Soil Erosion & Contamination
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2nd National Sustainable Food Summit, Sydney, Australia (April 2012)
Editor’s Note: I would encourage all well-spoken permaculturists who can make it to Sydney for this event to go along…
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Anonymous Took Down Monsanto Website
It’s not as good as seeing all of Monsanto’s plants and chemicals getting taken ‘offline’, but at least I can…
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Permaculture in Damaged Lands: Degradation and Restoration in New Mexico
A certain coal-strewn road in Madrid, New Mexico — the remnants of a now defunct railway. Alternately barren and spectacular,…
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Permaculture at The Farm
Former stockbroker Brian Bankston now calls himself the “Keyline Cowboy” after a carbon farming course at The Farm’s Ecovillage Training…
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Greeks Reclaim the Land to Ease the Pain of Economic Austerity
A group of community-minded gardeners have turned a former Athens airport into a blooming vegetable plot, showing how Greece’s eroded…
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Bumper 2011 Grain Harvest Fails to Rebuild Global Stocks
by Janet Larsen, Earth Policy Institute The world’s farmers produced more grain in 2011 than ever before. Estimates from the…
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Pine Pollen – How to Pick Your Own Superfood
Most of us know about pine needle tea as a rich source of Vitamin C, but now white pine pollen…
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Act Now to Stop the Keystone Pipeline (Again!)
First the good news: President Obama is standing firm on his decision to delay the Keystone XL pipeline, and he’s…
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The Plow That Broke the Plains
I love history. As they say, if you don’t learn from it, you’re destined to repeat it. The video below,…
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Permaculture in Jordan Video Series – Part I
This excellent little video, put together by Anselm Ibing, introduces a new series on sustainable land use in Jordan. It…
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Letters from Jordan: ‘Greening the Desert – the Sequel’ Site Contrasts Against Jordan Insanities
Staring into the eyes of the future of Jordan, one wonders how things could be…. All Photographs © Craig Mackintosh…
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Getaway Films Talks to David Spicer About Water Issues in Morocco (Video)
Here’s a sneak peek at Morocco — looking at water issues and the need to relearn traditional catchment management whilst…
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