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Seeing the Forest
Seeing the Forest Seeing the Forest tells the story of the Siuslaw National Forest in Oregon — how it made a successful transition from timber extraction to ecosystem restoration. Once the epicenter of conflict, the Siuslaw today is an exemplar of cooperation and collaboration. They harvest wood sustainably by thinning overly dense monoculture stands that are […]
Wisconsin Groundwater Dispute Is a Warning Signal for the Eastern United States
Wisconsin Groundwater Dispute Is a Warning Signal for the Eastern United States Water problems in states east of the Mississippi River mirror those of the dry American West. Photo © Codi Kozacek / Circle of Blue Caroline Lake sits near the Lake Superior shore in northern Wisconsin. The state is one of many east of […]
He’s told us not to blow it
He’s told us not to blow it Hopefully you’ve seen the recent movie, The Martian, a film directed by Ridley Scott and adapted from the online book by Andy Weir. If you have not seen the movie or read the book, both of which I highly recommend, there will be some spoilers for the movie in this […]
Permaculture: Regenerative – not merely Sustainable.
Permaculture: Regenerative – not merely Sustainable. Introduction. September 2015 saw the International Permaculture Conference, held in London followed by the Convergence, which occupied 6 days at Gilwell park, on the Essex-London border, where practitioners of the discipline gave presentations and workshops on various aspects of this growing art, which is a sustainable design system intended to emulate […]
2% Solutions for the Planet
2% Solutions for the Planet Since we live in an era of big problems, we tend to spend our time thinking of big solutions. Thinking big, however, can have a paralyzing effect on taking action. In my new book Two Percent Solutions for the Planet, I take readers on a journey around the world where low-cost, easy-to-implement solutions are regenerating the […]
River Supplying Water To Alberta Oil Sands Operations At Risk From Drought
River Supplying Water To Alberta Oil Sands Operations At Risk From Drought A new study casts doubt on the long-term ability of the Athabasca River to supply the water Alberta’s oil sands industry relies on. Water is allocated to oil sands operations based on river flow data collected since the 1950s, but that doesn’t necessarily […]
Inspiration through practice: How to start a regenerative farm
Inspiration through practice: How to start a regenerative farm Digging ditches and planting trees across the middle of your fields? Most farmers would think you’re mad. But Nigel Griffiths is a man on a mission and not afraid to challenge farming orthodoxy. A year ago he moved to the 30-acre Landews Meadow Farm on the North Kent […]
Taking a Bite Out of Plastic Waste: New Research Offers Unexpected Promise as Permaculture Hack
Taking a Bite Out of Plastic Waste: New Research Offers Unexpected Promise as Permaculture Hack Reducing plastic pollution has seemed a daunting prospect, until now. Can the tiny Mealworm bite off more than we can chew? According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Americans alone throw away 25 billion Styrofoam cups each year. Styrofoam […]
The Problem of Agriculture
The Problem of Agriculture This is an excerpt from the new book Plain Radical: Living, Loving, and Learning to Leave the Planet Gracefully, published by Counterpoint/Soft Skull, which tells the story of Robert Jensen’s intellectual and political collaboration with teacher/activist Jim Koplin. I was born and raised in North Dakota, a rural state with an economy […]
Resilience and Collapse: Notes from Cyprus Part Two
Resilience and Collapse: Notes from Cyprus Part Two In early 2014, I interviewed my cousin, Sofia Matsi, a newly minted permaculture designer and sustainability/resilience activist who lives on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Last year, Sofia related her experience of the all-but-complete collapse of the Cyprus economy in 2013 and her attempts, with others, to spark […]
Leaving Our Children Nothing
Leaving Our Children Nothing Our generation has a unique opportunity. If we set our minds to it, we could be the first in human history to leave our children nothing: no greenhouse-gas emissions, no poverty, and no biodiversity loss. That is the course that world leaders set when they met at the United Nations in […]
Leading Cause of Climate Change is Animal Agriculture, not Fossil Fuels
Leading Cause of Climate Change is Animal Agriculture, not Fossil Fuels There is some kind of “cowspiracy” going on… Animal agriculture is the leading cause of climate change, but no one seems to want to address it. The documentary Cowspiracy, available on Netflix and through the film’s website, etc., does, and is worth a watch, particularly for […]
Sustainable Development: Something New or More of the Same?
Sustainable Development: Something New or More of the Same? Two years ago when he was 14, my son Matthew grew six inches. Last year he only grew two inches, and this year he has only grown half an inch. Should I be worried? Of course not. At a certain stage of maturity, quantifiable physical growth […]
Wisdom: Re-Tuning for a Sustainable Future
Wisdom: Re-Tuning for a Sustainable Future Mankind achieved civilization by developing and learning to follow rules that often forbade to do what his instincts demanded…Man is not born wise, rational and good, but has to be taught to become so. Man became intelligent because there was tradition (habits) between instinct and reason… Friedrich Hayek The […]
Food Tank Webinar Series With Dr. Roger Leakey on the Global Food Crisis
Food Tank Webinar Series With Dr. Roger Leakey on the Global Food Crisis This discussion features Dr. Roger Leakey, a crop physiologist and tree biologist who has worked in forestry and agroforestry aimed to reverse deforestation and desertification in the tropics. About Roger Leakey Vice Chair of International Tree Foundation Born and brought up in Kenya, […]
