Introduction to Permaculture with Geoff Lawton

A great video (easy to digest bites) for those new to permaculture! And with Italian subtitles to boot!

Job posting - Permaculture Manager in the Bahamas

A full-time position as a permaculture manager in the Bahamas? Four weeks vacation?? Room, board and medical insurance??? Don't delay, you have until February 1 to submit your best resume and cover letter ever!

Today is International Yam Day!

 For your feasting pleasure, a blog devoted to today's celebrity.

A Free Online Permaculture Course....eventually

And if you support this indiegogo campaign, you'll get your free course sooner rather than later. I know, you're thinking "If I make a donation, it won't be free". You are right. But if you make a $100 donation and get 100 of your friends to do the same thing, you will have paid 1/20th the price of a standard permaculture course!!! And everyone after you gets it for free!

-In the meantime (or in addition to) you can get Bob Waldrop's ipermie book for just $2. Bob is a permaculture master and you get your money's worth (almost 400,000 words!)

-65 acres of urban agriculture has been uncovered by researchers in Chicago. Mostly food grown in backyards and vacant lots. Who's up for doing this for all of North America???

-Deconstruction can be a dirty business. A few companies in Japan have learned how to do it, floor by floor, from the middle down. You could be seeing similar businesses in North America appear in 5-10 years, especially in a city like Toronto, which is currently perched as the king of the condo market.

World's largest living wall - now & September 2012 + Edible infrastructure meets middle school

With the title of "World's Largest Living Wall" constantly changing hands, I decided it's time to put a date on the blog post. Pretty soon, I'll need not just month and year, but the day as well!

I was excited to read about the current champ on a reputable website...when I noticed that the designers name and the pictures looked kind of familiar.




Wouldn't you know it, this title holder is actually the title holder from September 2012.
The beauty of the web stories that are constantly circulating!!!

-This is a definite first! An apartment ad which boasts its green roof as a main selling feature.

-Forgot to add this to the most recent permaculture post, there's an online course which runs from January 21 through the spring run by the fine folks at Cornell University.

-The Badger Rock Middle School currently has 100 sixth, seventh and eigth graders but will expand to 150 students next year. Students learn in a state-of-the-art building on Madison’s south side utilizing, in part, a pared down Growing Power curriculum In addition to some incredible amenities available through the adjoined community center (two commercial incubator kitchens and a greenhouse) is the possibility of a future yogurt producing room! Virtually the entire building is made with reclaimed material and all of the landscaping is edible. The article is a must read!

-I have speculated as to which city might be the next to get a High Linesque project, New York's amazing aging elevated railway turned park. After all, it is the newest urban development solution. And our winner could be...New York! Wait, what?