We in the North often have a highly skewed understanding of the word ‘poverty’. Mention it, and the mind is immediately filled with images of emaciated children, queues at aid stations, and the like. Somehow our own acute poverty – in community, social cohesion and ethical purpose – usually goes unrecognised. We live in a [...]
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Greening the Desert II Video – Greening the Middle East
Talks Michael Pollan gives a plant’s-eye view
What if human consciousness isn’t the end-all and be-all of Darwinism? What if we are all just pawns in corn’s clever strategy game to rule the Earth? Author Michael Pollan asks us to see the world from a plant’s-eye view.
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Tagged: Animals, Garden, Permaculture, plants, Sustainable, Videos
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Tagged: Animals, Garden, Permaculture, plants, Sustainable, Videos
Behind Greening the Desert
More from Geoff Lawton of the Permaculture Research Institute on the challenges behind “Greening the Desert” project in Jordan – from the DVD Harvesting Water the Permaculture Way.
Climate change in Google Earth
Explore the potential impacts of climate change on our planet Earth and find out about possible solutions for adaptation and mitigation, ahead of the UN’s climate conference in Copenhagen in December (COP15).
Find out more and raise your voice about climate change on the YouTube COP15 channel!
To further explore the IPCC tours download them into Google Earth.
To learn more about [...]
Find out more and raise your voice about climate change on the YouTube COP15 channel!
To further explore the IPCC tours download them into Google Earth.
To learn more about [...]
Home sweet home eco animation
Humerous eco animation of planet earth annoyed by pollution and climate chaos. Funny !!! Sweet.. enjoy this lovely with happy ending. If you want the free downloads to show at events they are on www.anitasancha.co.uk
James Balog: Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss
Photographer James Balog shares new image sequences from the Extreme Ice Survey, a network of time-lapse cameras recording glaciers receding at an alarming rate, some of the most vivid evidence yet of climate change.
Amy Smith shares simple, lifesaving design
Fumes from indoor cooking fires kill more than 2 million children a year in the developing world. MIT engineer Amy Smith details an exciting but simple solution: a tool for turning farm waste into clean-burning charcoal.
Willie Smits: How we re-grew a rainforest
[WARNING: Some graphic video may offend some viewers]
Bonnie Bassler on how bacteria “talk”
Bonnie Bassler discovered that bacteria “talk” to each other, using a chemical language that lets them coordinate defense and mount attacks. The find has stunning implications for medicine, industry — and our understanding of ourselves.
How to make a rocket stove
* IMPORTANT NOTE * be sure to use BLACK STOVE PIPE when building rocket stoves… apparently, the silver galvanized piping used in this video releases toxins while burning.
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The Actual ‘73 Giving Tree Movie Spoken By Shel Silverstein
It’s a classic, but what a story.
Introduction To Permaculture Design DVD Trailer
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Permaculture in Schools in South Africa
Big business supporting permaculture.
All about sustainable aquaculture
At the living edge…
Permaculturist work with both the land and water, oh and the sun and wind too, but lets just look at some neat water stuff today. Sustainable aquaculture is a great way to increase biodiversity and beneficial relationships with in a landscape. Here is a great film to watch with permaculture farmer Sepp [...]
Permaculturist work with both the land and water, oh and the sun and wind too, but lets just look at some neat water stuff today. Sustainable aquaculture is a great way to increase biodiversity and beneficial relationships with in a landscape. Here is a great film to watch with permaculture farmer Sepp [...]
Pulser pump – No moving parts
The pulser pump is the world’s simplest hydropowered device that has no moving parts.
Another example of use: fish ladder
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Another example of use: fish ladder
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