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Resilience in the face of Climate Change
Resilience in the face of Climate Change Resilience is a common principal of permaculture, says Dave Boehnlein, co-author of the book Practical Permaculture. In this Mother Earth News interview, Boehnlein stresses the importance of incorporating redundancy, such as with planning access to potable water. “If the water stops coming from a municipal system, then what’s […]
A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity
A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity A documentary about simple living, permaculture, and local economy as a response to global crises. The dominant mode of global development today seeks to universalise high-consumption consumer lifestyles, […]
The Boundaries and Future of Solution Space – Part 5
The Boundaries and Future of Solution Space – Part 5 Solution Space To use the word ‘solution’ is perhaps misleading, since it could be said to imply that circumstances exist which could allow us to continue business as usual, and this is not, in fact, the case. A crunch period cannot be avoided. We face […]
Shaun Chamberlin on the Ecological Land Coop.
Shaun Chamberlin on the Ecological Land Coop. Food is an issue that galvanizes so many Transition communities, but many of the classic Transition activities around food, like Landshare and Abundance projects, are to some extent ways of making the best of the ever-shrinking space available for ecological growing. Nothing wrong with that, but it meant […]
Permaculture: The Design Arm of a Paradigm Shift
Permaculture: The Design Arm of a Paradigm Shift Here’s how it happened to me: Back in 1990 I was playing hooky from my unsatisfying biotech job in Seattle by browsing the homesteading shelves in the public library. I pulled down a thick black book I hadn’t seen before calledPermaculture: A Designers’ Manual. As I perused […]
A STEP TOWARDS TRANSFORMATION
A STEP TOWARDS TRANSFORMATION In Reading, the United States’ second poorest city, the residents’ group Permacultivate is practicing and preaching local food production. As you enter the 2,500-foot greenhouse, you immediately notice the large 300-gallon plastic tanks to the left. A few steps closer, you can see the tilapia swimming around and realize that water […]
The Climate Mash
The Climate Mash Our favorite subjects for this blog are climate change, energy and civilization collapse. We spend equal amounts of time describing the remedies for these evils — permaculture, ecovillage, biochar, and carbon farming, for instance, because we hold out a sliver of hope humanity still might be able to redirect our otherwise dismal […]
From Monoculture to Permaculture
From Monoculture to Permaculture. When Warren Brush bought a run down orchard near Ventura, California, he knew he was in for the ride of his life transforming it into a Permaculture farm. From an original monoculture persimmon, apple and avocado orchard, it’s a risky challenge to turn all this around and announce you are now […]
7 Things You Should Know About Permaculture – Verge Permaculture
7 Things You Should Know About Permaculture – Verge Permaculture. What is permaculture? For those of you who’ve only heard of the term in passing, and ever for you seasoned “permies” who struggle to explain this exciting (and sometimes life-changing) idea to others, here’s the gist in 7 points: 1. Permaculture is a Design System […]
Permaculture, a Vision of the Post-Oil World
Permaculture, a Vision of the Post-Oil World. Originally published in French as the Preface to the French language edition of David Holmgren’s Permaculture Principles and Pathways beyond Sustainability. (Translated by Eugene Moreau and edited by David Holmgren) More than an agricultural technology, permaculture is a vision of the societies of tomorrow, ours, which will be […]
Additions to a Food Forest | Peak Prosperity
Additions to a Food Forest | Peak Prosperity. Red mulberry trees are one of my favorite trees. They make fantastic additions to any permaculture garden or farm. I actually have two mature mulberry trees on my property, which is great, but I also planted half a dozen in my food forest. Mulberry Tree Planting Zones: […]
Climate Crisis and the Pursuit of Happiness: Reflections on Community Solutions Conference – Transition Milwaukee
Climate Crisis and the Pursuit of Happiness: Reflections on Community Solutions Conference – Transition Milwaukee. Last weekend I had the privilege of attending the Sixth Community Solutions Conference: “Climate Crisis—Curtailment and Community—and The Power of Individual Action,” held in Yellow Springs Ohio by The Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions. To those not familiar with […]
The Great Change: What Rough Beast Is This?
The Great Change: What Rough Beast Is This?. We are recently returned from the Mother Earth News Fair in Kansas where we spoke of the promise of permaculture and carbon farming to reverse global weirding. We are always happier after attending these events because they are so grounded in real skills and vocations and full […]
Review: Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist
Review: Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist. Title: Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist Author: Michael Judd Publisher: Chelsea Green Release Date: November, 2013 It’s remarkable how much information this slim paperback carries. It doesn’t try to teach all the basics of gardening and landscaping, but instead focuses on several projects: an herb spiral, a food forest, swales […]
