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Walking the talk
Food is our common ground. Permaculture is a nature-inspired,holistic design system with which we can grow food, build business and create community. If you do not have the space to garden then join a community garden. If there is no community garden in your neighbourhood start one.
A garden can turn strangers into neighbours.
Urban permaculture
everything gardens
How sustainable is it to use so much energy to produce the paper, plastic, Styrofoam and cardboard that we all too often find on our highways, sidewalks and city streets?
How many miles does that 'special' meal travel before you eat it? How many gallons of fossil fuel are used in its production, storage and distribution?
It is time to bring the field closer to the kitchen. Permaculture is a way to make this move. The word permaculture was coined, from the words permanent and agriculture, by its founders, Bill Mollison and David Holmgren.
Since then, for many permaculture designers, including the writer, permaculture is also a contraction of permanent and culture.
Permaculture may best be defined as "Consciously designed landscapes which mimic the patterns and relationships found in nature while yielding an abundance of food, fiber and energy for provision of local needs'"
biofuels
are we sure?
- Biofuels Are We Sure?
- Biofuels are fuels produced from cellulosic biomass resources, such as corn and soybeans. Biofuels include ethanol, biodiesel, and methanol. Those who support biofuel production tout the benefits such as...
surplus
- Sharing The Surplus
- Our gardens provide us with more than just food and flowers. They give us an opportunity to experience and renew our connection with nature as we weed, harvest and walk among the plants. They can provide...
food buying club
- How To Start A Local Food Buying Club
- Food fresh from the field is what we all seek, but only a small number of us can grow it. So what can we do to see that our families get the healthy and tasty foods that they need? Furthermore, can we do...
Book Store
sustainable living
Gaia's Garden, Second Edition: A Guide To Home-Scale Permaculture
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Getting Started In Permaculture: 50 Practical Projects to Build and Design Productive Gardens
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PERMACULTURE: A Designers' Manual
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Introduction to Permaculture
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Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability
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taking steps
- Reducing Waste by Reclaiming Food
- You sit down to dinner and your plate is full. A smile crosses your face as you look at the food. When you have eaten your fill, there still is some food on the plate, what do you do with it? Some of us...
fair trade
- Fair Trade and You
- Fair Trade is a trading partnership: a partnership between individuals and communities that uses dialogue, transparency and respect, to evolve greater equity in international trade. Fair Trade contributes...
heritage seeds
- Heritage Seeds Why and Where to Buy
- Sun, soil and seed, are three of the essentials for a healthy garden. How much sunlight your garden receives depends upon your location and the existence or not of any obstacles that will restrict the sun...
grow your own
- Growing Great Blueberries
- Blueberries and vanilla ice cream, blueberries in oatmeal, blueberry smoothies, blueberry pie, and the list will go on and on. If you live in an area where the blueberries grow wild, then with some...
evolution
- Milkweed and Caterpillars Evolution in Action
- he adage that your enemies know your weaknesses best is especially true in the case of plants and predators that have co-evolved: As the predators evolve new strategies for attack, plants counter with their own unique defenses.
New YouTube
urban agriculture
Suburban Renewal - One Backyard at a Time
Peak Moment 37: Jan Spencer shows his quarter-acre permaculture project transforming a typical suburban lot. Lawn and driveway were replaced with fruit and nut trees, vegetables, brambles, and native habitat, plus a 3500 gallon rainwater catchment system, a sunroom heating the house, and a small detached bungalow to increase residential density.
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- poutine poutine Nov 1, 2007 @ 2:00 pm
- I really enjoyed watching the "Suburban Renewal - One Backyard at a Time" video.
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- Christopher_Scott Christopher_Scott Oct 20, 2007 @ 6:35 pm
- Great lens. Keep it up.
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- SemperFidelis SemperFidelis Oct 16, 2007 @ 10:15 pm
- I love your cause and a high 5 to you! If you have the time, consider stopping by my Recycling lens. All proceeds go to Save The Children.
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- Graceonline Graceonline Jun 3, 2007 @ 4:09 pm
- Nice lens, Permafrog. What do you grow in your urban garden? How much space do you have? How do you handle pests and weeds? What's your favorite story about coming home from work and eating from the garden instead of takeout? I'd love to know more about how you make it work in your life.
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- Graceonline Graceonline May 31, 2007 @ 11:10 am
- Hey! I was excited to stumble across this lens. Are you going to write more--maybe about your experiences in urban permaculture? How is it working for you? What have you learned? Have you run across any pitfalls the rest of us might avoid thanks to your experience?
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