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What permaculture isn’t — and is

By Staff Reports | June 10, 2013

Permaculture flower

Permaculture is notoriously hard to define. A recent survey shows that people simultaneously believe it is a design approach, a philosophy, a movement, and a set of practices. This broad and contradiction-laden brush doesn’t just make permaculture hard to describe. It can be off-putting, too. Let’s say you first encounter permaculture as a potent method of food production … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Permaculture, Transition Tagged With: Antoine Levoisier, phlogiston theory, Thomas Kuhn, Toby Hemenway

Permaculture works

By Vicki Lipski | April 19, 2013

nasturtium

Based on the latest maps from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), it appears that the eastern third of the country should be in good shape this year insofar as rainfall is concerned. For someone saddled with completely infertile soil, that's good news. In my opinion, it's bad enough to have to deal with unending amendment of the soil, without having … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Permaculture, Transition Tagged With: gardening

Green waste

By Sherry Ackerman | August 14, 2012

Waste not want not WWI poster

I was riding my bicycle into town on trash collection day last week and noticed that one of my neighbors had filled their can with weeds and other green waste. They had obviously cleaned up their yard and had accumulated a lot of green material in the process. But, I stalled out in trying to figure out why they had put it in their trash can? Weeds, grass clippings, twigs and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Permaculture Tagged With: compost, pollution, waste

Towards ecological literacy: A Permaculture approach for junior secondary science

By Staff Reports | December 1, 2011

Permaculture

The profound lack of sustainable systems on our planet is of great concern to environmentalists, some of who are educators and some of who are permaculturists. Many of the problems facing Earth and its inhabitants are caused by a lack of ecological literacy among much of the human population. Ecological literacy includes an understanding of the scientific principles of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Permaculture, Transition Tagged With: gardening, local food, permaculture, relocalization, science

There’s got to be a better way

By Vicki Lipski | July 21, 2011

Drought

One of the best things about being outdoors – bottom up, head down, hands in the soil – is the way glorious smells take you by surprise. You brush up against a plant, inadvertently step on a wildflower, or crumble the dirt in your hands, and suddenly your nose is in overdrive. As soon as it happens, you begin sniffing madly, hoping against hope that tiny bit of heaven hasn’t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Permaculture, Transition Tagged With: food, gardening, permaculture, relocalization

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