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Financial crisis versus climate change: Aaaaarrgggh!!!

Posted on Mar 9th, 2009 by Chris : Permaculture Designer Chris

Please forgive the vent of frustration at the end of the title there, as the financial turmoil continues and the banking system that led to the whole sorry credit crunch business in the first place... More »

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Return to the wilderness

Posted on Jun 27th, 2008 by Chris : Permaculture Designer Chris

Here at Penrhos I started the wilderness regeneration project back in 1986, fencing off about two thirds of an acre from grazing animals and just letting it go. Back then I'd been unable to find... More »

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The gardeners shall inherit the earth

Posted on Apr 2nd, 2008 by Chris : Permaculture Designer Chris

Its becoming clearer to people that mechanised, chemical farming comes with a very high energy cost. Organic farming is an improvement as there is no use of chemical fertilisers which themselves require significant amounts of... More »

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What's in a name?

Posted on Sep 19th, 2007 by Chris : Permaculture Designer Chris

Sustainability and the dirty word. First some history. At the close of the second world war the US and UK found themselves running war economies with subsidised agriculture and heavy industries and a workforce geared... More »

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More bio-fuel maddness and drastic investment loss

Posted on Aug 19th, 2007 by Chris : Permaculture Designer Chris

Good to see wider recognition of the potential problems with the developing biofuels market as I mentioned in my entry on May 23rd, 2007. Check out the BBC website for more details: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6949861.stm Here's an... More »

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Massive returns on investment!

Posted on Jul 26th, 2007 by Chris : Permaculture Designer Chris

I recently cashed in on various investments I made in the past. Here are the results: 1. >10,000% return after five months. 2. >200,000% return after 15 years. 3. In excess of >1,000,000% after 21... More »

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Biodiesel- The Disaster

Posted on May 23rd, 2007 by Chris : Permaculture Designer Chris

Biodiesel sounds great but when the UK government announced their plans for biofuel targets, they claimed that 5% of biofuel used in road transport fuel means 5% less greenhouse gas emissions, yet there is no... More »

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