The intricate life-supporting systems of our planet are being challenged with each passing day. In this chaotic landscape, permaculture emerges as a beacon of hope, presenting a comprehensive, intelligent, and holistic solution to these pressing issues. Its approach is practical and deeply rooted in the interconnectedness of communities and living systems, offering a profound opportunity…
Michael Reynolds, an architect, created the Earthship Biotecture method of sustainable building design and construction in the 1970s. The idea of an Earthship is to build a self-supporting, off-grid home out of natural and repurposed materials like tires, bottles, and earth. The structures have characteristics like passive solar heating and cooling, rainwater collection and filtration,…
It was the timing that stunned me. It was shocking because the property changed hands, erasing almost two years of hand weeding a half-acre gravel lot bedeviled with at least fifty linear miles of morning glory vines, curled dock threatening thousands of red-hued spawn, and 30 square feet of equisetum. Pulling each miniature Pleistocene tree…
Around 1.1 billion people worldwide lack access to water. Out of the total fresh water on earth, 2/3 is tucked in glaciers and the 1/3 available for use is being polluted, exploited and wasted every single day. Rivers, lakes, and aquifers are drying up or becoming too polluted to use. More than half the world’s…
When we talk about waste, our minds naturally think about plastics – as they are ubiquitous. Surprisingly, two-thirds of the waste that we throw out of our homes every day is in the form of food scraps, vegetable peels, take-out remains, etc. – organic waste. You heard it right! Depending on the country you live…
On a beautiful Friday morning, I was sitting for a break in my permaculture garden, looking at the yellow and white chamomiles showing their beauty in the sun and enjoying their mild scents. Who knows there used to be a pile of smelly domestic and construction wastes under these beds of attractive flowers? Suddenly, I…
Article by Patricia Rojo Beyond all challenges: Thanks to the year 2020 for the opportunities for change that it brought to us. The year 2020 began with unusual news (we now know the issue so well).A new virus would force us to change our way of life in the coming months. Within the mixture of…
By: Sina Robra, Alan Enzo, Franziska Weissoertel More and more people wish to live their lives in a self-reliant way. That can include reducing plastic, saving energy, using the bicycle instead of the car, growing your own organic vegetables, and much more. One great tool for living a self-reliant life is the food forest, a…
We need a new economic system! Our lives are dominated by a system of laws and policies that are designed to financially benefit the few. Some of the results of societies operating under this flawed global economic structure are corrupt government officials, unaccountable multinational corporations, globalization, forced mass migration, inequality, insecurity, and environmental destruction. Supporters…
With increasing environmental awareness, consumers become more and more aware of the issue of sustainability in food packaging. If you are living according to the permaculture principles, packaging should also be a huge concern to you. Because according to the Emmen MacArthur Foundation, globally only 14% of all plastic packaging is recycled, and 40% of…
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