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This is a program to encourate people to help each other grow food. Many older people have gardens they can no longer keep up. Many people do not have enough experience to grow food successfully. By helping each other, we can create abundant food, in the community.

To build momentum with this project we are coordinating the efforts of If you'd like to help, please register here.

If you have, or know about, great food plants in your area, you can submit photographs and stories to this site. You will need to register first, and then we will grant you permission to upload stories and content. This step is necessary to reduce the amount of spam and junk that gets posted to the site.

We look forward to working with you.

 

Residents of a village near Hanover, Germany, can switch on the streetlights as they need them using a mobile phone application. The project is designed to minimise electricity use without compromising the safety and convenience of the good burghers of DoerenTrup. The scheme has been piloted on several streets over the last year and was trialled after residents complained when the lights were turned off to save money.

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`One of the great things about America, one of the beauties of our country, is that when we see a young, innocent child blown up by an IED, we cry.'

GWBush - Washington, D.C., Mar. 29, 2006

Permaculture Research Institute