How could a Daddy resist posting these pictures of his daughter? The horse, the rider, the photographer in functional relationship, a la Permaculture.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/us/27botanical.html?_r=1&hp

Bill and I stopped at the home of former students, Dave and Katy. As we proceeded afterwards along the highway this double rainbow appeared. Maybe there is “gold” at the end of the rainbow. Maybe what Dave and Katy and so many others are doing in front and back yards is the gold at the end, and the beginning, of the rainbow.

Some of the preliminary design work at the Detroit PDC.

Some writings and poems that reflect a side of Permaculture not usually revealed.

“The All-Merciful has taught the Book.
He created man and He taught him the explanation.
The sun and the moon to a reckoning,
and the stars and trees bow themselves;
and heaven – He raised it up and set the balance.
Transgress not in the balance,
and weigh with justice, and skimp not in the balance.
And earth – He set it down for all beings,
therein fruits and palm trees with sheaths,
and grain in the blade, and fragrant herbs.
Which of your Lord’s bounties will you deny?”

“The earth is God’s, with its fullness;
The world, and those who dwell therein.
For He has founded it on the seas,
And established it on the floods.
Who may ascend to God’s hill?
Who may stand in his holy place?”

“In the stream,
Rushing past
To the dusty world,
My fleeting form
Casts no reflection.”

“Under the apple tree You have awakened me!”

“Stillness soars as a mountain peak,
Seeking its greatness in height.
Movement stops in a silent lake,
Seeking in depth its limit.”

“The Sun does arise,
And make happy the skies;
The merry bells ring
To welcome the Spring;
The skylark and thrush,
The birds of the bush,
Sing lounder around
To the bells’ chearful sound,
While our sports shall be seen
On the Echoing Green.”

We are now deep into the design phase for the Detroit PDC, working on several projects: community gardens, school grounds, personal properties.

http://www.primitive.org/nothing.htm from the Society of Primitive Technology.

It has been one of the most enlightening weeks of my life being here in the heart of Detroit. What looks like destruction is opportunity. What looks like a food desert is an opportunity for growing healthy food. What looks like industrial abandonment is an opportunity to get out from under the heavy fist of the corporation. Our students were out digging swales yesterday at D-Town Gardens. What a great and heartfelt crew. What an honor to deliver a course to these folks.

Check out my student’s website. He is Doing it! http://ecolocity.ning.com/profile/GabrielBandele?xg_source=activity