Archive for the "PERMACULTURE" Category

Urban Garden in Peru

I ran into this article about an urban garden in Lima, Peru. It demonstrates how easy can be to beautify an urban environment, activating spaces for the public and adding a breath of air to concrete and stone surfaces. More here: http://mydesignstories.net/profiles/blogs/invasion-verde

EVOLVE: Changing our Minds for the World we Want

As a Permaculturist I am here to support this cause, believing that it is we who are the crafters of our Reality and the designers of our Society. Now, many would contest this statement saying that there are very rich powerful people who are in control of our world and we are trapped in a [...]

Make Money as an Urban Farmer!

I got this from my permaculture email group. Enjoy! Presented by the Sustainable Commercial Urban Farm Incubator (SCUFI) program October 8 & 9, 2011, 8am-6pm, The Gardens at Heather Farm. Walnut Creek, CA Featured Trainers:  Curtis Stone of Green City Acres, and James Kalin of the SCUFI program. Curtis will share how he used SPIN-Farming® to build a multi-lot 1/2 acre urban [...]

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the World

Earlier this morning, I was performing the usual morning routine of drinking tea, checking emails, and perusing my Facebook home page when I came upon a video a friend shared with me entitled “Why I Am Leaving Vancouver British Columbia Canada – Thanks, Fukushima Japan.” The title caught my attention instantly being that it was [...]

Discovering the Soil Foodweb & Compost Technologies

A 5-Day Intensive with Soil Foodweb Expert, Dr. Elaine Ingham, PhD July 11th-15th San Rafael, CA Price for 5 Day Intensive is $800. Individual days available. Lodging starting from $22/night Camping $12/night Day 1 & 2: Intro. to the Soil Foodweb – Dr. Elaine Ingham uncovers the basic principles of the Soil Foodweb, plant relationships, [...]

Spiritual Science, Rational Morality: Rethinking the Divide Between Science and Religion.

Steve Paulson writing for the Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-paulson/science-religion-divide_b_756309.html  

Crazy Gas Prices. Do we need to drill more?

Offshore Drilling Won’t Lower Gas Prices I  found this very interesting article on the Sierra Club site. http://sierraclub.typepad.com/sierradaily/2011/04/offshore-drilling-wont-lower-gas-prices.html

Petitions from Greenpeace

Feel free to pick one. GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS WORK!!!!!!! Do not let the powers that be convince you that you have no power. Your wallet and your voice are the strongest weapons you possess. https://secure3.convio.net/gpeace/site/Advocacy?page=UserActionInactive&id=831

Psilocybin, mystical experiences, and quantum changes in attitudes and behavior..

Manifesting the Mind Tenth Annual International Bioethics Forum …is happening this week in Wisconsin. These guys are discussing the frontiers of the mind, its biology and relationship to perception. Very interesting stuff!!!!! http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v20n1/v20n1-22to25.pdf www.maps.org

Great Article from Reuters

Eco-farming can double food output by poor: U.N. (Reuters) – Many farmers in developing nations can double food production within a decade by shifting to ecological agriculture from use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, a U.N. report showed on Tuesday. Insect-trapping plants in Kenya and Bangladesh’s use of ducks to eat weeds in rice paddies [...]