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Wadi Mukheris and the Wonder of Gabions (Jordan)

December 4, 2013 By Geoff Lawton 5 Comments

The year 1999 was a busy one, with the potential of Y2K and “the end of world as we know it”, with the threat of computers failing as the clocks trip over the year 2000 at start of the new millennium. For part of the year I was working as the lead permaculture consultant with a team in Louisiana, USA, on an ex-army ammunition manufacturing plant re-design into an eco-industrial park. We taught many PDCs to locals. For part of the year I was working in Macedonia after the Kosovo crisis as the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Project Update Tagged With: Gabions, Land, Storm Water, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting

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