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The smell of good coffee, locally produced food in the fridge, friendly conversation and a steady stream of customers walking through the door. Sounds like one of the many local cafes, found anywhere from the coast to the range? But it's not. This is a local service station, and what's more, it supports a local permaculture project through a … [Read more...]
As a follow up to our story in the last edition of ECO, teacher and permaculturalist Leonie Shanahan asks students from four local schools their thoughts on permaculture. Leonie says: "Besides lots of fun, exercise & fresh air, the students learn the life skill of growing their own organic food and experience many new fresh nutritious foods. … [Read more...]
Why edible school gardens? Currently we ingest about 4.5 litres of pesticides and herbicides, eat 66 kilograms of sugar each year and consume exotic foods' grown without soil, which focuses on profit, not nutrition. Obesity is now more widespread than hunger and popular soft drinks now rate as the number one items in our shopping trolleys. In … [Read more...]
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