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Permaculture: Urban-Rural Regeneration
This document discusses permaculture as an integrative design approach for sustainable living. It addresses current issues like peak oil and climate change. Permaculture was developed in the 1980s and involves designing agriculturally productive landscapes that mimic natural ecosystems. It focuses on earth care, people care, and fair share of resources. Examples are given of applying permaculture principles in both rural and urban settings. The document promotes learning more about and getting involved in permaculture.
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- #4 your edges?
- #9 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that there will be 150 million environmental refugees by 2050. The Institute for Environment and Human Security, affiliated with United Nations University, estimated the number of environmental refugees at 20 million in 2005 and predicted the number could be 50 million as early as 2010. http://www.climatechangecorp.com/content.asp?contentid=5871
- #16 Regenerative
- #20 • The permaculture pie. All elements must be functionally interconnected. • Buildings must be living, functionally interconnected pieces of the whole system. • example: home - small scale • example: new low-rise. water catchment. rooftop forest gardens and aquaculture. aquaponics and farm-floors. local organic restaurant (forget foodmiles - let's talk foodfeet!). all waste treated on site with living machines. down to the next level of solar pumps. • example: Marbletown Green. • crazy? we need to push the edges of what's been done before. push the edges, but back to the center -- food, water, shelter, energy.
- #56 •there are 12 trillion acres of ag land in the world •producing a bit less than 730 lbs of food per acre •for about 4.5 trillion tons of food per year. •now, the Dervaes family in Pasadena CA, 1/5 acre lot, 1/10 ac growing space, they produce 6000lbs annualy. •that's 30 tons per acre annually. •at that rate, we could grow the current global food production on 150 million acres of land -- 1.2% of the current use. • •imagine if that 1/3 of global GHG emmisions produced by ag + land use changes were reduced to 1.2% of their current level? •and even further reduces the massive amount of CO2 released from transportation. • •so edible landscapes means, let's get real about meeting our basic needs, and put organic fod-producing ecosystems all around where we live and work. let's stop eating oil, and supporting the violence and ecological degradation of the multinational oil industry. •let's eat local! have you ever heard of the 100 mile food diet? forget the 100 mile diet! let's talk about the 100 foot diet. •plant a garden in your back yard - and - this may be a bit radical -- but in your front yard as well! •let's plant fruit trees in every vacant lot in every city like POP is doing - let's plant nut trees in the unused medians of every highway in the country - let's get our local governments supporting local farmers
- #57 The Colombian coffee farm is in trouble: • Dramatic drops in coffee prices beginning in the 80’s • Small farmers diversifying or dropping coffee all together. • Many convert their land to grazing ranges. • Another lucrative crop: illegal coca Only 0.2% of the coffee plant ends up in your cup! This means that on a typical coffee farm, 99.8% of the coffee plant ends up as “ waste” ! Research shows that shiitake mushrooms can be grown on coffee waste. • 100 kg of sawdust from coffee branches can be used to cultivate 75 kg of mushrooms. • The world market for mushrooms is larger than the world market for coffee (US $14 billion vs. US $12 billion in 1998)
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