewable resources are needed to establish the system in the first place. Klaudia van Gool from LAND Learning Centre Trevecca Home Garden* gives her viewpoint:


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Permaculture Explained (Volume III Issue 3): Obtain a Yield

"You can't work on an empty stomach"


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Permaculture Explained (Volume III Issue 2): Catch and Store Energy

This principle deals with the capture and storage of energy within the environment, buildings and even society. If you think about a bank account, this principle is about how we can make our capital bigger, rather than how we spend the interest.


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Permaculture Scotland T-shirts now available to order!

These silky, soft bamboo and organic cotton T-shirts with a beautiful design by Emily Chappell are back in stock! They come in black and green in 2 different styles: traditional loose fitting and light weight fitted with short Raglan style sleeves.

 


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Grown in Totnes

by Charlotte Oliver


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UK farmers who meet the sustainability challenge (report)

New report with aim to investigate how the science of agroecology can play a central role in the way our green and pleasant land is managed in the future.

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New report sheds light on how UK farming can meet the sustainability challenge

New report with aim to investigate how the science of agroecology can play a central role in the way our green and pleasant land is managed in the future.

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How could permaculture assist international development workers? A new opportunity

by Georgina-Kate Adams

“There are plenty of things to worry about, but permaculture helps you to focus on the things that you can do to make a difference” - Andy Goldring


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Permaculture Explained (Vol III Issue 7): Designing from patterns to details

"Can’t see the forest for the trees"

By Looby Macnamara


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