One of the fun plants to grow in Aquaponics is strawberries. We all know how great they taste especially if picked fresh and juicy from your own system. They grow very well in conventional gravel grow beds provided your system is reasonably free of salt because strawberries just don’t...
DIY Aquaponics DVD
posted by Ecofilms
We’re very excited about this next DVD offering from aquaponics guru Murray Hallam because it’s something that he’s been asked to do continually over the years by many people who want to build their own aquaponics system on the cheap from recyclable containers. Murray...
Create a Wicking Bed...
posted by Ecofilms
Recently when we were filming Murray Hallam and Milne Matthews talking about their aquaponics systems, the conversation turned to their wicking beds that they both used for growing root crops. Although water is mainly used in conventional dirt gardens, Murray and Milne were also using fish...
40 Tons of Life in O...
posted by Ecofilms
Good to see Sami Grover from Treehugger posting a story on Geoff Lawton’s Permaculture Soils DVD. Its created quite a lot of interest and comments on Treehugger and YouTube as people start to realize the actual dynamic, volume, weight and bio-diversity of living life in a healthy top...
Growing Catfish on C...
posted by Ecofilms
Nigeria is working hard to solve the problem of depleted fish stocks by creating urban fish farms. Babatunde Akiodie was finding work hard to find until he discovered how to grow fish on the roof top above his wife’s hairdressing salon. Using cheap concrete tanks and a well dug for...
The Man Who Stopped ...
posted by Ecofilms
“Those who treated him as a madman in the beginning realise today that he is a genius” The Prime Minister of Yatenga, June 2008 “Yacouba single-handedly has had more impact on conservation than all the national and international researchers put together“…in this region tens of thousands...
Permaculture DVDs on...
posted by Ecofilms
A couple of months ago we got an email from Todd Moody who wrote to us, “Earlier this year I began an endeavour to submit all released permaculture documentaries to IMDb.com (the Internet Movie Database). I later expanded that effort to include documentaries about other topics related...
A Visit from Milne
posted by Ecofilms
When Aquaponics enthusiast and veteran backyard farmer Milne Matthews decided to drop in on Aquaponics guru Murray Hallam the opportunity to film the encounter was too good to be true. Milne is also known by his avatar on two best aquaponics forums in Australia as just plain old...
A Couple of Rough Ty...
posted by Ecofilms
It’s very rare to see Permaculture founder Bill Mollison on video these days and a frank interview with Geoff Lawton and Bill together is probably rarer still. Whilst we were at the Permaculture Convergence held in Cairns this year we stumbled upon Bill and Geoff having breakfast...
Joel Salatin in Aust...
posted by Ecofilms
ABC Radio has an interesting interview with self styled “lunatic farmer” Joel Salatin who happens to also be in Australia courtesy of REGEN Agriculture talking about free-range farming in USA. Joel says food has become over-regulated by US food safety bureaucrats who are...
Permaculture Soils D...
posted by Ecofilms
Geoff Lawton’s Permaculture Soils DVD is now shipping. A special thanks go out to all the people that pre-ordered this disk through Permaculture.org.au and waited patiently for their DVD to arrive. Your DVDs are now in the mail and will arrive very shortly. We had a few issues with...
Does Aquaponics Real...
posted by Ecofilms
One of the questions some people ask is “Does Aquaponics really work over the long term?” Other people have concerns about adding all sorts of complicated filtration mechanisms to keep the fish water clean and pure. Some of these concerns are legitimate in a commercial aquaponics...
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