Archive for the 'Permie Culture' Category

NY Times Article on “Green Disputes”

The New York Times article Therapists Report Increase in Green Disputes struck a chord with me. If you’re the type of person who digs permaculture, you’re also, sadly, part of the counterculture in this country. While that kind of outsider status has a certain cachet for many of us, it can also lead to [...]

REculture: Exploring the Post-consumption Economy

REculture is a weblog you can turn to for inspiring examples of reuse and repair.
REculture, a study into the ways and means those at the Base of the Pyramid across the developing world earn a living by the repair, reuse, repurposing, resale and recycling of goods

Highlighting the work of people like repairmen, cobblers, and [...]

Do I Have to Hold Hands to Do Permaculture?

I’ve seen some posts from influential bloggers recently that make some interesting criticisms of permaculture.
From author Sharon Astyk, we have Permaculture Future?: Part I and Permaculture Future? Part II. And then from Rob Hopkins from Transition Culture, we have Responding to Sharon Astyk on Permaculture and Transition.
Both essays are long and make [...]