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Permaculture and Money – Part 1
Permaculture and Money – Part 1 Cash, conflict and crisis: How is money connected to limited and violent beliefs, and how can we transcend these beliefs? Permaculture design is about finding ways in which parts of a system can harmonise together, creating regenerative patterns and structures which can help us to develop as part of […]
Planting Seeds in Crisis
Planting Seeds in Crisis Food and seed sovereignty in uncertain times As governments of more and more countries introduce various kinds of lockdowns (1) during the ongoing virus “pandemic” (1), we appear to be experiencing what many would say is an unprecedented global “crisis” (see for example 2). This article will explore the opportunities inherent […]
Permaculture as Philosophy
Permaculture as Philosophy It’s almost spring – all right, it’s the middle of winter – and I’m reading about gardening. It’s my yearly ritual to keep hope alive in the dark months. I sort my seeds, draw up garden plans while standing by the snow-covered garden beds, and flip through the glossy garden porn that […]
Making The Most Of What We Harvest
Making The Most Of What We Harvest Secondary Uses for Common Crops It’s nearing the end of our main growing season here in North Carolina. Halfway through October, our tomato plants are not much longer for the world, perhaps even living on borrowed time now. Summer squashes have given way, and winter squashes are strewn […]
Without a rebellion there might be nothing left. The tide is turning and necessarily so.
Without a rebellion there might be nothing left. The tide is turning and necessarily so. An international rebellion has begun. I am writing this as a call to action for humanity and permaculture enthusiasts everywhere. I want to take a few minutes to share my story, and perhaps you will be inspired by a world that is […]
David Holmgren: A Baby Boomers’ Apology
David Holmgren: A Baby Boomers’ Apology There are days, though all too scarce, when very nice surprises come my way. Case in point: yesterday I received a mail from David Holmgren after a long period of radio silence. Australia’s David is one of the fathers of permaculture, along with Bill Mollison, for those few who […]
CRISIS, HOPE, AND PERMACULTURE
CRISIS, HOPE, AND PERMACULTURE A “Green New Deal” is on everyone’s lips, but how do we actually get there? Our brand new “Green is the New Silver (Lining): Crisis, Hope, and Permaculture,” (http://bit.ly/hope-permaculture) the first of 4 videos in our free-to-view “Permaculture Masterclass,” offers one possible answer. And if we do this right, we can […]
Saving the Planet
SAVING THE PLANET I have often found myself wincing as I hear people talking about saving the planet. It’s felt wrong! I can hear the voices of condemnation screaming at me now … ‘What a horrible person you are not to agree with saving the planet.’… but let me explain. I’m the same age as Geoff […]
Human Permaculture Part 3: Practical Communication Techniques
HUMAN PERMACULTURE PART 3: PRACTICAL COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES In part one (1) of this article I explored the possible efficacy of visualising our communication with each other as a invisible flow, less predictable than other energy flows in a Sector Analysis but still able to be mapped as part of a design; while in part two […]
Excerpt From “De-Growth in the Suburbs, A Radical Urban Imaginary.” Part 3
EXCERPT FROM “DE-GROWTH IN THE SUBURBS, A RADICAL URBAN IMAGINARY. “ PART 3 The Limits to Capital Are we at the threshold of the apocalyptic ‘next world’ that scientist James Lovelock (2009) speaks of? Put differently, is the human species now at the precipice of natural default and the massive societal change it must surely […]
Why Permaculture Puts Food First
Why Permaculture Puts Food First “Had we heeded Malthus’s warning and kept the human population to less than one billion, we would not now be facing a torrid future.“ There are seven popular food crops in this picture When I teach permaculture, and now having done more than 50 full design courses, I try to […]
Bringing it all together in just. one. diagram. (Part Two of Four)
Bringing it all together in just. one. diagram. (Part Two of Four) The last post introduced this weird and possibly confusing little diagram:1 The diagram frames a pathway from more conventional design processes toward what I believe permaculture is deep down really about. The conventional starting point I’m calling fabricated assembly. The radical alternative the diagram […]
The Link Between Minimalism and Permaculture
THE LINK BETWEEN MINIMALISM & PERMACULTURE There is an inherent link between permaculture and minimalism, so it’s no wonder why people are finding ways to combine the two ways of living into one super-philosophy. Both minimalism and permaculture hinge on utilizing highly efficient systems to make room for the important things in life: interconnectedness, abundance, […]
Greening the Desert with Permaculture
GREENING THE DESERT WITH PERMACULTURE “I have never seen soil like this before” was the comment that Bill Mollison made during a visit to the Greening the Desert Project in 2011. At the time, he was referring to the poor state of the soil in the small village of Jawasari, Jordan. An area of the […]
What to do With Bad Soil
WHAT TO DO WITH BAD SOIL After watching the sun set and the full moon rise atop my neighbour Sergey’s hill which overlooks the entire eco-village, he walks me back to my tent hidden in the midst of young pine trees upon the insistence of his mother (“You need to walk the young lady all […]
