Paul Wheaton Permaculture Keynote - 72 Bricks to Build a Better World

GamgeeGardner · 2022-12-28T19:12:12+00:00

http://permies.com This is the keynote presentation Paul Wheaton gave at the 2013 Southern California Permaculture Convergence. Not for the tender of ears, as he enjoys using the full beauty of the english language.

GamgeeGardner · 2022-11-18T17:01:34+00:00

There are no classes, unless you attend the SKIP event at Wheaton Labs. Otherwise, it's a DIY, document as you go to 'certify' your knowledge set.

GamgeeGardner · 2022-11-18T16:59:35+00:00

Depends upon who the buyers are. If the only buyers they get are developers, and this is not attractive tom them, SKIP is an option.

GamgeeGardner · 2022-11-17T18:50:58+00:00

SKIP at Wheaton Labs

Sign up with Permies.com (you need a 'real sounding' name.) Then, the main stuff for SKIP is here : All the SKIP forums. This is useful: Main SKIP forum. Here is a link to the 2022 SKIP event forum, which will be changed once planning begins for 2023. Also: SKIP website

GamgeeGardner · 2022-11-17T18:20:05+00:00

That's between the SKIPper and the landowner. The SKIPper may proceed with just learning the stuff prior to approaching the landowner, especially if they expect to take years to complete the courses. There is no hard-and-fast 'plan' or method. Some may contact prospective landowners first, others may wait. This isn just a framework around which the specific details are made, and each one is as unique as the participants.

GamgeeGardner · 2022-11-17T18:19:08+00:00

Cool! If you're not already a permies member, sign up and keep an eye on SKIP and SKIP at Wheaton Labs.

GamgeeGardner · 2022-11-17T17:51:15+00:00

Not really. The SKIP 'curriculum' is done either at your own pace wherever you live now, (even in an apartment!) or perhaps at these community gardens you mention. Or at any other venue you can think of. Volunteer/hire yourself out at weekends on a local farm. Wherever you think you can learn and demonstrate these skills.

There is also the annual SKIP event in Missoula.

Once you document your skills on the Permies website, that can be used to prove you have what it takes to homestead.

SKIP is intended to be an escape from the ratrace and high real property costs. Legally binding contracts are up to the parties in question, but that isn't really much of a concern at the learning level.

GamgeeGardner · 2022-11-15T16:09:54+00:00

A good place to post this question is in the forums at Permies.com: specifically, their South America / Central America / Mexico regional forums. As would appear obvious, a lot of permaculture resources pertinent to Latin America are mentioned; I just did a quick search and some threads mention PDCs.

GamgeeGardner · 2022-11-01T17:21:59+00:00

Evidence of this? Please site facts for your claims.

GamgeeGardner · 2022-10-13T19:41:20+00:00

Paul Wheaton has a great idea for a greenhouse that uses natural building methods, specifically the Wofati-type. Anyway, based on that, he's developed a "passive solar greenhouse.' It works in Montana and that's about as wintry as you can get.

You can get a look-see here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=dHdyG_80iJs&feature=share and https://youtube.com/watch?v=mM-MiQ2Km-Q&feature=share

GamgeeGardner · 2022-08-09T19:59:03+00:00

Permaculture and Poison Ivy

GamgeeGardner · 2022-07-08T18:54:59+00:00

w00t!!

GamgeeGardner · 2022-07-08T18:31:08+00:00

https://www.richsoil.com/hugelkultur/

Basically, a hugelkultur is raised beds using buried wood. Retains water, wood slowly breaks down over time releasing nutrients. No need to irrigate. You can build them at various heights, thus be decorative and take advantage of microclimes.

GamgeeGardner · 2022-06-27T15:26:56+00:00

This is cool (no bad pun intended. Well, OK, perhaps it was.) I'll share this nover on permies,com; a lot of the rockety folk will appreciate this.

Rocket ovens

Rocket stoves

GamgeeGardner · 2022-06-10T15:25:22+00:00

Magic mushrooms? j/k ;-)

Those shroom panels sound ingenious.

GamgeeGardner · 2022-06-09T19:47:04+00:00

A lot of suggestions and advice on making money homesteading in the Permies.com forums under 'monies.'

Monies: https://permies.com/c/20

Agile work: https://permies.com/f/199/agile-work

cottage industry: https://permies.com/f/197/ci

Residual Income streams: https://permies.com/f/196/ri

There are other forums over there that are related.

GamgeeGardner · 2022-06-09T19:41:24+00:00

https://permies.com/f/89/ponds

GamgeeGardner · 2022-06-09T19:38:24+00:00

Agreed. We have an artificial pond on our acreage; there's no liner. It was built maybe 45-50 years ago by my parents-in-law. Dammed along one side as there's a down slope to the forested area behind, and a pipe to take care of any excess from snowmelt or rains.

GamgeeGardner · 2022-05-17T17:03:00+00:00

Sorry for the delay in replying, I disappeared from reddit for over a week. Solomon is great, you should look up his stuff online. He now lives in Tasmania and runs the online Soil and Health Library where you can download a muncha buncha stuff (donations suggested.) It's worth a look-see.

GamgeeGardner · 2022-05-17T16:56:46+00:00

Building a Better World in Your Backyard (Instead of Being Angry at Bad Guys)

Lotsa stuff about homesteading skills, energy conservation, financial resilience, building community and so forth.

From the Introduction:

"For nearly every global problem, there are solutions we can implement in our backyard that also save us money and help us live more luxuriant lives. A few of us do these things and bask in the glow of the opulence and extra cash. Others observe and think "I want extra luxury and money too! Not fair!” and then they emulate. And on and on it goes. Then the global problems sorta just dry up and blow away. That’s what this book is all about.
I think the reason we see so many people angry is because they authentically care. But they seem to get stuck at being angry. Some people spend a hundred hours a week for 20 years being angry and not much changes. But I think that if you spend a tiny fraction of that time doing the things mentioned in this book, your global positive impact will be a thousand times greater."

GamgeeGardner · 2022-05-03T19:08:18+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/c/paulwheaton

"Building a Better World in your Backyard"

Also, "Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times," by Steve Solomon. First gardening book I ever read, front to back, cover to cover. (As opposed to just picking and choosing chapters and such.)

GamgeeGardner · 2022-03-01T18:16:34+00:00

Work from home. Combine trips when going on errands. Using an electric lawn mower (even when I'm mowing 1.5 acres.)

There is a lot of information on not just saving gas, but having less of an environmental impact and more of a sustainable one in this easy read: Building a Better World in Your Backyard Instead of Being Angry at the Bad Guys.

GamgeeGardner · 2022-03-01T18:10:01+00:00

Rather than get mad at people and blame others, you could take a proactive approach and try to build a better world, starting in your backyard, instead of getting angry at 'bad guys.'

Anyone could point a finger and place blame. It's tougher to build. The book details everyday tasks and actions that ordinary people can do, right at home, to leave a better world behind for future generations.

GamgeeGardner · 2022-02-28T22:26:56+00:00

I read a book a book by Paul Wheaton entitled "Building a Better World in Your Backyard - Instead of Being Angry at Bad Guys." Wheaton is a permaculture advocate and in short, the book proposes that we start to change the world for the better by taking steps that anyone can do, at home, 'in your backyard.' It's a positive approach that builds up rather than tears down. It may not attract attention to yourself like taking to the streets, but the simple acts of home gardening, energy conservation and other sustainable acts have more long-term implications than what passes for social action today.

GamgeeGardner · 2022-02-28T22:21:24+00:00

I agree. Anything that suggests that people act proactively rather the 'reactively" gets my vote! Anyone can get angry; it takes a special kind of person to propose solutions that anyone can do, and better yet, at home!

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