People Systems
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People Systems
Part 1 – Wise Woman Ways
The “Grandmother Hypothesis,” or Grandmother Effect, is the idea that the presence of grandmothers helping in the care of their…
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Designing Authentic Community
Humankind can never do the important work of re-designing our agricultural systems on a community scale with dysfunctional and alienated…
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A “Pattern Language” for Women in Permaculture
Children planting pumpkins. Photo by Jeanine Carlson Though women receive the majority of all college degrees in the U.S., and…
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The Chikukwa Permaculture Project (Zimbabwe) – The Full Story
So we were saying, now what are we going to do? So we worked very hard. — Jessica Chibharo Introduction…
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Permaculture and Slavery: A System Analysis
Something interesting happens to you once given an opportunity to take a well-taught, well-presented, and properly contextualized Permaculture Design Certificate…
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Permaculturebusinessworld.com
It’s been three years in the making — researching, designing, testing the application, and now it’s ready for the world…
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Letters from New Zealand: Villages for the Future — a Look at Bob Corker and the Kotare Ecovillage
Kotare Village surrounds, west of Wairoa, in the Hawkes Bay region of New Zealand’s North Island All photographs © PRI…
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Permaculture and Wall Street — We Must Tackle the Runaway Fiscal Economy Head On, “We Must Face Up and Fight”
I admire the efforts of the permaculturists at the Occupy Wall Street camp, and I think, judging by his statement…
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The Nuclear Race to the Bottom
One thing that often is forgotten in discussions about nuclear energy utilization is that it involves quite a lot of…
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Organized Barter and Redistribution of Surplus
In chapter 14 of the Permaculture Designers’ Manual, Bill Mollison gives an interesting example of a restaurant (Zoo Zoo’s) that…
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A Better Way of Making a Living
Making a living in our modern culture usually requires that you participate in the destruction of the world. We can’t…
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