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From Bill Mollison
“. . . 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 in poor areas. These facts are before us. Thus, we can [...]
Walt Whitman
The Dangers of Scientism and the Fear of the Unknowable by Dave Pollard
An excellent and penetrating look at the culture of Scientism from Dave Pollard. Science is a narrow perspective, one of countless ways to see the world. This post gets at the meat of the issue facing our techno culture and the promise of progress, progress, progress. Enough said. Where has all this so-called progress gotten [...]
A Burst of Flowers in the Yard: Moving toward Summer in Southern Illinois
A Definition of Permaculture from Toby Hemenway
It has always been difficult to define: Permaculture. Toby does an excellent job of setting things straight. What Permaculture Isn’t — and Is “Permaculture is notoriously hard to define. A recent survey shows that people simultaneously believe it is a design approach, a philosophy, a movement, and a set of practices. This broad and contradiction-laden [...]
Neighborhood Plant Walk
This morning we wandered the streets of Carbondale to study plants and all their uses. I guess I cannot say, all their uses. There are too many to count. Let’s reword this: some of their uses. We had a full house from the Neighborhood Coop. My daughter was the photographer! As we move through the [...]
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