Ever thought of starting a tree and berry bush nursery? With more and more people getting excited about food forest gardens, there will be more demand for ready grown fruit and nut tree and berry bush seedlings and cuttings. As communities become more locally based this will increase the demand for LOCAL suppliers. We hope this article will inspire some to explore this as an eco-commerce that would offer great barter opportunities when the current money-based economy falters.

We are trapped in a circle of needing to meet our basic requirements, and having to use our gifts in exchange for ‘money’ in order to purchase those basic needs. And we are trapped in a a mesmeric trance of believing we need more than the basics in order to be happy. What has to happen so that we are freed from the circle of desiring more than we need and able to give our gifts as true free gifts to humanity.
We must break the circle of desiring more than we need so that we can truly enter the circle of freely sharing our gifts as gifts to humanity.. Click the title above to read more

Brownies [matured'greenies']know that we have to go beyond the ‘green’ concepts of water-saving flush toilets and store-bought organic fertilizers.

If you are going to ‘brown down’ and live the simple life, then a composting humanure toilet and a compost pile are prerequisites. In this piece we include two great videos on how and why composting toilets are so ‘brown’; how to make compost and photos of our own humanure pooper as well as a recipe for compost tea. Click the title to read more..

Last night I was given a ziploc bag containing a gift that will allow me to keep on giving and all my friends to do the same. It’s called Amish Friendship Bread. Here’s how it works and here’s the recipe for the starter so that you can join in this lovely tradition… click the title of this excerpt for more..

If you’re considering planting a food garden this year, you might want to think about companion planting. Certain plants grow well together and help each other survive and thrive. Others are mortal enemies. Knowing what to put with what could make a huge difference in the fruitful results of your veggie garden. And remember, grow more food than you need and GIVE IT AWAY TO ANYONE WHO NEEDS IT.

You are being entranced by the powers that be. They don’t want you to know what’s really going on because their interestes are vested in big oil, pharma and agro business. All of these are destructive to human life not constructive. Find out what’s really going on with peak oil, how it affects you and what you can do. There is an answer and it lies in individual, neighborhood and community joint efforts, NOT in relying on government solutions..

The same human genius that went into overdrive and got us into this mess can be harnessed to get us out of it. Our creativity knows no bounds, it is guidance and right thinking that we lack. When we begin to harness our genius for the good of Earth and the survival of all living beings not just man, we will begin to heal life on earth and maybe leave a decent legacy beyond 900 years into the future…Read more about the road ahead by clicking the title.

If we truly believe that we are all one, that every human is a member of our family we must change the way we think about ownership.
I was just in a discussion with people who are talking about their fear that when the ‘crisis’ hits, people will be invading their land with guns and pillaging [...]

As we near the end of this intensive two weeks, I am beginning to integrate the sense of having truly found my calling.  I am a permie.    That’s what avid permaculturists call themselves.  And whilst still a student who has so much to learn, I feel as if I’ve finally found a ‘religion’ that I can [...]

On a course in permaculture design, we do actually have to submit a design. And designs mean maps and maps mean numbers.   Ever since school, where, the relentlessly uninspiring Miss Nash put me off mathematics for ever, I have experienced a sort of cartoon eye spin when figures, numbers and calculations are mentioned.   
As you can imagine,  I was [...]