Jump to a specific tree More Write-Ups On The Way: Catalpa (Bignoniaceae family), Mesquite (Prosopis spp), Atriplex nummularia, casuarinas, cassias, brachychitons, Tree Of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)? What are fodder trees? Fodder trees produce vegetation that is highly palatable and nutritious for livestock. Many of these trees produce additional yields in the form of fruit, seeds,…
Common prescriptions for draining low-standard rural roads to create low-maintenance access routes and healthy hydrology.
Designing from first principles to create low-maintenance, low-cost water drainage systems that minimize erosion and maintain or restore functional hydrology.
The SADIMEA framework is a seven step design process used by 7th Generation Design to structure our design consultancy reporting and implementation work.
The prime directive of permaculture helps us apply the three ethics and the twelve principles to design our lives and work to align with the regenerative patterns found in nature.
Vetiver grass is an amazing ecological ally for repairing and healing erosion-damaged landscapes. Vetiver can grow almost anywhere, produces tons of useful biomass, and initiates healing of degraded landscapes. Learn the basics about this amazing plant and its many potential applications in this post.
Living with Fire is a 4-part series presenting a new paradigm regarding fire – one in which we celebrate fire’s necessary ecological role, and design for a healthy relationship with it. The earlier parts of this series are: What if we chose to view nature’s gift of annually-replenishing fixed carbon sources (i.e. chaparral brush) in…
Living with Fire – Part 3: Home Construction and Retrofitting for Survivability. How to design or a retrofit a home for survival in a wildfire ecology.
Regenerative Firescaping principles and methods for creating a fire-safe oasis around your home.
Basic wildfire science, risk prioritization and management, and home site selection for enhanced fire survivability.
How can we go about creating the new systems, business models, value systems and infrastructure of a regenerative society when much of that work is arbitrarily outlawed or supressed by the power systems that dominate our current culture? This post is for those of you interested in creating that world worth inheriting, whether or not…
Step by step illustration of the modern day currency creation process and how it concentrates wealth and impoverishes the future.