Invite Them In

“Weeds” are a State of Mind

I have a small plot of land in Seattle. We have a little house, a fairly large sized yard with a lot of Southern exposure, and access to a wild green-space abundant with Big-leaf Maples (Acer macrophyllum). I’ve been slowly trying…

Autonomous Tractors On Corporate Anti-Pirate Mega-Farms

Greg Ferenstein’s utopian look at self-driving taxis dovetails nicely with some agriculture themes I’ve been exploring vis-a-vis autonomous tractors.

What it’s like discussing GMOs on the Internet

I swear this happens like 85% of the time

GMOs: An Unhealthy Way of Thinking?

We ignore Whole Systems Thinking at our peril….

Towards a participatory ecology

Just wanted to share a thought-provoking piece on “participatory ecology,” by Russell Edwards, a…

When is a Permaculture Design Course an Unpaid Internship?

This is interesting, and maybe a good litmus test for determining whether your Permaculture Design Course (PDC) is exploiting you in exchange for free labor:

Should You Pay for a Permaculture Design Course?

I agree — these are really good questions! This is one of the reasons I chose to take my PDC through a private college, as part of a broader, year-long curriculum, instead of at somebody’s farm or homestead over the course of two or three weeks…