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Written by adam
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Monday, 15 June 2009 |
Heard of 'terraforming'? That's the technical
term for taking inhospitable planets and changing the atmosphere and
introducing life to make them habitable to humans. Kind of a sci-fi thing
at this stage. And since we're so busy making this planet uninhabitable
to humans, it may stay that way. Indeed the most famous terraforming sci-fi author, Kim Stanley Robinson, of the Red Mars, Blue Mars, Green Mars trilogy, says we should start thinking about terraforming planet Earth. And that, he says, is exactly what permaculturists are doing already .
So don your space suit, pick up the garden fork and get ready for
fun and action. For this is another permablitz newsletter. We've got
advice for poor people, activism, passivism, upcoming courses and
more...
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Last Updated ( Monday, 15 June 2009 )
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Written by adam
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Thursday, 14 May 2009 |
You've heard of the Win-Win. Well how about the WIN to the
power of WIN times WIN, fried in a wholesome batter of extra WIN.
When
you're blitzing you're learning by doing, while getting ideas for your own
garden, participating in free workshops, while meeting good people,
while helping to reduce food miles and water use, reducing deforestation and salinity, beautifying underused spaces, sharing
resources, eating great food, and preparing the way for ever more
healthier, tastier food, while building community networks and urban
resilience. And what does all this cost
you? Nothing. And if you come to three or so we can
help organise one at your house. Try doing the maths on
that. It broke my calculator.
This weekend is
overflowing with blitzes! So come along to
one... This newsletter has also got some fantastic news from
the world of blitz and friends, plus rumours and insinuations, reader feedback, and some
very provocative recipes for hard times.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 18 May 2009 )
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Written by adam
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Friday, 24 April 2009 |
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 Our Paul from the permablitz network and Very Edible Gardens and his partner Claire were featured in a full colour article in The Age today:
"It's
a typical suburban backyard - about 70 square metres - but Paul
Fogarty, 27, a landscaper of edible gardens, and his partner,
stockbroker's assistant Claire Moore, 30, have transformed their Altona
garden into a productive jungle. "
"...Over the last 12 months they have harvested 120kg of honey from their beehive, made 40 jars of chutney, 30 jars of pasta sauce, harvested 90 zucchinis (from one $3 seed packet) and estimate that their four Rhode Island Red and Australorp cross chooks laid over 1000 eggs (about $500 worth)."
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Last Updated ( Friday, 24 April 2009 )
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Written by adam
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Friday, 17 April 2009 |
"If you want to be happy in this life for one day, you get drunk, but
if you want to be happy forever, become a gardener."
-- Old saying
Why not, we ask, do both? And who knows, maybe someone will pull
out a beer at one of the exciting upcoming permablitzes. More on
that below in this latest permablitz
newsletter. We've also got some HOT upcoming courses to fight off
the
encroaching cold. And much in the way of tasty info sourced from
the only the
finest quality ingredients, including anarchy meets babysitting,
getting back to nature -- the course, and reports of permablitzes all
around the country, read on!
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Written by dan
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Tuesday, 07 April 2009 |
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We Blitzed it! Hello everyone,
Just over 40 men, women,children and toddlers turned up to Meringo St in Bega to blitz Wendy Hunters block. Some stayed all day and others popped in to just to offer some food plants. There was such a wonderful atmosphere to our first Permablitz and when darkness fell you could hear the crackling sound of fire steaming out of the cob pizza oven that Grant Walker skillfully workshopped.What was done included-
- completely sheet mulching an entire front lawn then topping with a thick layer of bark mulch
- constructed a zone 1 vegetable garden on an excavated flat area right outside Wendy's back door that included a retaining wall and planted it out with vegetables and herbs.
- erected a fence across the backyard with a gate to manage the chooks from entering zone 1.
- built a cob pizza oven.
Thank you all again so much for your support with this project and it emphasised for me that to build a sustainable culture at a regional scale, its the synergy of people that's going to count. We can all place water saving tanks from our roofs, put up solar panels and solar hot water units, plant fruit trees............. its not all about that, its the people connections that will ultimately prevail. |
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