Today, our habitat is very dependent on the international grid of energy &water. Energy crisis, clean water shortage, global warming and environmental pollution are worldwide problems. Understanding cities as dynamic and ever-evolving eco-systems can help us to formulate strategies for a sustainable urban future. This film is based on the the brief to develop sustainable housing for urban megalopolis in China in 2020. Check out www.design.philips.com/probes for more information…
Off the Grid;Sustainable Habitat 2020
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Oct 242009
Permaculture Worm Tower
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Jul 132009
Leonnie Shanahan explains how to build your own Worm Tower and keep your garden fertilised with worm castings the natural way. For more information please visit; www.permaculturenoosa.com.au
How to Plant a Fruit Tree
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Jul 082009
How to plant a fruit tree to give it the best start possible in your backyard organic-permaculture food forest. Check out www.happyearth.com.au for more info. … “Fruit Tree” Permaculture “Food Growing” Cherimoya Organic “Happy Earth” sustainability “food forest”
City Repair – Permaculture for Urban Spaces
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Apr 292009
Peak Moment 76: What happens when citizens apply permaculture principles to a city grid? They create friendly places within the grid that invite people to come together. Mark Lakeman, co-founder of Portland, Oregon’s City Repair Project describes these “creative intervention” projects as placemaking at its best. People learn to work together, build trust and have fun. The results, from painted intersections to cob benches and other organic structures, invite people “to inhabit the planet on …
salsify — wild permaculture
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Apr 272009
Feralkevin harvests salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius) roots in his wild managed (feralculture) garden. Many people pronounce this plant sal (as in Sally) sif (
Permaculture – Thaddeus Owen – 1 of 5
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Apr 232009
Thaddeus discusses the basics of the Permaculture vision for transforming a consumerist society into one that encourages everyone to produce some of their own needs. This talk explains the
Passive Solar COOLING – For Hot Humid Climates
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Apr 082009
Basic solar science can be used to keep your home cool without electric bills. We’ve been doing it for decades. By Larry Hartweg ZEDmaster@ZeroEnergyDesign.com
Apr 062009
Vic takes you for a walk around the ‘Creating Welhealth’ Forest Garden Project. The idea is to work towards being self sufficient – the forest garden itself is envisaged to eventually yield many products needed for living. The house is ‘completely off the grid’ with electric from solar panels and wind generators, has its own water supply from a spring/roof collection, growing food organically, using the low maintenance ‘no dig’ mulching method as set out in Ken Fern’s book ‘Plants For a …
The Permaculture Concept – Part One
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Apr 062009
Bill Mollison co-founder of Permaculture gives insight into the techniques, practices and benefits of the most important interdisciplinary earth science of our age. To find out more about Bill and his work please visit; http://www.tagari.com
Edible Forest Garden Workshop
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Mar 302009
Highlights from the workshop held at Epworth in High Falls, New York in April 2008. …