climate
-
Fungi
How fungi’s knack for networking boosts ecological recovery after bushfires
The unprecedented bushfires that struck the east coast of Australia this summer killed an estimated one billion animals across millions…
Read More » -
Start Growing! Part 1: How to Buy a Farm Debt Free
Let’s say you have a bit of savings and you’re keen to buy land to farm. Even though permaculture has…
Read More » -
Planetary Permaculture Pilgrimage – Days Two, Three and Four!
by Tamara Griffiths and Delvin Solkinson Delvin and Tamara have condensed a few days of class into one blog for…
Read More » -
Nuclear Energy: A Resource for an Insane Society
Bill Mollison groups the earth’s resources into five categories. These resources are: Those which increase by modest use. For example,…
Read More » -
Completing the Cycle – PRI Graduate Comes ‘Home’ to Teach
Course alert: Jesse Lemieux of PRI Canada will be teaching a two-week Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course, starting November 21…
Read More » -
Planting Trees and Managing Soils to Sequester Carbon
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute, Washington D.C., U.S.A. As of 2007, the shrinking forests in the tropical regions…
Read More » -
Global Warming, Hitler and World War II Rationing
Peer pressure, national pride, and legal mandates worked together against the common evil It’s an unusual title, I know –…
Read More » -
Building Biology – The Third Skin
Extracted from: ‘Third Skin’ A. Vasella, Dip Arch., P.I.J. #14. ‘Biotechture’ S.Lesiuk, P.I.J.#8. ‘Biotectual Systems’ R. Doernach P.I.J. #7. International…
Read More » -
The ‘Dangerous Threshold’ – a Destination, or a Milestone?
I’ve often expressed my concern (here & here for example) that scientists, and, in particular, the politicians that have the…
Read More » -
Rising Seas and Powerful Storms Threaten Global Security
by Janet Larsen, Earth Policy Institute Standing before the United Nations General Assembly in October 1987, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, President…
Read More »