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Home » Posts Tagged "Geoff Lawton"
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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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 an Urban Greywater Reedbed
  • Permaculture
  • Techniques DIY
  • Urban Permaculture
  • Water Harvesting
May05

Building an Urban Gr...

posted by Ecofilms

Permaculture teacher Geoff Lawton scrambles through a clump of reeds perched over a some large boulders and gingerly steps over a pond choked with Duckweed and Salvinia floating on the surface. You can hear the frogs croaking in the background. Birds are singing in the trees. He peels back a...

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Ecofilms in Sydney
  • Aquaponics
  • Permaculture
Apr13

Ecofilms in Sydney

posted by Ecofilms

Ecofilms will be in Sydney this weekend and early next week filming Murray Hallam’s Sydney Aquaponics workshop next Sunday at the Casula Powerhouse in Liverpool. Murray as also agreed to appear at Permaculture North monthly meeting along with Geoff Lawton and Ecofilm’s Frank...

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Growing Food in a Mulch Pit
  • Permaculture
  • Techniques DIY
Apr02

Growing Food in a Mu...

posted by Ecofilms

The idea of growing food in a mulch pit is something we came across whilst filming Geoff Lawton’s Introduction to Permaculture Design DVD. Geoff was climbing over what looked like a mountain of trash. Cardboard boxes, newspaper, old clothes and tree prunings. The mulch pit stretched...

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Victory Garden Chicken System
  • Permaculture
  • Techniques DIY
  • Urban Permaculture
Mar26

Victory Garden Chick...

posted by Ecofilms

The notion of Victory Gardens sounds rather quaint these days and conjures up ideas of thrift and service for the war effort. Used throughout the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and other places, the Victory Garden was a symbol of pride that helped take pressure off the...

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Nutrient Flow and Chicken Coops
  • Permaculture
  • Techniques DIY
Mar24

Nutrient Flow and Ch...

posted by Ecofilms

Siting your Chicken Coop in your backyard may be no big deal, but to place it at the highest point of your garden – well isn’t that usually reserved for your house as the premier spot? Not necessarily so if you talk with Permaculture teacher Geoff Lawton. The Problem Recently...

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Urban Permaculture Gets Redesigned
  • Permaculture
  • Urban Permaculture
Feb15

Urban Permaculture G...

posted by Ecofilms

He looks like a rangy cowboy but its not a six gun in his hand that he carries, but a artist’s pad and a felt pen marker. In his mid 50’s and on a hot muggy Monday morning, Geoff Lawton and fifteen Permaculture interns stride into a suburban home located in Lismore, NSW. The owner...

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EcoFilms 2011 What are we working on?
  • In Production
Dec31

EcoFilms 2011 What a...

posted by Ecofilms

We’re planning a number of exciting new titles to be released in 2011. Urban Permaculture DVD One of the complaints we often get from people living in the city is that we focus a little heavily on Permaculture titles that require a large scale farm to get the most benefit from...

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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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Permaculture DVDs on IMDB? Are we going mainstream?
  • Permaculture
Dec12

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...

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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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