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Pebble, is it common practice in NZ for Maori welcoming ceremonies and prayers in other education courses? why would it be appropriate in a PDC?

G´day and welcome Tasman,

First stop I´d recommend is a visit to the local library to get yourself some books on the subject. You can´t go far wrong with Bill Mollisons ´Introduction to...

Permaculture is system design. It is guided by 3 ethics (and further guided by 12 design principles). It is so much more than gardening.

I reckon Marko had it right in his one liner:

Nah, ´fraid not, it´s quick, tasty and is about as good as cereals get as far as the amount of crap in it goes though I´m not kidding myself as to them being the healthiest start to my day. If I was...

I had an eggs, chilli, tomato and tortilla brekky kinda like this when i was in Mexico and it was great!
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Unfortunately in my regular day to day I´ve struggled to change from cereal which I...

Fast food?

We generally get our kids gifts (and clothes, furniture, etc) from the op shop/ebay where we can and encourage friends and family to do the same if they want to get our kids prezzies. If they can...

Grahame, agreed 100%. But I've a long way to go yet.

I liked this from the PRI Turkey story on the Home page:

"Systemic change is only possible with the simultaneous transformation of...

Come on Grahame, you know that's nonsense. You know (some) people are waking up to what's really going on but getting out of the system isn't easy or fast. It all depends on your circumstances.


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I know Pete 'the Permie' Allen helped establish and now teaches the diploma there. I did my PDC with him last year at Telopea Mountain Permaculture and I can highly recommend him, a very knowledgable...

Hi Grahame, my wife and I are busy designing our strawbale home at the moment so this is a timely discussion.

My current design has the kitchen to the west side looking north over the dining table...

Hello gmpm1,
A stone or concrete band will not act as insulation. Insulation is about slowing heat transfer between objects which is typically done by trapping air between layers. Stones and...

Genetic modification? Are you sure?

I'm looking at doing some soil remediation at my new block and the use of fungi as part of a wholistic plan looks really promising. Here's a link I found that I'm having a read through now:
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MA I may have been a bit optimistic there. However with volitization and precipitation we can all share in the delights of organochlorides. Lots more info here on DDT and its primary metabolites....

This from Chernobyl is also quite cool - roll down to 'Introduction'.

Life will go on long after we've wrecked the joint.

Love your work MA! I've yet to read all the info but the first one was a ripper! Brake fern the HYPERaccumulatorrrrr!

As far as contaminants go there are a few techniques I've found out from the...

Pete the Permie and his wife Sylvia are in Monbulk and are very friendly and knowledgable people. They set up the Heritage Fruits Society, are involved with Pettys Orchard, have lots of fruit tree...

Hi MA, I'm not too sure about how it compares currently, I will find out. I found this article interesting. What's been occupying me right now is the results from the heavy metals test. High levels...

SWEP do standard soil balance tests for AU$110 with plenty of info, pie charts and recommendations for those who are interested.