Craig Mackintosh
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Sep- 2008 -1 September
Look Mom, There’s a Farmer in Our Back Yard
Normally the words ‘business’ and ‘environmentally friendly’ do not fit harmoniously together in one sentence, but here’s a money-making venture…
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Aug- 2008 -31 August
Convergence of Issues Leads to Southern California Permaculture Convergence, August 29-31, 2008
Cooling off after the first day of the Southern California Permaculture Convergence, hosted by the Quail Springs Learning Oasis and…
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30 August
The Santa Barbara City College Hears ‘The Plan’
The Quail Springs Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course (for 2008) closed Wednesday – and with a bang. Six groups of…
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28 August
Melting Borders, Melting Icecaps
Smith, in the computer world of The Matrix. In nature there is order, but not uniformity The president of Nabisco…
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25 August
Peak Oil, Petrodollars and Climate Change Apathy
Peak Oil and a developing trend to switch international oil trading from the weakening U.S. dollar to the Euro (€)…
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25 August
New Permaculturists in Kamiah, Idaho
While on a consultancy at the future site of the Kamiah Permaculture Institute at Kim and Julie Pagliaro’s FNA Ranch,…
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23 August
Regenerative Learning at Quail Springs
If a Chumash Indian from a few centuries ago was to leap through time to our day, I’m sure he’d…
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22 August
Calling Five Percent of US Residents to Action on GMOs
Pinky, who is fast becoming my favourite cat, has conducted the following excellent interview with Jeffrey Smith, founder of the…
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21 August
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16 August
Last Days of Ancient Sunlight?
A very glum, serious looking energy advisor, Dr. Robert Hirsch, made some alarming statements on CNBC recently — statements you’d…
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13 August
Pesticides, and You
I promised to follow up on our recent Which Came First – Pests, or Pesticides? story with some info on…
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11 August
A Refrigerator that Runs Without Electricity
Sometimes there are simple solutions to universal needs that don’t require coal fired electricity, fossil fuels, or even solar panels…
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