A History from the Future: A Prosperous Way Down
By David Holmgren, Holgrem Design blog
This is an excerpt from David Holmgren’s A History from the Future – a prelude to his upcoming book RetroSuburbia.
Samuel Alexander interviews David Holmgren
By Samuel Alexander, David Holmgren, The Simplicity Collective
Recently I interviewed David Holmgren, co-originator of the permaculture concept, at his property in Hepburn, Victoria.
Crash on Demand: Pathways
By David Holmgren, Holmgren Design
The evidence that the global financial system is a not-so-slow moving train crash is getting stronger.
Crash on Demand: Energy Descent Scenarios
By David Holmgren, Holmgren Design
Many climate policy professionals and climate activists are now reassessing whether there is anything more they can do to help prevent the global catastrophe that climate change appears to be.
Crash on Demand: Welcome to the Brown Tech Future
By David Holmgren, Holmgren Design
Permaculture teaching and activism have always aimed to work with those already interested in changing their lives, land and communities for the better, rather than proselytising the disinterested majority.
Permaculture pocket knives
By David Holmgren, Holmgren Designs
I was challenged by a colleague about wearing a pocket knife, which he pointed out was illegal (without a genuine reason). This was news to me and intensified my feelings of alienation as a country person visiting the centre of a large city. What was the world coming to? But it also stimulated thought about what my genuine reasons for carrying a pocket knife in public might be and how that question was intimately connected to permaculture.
Why I haven’t been flying (much)
By David Holmgren, Holmgren Design
Over three decades I have received many requests to travel across Australia and across the world to speak at a conference, teach a course or participate in some worthy event related to permaculture. My reluctance to travel long distances for short stays has meant I have had to turned down many of these invitations. In more recent years the reactions of invitees has moved from incredulity to understanding, and even admiration, as a small but growing list of public figures are choosing not to travel by air to highlight the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Retrofitting the suburbs for the energy descent future
By David Holmgren, Samuel Alexander, The Simplicity Institute
Sometimes well-meaning 'green' people like to imagine that the eco-cities of the future are going to look either like some techno-utopia - like the Jetson's, perhaps, except environmentally friendly - or some agrarian village, where everyone is living in cob houses that they built themselves. The fact is, however, that over the next few critical decades, most people are going to find themselves in an urban environment that already exists - suburbia.