Building a permaculture homestead can be difficult! Setbacks, mis-calculations, unforeseen costs, burn out and bad weather are just a few difficulties that can happen when trying to turn land into a permaculture paradise. In this guest post, Bret, a homesteader and permaculture practitioner in the Sierra Nevada Mountains shares his experiences from the first year […]
Some Practical Thoughts on Mass Suicide, Eco-anxiety and the Encroaching Collapse
Do we need trees? Of course… How about rainforests? Stupid question! What about coral reefs? Hmm… We all know that we need trees and rainforests, otherwise we wouldn’t be able to live, but coral reefs, they aren’t so important for us as a land-dwelling species, right? However, the truth is that what rainforests are to […]
Finding Clients for your Permaculture Design Business
“Getting paying clients is the key to starting your own permaculture design business; Everything else is secondary.” – Pete Widin I wish I’d been told this when I was in school, about to enter the REAL world as a tender would-be landscape architect. My idea of a design business was the day to day mess […]
How to Quit Your Job, Start a Permaculture Farm and Get Paid to Change the World
After all, that’s the dream, right? Forget the well-paid 9-to-5 job, six bedroom house and the other trappings of material wealth. Sure, it’s nice to have them, but we permaculturists know that real wealth is clean air, clear water and healthy nutritious food, not piling up stuff and then dying with it. We want to […]