Category Archives: permaculture principles

Permaculture goes Mainstream! In today's The Guardian, the delights of the Garden . . .

This is a great piece that appeared in today’s The Guardian, by the editor of Britain’s Permaculture magazine, showing the process and results of 24 years of transforming a wasted, ruined, denuded landscape into a complex and diverse paradise for … Continue reading

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JOIN US! First North American Permaculture Convergence: August 29-31

At the 11th International Permaculture Convergence in Cuba, 2013, a gathering of North Americans proposed putting together the first North American Permaculture Convergence. It’s on. Check it out! And join us. Harmony Park (a 40-acre outdoor events venue with lake) … Continue reading

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Urban Farming Dreams and Realities in Bloomington Indiana

The contrast between the antidiluvian attitudes threaded through both the local newspaper and Indiana University, as illustrated by my post — Competing Values Department: What I discovered on today’s walk with Shadow and the front section of the local newspaper … Continue reading

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YES! Summer Solstice Ceremony in the GANG Garden, 6/21/14, 6:30 AM!

Ommigoddess! We asked for half a dozen intrepid neighbors to actually show up at 6:30 AM on the dot to move into a short meditation for the 6:51 AM Summer Solstice followed by a breakfast potluck — and more than … Continue reading

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The GANG garden on the day before Summer Solstice, 2014

Well, well. It’s the day before Solstice and all through the GANG — We’ve decided to do a Solstice Ceremony tomorrow starting shortly before the moment of Solstice, 6:51 AM EST. Intrepid neighbors will gather at about 6:30 A.M., sit … Continue reading

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A message from your stern, loving Mother

Think about it. Instead of — “going shopping” in your bigger than necessary car that uses gasoline to pay “money” for food-like products that have been sprayed, sanitized, preserved, combined with god knows what (arsenic? yoga mats? mercury?) and packaged, … Continue reading

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Corbett Interview: The Meaning of Money

I haven’t listened to this podcast yet, but I will. This morning I go to the Farmer’s Market to sit at Green Acres Neighborhood Association table at “Blooming Neighborhoods,” our annual gathering of neighborhood associations where we meet and greet, … Continue reading

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From-Above-to-Below Department: Rebecca and Me with “Betsy” — to the dump, to get tanks, to greet turkeys!

Well, well. This morning I spent speculating on the human propensity to expect disaster. Mass PTSD you might call it. And who knows? Maybe it’s true! Maybe Hercolubus, aka Niburu, aka Planet X — is real and on its way. … Continue reading

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