Why Permaculture?
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Designing No-Work Food Gardens
These days my wife and I are the stereotypical Permaculture “lazy gardeners” that it’s become very fashionable to call “IMPOSSIBLE!”.…
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Out-Growing Consumerism – Part 3
The consumer culture has an easy path which leads us to behave like dependent juveniles for our entire lives. The…
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Out-Growing Consumerism – Part 2
Better questions lead to more informed choices, enabling you to live a life designed by you rather than one that’s…
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Out Growing Consumerism – Part 1
There’s a background mantra playing that we’re so accustomed to, we no longer notice it: “Consume something. You’ll feel better.”…
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The Rebellion Hypothesis
‘On 31st October 2018, we assembled on Parliament Square in London to announce a Declaration of Rebellion against the…
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Will this Type of Agriculture Feed Your Grandchildren?
You know that a system of agriculture is truly sustainable when the harvest occurs—increasingly abundantly—as a by-product of ecosystem regeneration.…
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Access to land is a barrier to simpler, sustainable living.
Alex Baumann, Western Sydney University and Samuel Alexander, University of Melbourne Many of us do not need to hear any…
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Supporting our Australian Farmers Through the Fires and the Drought
Fires are raging through many countries at the moment. The current droughts in Australia appear to be the worst on record…
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Ethical Clothing and the Impacts of Fast Fashion
This past weekend my wife Emma and I visited the historic Brinegar’s Cabin along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Doughton…
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10 (or More) Common Gardening Terms in Permaculture
I’ve recently been writing some articles for a website called Community Chickens, and I’ve been sharing permaculture design ideas with…
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Permaculture and Ecopsychology
Permaculture as a practical set of design tools often has a focus on finding the equilibrium between elements within a…
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Plastic Waste – Part 2
In part 1 of this article, we looked at the current status of plastic waste in the world, and some…
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