[ XE Mixtape Volume 2 ]
At this time of cultural transformation, fundamental questions of human connectivity and education are gaining importance in everyday life. In this mixtape, we overlay some music on the words of Jiddu...
View Article[ Permaculture Convergence Lectures // Paul Cienfuegos on Community Rights ]
In this talk from the 2012 Pacific Northwest Permaculture Convergence, Paul Cienfuegos details the importance and power of building community rights in the face of corporate power. The...
View Article[ Permaculture Convergence Lectures // Francesco Tortorici on Biochar ]
In this talk from the 2012 Northwest Permaculture Convergence, Francesco Tortorici discusses biochar and the global context of biomass for cooking. The Extraenvironmentalist will posting the dozens of...
View Article[ Permaculture Convergence Lectures // Peter McCoy on Radical Mycology ]
In this talk from the 2012 Northwest Permaculture Convergence, Peter McCoy discusses the role fungi play in our environment and the many possibilities, from symbiotic relationships with plants, to...
View Article[ Permaculture Convergence Lectures // Andrew Millison on Whole Water Systems...
In this talk from the 2012 Northwest Permaculture Convergence, Andrew Millison discusses the principles of whole water systems design while focusing on the needs of water scarce environments. The...
View Article[ Permaculture Convergence Lectures // Forest Shomer on Biodiversity ]
In this talk from the 2012 Northwest Permaculture Convergence, Forest Shomer discusses principles of biodiversity and how we can help cultivate it in our communities. The Extraenvironmentalist will...
View Article[ Permaculture Convergence Lectures // Maurice Robinette on Holistic...
In this talk from the 2012 Northwest Permaculture Convergence, Maurice Robinette discusses the Holistic Management Model – a analog model of Permaculture that focuses on livestock. This talk discusses...
View Article[ Permaculture Convergence Lectures // Mark Robinowitz on our Peak Choices ]
In this talk from the 2012 Northwest Permaculture Convergence, Mark Robinowitz discusses the choices that face us now that we’re past the peak rate of oil production and within a few years of terminal...
View Article[ Permaculture Convergence Lectures // Judith Alexander on Local 20/20 ]
In this talk from the 2012 Northwest Permaculture Convergence, Judith Alexander discusses the local 20/20 to build community, the paradigm shift needed to relate to life systems of earth and how we can...
View Article[ Gail Tverberg // How High Oil Prices Can Lead to Limits to Growth ]
The world is starting to understand the the era of extremely low oil prices has vanished forever. To describe how this is impacting macro-level growth, Gail Tverberg outlines the dynamics of high...
View Article[ Permaculture Convergence Lectures // Pat Rasmussen on Converting Lawns to...
In this talk from the 2012 Northwest Permaculture Convergence, Pat Rasmussen talks about the benefits that polycultures bring versus lawns while discussing practical ways to create forest gardens using...
View Article[ Permaculture Convergence // Jenny Pell on Edible Forest Gardening ]
In this talk from the 2012 Northwest Permaculture Convergence, Jenny Pell talks about how Permaculture relates to our human ecosystem by focusing on current models, social analogies, challenges, and...
View Article[ Marisha Auerbach // Intro to Permaculture ]
In this talk from the 2012 Northwest Permaculture Convergence, Marisha Auerbach talks about how permaculture relates to our human ecosystem by focusing on current models, social analogies, challenges,...
View Article[ Sharon Ferguson // Beyond Transition Towns ]
Sharon Ferguson presents ideas beyond Transition Town, focusing on food systems, transportation networks, energy, denial, building local resilience, and examples from outside the OECD. The...
View Article[ Melanie Rios // Succession Spirit ]
Melanie Rios presents on ‘Nature and the Human Soul, Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World” with Permaculture approaches to nurturing thriving social ecosystems. The...
View Article[ Michael Pilarski // Running a Permaculture Farm ]
Michael Pilarski talks about the economics of starting and running a Permaculture farm. Topics covered in this lecture range from labor to inputs, crop selection, weeds, and seed bank management. The...
View Article[ Episode #83 // Degrowth 2014 // Part B ]
The degrowth movement seeks to decolonize a cultural imaginary that is currently directed to expand the scale and scope of a materially extractive economy. Through adopting strategies like voluntary...
View Article[ Episode #86 // Slow Money // Part C ]
The soil of our food system provides the roots of our culture. Without soil, our modern lifestyle would cease to exist. As climate change accelerates rates of soil erosion, will the global population...
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