Introduction to Permaculture A Book by Bill Mollison modernfarmer.com The conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive systems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems. It is the harmonious integration of the landscape with people providing their food, energy, shelter and other material and non-material needs in a sustainable way. About PermaculturePermaculture ethicsUsing akido on the landscapePermaculture principlesDesign is a connection between things+25 More 172. Garden Growing WildProtected, yet tuned inHints towards a non-extractive economy farmingnatureecosystemssustainabilityagriculture
Reality is Very Weird and You Need to be Prepared for That An Essay slimemoldtimemold.com We might be closer than we think to cures for depression, hypertension, and yes, even obesity. The answer to scurvy was just one thing, plus a few wrinkles — mostly “not all citrus has the antiscorbutic property” and “most animals can’t get scurvy”. This was only difficult because people weren’t prepared to deal with basic wrinkles, but we can do better by learning from their mistakes. This means don’t give up easily. It suggests that there is lots of low-hanging fruit, because even simple explanations are easily missed. Lots of theories have been tried, and lots of them have been given up because of something that looks like contradictory evidence. But the evidence might not actually be a contradiction — the real explanation might just be slightly more complicated than people realized. Go back and revisit scientific near-misses, maybe there’s a wrinkle they didn’t know how to iron out. Scott and Scurvy sciencerealityhealth