Global Permaculture Solutions
a graceful end to cheap oil

local bioregional global solutions

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PERMACULTURE
PATTERNS
local, bioregional,
global solutions

permaculture for nine billion

Permatopia dictionary:
permanent place [topia]
permaculture utopia

documents:
Hirsch report
Pentagon climate change study

environmental patterns
dominant paradigm
limited hang out / greenwash
ideal direction
disinformation
philosophy - groups - toxics - food safety - energy - global warming - forest

Greenwash
carbon neutral isn't


Permatopia
hierarchy of needs

food
organic
urban gardening
vegan diets
buy local
solar drying
solar cooking
sprouting
fermentation
Peak Grain
food irradiation
genetic phood
mad cow disease
toxic fertilizers
nutrition

water
rainwater harvesting
graywater
filters, solar distillation
drip irrigation
boycott bottled water
blue gold: clean water

shelter:
weatherization
green building
natural building
urban planning

energy
97 quads
conservation for renters
renewable energy
solar power
wind energy
microhydro
biofuels
hydrogen
free energy?

transportation
car culture
highway expansions
100 mpg cars
car sharing
transit & trains
bicycles
internet not jets

community
consciousness
spiritual resources

money:
community currency
cooperatives
precious metals?

health:
single payer

permaculture:
principles
courses
references

environmental education

waste:
a terrible thing to mind
reuse, not recycle
humanure
waste prevention

forests:
deforestation
clearcuts & climate change
selective forestry
non-timber products

biomimicry

detoxification:
bioremediation
mycoremediation

the end of growth

communication

primitive technology

homesteading

eco-cities


related websites:

www.oilempire.us
www.road-scholar.org

Intentional and Unintentional Communities

 

 

 

www.sacredlifeboats.com/build-lifeboat.html

Last year we launched an ambitious experimental project called In My Village (link here soon) which grew quickly to 380 people then as quickly disintegrated. We learned some powerful lessons. The most significant was that we can't build community! We discovered that we can form small circles of people who learn to love and trust each other. And if these circles get to know, love and trust each other we discover it feels like community. I've come to call these circles archetypal family unity. They are the basis of community, historically and everywhere.

 

Intentional Communities - some guides

ic.org
Intentional Communities (rural, urban, secular, religious, etc.)

cohousing.org
Cohousing communities

Global Ecovillage Network (Denmark)
http://gen.ecovillage.org

thefarm.org - Summertown Tennessee
ENA - Ecovillage Networks of the Americas

diggersanddreamers.org.uk - The Guide to Communal Living in Britain

ourecovillage.org - OUR Ecovillage, Vancouver Island, BC