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Protesting Permaculture: the last five weeks and the last five decades

Protesting Permaculture: the last five weeks and the last five decades On Saturday 13th and 20th November, my partner Su Dennett and I joined others from central Victoria travelling by train to the “Kill the Bill”/anti-lockdown/anti-mandate protests in Melbourne. This essay documents the experience, and reflects on the relationship between permaculture and oppositional activism over […]

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Four Scenarios for a Catastrophic Future (part II)

Four Scenarios for a Catastrophic Future (part II) This is the second part of the series of posts by “Rutilius Namatianus” (RN) that re-examines the 4 scenarios of the future proposed by David Holmgren in 2009 (first part).   In general, you may find that RN’s interpretations are rather extreme, but I do believe that there is some […]

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Four Scenarios for the Future (part one)

Four Scenarios for the Future (part one) Ten years ago, David Holmgren brought out a thesis he titled ‘future scenarios,’  wherein he laid out some reasoning for two main axes along which the next few decades could be characterized and developed four main scenarios which corresponded to the four general quadrants laid out by his axes of […]

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Can Changing Habits for Self-Reliance and Resilience help society avoid the worst of unfortunate futures?

Can Changing Habits for Self-Reliance and Resilience help society avoid the worst of unfortunate futures? Our release of chapter 25 from RetroSuburbia: the downshifter’s guide to a resilient future as a free downloadable pdf is another small gesture to spread positive messages in a time of pandemic. This is especially so for all those locked down in Melbourne, the […]

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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 […]

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A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity

A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity Jordan Osmond and Samuel Alexander Image from ‘A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity’ 2016On July 27 2015, I posted a 2-hour interview with Nicole Foss that was recorded when we were in Melbourne in April that year. The interview -though not the full two hours of course- was always meant to be part […]

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David Holmgren Interview on Permaculture, Energy Descent & Future Scenarios

DAVID HOLMGREN INTERVIEW ON PERMACULTURE, ENERGY DESCENT & FUTURE SCENARIOS An interview with David Holmgren, questions by Samuel Alexander, a lecturer with the Office for Environmental Programs and research fellow at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute (MSSI), University of Melbourne. He also co-directs the Simplicity Institute. This is the full length interview from the upcoming documentary […]

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Olduvai IV: Courage
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