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The Middle East Arid Climate Permaculture Demonstration Site

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Onsite in Jordan at “The greening of the Desert, The Sequel”

March 29, 2016 By Tom Kendall 1 Comment

I am facilitating a Permaculture Design Certificate course over the next two weeks. We have eleven students that have come from or have lived in more than 20 countries which is amazing and of course having a big multicultural vibe. We have just finished day 2. Yesterday at the end of the day we put together an 18 day hot compost which we will be able to monitor as we go through the course. We are working our way through the first three chapters of the Bill Mollison book “Permaculture A … [Read more...]

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Energy Globe Award

July 15, 2015 By pri Leave a Comment

National ENERGY GLOBE Award Jordan 2015 Has been won by Geoff Lawton and The Permaculture Research Institute for the Permaculture sites featured inGreening/Re-Greening the Desert "To be honored with this award is a great recognition of our work for a better environment and motivates us to continue our endeavors in the future" Geoff Lawton, National Energy Globe Winner JordanAbout the AWARD With more than 170 participating countries and over 1500 project submissions annually the Energy Globe … [Read more...]

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Supporting SOILS on International Permaculture Day with Geoff Lawton

May 1, 2015 By pri Leave a Comment

  https://vimeo.com/168714775 Geoff Lawton talks "What you can do with Soil in a Desert", supporting the Soil theme on this upcoming International Permaculture Day from The Greening the Desert Sequel Site in the Jordan Valley (PRI Jordan). Join us worldwide on Sunday 3rd May for International Permaculture Day: In Support of Soil! … [Read more...]

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Support Species for a Dryland Food Forest, a Practical Example

March 16, 2015 By Massi Miatton 7 Comments

Greening the Desert II, Dead Sea Valley, Jordan Photos: Rawan RisheqOctober-November 2014, at the end of a long dry summer before the winter rains.You can also download the whole pdf here From its very inception, a natural system is involved in a continuous evolution, an ongoing succession of different stages toward increasing diversity and complexity, toward increasing stability, fertility and productivity until, eventually, the system reaches its climax – a final stage of relative stability … [Read more...]

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