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Category Archives: Permaculture
Conversations with my Mother
Over the past two days, I have been lamenting the fact that it is time to take out the compost, including humanure compost. It’s not that labor intensive and smelly as it sounds. The most annoying part is when the … Continue reading
Get Out of the University and LEARN
MARTHA CROUCH: You know, one of the things that kind of surprised me after being so immersed in high-tech science was how much vibrant and really exciting thinking and research was going on in the alternative sphere. I started thinking … Continue reading
“Transitioning our food from fossil fuel based to sun based”
Over the next several years we will have to make do with less oil. The high prices of oil last year are thought to be the peak production of oil. Raymond James a investment firm has put out a report … Continue reading
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“The End Is Near! (Yay!)”
…Transition’s approach is adamantly different from that of the survivalists I heard about, scattered in the mountains around Sandpoint in bunkers stocked with gold and guns. The movement may begin from a similarly dystopian idea: that cheap oil has recklessly … Continue reading
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“Exploring Permaculture in the Big City”
When asked about pest control, Read said the options start at doing nothing, and advance to removing or relocating the pests or introducing things that eat them. If it gets to the point where he has to employ even a … Continue reading
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Natural World – A Farm for the Future (video)
An in-depth look at industrial agriculture and its dependence on fossil fuels, primarily oil. The narrator, wildlife filmmaker Rebecca Hosking, explores alternatives to the energy intensive model of today’s farming practices. Permaculture farms/gardens are discovered as a sustainable method that … Continue reading
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A Friendly Permaculture Critique of the Obamas’ Vegetable Garden
by Rob Hopkins Putting the vegetable garden up against the house, in aesthetically delightful raised beds on the south facing side of the house would make harvesting easier, would look great in the formal photos taken with visiting heads of … Continue reading
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Swales
Tackling Urban Water Runoff in a Sydney Suburb by Andrea Pape
141 Creating a Home Graywater System
Peak Moment Television: Positive community responses to energy descent and climate change.
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