Society
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Calling for Separation of Oil and State
In a sane world, such a post as this would be unnecessary. But, alas…. I recently had to share with…
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War With The Ghosts
What are our nuclear weapons for, and who controls them? by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic and environmental and political…
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Green Burials
by Brad Lancaster, who is, incidentally, co-teaching the upcoming PDC in Palestine – a course many may wish to attend…
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Towards Local Democracy
It’s been more than a year since we’ve started our initiative in Sopot, Poland. It has the same aim as…
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Letters from Slovakia: Aggressors, Victims, and Scapegoats
Note: This post has little to do with on-the-ground design, but I hope some will find it worthy of contemplation.…
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Please Get Behind Our Efforts to Demonstrate Sustainable Development and Relief for Chile Quake/Tsunami Victims
Editor’s Preamble: Permaculturists famously endeavour to ‘turn the problem into a solution’. At the moment we have a tremendous opportunity…
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Permaculture & Detroit’s Urban Agriculture Movement: What is Done, Not What is Said
A million thoughts are racing through my head as I prepare for my upcoming trip to Detroit to teach a…
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A Fresh Look at Gandhi – Part I
A chinese proverb says: "the last thing a fish notices is the water in which it swims". And indeed, we…
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Letters from Costa Rica, Part III – Happiness Is….
by Juliana Birnbaum Fox, fellow collaborator with Craig Mackintosh on the Sustainable (R)evolution Book Project. Editor’s Note: This is Part…
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Letters from Costa Rica, Part II – Parenting in the Jungle
by Juliana Birnbaum Fox, fellow collaborator with Craig Mackintosh on the Sustainable (R)evolution Book Project. Editor’s Note: This is part…
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Letters from Costa Rica – Part I
by Juliana Birnbaum Fox, fellow collaborator with Craig Mackintosh on the Sustainable (R)evolution Book Project. The family in front of…
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