NDAA Home. Project WildLife | Conservation Through Education & Wildlife Care. Home: Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine. Publications & Talks. Transition. Permaculture Principles | Contact - About Us. The original concepts outlined in this website were developed by permaculture co-originator David Holmgren and were first published in the Essence of Permaculture in 2002, the precursor to his full length book Permaculture: Principles & Pathways Beyond Sustainability published later that same year. The icons used in the book, and featured in this website, were a collaborative design effort by David and graphic artist Richard Telford – that’s me on the right. David Holmgren and Richard Telford at work in 2005 I continued to work with David and his partner Su Dennett after the icon designs in producing the Principles Teaching Kit (2005 & updated in 2010) along with a series of eBooks beginning with the case study of David and Su’s property ‘Melliodora’ (2005), followed by Trees on the Treeless Plains (2006) and Collected Writings (2007).
Inspired by Trish Allen’s Rainbow Valley Farm presentation at the convergence, Michele Margolis went on to develop the Permaculture Diary. Gross National Happiness Commission - The Planning Commission of Bhutan, Development for Happiness. Wisdom Councils in Austria :: To establish Wisdom Councils is an inherent part of transforming the political decision-making process. The Office for Future-Related Issues has initiated at least 25 Wisdom Councils in the State of Vorarlberg. Moreover, the Office has started a research project by the European Institute of Public Participation to promote further distribution and evaluation. Structure and process Although the basic design of the Wisdom Council is flexible and can, according to its application, be adapted to the existing structures and general conditions, the Wisdom Council process is basically three steps. 1.
Wisdom Council: 12-15 randomly chosen citizens; specific target group, location, or topic; 1½ days; moderated with “Dynamic Facilitation” (www.dynamicfacilitation.com) – this approach can be seen as the key feature of the Wisdom Council. 2. 3. Present and further development Since 2006, many Wisdom Councils have been realized in Vorarlberg. Impact Detailed Information Adoption by others In some cases. The Art of Living Foundation - Yoga | Meditation | Sudarshan Kriya | World Peace | Stress-Relief | Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Climate Prosperity. Global Urban Development. Visualizing a Plenitude Economy. Center for a New American Dream. Hurricane Resistant Prefab Round House, Prefab Green Dome Kits.
Omega Gardens™: Industry Leading Hydroponics Designs for Indoor Gardening. Grow your own food with these patented cylindrical growing systems. Harvest bountiful, healthy, and nutritious produce year round. All from the convenience of your home! Increase growing spacegrow in the circle with a design that greatly increases your square foot growing area. The Volksgarden® unit, for example, can grow up to 80 plants in just 8 sq.ft. of floor space. Maximize light capturethe same cylindrical design captures almost all of the lumens emitted by your light source, ultimately saving money and minimizing your time to harvest. Optimize water and feedingthe cylinder rotates slowly through the feeding trough allowing plant medium to absorb only the water and nutrients needed.
Produce high yield plantseffect on plants being constantly rotated, 360 degrees is known as orbitropism. Omega Garden hydroponics are simply the most durable, efficient, and user friendly gardens ever created. A 501(c)3 Non-profit Corporation, Registered in Alaska, USA - LIVESTOCK DONATIONS. WiserEarth.org: The Social Network for Sustainability. Article: USA Permaculture Guild Network. Permaculture Mailing lists, Groups, & Wikis. 2011 Bioneers Conference. October Newsletter. Slow Money: Investment strategies appropriate to the realities of the 21st century - Slow Money. Opower. CAI Homepage.
The Land Institute. Home - True Nature Design. Permaculture Design Course Experience, Southern California ~ About Us. Partnership for Sustainable Communities. Aims and Proposals. FoodCorps. Welcome to EcoFarm | Organic, Sustainable, Local Agriculture | Ecological Farming Association. National Young Farmers' Coalition. Campus Life > Seeds @ City > Seeds Apprenticeships. An urban farm. Seeds @ City has many visitors. Sometimes it becomes clear, that it is we who are visiting. Even the most involved person spends only a fraction of their lives on our farm. Some of the more permanent creatures are often referred to as visitors. This, in my view, lacks perspective. You can find caterpillars and cocoons. Our goal is a vibrant and productive food forest. The pictures included in this post are of one of our most favored and frequent visitors, a good example of our reward, the Monarch Butterfly. The first picture is of a Monarch caterpillar enjoying lunch and the second is of a pair, unperturbed by observation and refusing to be interrupted, in a compromising situation.
A beautiful example of the things that can bring the most joy to a farmer. Seeds @ City. American Horticultural Therapy Association. Sustainable Sites Initiative. American Community Gardening Association. American Community Gardening Association. For a list of current funding opportunities, updated monthly, sign up for our e-newsletter. If you’ve ever considered the possibility of crowd-funding to support your community garden or urban farm but weren’t sure how to start, the answer is now in your backyard. ioby.org, an environmental nonprofit, has just announced its national expansion after a successful NYC pilot fully funded nearly 2000 community-led parks, garden, biking, hiking, composting and chicken projects across the city. ioby (its name derived from the opposite of NIMBY) intends to connect people to environmental projects in their own neighborhoods. And, in fact, most ioby micro-donors give on average $35, live within 2 miles of the project site they’re supporting and regularly volunteer with the project.
Post your project today at ioby.org/idea. SARE Partnership Grants/Sustainable Community Grants Deadline: November 13, 2013 2013 Youth Garden Grant Award Deadline: December 3, 2013 SARE Farmer Grants Deadline: December 2, 2013. About Us « No Vacancy! Institute for Regional Studies of the Californias (IRSC) at San Diego State University. The Institute for Regional Studies of the Californias has under way, or has recently completed, a number of applied research topics on issues related to the U.S. -Mexican border region and borders elsewhere. These projects are carried out by teams of researchers drawn from the faculty of San Diego State University, Mexican universities, and other regional and international universities.
In addition, most of the projects involve practitioners and community members. A list and short description of these projects follows. The Binational Tijuana River Watershed This project is a series of related subprojects, some of which have been ongoing for a number of years, while others are in the beginning phases. View the presentation materials from our workshop in May 14-16, 2013: The Alamar River Project (completed) Monograph of Tecate State of the Environment of the Tijuana River Basin Los Cabos: Prospective for a Natural and Tourism Used and Scrap Tires along the U.S. Community Gardens | NPLAN. Local Government Commission - www.lgc.org. Garden Resources | VGSD. Starting a Garden at Home Three Saturdays in April Neighborhood: La Mesa Cost: $75 April class is Full. We have more classes scheduled: May: Chula Vista June: El Cajon July: Vista (subject to change) Please subscribe to our newsletter and we'll let you know when registration for the next classes open. in VGSD's University of Gardening (U.
Want to learn how easy it is to grow fresh, tasty and healthy vegetables in your own yard? VGSD's Vegetable Gardening 101 Classes are offered throughout the year as a series of three class sessions given at different locations throughout the San Diego Urban Region. Class topics include: Natural ways to eliminate your existing lawn Soil Amendment Bed Preparation and Soil Awareness Plant Selection Planting, Maintaining and Harvesting your Garden Irrigation Composting How to Prepare and Eat your Harvest!
Class Information: Class is limited to 15 participants to ensure maximum participation. VGSD Values: Eating nutritious, locally grown organic food. Helpful Information Links | VGSD. Starting a Garden at Home Three Saturdays in April Neighborhood: La Mesa Cost: $75 April class is Full. We have more classes scheduled: May: Chula Vista June: El Cajon July: Vista (subject to change) Please subscribe to our newsletter and we'll let you know when registration for the next classes open. in VGSD's University of Gardening (U.
Want to learn how easy it is to grow fresh, tasty and healthy vegetables in your own yard? VGSD's Vegetable Gardening 101 Classes are offered throughout the year as a series of three class sessions given at different locations throughout the San Diego Urban Region. Class topics include: Natural ways to eliminate your existing lawn Soil Amendment Bed Preparation and Soil Awareness Plant Selection Planting, Maintaining and Harvesting your Garden Irrigation Composting How to Prepare and Eat your Harvest! Class Information: Class is limited to 15 participants to ensure maximum participation. VGSD Values: Eating nutritious, locally grown organic food. State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet. "Land Grabs" in Agriculture: Fairer Deals Needed to Ensure Opportunity for Locals. The trend has accelerated as countries that lack sufficient fertile land to meet their own food needs-such as wealthier countries in the Middle East and Asia, particularly China-have turned to new fields in which to plant crops.
"Growing demand and rising prices for food are leading some wealthier developing countries to seek secure access to food-producing land in the territory of lower-income ones," said Robert Engelman, Executive Director of Worldwatch. "If all governments capably represented the interests of their citizens, these cash-for-cropland deals might improve prosperity and food security for both sides. But that's not often the case. It's critical that international institutions monitor these arrangements and find ways to block those that are one-sided or benefit only the wealthy.
" Conversely, some experts argue that the agricultural development that occurs through land deals can provide poor countries with money, infrastructure, resources, and increases in food security. Community Garden Politics, San Diego-style. As the popularity of local foods has surged over the last several years, many would-be gardeners across the country have discovered that local regulations sometimes throw up serious roadblocks, if not completely thwart, plans for little plots of tranquility and fresh vegetables. It's rarely been intentional.
The interfering rules were often written decades earlier, when community gardens weren't on the radar. For instance, some cities have zoning codes that in effect say, "Only uses on this list are allowed to be constructed in this district" and then community gardens aren't on that list. Of the largest cities in the nation, San Diego --- the ninth most populous --- was unique in the extent of its problems. In 1997, the City overhauled its Land Development Code, a thick, byzantine manual spelling out what can be built, where and how. This revision to the zoning code created a new, separate category for community gardens. The second notable requirement is the cost of the permit. New Start. Earth Keepers San Diego. Thebajasun. Living with rats.