Archive for December, 2007

Where to water

Another bloody brilliant article in today’s edition of The Age newspaper by Katherine Kizilos summing up many of the arguments for urban food production, with an emphasis on water saving.

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Home food gardening saves water

The following article appeared in today’s edition of The Age, (the day’s 5th most popular article!) outlining the argument for why there should be water restriction exemptions for home food growers in Victoria. It’s a good article, big kudos to Marika and the reporter Denise Gadd, for pointing out such absurdities as the fact […]

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The Endurance of Suburbia

Back in 2004 I interviewed permaculture co-originator David Holmgren about a whole manner of things relating to peak oil and permaculture. This was before the release of the breakthrough peak oil documentary The End of Suburbia: Oil […]

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Australia’s first Transition Town

The Transition Towns concept is one of the world’s most important movements — systemic, broad reaching relocalisation schemes which seek to address both peak oil and climate change whilst creating lively and livable towns and suburbs. Community activists in the Sunshine Coast led by permaculturists Sonya Wallace and Janet Millington have been working towards […]

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