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Governance in the Long Emergency

May 29, 2013

I recently read a great article about governance during the "long emergency".  It addresses questions of true participatory democracy, and how we might conduct ourselves in a civic way in the presence of ongoing resource shortages, economic hardship, corporate predation, et al. While not filled with simple solutions, it does clearly point in the direction of urban homesteading, and other DIY … [Read more...] about Governance in the Long Emergency

Filed Under: climate change, Culture Repair, Resistance Culture, Urban Homesteading

Am I My Chicken’s Keeper?

March 22, 2013

This story has its roots in my degenerate relationship with my neighbors who let their chickens wander throughout the neighborhood,  into my gardens, and never really seem to feel much remorse or need to change the situation. "Degenerate" because one year I swooped up one of the chickens committing mayhem in the yard and stashed her with my own flock til my neighbor discovered the crime. Check … [Read more...] about Am I My Chicken’s Keeper?

Filed Under: Culture Repair, Urban Homesteading

Urban Homesteading as Resilience Path

March 4, 2013

Our culture is growing now into the next level of change, evidenced by social movements addressing the environmental crisis with direct actions toward revising how we live today. Urban homesteading is just one of many creative approaches to this problem. The Transition Town movement is another, as are the growing numbers of young people from all strata of society training to become organic … [Read more...] about Urban Homesteading as Resilience Path

Filed Under: Urban Homesteading

Resilience and Recovery

March 4, 2013

Resilience is the ability of a system to recover from shock, trauma, or change. The more resilient a system, the more shocks and impacts it can withstand and still recover. As systems—cultural or ecological—lose the strength of diversity, they become vulnerable to disruption or collapse. Nature is the ultimate example of resilience, with its systems of multiple planned redundancies and complex … [Read more...] about Resilience and Recovery

Filed Under: Urban Homesteading

Quote of the Week

February 18, 2013

I notice a lot of permaculturists won't read Derrick Jensen because, I guess, he's so "depressing." Truth-tellers always get a bad rap. Here's a quote I liked from Deep Green Resistance, a treatise designed to inspire and encourage insurrection against the machine... "...Don’t just swap seeds; swap the US Constitution for local direct democracies confederated across your bioregion. Swap … [Read more...] about Quote of the Week

Filed Under: Resistance Culture

Digging Deep

February 6, 2013

It’s our family’s fifth winter at Tiny Town Farm on the westside of Petaluma. There’s no more room for another garden bed, or another chicken, and certainly not for the goat my daughter covets. The rooms of our house are filled up with the creative detritus of childhood and family. We sometimes wish we had just one more wall for a bookshelf, or a hallway, or the ultimate luxury: a mudroom. In … [Read more...] about Digging Deep

Filed Under: Urban Homesteading

Growing a Wellness Paradigm from the Ground Up

September 20, 2012

The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings."  Masanobu Fukuoka, The One Straw Revolution Is there such a thing as land-based healing? How do we cultivate change? How has the garden healed me? How does it matter that people learn to grow their own food, or create a bond with the plants and soil where they live? How does that confer … [Read more...] about Growing a Wellness Paradigm from the Ground Up

Filed Under: Deep Ecology, EcoSomatics, Urban Homesteading

Repair the Future

September 20, 2012

Remarks from Sustainability Fair, Fort Collins, CO September 17, 2012 Repair the Future I am an urban homesteader and I am here to testify for the urban homesteading movement that is growing and spreading so beautifully throughout our country. We are everywhere! I speak as a homesteader, but also a therapist, a teacher, and a mother about a way of life my family has adopted that works for us on … [Read more...] about Repair the Future

Filed Under: Culture Repair, Urban Homesteading

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