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Wild Permaculture Forest Gardening on the BBC (Video)

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Wild Permaculture Forest Gardening on the BBC (Video)

Image credit: Permaculture Media The BBC seems to have gotten on a permaculture kick lately. Not long ago the broadcaster aired a beautiful and big thinking documentary about peak oil, agriculture, and one farmers’ attempts to redesign her farm along permaculture principles . Now I’ve just come across a great video in which the BBC’s very own gardening guru Alan Titchmarsh explores a stunning forest garden created by two of the pioneers of permaculture in Britain. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Must We Embrace the ‘Sacred’ to Survive Peak Oil?

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Must We Embrace the ‘Sacred’ to Survive Peak Oil?

Image credit: Rhys Alton , used under Creative Commons license. There’s no doubt that religion and spirituality can be a divisive subject. I’ve asked before whether green religion will sink us or save us , and suggested that preaching at people is not the best way to win green converts . A similar debate seems to be hotting up within the T… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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40 Tons of Life in One Acre of Soil: Geoff Lawton on the Magic of Soil (Video)

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on 40 Tons of Life in One Acre of Soil: Geoff Lawton on the Magic of Soil (Video)

Image credit: Permaculture Science Whether learning that I am only 10% human, 90% bacteria , or musing on the concept of composting as animal husbandry , my life has taken a decidedly microbial turn of late. And not without good reason. As the video below argues in no uncertain terms, we owe our very existence to the tiniest of beings around. You’ll be astounded at quite how many there are under your feet—… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Volt, Schmolt; Get a Bike Instead

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Volt, Schmolt; Get a Bike Instead

Daily Dish An interesting thread of posts on Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish includes a great quote from … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Composting As Animal Husbandry – Moving Way Beyond Recycling

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Composting As Animal Husbandry – Moving Way Beyond Recycling

Image credit: Sami Grover I was observing the heat rising from my compost heap this morning, the one inspired by my review of Gene Logsdon’s guide to managing manure , when I was struck by a particular insight—what I was actually witnessing was the cumulative body heat of billions upon billions of tiny little beasties. To anyone familiar with the composting process, that observation is pretty elementary. But it got me wondering—maybe we should stop thinking about composting as simply “recycling”, “waste … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Parking Strip Becomes Garden with Free Produce for Neighbors (Video)

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Parking Strip Becomes Garden with Free Produce for Neighbors (Video)

Image credit: Peak Moment TV From backyard permaculture to urban homesteads , we see plenty of people ripping up lawns and trying to grow more food for themselves and their families. But sometimes, it’s more about what you can do for others than what you can do for yourself. We’ve already seen what happens when neighbors r… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Ecomachines Use Plants and Animals for Low Impact Water Treatment (Video)

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Ecomachines Use Plants and Animals for Low Impact Water Treatment (Video)

Image credit: John Todd Ecological Dr John Todd’s work creating living machines, or ecomachines, as a form of natural water treatment has long been of interest to TreeHugger. Back in 2005 Collin interviewed Dr Todd about his views on ecological design , and we celebrated when this pioneer of clean water won the Buckminster Fuller challenge award . But it’s been a while since we’ve posted any… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Unglazed Clay Pots Create Efficient Drip Irrigation (Video)

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Permaculture Research Institute of Australia There really is very little new under the sun. While TreeHugger likes to rave about high-tech drip irrigation (sometimes aided by wireless soil sensors and open-source garden monitoring systems

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Could Perennial Fodder Crops Mean More Sustainable Livestock?

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Permaculture Research Institute TreeHugger has featured an awesome tour of a permaculture allotment , permaculture-inspired disaster relief in Haiti , and even greening the desert in Jordan . Yet while permaculture—which very simply put is the art of designing gardens and farms that mimic natural ecosystems—… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Strangest Sustainability Analogy Ever? Stop Watching Spongebob (Video)

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: CosmicRevolutionKS When I interviewed my friend Tim Toben of Greenbridge and Pickards Mountain Ecoinstitute , he suggested it was important that we all “tell the story about the transformation from a world powered by fossil fuels to a world powered by renewable energy — in poetry, music, art, dance.” That’s easier said than done. But one young man has been doing just that—and the result is rather strange, but oddly compelling. Apparently we… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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