TAG: sustainable farming

A Pagan Easter

Julian Rose – We don’t need a priest to divert us from the truth.

What Permaculture Isn’t – and Is

Toby Hemenway, Guest Waking Times Permaculture is notoriously hard to define. A recent survey shows that people simultaneously believe it is a design approach, a philosophy, a movement, and a set of practices. This broad and contradiction-laden brush doesn’t just make permaculture hard to describe. It can be off-putting, too. Let’s say you first encounter permaculture as

How Agriculture Can Provide Food Security Without Destroying Biodiversity

Jonathan Latham, PhD and Allison Wilson, PhD, Green Med Info Waking Times According to conventional wisdom, the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte (pop. 2.5 million) has achieved something impossible. So, too, has the island of Cuba. They are feeding their hungry populations largely with local, low-input farming methods that enhance the environment rather than degrade

Palm Oil Health Craze May Push Animals to Extinction While Destroying the Environment

Carolanne Wright, Natural News Waking Times Red palm oil has burst onto the health scene as a miracle food, helping to heal everything from cardiovascular disease to Alzheimer’s to cancer. However, as it becomes more popular worldwide, a dark secret has come to light. Due to its lucrative value, rainforests in Malaysia and Indonesia are

The Garden Pool (Video)

Learn how an Arizona family converted their unused swimming pool into a garden oasis that can continually feed a family of four. Combining solar energy, water conservation, poultry farming, aquaculture, hydroponic gardening, organic gardening, aquaponics, and bio-filtration, this ingenious system demonstrates just how feasible individual sustainable living could be in America today. Visit GardenPool.org for more info.


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