We featured Curtis Stone’s urban farming method a few weeks ago — How to Make $100,000 Farming 1/2 Acre You Don’t Own. This farming/gardening method had a big impact on me and readers of this blog, so I thought I’d show this video of his urban farm. It’s very impressive. Most farmers don’t make six figure incomes on half or third of an acre.
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Channel Rock – Permaculture Wonderland on Cortes Island
“Channel Rock is an off-the-grid site with accommodations for 40, delicious organic food from our permaculture garden, hiking and beach activities.
The Search for Sustainability – Episode 1: Searching for Solutions
Join Nathan Crane in this 12-part series as he tours the country speaking to dozens of people who are developing sustainable, regenerative solutions.
Alejandro Aravena: Bring the community into the design process
“When asked to build housing for 100 families in Chile ten years ago, architect Alejandro Aravena looked to an unusual inspiration: the wisdom of favelas and slums. Rather than building a large building with small units, he built flexible half-homes that each family could expand on. It was a complex problem, but with a simple solution — one that he arrived at by working with the families themselves. With a chalkboard and beautiful images of his designs, Aravena walks us through three projects where clever rethinking led to beautiful design with great benefit.”
Tinkers Bubble Low Impact Community
“Tinker’s Bubble is a great example of a simple living eco community in Somerset, England. The community lives in small homes made with canvas or wood from the woodland.”
Tiny Houses And Permaculture For A Resilient And Sustainable Future
“Peak Oil, economic collapse, global warming. There is little question that if humanity remains on the path we are on now, then there is little hope for a sustained existence on the planet. We need to change our thinking and adopt a more harmonious stance to our relationship with the biosphere. The principles of permaculture … Read more