Annual Edgewood College Permaculture Design Certificate Course, Madison 2011

Our PDC in Madison, Wisconsin began today. After greetings and a field walk by our host, Dr Jim Lorman of Edgewood College, and delineating introductory principles and methodologies, we explored a design site that was examined during last year’s course. Taking an inventory of the site, we discussed our findings and will move into it [...]

Another Quote from Bill Mollison

“Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.” — Bill Mollison

From Bill Mollison

A very prescient quote from Bill Mollison, the founder of Permaculture: “. . . every society that grows extensive lawns could produce all its food on the same area, using the same resources, and . . . world famine could be totally relieved if we devoted the same resources of lawn culture to food culture [...]

Permaculture in the NY Times

Recently we had a NY Times reporter attend our PDC course at Crazy Rooster Farm in Wisconsin. His article appeared in the Times this evening. Permaculture is coming of age and hitting the mainstream.

Fake Foods and the European Union

Monsanto and Dupont continue to put pressure on the European Union to become a GMO culture. When we control the seeds and water we control the people, and the world. Small intensive systems, grow our own, the “insignificant significant” actions that we can take to cut the fat off the corporation. Small perturbations in the [...]