Community
-
The Farm: Where We Have Come From and Our Plans For the Future
As we in the North approach the winter solstice — traditionally a time of slowing down, contemplation, and letting go…
Read More » -
Regenerate Yourself
The desire to create a permaculture paradise is deep in my bones, and has been growing in intensity every year…
Read More » -
Invest in Humanity (video)
In this compelling video montage (an artistic blend of TED talks, Burning Man, Samsara and others) Tim Jackson redefines our…
Read More » -
The Global Village Construction Set
Genius farmers are great, but genius farmers who master the internet are even greater! I grew up in Normandy (France),…
Read More » -
Permaculture’s Achilles’ Heel
There are some challenges in permaculture that do need to be addressed. And it is not what we commonly think…
Read More » -
Why Buses Represent Democracy in Action (TED video)
"An advanced city is not one where even the poor use cars, but rather one where even the rich use…
Read More » -
Interview with Richard Heinberg: Do We Really Need Economic Growth?
Marcin Gerwin (Poland): For most heads of states, the prime minister of Poland included, the central point of economic policy…
Read More » -
UNCCD Land for Life Award Winners for 2013 (India, Mexico, Africa): Practical, Doable, Magic
Educating small-holder farmers in India Every year the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) presents awards and supportive prize-money…
Read More » -
Start Growing! Part 3: Don’t Waste Another Minute Until You Know What Your Time is Worth!
Find previous episodes of this Start Growing! series. If you’re a farmer, you live with risks that range from weather…
Read More » -
Improving Democracy Through Deliberation – Interview with Lyn Carson
Source: flickr Lyn Carson is a professor with the Business Programs Unit at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her research…
Read More » -
Damn the Masters’ Plan! (video)
Here is an excellent video linking urbanicide to modernism. Wouter still likes the modernist aesthetic look, but he clearly analyzes…
Read More » -
A Vision for Architecture as More Than the Sum of Its Parts
How Modernist Fundamentalism degrades the human and natural environment. by Michael W. Mehaffy & Nikos A. Salingaros Historic Paris and…
Read More »