Conservation Lessons from Old India
As the report below…explains, ecologically safe engineering marvels of water conservation have existed in India for nearly 1,500 years…
Food & Water
How to Grow a Local Food Movement
Devita Davison exemplifies many Strong Towns principles in her work to help grow the local economy, test new ideas in a chaotic but smart manner, and make the best use of Detroit’s land and resources—all with an eye toward equity and racial justice. Here is her story.
Urban Swales Part 2: Construction, Spillways & Catchbasins
This second video in the urban swales series looks at permaculture design with water as the primary consideration.
Donald Trump, Anthony Bourdain, and the Plight of their (Indentured) Mexicans
Build a wall and deport undocumented Mexicans? How else could the United States’ (posh) way of life exist if not off the back of (indentured) Mexican labourers?
Neo-peasantries: from Permaculture to Permanent Agriculture
Over the coming posts I’m going to start slowly moving towards my next big theme: the practice and politics of a neo-peasant agriculture.
Food Sovereignty and Climate Change
Industrial agriculture is grounded in the use of fossil fuel and high energy consumption. Campesino agriculture with an agro-ecological basis is the only force capable of achieving food sovereignty and responding to climate change.
Urban Swales, Weeping Tiles, and Mulched Pathways, Part 1
Last year, we did a series of videos looking at the swale systems on our property and demonstration site.
Food: Trading away our future – part II
Trade is not only a response to market demand, it creates demand and therefore recreates the need for it; trade becomes its own justification.
Along a Desert River, A New Breed of Rancher
Schwennesen is among a new cadre of farmers and ranchers that brings a more holistic, ecological way of thinking to land management.
Resilience Roundup – June 3
A roundup of news, views and ideas including: A Record Year For Renewable Energy | Energy companies are cheaper and cleaner when run by the council | The Monsanto Years: Neil Young rocking for a greener world
Congress Weighs Help To Pay Escalating Household Water Bills
Responding to a string of contamination and drinking water emergencies in the Great Lakes region, a group of lawmakers is leading a campaign in Congress to make it easier for poor people to gain access to clean and affordable drinking water.
In Argentina, an Innovative Traditional and Natural Medicine Initiative Sprouts from Urban Agriculture
This garden—where medical students are learning about medicinal plants they grow with their own hands and may later prescribe—is part of Rosario’s pioneering new Traditional and Alternative Medicine Program.
