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Building a resilient homestead of your own

By Staff Reports | July 8, 2013

rice paddies

“Imagine inheriting a food forest,” farmer and author Ben Falk suggests in The Resilient Farm and Homestead: an Innovative Permaculture and Whole Systems Design Approach. And although Falk does eventually go on to describe exactly how one would go about creating a low-maintenance, edible forest garden, the idea he poses ignites a greater question – what does it mean to leave … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Ben Falk, homesteading, permaculture, systems theory, Vermont, Whole Systems Research Farm

Radical homemakers

By Sherry Ackerman | April 22, 2013

cozykitchen

Confucius said that the health of a nation could be determined by the integrity of its homes. If we apply that standard, we're in trouble. Culturally, most Americans don't even have homes anymore. They have houses, not homes. Homes are something that are made, not bought. And, homes, thus, require homemakers. That's right, plural: homemakers. I'm not talking about just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts, Books, Re-skilling Tagged With: conservation, Consumer, DIY, Homemakers, Homemaking, homesteading, Money Savings

Climate change: Obama needs to turn talk into action

By Lindsay Curren | December 5, 2012

Something's been troubling me ever since I listened to President Obama's first post-reëlection press conference. Perhaps as a result of Hurricane Sandy, the now two-term president was finally asked a question about global warming, a topic conveniently avoided by both sides throughout the seemingly interminable campaign. The question came from New York Times White House … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Tagged With: Barack Obama, clean energy, climate change, conservation, economy, homesteading, local economy, relocalization

A blanket on every chair

By Lindsay Curren | November 7, 2012

Beg Bicycles Blanket

Time was when Americans used to be frugal. We took great pride in not being wasteful, and taking nothing for granted. Perhaps our pioneering roots and turns into economic depression left a lasting impression on us concerning the relationship between effort and reward. Perhaps that alone caused us to consider more deeply the cost of things - whether with our own labor, or in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Conservation, Energy Tagged With: conservation, DIY, homesteading

Ten low-tech responses to storms and emergencies

By Lindsay Curren | October 30, 2012

Woman on bike in rain

We live in a world dependent on electricity and we forget that being dependent on something — however wonderful that thing is — makes you vulnerable. Even getting a back-up generator isn't a painless solution for household resilience. A medium-size generator can cost $50 or more per day in fuel to run. And just hope that your local gas stations don't lose power or sell out … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Conservation, Energy Tagged With: DIY, emergency preparation, emergency preparedness, global climate disruption, homesteading

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