Strange Little Moments

Such strange little moments there are in our lives sometimes. Stranger still the  reflections we see in the people we meet. A man came by my way the other day; a man I had known briefly once upon a time. Standing in my kitchen we compared lives. “Chopped the top off a mountain the other [...]

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Whats wrong with our Food System?

…even a kid can figure this stuff out…..

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The Heart of Permaculture

from www.peakmoment.tv Peak Moment 157: Former truck driver Bill Wilson tells an insightful story about the energy packed in a gallon of gasoline. Now a permaculture educator, he sees permaculture as a viable, realistic way to use nature to provide the abundance we really need — harvesting sunlight, food, wind, water and more. Can you [...]

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Biodiesel made easy

Apparently our well considered leaders are not very keen for us to go out making our own fuel; they’ve gone to great lengths to discourage growers from making their own fuel and using it on their land, introducing excises and other regressive tools. So for the sake of an argument, what follows here is more [...]

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Looking on the Bright Side

Found this article this morning, and thought it worth sharing. If you’re tired of all the impending doom of recessions and global financial crises, Richard Heinberg (author of “The Party is Over”) asks you to look at the bright side and all the “good” the financial crises has done for environmental causes. Sure there is still [...]

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Community Gardens Grow Community

Something from online network Peakmoment TV, one of my favourite ….

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Permaculture comes into its own!

By Alanna Moore Permaculture, the integrated approach to edible landscape design for permanent agriculture, was developed in the 1970s by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, but its impact here in Australia has not been as strong as its advocates might have hoped for. Many struggling communities in India, Asia and elsewhere have achieved much higher [...]

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Permaculture in the Goldfields

Discover a framework for sustainable living, starting in your own home & backyard this summer, with permaculture farmer/teacher Alanna Moore (3 Diplomas of Permaculture). *** ‘At Home with Permaculture’ Saturday January 17th, 2pm A talk by Alanna Moore, including film excerpt with Bill Mollison Venue: Castlemaine Community House, Lyttleton St, opposite Togs. Fee: $2 donation [...]

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Growers and Eaters Forum

Currently we eat oil. We use it to grow food, move food around the world, process food and go to the supermarket to buy food. In an oil contrained world struggling with climate change and seeking to switch land to feed cards and note people, this is not very intelligent.

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