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Welcome to CERES Environment Park. Adopting an Eco-centric Perspective Over an Egocentric one ~ Become the Tipping Point, Part 1. “Nature is not mute; it is man who is deaf.”
–Terence McKenna. The Lexicon of Sustainability. Running Squirrel is a native Cherokee who carries tribal knowledge passed down from his ancestors. Foraging helps connect him to these lost traditions, to sustainable lessons first learned in his childhood. near Dougan Falls Skamania County, WA 29 September 2010 Respect Mother Earth.
Respect the land. Learn from the animals. “If only the top three leaves are taken, a plant will regrow. WHEN THE INDIANS CAME UPON A NEW LAND AND DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO EAT, THEY ASKED MOTHER EARTH FOR GUIDANCE. Farmer: 'It was the system that failed us' Missouri dairy farmers sell off cattle because of the droughtUSDA official: Legislation is needed to provide help U.S. is in one of the worst droughts in at least 50 yearsDairy farmers are particularly vulnerable; most are uninsured.
Bhutan Bets Organic Agriculture Is The Road To Happiness : The Salt. Hide captionA Bhutanese farmer puts her harvest of chilies on the roof of a shed to dry and protect it from wild boars, deer, and monkeys in 2006.
James L. Stanfield/National Geographic/Getty Images A Bhutanese farmer puts her harvest of chilies on the roof of a shed to dry and protect it from wild boars, deer, and monkeys in 2006. The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan drew international attention a few years back for saying gross national happiness should trump gross domestic product when measuring a nation's progress. Grizzly Bears’ Taste for Chicken Puts Them in Danger. Start a 1-Acre, Self-Sufficient Homestead - Modern Homesteading. Everyone will have a different approach to keeping a self-sufficient homestead, and it’s unlikely that any two 1-acre farms will follow the same plan or methods or agree completely on how to homestead.
Some people like cows; other people are afraid of them. Some people like goats; other people cannot keep them out of the garden. Sustainable Farmers - Stewards of the Land. Polyface farm. Handy farm devices and how to make them. Vid: Back to the Garden. Full Circle. Creating Sustainable Agriculture Without Government Subsidies. I first met farmer, author, entrepreneur, thinker, and self-described “Christian-conservative-libertarian-environmentalist-lunatic” Joel Salatin at his rural Virginia farm, Polyface, in 2009.
We sat in rocking chairs in his home office and talked about everything from food and agriculture to law, regulations, and the Bill of Rights. I’ve seen Salatin several times since—in Washington, DC, and Little Rock, Arkansas and, most recently, back at his farm—and have even invoked his unsubsidized farming practices to argue that he and farmers like him should serve as the model for supporters of sustainable agriculture—meaning farming that eschews government subsidies while both minimizing environmental impacts and also turning a profit. Invermere Valley Echo - Final push to raise funds to protect Lot 48. Dutch ‘Repair Cafes’ keep stuff out of the trash by fixing it for free. In the Netherlands, there are more than 30 “Repair Cafes” — groups that meet once or twice a month to repair (for free!)
Clothes and gizmos and tools that might otherwise be discarded. The New York Times visited the original Repair Cafe, which began two and a half years ago, and found that people want to keep their stuff — even cheap stuff, like H&M skirts. They just don’t know how to mend it themselves: “This cost 5 or 10 euros,” about $6.50 to $13, [Sigrid Deters] said, adding that she had not mended it herself because she was too clumsy. Toronto Becomes First City To Mandate Green Roofs. Summer is just around the corner, and for those who live in big cities, that means spring warmth will soon give way to searing heat.
Green roofs can help regulate city temperatures, giving people, and the electrical grid, a much needed break. Toronto is the first city in North America with a bylaw that requires roofs to be green. And we're not talking about paint. A green roof, also known as a living roof, uses various hardy plants to create a barrier between the sun's rays and the tiles or shingles of the roof.
The plants love the sun, and the building (and its inhabitants) enjoy more comfortable indoor temperatures as a result. Welcome.