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WTF is Permaculture?? 10 Feb 2013 | 01:07 pm
This is a question (although not always so colorfully phrased) comes up to practicing permaculturists often enough as to be a running gag; that awkward moment at any given dinner party when the permie...
The Lost Language of Araki Island 24 Dec 2012 | 06:14 am
Although this community is dealing with the implications of the impending extinction of their native language, Araki Island appears to be doing many things right from a food security & community resil...
Backup cropping systems in the tropics 11 Oct 2012 | 04:53 pm
Photos (clockwise, from top left): Village Counsellor & neighboring plantation owner Nombert shows off a giant-sized-leaf variety of Island Cabbage (Abelmoschus manihot); Cocoyams (Xanthosoma sp.) gro...
Horticultural Selection & Biodiversity on Araki Island 9 Oct 2012 | 04:29 am
Photo: Different varieties of Island Cabbage (Abelmoschus manihot) observed during site visits around Vanuatu. The topography of this small island is unique in that it is comprised of 3 distinct terr...
The Village Economy 20 Sep 2012 | 02:28 am
"How can we be Self-reliant with our needs So that we can become Interdependent with our wants?" -Hunter Heaivilin- Photo: Hunter Heaivilin teaches Village Design on Ifira Island, Vanuatu. The Villa...
Rainbow Botanical Gardens: Designing for engagement 5 Sep 2012 | 12:04 pm
Cornelia Wylie, a New Zealander living in Vanuatu for the last two decades has created one of the most beautiful patches of paradise within the beautiful patch of paradise that is Efate Island - and s...
Your Culture or Your Money 4 Sep 2012 | 07:32 am
When students were asked, "How has your community changed over the last 10 years?", students came up with the following list: Photo: Class brainstorm on shifting culture in their communities. This e...
Improved cookstove design 3 Sep 2012 | 10:42 am
Because so much time is spent in the cook-house, stove designs are a leverage point we can focus on improving to create multiple benefits: Better air quality means better health Faster cook times L...
White rice: Scourge of the Pacific 31 Aug 2012 | 05:30 pm
Photo: Sticky white rice growing in a streamside taro patch on Oahu, photo courtesy Hunter Heaivilin. After years working overseas in the Solomon Islands, Fiji, and now Vanuatu, ADRA Country Director...
Shifting Food Cultures 31 Aug 2012 | 11:24 am
Modern cultural pressures are acting upon even remote communities, shifting values away from traditional values of natural resource stewardship and living from the land. Imported goods are replacing ...
