The Sahara Forest Project is a scheme that aims to provide fresh water, food and renewable energy in hot, arid regions as well as re-vegetating areas of uninhabited desert. This proposal combines saltwater-cooled greenhouses with Solar Power technologies, either directly using Photovoltaic (PV) or indirectly using concentrated solar power (CSP) and technologies for desert revegetation. It is claimed that these technologies together will create a sustainable and profitable source of energy, food, … Read more
Waterboxx Helps Green the Deserts A Simple Device to Support Growing in Desert Environments
The Groasis Waterboxx is an instrument that supports plants and trees to survive in difficult circumstances without using groundwater or electricity. It collects water by catching rainwater, and also by producing and catching water from condensation. It subsequently distributes the collected water over an extended period, to the tree growing in the center of the Waterboxx. Furthermore, it stimulates the capillary formation of the soil; prevents the evaporation of groundwater; steadies the … Read more
Africa’s Great Green Wall A 7000km Wall of Trees Reverses Desertification
The Great Green Wall of the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative is a planned project to plant a wall of trees across Africa at the southern edge of the Sahara desert as a means to prevent desertification. It was developed by the African Union to address the detrimental social, economic and environmental impacts of land degradation and desertification in the Sahel and the Sahara. Crossing 11 nations this is a political as well as a physical and economic challenge and progress currently varies from … Read more
Trees for Life A charity that undergoes reforestation in Scotland
Trees for life, founded in 1989, has the vision to restore a wild forest in order to act as a home for wildlife and to fulfil the ecological functions necessary for the wellbeing of the land itself. Since its founding this charity has been very successful: it has planted over 1 million trees which cover a total area of 4000 hectares. … Read more
Curso CDP en Callus 8-17 julio 2016
- Date: 7 – 16 July 2016
- Language:
- Spanish
- Location: Callus MAnresa, Spain
Curso de Certificado de Diseño en Permacultura, impartido por Rosa Maicas y Antonio Scotti. En Callus, Manresa (Barcelona) Aun quedan plazas. Más info aquí: https://www.facebook.com/events/1554833691505646/ y http://www.perma-fun-k.com/contact-us.html o llama al 686792039. http://www.perma-fun-k.com/contact-us.html o llama al 686792039. … Read more
La Tierra y su Gente Claves Claves para la Vida * Nueva Vida en Uruguay
La Tierra y su Gente * Presenta " Claves para la Vida - Nueva Vida en Uruguay " A la Familia de Luz... Conducción Periodística : Jorge Alvarez Cámaras : Martín Alvarez - Jorge Alvarez Edición : Martín Alvarez Una Realización de TV PRENSA * Santa Fe * Argentina Muchas Gracias desde el Corazón !!! Para Jorge. Martín y Familia por captar y retransmitir el mensaje, las imágenes, los sonidos y la magia que crearon y compartieron en este Documental. En Amor La Flia de … Read more
Composting Toilet Toilet with internal composting container
A composting toilet is a simple, watersaving and logical alternative to the water closet we know. No need for a water supply, no sewers and no sewage treatment necessary. For me it's even a very practical way to become a part again in the ecological live-cycle of soil-plant-food-digestion-soil. The instructions provided in the instructables link is for a composting toilet with internal composting container. Another solution would be to construct a simpe box with a hole and a lid with a … Read more
Fledermauswochenende
- Date: 22 – 23 April 2016
- Language:
- German
- Location: Hof, Germany
Der in Medewege lebende Fledermausexperte Jan Enderle vom NABU lädt zu einem Fledermauswochenende ein. Nach theoretischer Einführung in die Welt der Fledermäuse geht es am Spätabend mit dem Detektor auf Fledermausjagd und am nächsten Tag werden Fledermausbehausungen gebaut. Leitung: Jan Enderle (Hof Medewege / NABU Schwerin) Referenten: Ralf Koch (Naturpark Nossentiner / Schwinzer Heide) weitere Referenten sind in Vorbereitung Ablauf Freitag: 18:30 - 22:00 Uhr: … Read more
Autumn Permaculture Design Course
- Date: 23 September – 4 October 2016
- Language:
- English
- Location: Tinos island, Potamia, Akeratos, Greece, Greece
23 September – 4 October (11 days, 72 hours certificate) Led by Dr. Rod Everett and Mill Millichap We are excited to announce the first FULL PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE (PDC) that will be hosted in Tinos Eco-lodge with two knowledgeable teachers and lifelong farmers from England, Dr. Rod Everett and his colleague Mill Millichap who are teaching permaculture since 1990 in various parts of the world and are coming to Greece and spreading the permaculture philosophy and way of life for the … Read more
Regenerative Organic Agriculture The answer is under our feet
Regenerative organic agriculture remove the carbon from the atmosphere and oceans by sequestering it into the soil. It creates humus, made up of the stable, long-lasting remnants of decaying organic material, which expands the soil’s water-holding capacity and improves the fertility of the soil and our ability to grow nutrient-rich crops. … Read more
