Aquaponics in Bahrain, Rwanda and worldwide in 2012!

This is the last post of 2011, so I have to make it good.

-Last week I did a Battle of the Book Reviews. One of the books I reviewed was by David Tracey, and earlier in the year he wrote an article detailing the word, Usufruct. It seems, thankfully, this hasn't been necessary in New York, where real estate developers are actively seeking out urban agriculture entrepreneurs to use their land when construction has ground to a halt.

-Two quick articles about deconstruction, an oldie and a new one. They give ample reason for you to be the first in your community (because, the Living Architecture Daily blog has a global audience of go-getters) to inspire or launch a deconstruction business.

-A couple of aquaponics stories to finish up the year, because I believe aquaponics will be on the tip of everyone's tongue in 2012. Others agree.
In Bahrain it looks like a rather large public-private partnership could fall through because of new demands by city councillors. It doesn't say how big the project would be, but if there's a 25 year lease, I would guess pretty big.
And it looks like Rwanda had a $9 million dollar project launched in 2011.

Thanks to everyone who checked out the blog this year! The number of readers has skyrocketed and I can't wait to see what the living architecture and urban agriculture (LAUA! Did I just create a new acronym????) world has in store for us in 2012! verticiel has big things planned, see you on the other side!

It's all about the visual + living architecture in Africa

I've had people ask before, what's the best permaculture website? Well, wouldn't you know it someone asked a similar question at permaculture tv, which, is a dynamite site in it's own right. The truth is, there's so much good information out there, aren't the interwebs wonderful?

Speaking of good websites, for those more visually inclined try Spezify, you can do a visual web search on your favorite living architecture topics.

For some great videos, check out Urban Omnibus on how the East New York Farmers market got up and running, a great primer for anyone interested in starting their own. And over at How Stuff Works to spy Stephen Brooks as he makes a nice salad from his urban foraging wanderings...in LA.
Seriously, there's rosemary growing between the sidewalk cracks?

Now we'll jet over to the Africa. A story from Zimbabwe which puts struggle in perspective.

The City of Johannesburg is putting it's weight behind a permaculture training institute to help combat the socio-economic impact of HIV.

Rwanda is starting an urban agriculture program to ensure food security. I'll do my best to keep up to date on all of these new projects, so many wonderful things happening all around the world.