"Permaculture. A copyright word, owned as a common copyright by the Permaculture Institutes & their graduates. Derived from ‘Permanent’ and ‘Culture’, as follows: Permanent: From the Latin permanens, to remain to the end, to persist throughout (per = through, manere = to continue) Culture: From the Latin cultura - cultivation of land, or the intellect. Now generalized to mean all those habits, beliefs, or activities than sustain human societies. Thus, Permaculture is the study of the …
… For more information on the worldwide Permaculture inspired Transition Town movement, please visit www.transitionnetwork.org.
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There's a big demand for natural buildings, information, as well as training and networking in the craft. This group is for professional networking as well as people completely new to the concept of natural building to get their feet wet. If you are at all interested in healthy building materials, sourced in an ethical and sane way, if you are interested in how communities can teach and share and work safely together to shelter themselves, if you are interested in harmony and craft over mass m …
As of April 10, 2010, the VGG Meetup is providing online access to members of the Vancouver Public Space Network's Guerrilla Gardening Committee We hope it will be a mutually beneficial partnership. Welcome! Guerrilla Gardening is a lot like good graffiti on a bland wall, only our mediums are seeds, soil and nature! According to the Toronto Public Space Committee: "Without permit or license, we plant seeds and seedlings in all those neglected corners of public space. Join us as we vandalise …
This group began as an idea for connecting community to farmers and bringing awareness of eating and supporting local foods to everyone. However, I have realized that the co-op idea is only one aspect of the issue around food security in the community and that becoming a part of the changes that need to happen personally and locally we could make the "idea" of accessible, inexpensive local foods a reality here. The first steps toward bringing awareness and gathering interest in creating a c …
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