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Home » Posts Tagged "Soils"
How a $2 Pocket Knife is ReGreening Africa
  • Environment
  • Permaculture
Jun19

How a $2 Pocket Knif...

posted by Ecofilms

How can barren fields, degraded forests and grazing lands be reforested without planting a single tree? Is it possible? Well yes, according to Tony Rinaudo and his work with World Vision in regenerating over 30,000 acres in West Africa all with the aid of just a simple pocket knife and a...

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Vertical Gardens
  • Techniques DIY
Jun17

Vertical Gardens

posted by Ecofilms

Making use of vertical wall space located in a sunny spot is a great way to grow your garden. In fact you don’t need pumps or complicated equipment to start growing your own vegetable garden. As long as you have a consistent amount of sunshine of around 6 hours per day and a collection...

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Creating Abundance in School Gardens
  • Permaculture
  • School Gardens
Aug26

Creating Abundance i...

posted by Ecofilms

Over the last few months we’ve been filming every few weeks with Leonie Shanahan the evolution of a school garden located in Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Turning a drab bit of school grass into a permaculture paradise is all in a day’s work for Leonie because every Friday...

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Using Ducks in the Urban Garden
  • Permaculture
  • Techniques DIY
Jun15

Using Ducks in the U...

posted by Ecofilms

They say nine out of ten people that ultimately get ducks into their gardens first started off with chickens. So what are the advantages of keeping ducks? The popular perception or myth is that ducks need a large expanse of water; they make a lot of mess; destroy your garden and their eggs...

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Building a Raised Bed Garden
  • Permaculture
  • Techniques DIY
Jun13

Building a Raised Be...

posted by Ecofilms

Recently when filming with Permaculture gardener Rosina Buckman, we asked her how she managed to grow her amazing vegetables in her raised bed gardens without importing a lot of expensive soil. These tanks were raised off the ground and faced a sunny spot right out at the front of her house....

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Chop Chop Compost
  • Permaculture
  • Techniques DIY
Jun12

Chop Chop Compost

posted by Ecofilms

Rosina Buckman’s front garden is right out on the suburban street. A number of corrugated colour-bond Zincalume planter beds dot her front garden. Rosina is keen on growing food in her raised beds. Lettuce and herbs spill out of her tanks as she exuberantly explains how she keeps the...

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Create a Wicking Bed Garden for Easy Vegetable Growing powered by Fishwater
  • Aquaponics
  • DIY Aquaponics
Dec14

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...

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40 Tons of Life in One Acre of Soil: Treehugger Article
  • Permaculture
Dec14

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...

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The Man Who Stopped the Desert
  • Environment
Dec13

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...

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A Couple of Rough Types
  • Permaculture
Dec06

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...

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Joel Salatin in Australia
  • Environment
Nov28

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...

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Permaculture Soils DVD Now Shipping
  • Permaculture
Nov06

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...

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