Water
MAKING BIOCHAR: with Peter Hirst of New England Biochar
Submitted by Preston Ames on June 7, 2010 - 4:22pmThe process of turning wood to an active biochar, to be added to soil or compost, is shown in detail. Peter Hirst explains, "Now, the old fashioned way of doing this, which is to build a big mound and cover it with mud or clay, and to restrict the air flow as to make it burn very slow and at a low temperature. Just about the worst kind of pollution there is, a lot of long-chain hydrocarbons, tars, ash, carbon soot, it is really a nasty way to make charcoal. When we do it this way where we separate the fire from the char feed stock we get a clean hot flame, which reduces all of the volaties to al little bit of carbon dioxide and a lot of water vapor.".
Fossil Free by '33
Submitted by SB Vegan on January 16, 2010 - 11:23pmTam Hunt of Santa Barbara, California outlines a strategy for regional independence from fossil fuels -- and it centers around electricity. Start with efficiency & conservation, add renewables to replace fossil fuels for electricity, then add more renewables to electrify transportation such as plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles.The result? A program "to save America's Environment and Economy one region at a time."
Aquaculture
Submitted by Preston Ames on August 9, 2009 - 12:17pmA great example of the power of synergy between land and water, and "For Sepp Holzer water provides moisture to grow his produce, power to generate his electricity, it provides his drinking water, and fish for market."
Dan Winters: Introduction to Implosion Physics
Submitted by Jray Nels on July 25, 2009 - 7:55pmListen and learn about your divine DNA.
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The Venus Project
The Venus Project shows how, "Monetary-ism, so to speak, is the true mechanism that guides the interests of all the countries on the planet. The most aggressive, and hence the most dominant variation of this monetary-ism is the, free enterprise system. The fundamental perspective, as put forth by early free market economists, like Adam Smith, is that self interest and competition leads to social prosperity, as the act of competition creates incentive, which motivates people to persevere...".
"Governments try to perpetuate that which keeps them in power. People are not elected to political office to change things. They are put there to keep things the way they are. So you see, the basis of corruption is in our society. Let me make it clear, all nations are basically corrupt, cause they tend to uphold existing institutions. I don't mean to uphold or down grade all nations, but communism, socialism, fascism, the free enterprise system, and all other sub-cultures, are the same. They all are basically corrupt." - Jacque Fresco
2012 Ready... Earth Battallion Global Village Design
Jim Channon shares, "At the core of shifting ourselves back into the land, honoring our rural habitat, keeping our local youth here; we have to find a way for high school graduates to move on a piece of land, be able to buy a piece of land, and be able to actually build on it with a reasonable set of materials, and 300,000 dollars a house is not an option." Jim Channon provides a structured presentation of possible ways of utilizing your land to the best of its ability, by incorporating all types of methods from ancient civilizations to modern permaculture.
Sustainable Living
Sustainable Living Concepts - Permaculture & Intentional Communities
Sustainable Living is a group for everyone interested in Sustainable methods and practices.
View More »Establish Eden (Food Forest) with Love / Permaculture
In this video with Geoff Lawton, the implementation of permaculture methods such as forest gardening are introduced, explained, and Lawton guides you through his very own Forest Garden located in Australia.
"Its our testament as designers really, that we can produce high quality soil, very stable eco-systemic forests that will produce indefinitely. It should encourage people that we can inhabit the earth forever with very little effort in an ongoing system that is permanent, we can be very confident that the future can look extremely bright, healthy, and productive." - Geoff Lawton
Tropical Permaculture Strategies with Bill Mollison
This is the Tropical episode of Global Gardener a series which explains the basic application and understanding of permaculture. Bill Mollison the founder of the term "Permaculture" explains how his concept is applied in the tropical regions of earth.
"In the tropics plow agriculture is totally inappropriate for cropping.. if you produce a system that doesn't destroy the basic resources like soil, and produces negligible pollution then you have something that can go on forever." - Bill Mollison
