Jared Diamond on Civilization

Famed Social Sciences Author Jared Diamond Predicts 49 Percent Chance of Civilization Collapse by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor (NaturalNews) Jared Diamond is no doom-and-gloomer; he’s a Pulitzer Prize winning author of thoughtful, carefully researched books about the rise and fall of societies. Diamond is best known for Collapse: How Societies Choose to [...]

A Bibliography of Self-Reliance and Permaculture

Bibliography of Self-Reliance and Permaculture -Alexander, Christopher, A Pattern Language, Oxford University Press, London, 1977. -Alexandersson, Olaf, Living Water, Turnstone Press, Northhamptonshire, England, 1982. -Allen, CW, Inc and Grow Rich, Sage International Inc, Reno, Nevada, 2002. -Alth, Max, Wells and Septic Tanks, Tab Books, NYC, 1992. -Altieri, Miguel, Agroecology, Harper Collins, Boulder, Co., 1989. -Anderson, [...]

A 50-Year Farm Bill

A 50-Year Farm Bill By WES JACKSON and WENDELL BERRY Published: January 4, 2009 THE extraordinary rainstorms last June caused catastrophic soil erosion in the grain lands of Iowa, where there were gullies 200 feet wide. But even worse damage is done over the long term under normal rainfall — by the little rills and [...]