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 [...]

The new newsletter from Great Turning Times makes some interesting points about how we cope with all the pessimistic information about the probable future that we receive from sources we trust. I think it’s well worth a read by anyone interested in permaculture. The author had the experience of watching a documentary about [...]

Update! Here are resources for the projects shown today at Copperfield’s:

Worm Bins and Aerated Compost Tea
Making Seed Balls
Getting Started With Chickens

Have fun!
I’ll be at Copperfield’s Bookstore in Santa Rosa tomorrow (Saturday) to talk about backyard chickens and help people make seedballs! We might even brew some aerated compost tea…

We’ll be bringing our 3-week old [...]

Western Farm Center is a feed store right in Santa Rosa’s Railroad Square area…handy for all you urban homesteaders in town, and worth the drive for many more of us.

Established over 40 years ago as an animal feed store, they have an impressive variety of supplies for pet owners and permies alike:
Western Farm Center [...]

Here’s a fantastic site that answers one of the most frequent questions people have about permaculture: How can I do permaculture if I don’t have land?
Leonard Barrett answers this question with his terrific web site, Permaculture for Renters: Regenerative Design for the Landless Many.
Barret has lots of resources for container gardening, community gardens, working [...]

any readers might know that I used to work for MAKE Magazine, and I’ve written a few articles for them. MAKE is a quarterly DIY (do it yourself) magazine that “unites, inspires and informs a growing community of resourceful people who undertake amazing projects in their backyards, basements, and garages.”
Every volume of MAKE is [...]