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The Wonders of Cobbing

Rachel's Musings Posted on November 10, 2010 by RachelApril 19, 2013

Cob is an ancient building material made with sand, clay, water, and straw (see cobbing in action in this promo trailer starting @ about 0:43). It has been widely used in many cultures, including in Germany for the traditional timber …
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Trees, Hills, and Justice

Rachel's Musings Posted on November 9, 2010 by RachelMay 8, 2013

My permaculture class went on a field trip to learn more about dealing with water in permaculture designs. One of the first things you notice in the areas around San Francisco: The hills are brown. During the summer time, there …
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Finding New Strategies

Rachel's Musings Posted on October 30, 2010 by RachelJanuary 27, 2014

Chapter 14 of the Designer’s Manual covers invisible structures and how to design them. We spent one Saturday of our Urban PDC covering many of the ideas presented by Mollison on how to design a village, city, nation, or society. …
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Healing Soil, Healing Ourselves

Rachel's Musings Posted on October 17, 2010 by RachelApril 19, 2013

Saturday was Soil Day in my permaculture design course. But if you really want to learn all about soil – from how to determine its texture to how to manage its structure and prevent toxicity leaching into what you grow …
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Making Rain

Rachel's Musings Posted on October 15, 2010 by RachelApril 19, 2013

How do you make rain? It is possible that rain dances did actually contribute to rain making. Fires on the ridge line might have seeded clouds by providing a condensation surface. There are more reliable ways of making rain, though. …
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Community Design

Rachel's Musings Posted on October 3, 2010 by RachelApril 19, 2013

I could write about patterns, sectors, or zones. Or how to start a design. We learned about all of this during our second week in the Urban PDC. But that’s all rather technical and I don’t want to capture the …
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