1. Permaculture: Rural >>> Urban
Integrative Eco-Social Design
Ethan C. Roland, AppleSeed Permaculture
With Gratitude to Geoff Lawton, Andrew Jones, and Rafter T. Sass
Apios
Regenerative
Institute
Design Group
2. Permaculture: Rural <<< Urban
Integrative Eco-Social Design
Ethan C. Roland, AppleSeed Permaculture
With Gratitude to Geoff Lawton, Andrew Jones, and Rafter T. Sass
Apios
Regenerative
Institute
Design Group
6. Peak Petroleum
quot;Energy experts no longer debate about whether
Hubbert's peak will occur, but whenquot;
- Fox News, April 28 2006
Global Peaks US Prices
Source: Wikipedia
7. The Hirsch Report
• World oil peaking is going to happen, and will likely be
abrupt.
• Oil peaking will adversely affect global economies,
particularly those most dependent on oil.
• Oil peaking presents a unique challenge (“it will be
abrupt and revolutionary”).
• Government intervention will be required, but
economic upheaval is not inevitable.
9. The Guardian (UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/
aug/06/climatechange.scienceofclimatechange
James Randerson reports the 4ºC rise warning from UK’s chief
scientific adviser Bob Watson
15. “Financial
Turmoil”
[From Chris Martenson,
TheEndofMoney.com:]
“Here's my very direct
and simple thought: The
US dollar is toast...
quot;What exactly is the long-
term direction of a currency
that is backed by defective
loans, unsaleable assets, and
positions in failed companies?quot;
“...the stage is now set
for a major dollar
collapse.”
17. Permaculture:
the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally
productive ecosystems which have the diversity, stability, and
resilience of natural ecosystems.
18. Permaculture:
the harmonious integration of landscape and people, providing
their food, energy, shelter, and other material and non-material
needs, in a sustainable way
24. Permaculture Design =
Integrative Design
Ethics of Permaculture
1. Earth Care
2. People Care
25. Permaculture Design =
Integrative Design
Ethics of Permaculture
1. Earth Care
2. People Care
3. Resource Share
Developed in 1980’s, over 1,000,000 people certified, active in 140+ Countries, more than 4,000 projects on the ground
26. Permaculture Design =
Integrative Design
Ethics of Permaculture
1. Earth Care
2. People Care
3. Resource Share
Developed in 1980’s, over 1,000,000 people certified, active in 140+ Countries, more than 4,000 projects on the ground
27. Permaculture Design =
Integrative Design
Ethics of Permaculture
1. Earth Care
2. People Care
3. Resource Share
Developed in 1980’s, over 1,000,000 people certified, active in 140+ Countries, more than 4,000 projects on the ground
28. Permaculture Design =
Integrative Design
Ethics of Permaculture
1. Earth Care
2. People Care
3. Resource Share
Developed in 1980’s, over 1,000,000 people certified, active in 140+ Countries, more than 4,000 projects on the ground
29. Permaculture Design =
Integrative Design
Ethics of Permaculture
1. Earth Care
2. People Care
3. Resource Share
Developed in 1980’s, over 1,000,000 people certified, active in 140+ Countries, more than 4,000 projects on the ground
57. Urban Regeneration
• Global Food Production
• Industrial Ecology & ZERI
• Site Repair & BioRemediation
• Red Hook Community Farm
• Philly Orchard Project
• City Repair
72. Integrative Eco-Social Design
• My Edges:
• Radical Empowerment
• Financial Permaculture (& Chocolate)
• Cultural Regeneration
73. Next Steps
• Now
• Research, Advocate, Demonstrate!
• Learn More: www.northeasternpermaculture.wikispaces.com
• Sooner
• Take a Permaculture Design Course with Living Routes @
Sirius Ecovillage July10-24, 2009
• Northeastern Permaculture Summer Gathering - July 4th
Weekend in East Montpelier,VT
• Later
• Global Permaculture: www.permacultureacrossborders.org
• www.permaculture.org.au
74. Permaculture: Rural >>> Urban
Integrative Eco-Social Design
Ethan C. Roland, AppleSeed Permaculture
With Gratitude to Geoff Lawton, Andrew Jones, and Rafter T. Sass
Apios
Regenerative
Institute
Design Group
75. Permaculture: Rural <<< Urban
Integrative Eco-Social Design
Ethan C. Roland, AppleSeed Permaculture
With Gratitude to Geoff Lawton, Andrew Jones, and Rafter T. Sass
Apios
Regenerative
Institute
Design Group
Notas do Editor
your edges?
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that there will be 150 million environmental refugees by 2050. The Institute for Environment and Human Security, affiliated with United Nations University, estimated the number of environmental refugees at 20 million in 2005 and predicted the number could be 50 million as early as 2010.
http://www.climatechangecorp.com/content.asp?contentid=5871
Regenerative
•
The permaculture pie. All elements must be functionally interconnected.
•
Buildings must be living, functionally interconnected pieces of the whole system.
•
example: home - small scale
•
example: new low-rise. water catchment. rooftop forest gardens and aquaculture. aquaponics and farm-floors. local organic restaurant (forget foodmiles - let's talk foodfeet!). all waste treated on site with living machines. down to the next level of solar pumps.
•
example: Marbletown Green.
•
crazy? we need to push the edges of what's been done before. push the edges, but back to the center -- food, water, shelter, energy.
•there are 12 trillion acres of ag land in the world
•producing a bit less than 730 lbs of food per acre
•for about 4.5 trillion tons of food per year.
•now, the Dervaes family in Pasadena CA, 1/5 acre lot, 1/10 ac growing space, they produce 6000lbs annualy.
•that's 30 tons per acre annually.
•at that rate, we could grow the current global food production on 150 million acres of land -- 1.2% of the current use.
•
•imagine if that 1/3 of global GHG emmisions produced by ag + land use changes were reduced to 1.2% of their current level?
•and even further reduces the massive amount of CO2 released from transportation.
•
•so edible landscapes means, let's get real about meeting our basic needs, and put organic fod-producing ecosystems all around where we live and work. let's stop eating oil, and supporting the violence and ecological degradation of the multinational oil industry.
•let's eat local! have you ever heard of the 100 mile food diet? forget the 100 mile diet! let's talk about the 100 foot diet.
•plant a garden in your back yard - and - this may be a bit radical -- but in your front yard as well!
•let's plant fruit trees in every vacant lot in every city like POP is doing - let's plant nut trees in the unused medians of every highway in the country - let's get our local governments supporting local farmers
The Colombian coffee farm is in trouble:
• Dramatic drops in coffee prices beginning in the 80’s
• Small farmers diversifying or dropping coffee all together.
• Many convert their land to grazing ranges.
• Another lucrative crop: illegal coca
Only
0.2%
of the
coffee plant ends up in
your cup! This means
that on a typical coffee
farm,
99.8%
of the
coffee plant ends up as
“
waste”
!
Research shows that shiitake mushrooms can be grown on coffee waste.
• 100 kg of sawdust from coffee branches can be used to cultivate 75 kg of mushrooms.
• The world market for mushrooms is larger than the
world market for coffee (US $14 billion vs. US $12 billion in 1998)
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