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Farewell Ross Mars — and thanks

Story by Russ Grayson, first published in Medium 10 November 2023 IT IS WITH SADNESS that I and many others say farewell to Ross Mars. Ross was widely known and respected among permaculture practitioners. An expert in environmental science, water systems and the permaculture design system, Ross authored several books on permaculture. Ross also taught […]

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The riches of long friendship — thank you Carolyn Nuttall

Story by Rosemary Morrow, 9 April 2023 (photos by Russ Grayson) We go back 54 years.  It began in late 1969 when, as a young agriculture research graduate, I was posted to Ayr Cattle Research Station, south of Townsville. I arrived and knew no one. In the first week, as I was unpacking, a car […]

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Time to say goodbye to Dan Palmer — a note of thanks

Story by Russ Grayson, first published in Medium, 6 August 2022 RAIN. More rain. It comes and goes to saturate the soils and nourish what grows in them. So it is with people in the metaphorical soils of our collective experience. We had been up north in rainy Launceston for the annual gathering of the […]

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In memory of Bill Mollison

Like a rampant vine spreading across a field of bare soil, the news of Bill Mollison's passing is spreading across the global permaculture network as I write...

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