The Sustainable Farm — New Monastery?
As I try, without sounding like an idiot, to define the kind of economy best suited for sustainable farming, I think of the old monastic farm and then I do sound like an idiot.
Act: Inspiration
Beekeeping Challenges and Changes
U.S. beekeeping is undergoing changes and challenges.
Ecomodernism: a Response to my Critics
George Monbiot, bless him, has recently been tweeting his enthusiasm for my critique of the Ecomodernist Manifesto (‘Dark thoughts on Ecomodernism‘)
Transition in Australia: an open letter to Transitioners
The outcomes of our work are uncertain, but the way we approach Transition in each moment will contribute to the quality and nature of the outcomes.
Dispatches From the Edge of Change: Why Montana’s Fossil-Fuel Resistance Gives Me Hope
Indigenous is a quality of mind and a form of culture that does not belong to any one group.
Refugees are Welcome Here – Seize the Moment!
Compassion for refugees is spreading across Europe. Could it lead to a saner ‘open borders’ policy?
Grassroots Efforts Target Food Insecurity in San Bernardino County, CA
Thanks to people like Arthur Levine, local and urban agriculture in San Bernardino County is experiencing a burgeoning grassroots movement.
The Permaculture City: Cities as Complex Systems
The general “messiness” of cities has been irritating urban theorists and planners for centuries, but it wasn’t until recently that urbanists truly understood that it is just that messiness that gives cities their life.
Got Food? How Local Food Systems Can Build Resilience for Turbulent Times
In these turbulent times, we need to make our food supply systems more resilient. Producing and distributing food on the local level could help us weather disruptions of all kinds.
Migrants and Refugees
One of the elements of the Twitter conversation this week, after the body of the three year old Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi was found on a Greek beach, was an attempt to shift the language about the Syrian tragedy and those fleeing it, from “migrants” to “refugees.”
Connecting over Soil
Most people know that there’s a huge wealth gap between the industrialized and so-called ‘developing’ worlds. But there’s another gap, one that’s rarely discussed in the media, or even by NGOs. It involves changing attitudes to farming, to the land and the soil.
Resilience in the face of Climate Change
Resilience is a common principal of permaculture, says Dave Boehnlein, co-author of the book Practical Permaculture.
