Lou Smith of Breakdown Press recently email-interviewed Asha Bee about permablitzes & backyard food production for a zine she's helping put together in response to the coming G20 conference in Melbourne…. What are permablitzes all about? How did they begin? A permablitz is basically a permaculture-inspired backyard makeover where people come together to share knowledge [...]

From the Energy Bulletin archives – some essential reading: ‘The Oil We Eat’ Following the Food Chain back to Iraq Richard Manning, Harper’s Magazine The journalist’s rule says: follow the money. This rule, however, is not really axiomatic but derivative, in that money, as even our vice president will tell you, is really a way [...]