Claude William Genest is an actor and TV show host turned “permaculturalist” and Green Party VP. He’s passionate about convincing people that a fully sustainable lifestyle is not only easy and good for our health, but can actually be achieved. Follow him to his country house to discover what permaculture is and how it has affected the way he thinks about the environment.
Permaculture
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Mar 192009
Permaculture in Action – Greening The Desert
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Mar 182009
Permaculture in Action – Greening the Desert – Geoff Lawton’s Ground Breaking implementation of Permaculture in The Dead Sea Valley. This video illustrates how Permaculture design techniques can restore a Salt Ridden Degraded Landscape to a flourishing and diverse Oasis. For more information about Geoff and his Permaculture work please visit; http://www.permaculture.org.au
Mar 182009
David Holmgren is co-originator (with Bill Mollison) of the permaculture concept and author of the recent book, PERMACULTURE: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability. He talks about the need to move beyond the lulling hope that ‘green tech’ breakthroughs will allow world-wide ‘sustainable consumption’ to the recognition that dwindling oil supplies inevitably mean a mandatory ‘energy descent’ for human civilization across the planet. He argues that permaculture principles provide the …
Rob Hopkins' Transition Handbook
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Mar 182009
Founder of the Transition Network spreading throughout the world, Rob Hopkins talks about Transition Town Totnes and moving towards a post-peak oil society. His book The Transition Handbook gives an account of the founding of Transition Town Totnes, and the global spread of Transition towns. He shows you how to start the Transition process in your community, and why it is important that communities are resilient to the coming decline of oil as an energy source. He also includes the facts …
Leaf Street the Movie part 1
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Mar 182009
A film by Ruth Strange documenting the construction of an urban community permaculture garden at Redbricks in Hulme, Manchester. Thanks to Rob Squires. part 1 of 3
Permaculture Water Harvesting
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Mar 182009
Geoff Lawton founding Director of the Permaculture Research Institute talks about Permaculture Water Harvesting techniques, swales and sillways. For more infomation about Geoff and his work and details on how to purchase the full length DVD, please visit: http://www.permaculture.org.au