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ClimateWatch was developed in order to understand the effects that climate change is having on Australia’s plants and animals.
Climate change is affecting rainfall and temperature across Australia. As a consequence, flowering times, breeding cycles and migration movements are also changing. Scientists have very little data available to understand the impacts of this.
Your task is to [...]

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How-to-Guides & Manuals – Mushrooms

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Solar Power Zapped From Space By Lasers

 
 
 
Japan is aiming to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth using laser beams or microwaves.
The island nation’s government has picked companies and researchers to turn the multi-billion pound dream of unlimited clean energy into reality by 2030.
Japan has few energy resources of its own and is heavily reliant on oil [...]

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More Permaculture How To’s

Keeping chooks: before you start you need to know…
Introducing… guinea pigs as pets and lawnmowers
How to make a tyre pond
Putting together a balcony garden
How to build a herb spiral
How to build a no-dig garden
Using your nature strip to grow food plants
Growing food plants in shady places
Making simple shampoo
Making vinegar spray conditioner for hair
Compost-making in a [...]

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Bio-diesel WWW Encyclopedia

The Biodiesel WWW Encyclopedia provides comprehensive resources for bio-diesel. It provides inputs and info on various aspects of biodiesel, and over a thousand relevant web links on biodiesel related topics. It is intended to be a one-stop biodiesel resource, and is expected to be of use to beginners and experts alike.
Objective
The objective of the Biodiesel [...]

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Permaculture How To’s

These simple “How To” guides, aimed at the relative newcomer to Permaculture. They have been selected because they are relatively easy to implement, and do not require that you convert all your land to Permaculture in order to be effective. I hope they’ll give you enough of a taste of Permaculture that you’ll want to [...]

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Permaculture Zones – What to plant etc.

Factor or Strategy
ZONE I
ZONE II
ZONE III
ZONE IV

Main design for:
House climate, domestic sufficiency.
Small domestic stock & orchard.
Main crop forage, stored.
Gathering, forage, forestry, pasture.

Establishment of plants
Complete sheet mulch.
Spot mulch and tree guards.
Soil conditioning and green mulch.
Soil conditioning only.

Pruning and trees
Intensive cup or espalier trees.
Pyramid and built trellis.
Unpruned and natural trellis.
Seedlings, thinned to selected varieties.

Selection of trees
Selected dwarf [...]

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Sustainable Food Lab

The mission of the Sustainable Food Lab is to accelerate the shift of sustainable food from niche to mainstream.
We define a sustainable food and agriculture system as one in which the fertility of our soil is maintained and improved; the availability and quality of water are protected and enhanced; our biodiversity is protected; farmers, farm [...]

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Permaculture Projects – The practical approach – Outback, Urban, Cold Climate

What is Permaculture? Introduction
Our Permaculture Projects,
the practical approach A Permaculture garden in the dusty Outback
A City Permaculture Garden in the Tropics
Permaculture in a cold climate
The theory Permaculture – the nine key principles
The practical approach

A Permaculture garden in the dusty Outback
A City Permaculture Garden in the Tropics
Permaculture in a cold climate

Also with other examples like [...]

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Solar cooker plans

There is a wide variety of solar cooker designs, many of them very simple to build from inexpensive, easy-to-obtain materials. Start by choosing a cooker design type based on your requirements. The table below lists strengths and weaknesses of the most common types, and shows some popular cookers of each type. Below each table is [...]

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