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Welcome & thanks for visiting this site! We are passionate about creating positive change through the use of permaculture, renewable energy and sustainable technologies. On our blog you’ll find articles we’ve written, information, contemplations and stories of our travels and various projects.

One of the easiest ways to browse our blog is to visit the Categories Page and choose a Tag (i.e Food, Energy Systems, Aquaculture, Greenhouses, Events,Travel Stories, etc). 

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We will be UNPLUGGED over the holidays...

Some thoughts to ponder over the holidays...

In our electronic world of smart phones, ipads, laptops, blue-tooth headsets, email, facebook and twitter, we are now hyper-connected to everything, including hyper connected to our work. Taking care of business at 7 pm on a Saturday evening is not rare, especially as a passionate entrepreneur. It can be very easy to forget about the "real" world all around us and blur...

December 15, 2011
Community
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The Eco-Transformation of our Home
For the last three years we have been working hard to convert our Calgary inner city home into a thriving permaculture project complete with a front yard food forest, water-harvesting features, abundant food production, compost-making, a solar greenhouse, low-maintenance veggie gardens, natural building material demonstrations, and even energy retrofits on the house. We've put together a little...
November 9, 2011
Built Environment, Food, Greenhouse, Permaculture Projects, Plants & Living Systems, Soil, Water
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Photos & Stories from the Fall 2011 PDC (2/3)

This blog was contributed by current PDC student, Vanessa Hanel.

We’ve now made it through 2/3 of the fall PDC and we are learning so much. Most recently we've covered Climate, Water & Soil.  I’ve got some more photos to share, I hope you enjoy!

We spent a ton of time talking about water - its properties, rain water harvesting techniques, dealing with waste water (...

November 8, 2011
Community, Courses, Permaculture Projects, Water
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Letters from Jordan from Rob: Part II - The Conference

On September 17th, 2011 I attended the tenth international permaculture convergence (IPC 10) in Jordan... (which also happened to be my birthday). To read Part I of this series, click here. For a summary of the conference day, read on. 

Wow, what a conference! The day flew by and it was one amazing speaker after another. The day was full of...

October 14, 2011
Permaculture Projects, Travel Stories, Water
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Photos & Stories from the Fall 2011 PDC (1/3)

This blog was contributed by current PDC student, Vanessa Hanel.

Weekend #1: Getting Started & Compost Piles

After waiting for what seems like forever, attending various courses and talks, partaking in a couple of permablitz’s, and even going as far as Cuba to participate in a permaculture internship this summer, I have finally started my Permaculture Design...

October 11, 2011
Community, Courses, Water, Why Permaculture?
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Our $25 Composting Toilet

I'm not sure why it took us so long, but we finally have installed our new composting toilet - which cost us $25 to build. All we are missing is some sawdust, which I plan to pick up this week-end. 

September 22, 2011
Food, Permaculture Projects, Soil
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