http://permaculture.org.au Changing the world one site at a time Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:23:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en prihttp://feedburner.google.com October 30 – November 1, 2009 Orella Ranch, Gaviota Coast, California. A wise person once said that soil is not only more complex than we know, it is more complex than we can ever know! The good news is humans have lately achieved a level of practically applicable ... http://permaculture.org.au/2009/11/08/soil-food-web-course-with-dr-elaine-ingham/ Those that read and enjoyed such posts as The Crash Course and Money as Debt will understand the significance of, and not be surprised by, the Federal Reserve (now former) chairman clearly stating that the Federal Reserve is a private agency, above the law, above the president and should not ... http://permaculture.org.au/2009/11/07/federal-reserve-chairman-admits-agency-is-above-the-law-and-the-president/ An 'ethical travel agent', the Independent tells us today, goes ethical, deciding that getting customers to pay a little extra to 'offset' their damage to the environment is really just a way to help people feel better about persevering with their destructive lifestyles - in other words, just a placebo, ... http://permaculture.org.au/2009/11/07/carbon-trading-in-action/ In this talk Jesse from PRI Canada explains the benefits of taking a Permaculture Design Certificate course (the primary course offered by Permaculture Research Institutes around the globe) and receiving a Permaculture Design Certificate. [youtube]9eQSnfqQIH8[/youtube] http://permaculture.org.au/2009/11/07/jesse-lemieux-on-what-you-get-from-a-pdc/ This is a fantastic opportunity to gain skills from Lisa and Bill Mollison and Greg Knibbs, with practical hands-on activities and lectures in fire preventative measures, water saving and control methods, earth works and many other informative lectures that will take place over the 5-days. Choose the course dates that ... http://permaculture.org.au/2009/11/07/fire-and-water-in-the-landscape/ Village of Lepa following the tsunami Photo: Skye Turner The water is usually that light aqua colour all the way to the shore. Photo: Durnford Dart A full two weeks ... http://permaculture.org.au/2009/11/06/post-tsunami-bamboo-housing-solutions/ Why the sudden surge in climate change denial? Could it be about something else altogether? by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic and environmental and political activist, United Kingdom There is no point in denying it: we’re losing. Climate change denial is spreading like a contagious disease. It exists in a sphere which ... http://permaculture.org.au/2009/11/06/death-denial/ With all the talk of a new carbon economy and dreams of new sources of energy so we can continue with our contemporary understanding of human 'progress' - continual economic growth - I wonder if a few facts may be getting overlooked. You might not have time to watch these ... http://permaculture.org.au/2009/11/03/the-mathematics-that-contemporary-economics-ignores/ George Washington Carver (1864-1943) was a man worthy of respect. Born into slavery (his mother was purchased), he lived and died as a black man in an age of racial segregation. He was lucky enough, however, that his owners were a decent couple, who helped him to read and write, ... http://permaculture.org.au/2009/11/03/the-full-belly-project/ by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Our mismanaged world economy today has many of the characteristics of a Ponzi scheme. A Ponzi scheme takes payments from a broad base of investors and uses these to pay off returns. It creates the illusion that it is providing a highly attractive rate ... http://permaculture.org.au/2009/11/03/our-global-ponzi-economy/