PERMATOPIA a graceful end to cheap oil

local, bioregional, global solutions

Permatopia highlights solutions to Peak Oil, Climate Change and ecocide.

The companion website OilEmpire.US is focused on understanding the politics behind these problems that prevent implementation of the solutions.

Road-Scholar.org examines the rush to massively expand highway systems as the world passes Peak Oil, and offers some tools to thwart these plans.

home page
www.oilempire.us
www.road-scholar.org
GreenwashEugene.com
www.forestclimate.org

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


Permatopia topics

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

beyond oil?

oil depletion protocol

climate change

Greenwash
carbon neutral isn't

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

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

shelter:
weatherization
green building
natural building
urban planning

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

 

 

Choose your future

Permaculture or scarcity?

 

Permaculture Activist

 

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www.energybulletin.net/3757.html
Published on 26 Dec 2004 by Permaculture Activist. Archived on 26 Dec 2004.
Urban vs. Rural Sustainability
by Toby Hemenway

We have the technical means to feed, clothe, and house all humanity. But legions starve because we have not learned to tolerate and support one another. People’s real problems are not technical, they are social and political.

 

www.energybulletin.net/5104.html
Published on 31 Mar 2005 by CSIRO Sustainability Network. Archived on 6 Apr 2005.
Retrofitting the suburbs for sustainability
by David Holmgren

 

foodnotlawns.com

 

permaculture.org

 

David Holmgren, one of the co-originators of the permaculture concept has written a book called Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability which deals explicitly with the peak oil problem. Permaculture principles work towards re-designing cultural and agricultural practices for an energy descent world. By doing a course locally or with a bit of study, you can start applying permaculture principles on a suburban or rural plot.
www.permaculture.org.au
www.holmgren.com.au

 

Cascadia based permaculture courses (California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia)

 

Earth Activist Training
earthactivisttraining.org
weaving together permaculture, political understanding / action, spirituality
the word "permatopia" was invented at the Spring 2003 EAT course

Permaculture Institute of Northern California, Point Reyes, CA
permacultureinstitute.com

Eugene (OR) Permaculture Guild
eugenepermacultureguild.org

Portland Permaculture Institute
portlandpermaculture.com

Portland Permaculture Guild

Lost Valley Educational Center
Dexter, Oregon
lostvalley.org

Aprovecho Research Center
Cottage Grove, Oregon
aprovecho.net

Ecological Immersion Permaculture Design Course
wiseearth.org

Permaculture First Responder
urbanpermacultureguild.org/pfr
prepare and respond for technological shift through the use of permaculture principles

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