Fossil Fuel based growth has ended: This is the best place to learn about the future. In which localism prevails and power moves from the top-down to the grass-roots. Prosperity will decline and life will again be worth living.
The title and quotations are copied from a recent essay by Karl North. It is good. It was an eye-opener because it introduced me to systems thinking about agriculture. It’s a super holistic way by a farmer who practices what he writes. I am grateful to Karl North for providing an introduction to his essay: …
This 90 minute Roundtable podcast in Nate Hagens series the Great Simplification is fascinating. There are so many lessons which are relevant to the UK. To see the original go to https://youtu.be/lb2tJXopTJA__________________________________________________________________________________________________- The four speakers are as small-scale farmer Jason Bradford, permaculturist and documentarian Andrew Millison, regenerative agriculture activist Vandana Shiva, and regenerative farmer and …
Extract from discussion in the Surplus Energy blog: A friend of mine in Texas is building a large half-buried greenhouse. Putting the plants down in the ground several feet gives them the more stable climate they need. The trick was widely used in what is now southern Russia. But it was very labor intensive. The …
First published in the RADIX Think Tank I have just been listening to a podcast by Nate Hagens in his Great Simplification series. In this episode, Nate is joined by Daniel Zetah, who practices regenerative agriculture on his family farm in Minnesota. Daniel shares his experiences in becoming aware of the global challenges we face and …
