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04/24/2026

Why I focus on collaborations with talented filmmakers!

10 likes, 1 comment. "Permaculture : Permanent Agriculture"

02/27/2026

Learn how to create systemic change in our economy and ecology-
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addressing social justice issues and inequity.
Become the new business innovators, service providers and product creators that our society and economy so badly needs
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02/23/2026

I understand people forget to use the internet for legit research and instead watch p**n and cat videos. When one just scratches a little at historical Patterns, remember them from Permaculture? Patterns in history reveal this: On vaccines and population growth; more than food supply it turns out medical innovation is the main cause:
“The impact of vaccination on the health of the world’s peoples is hard to exaggerate. With the exception of safe water, no other modality has had such a major effect on mortality reduction and population growth” (Plotkin and Mortimer, 1988).
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01526/full
Here’s why vaccines are so crucial to population growth;
https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/pandemics-places-and-populations-evidence-black-death
The Black Death was the largest demographic shock in European history, killing approximately 40% of the region's population between 1347 and 1352. Some regions and cities were spared, but others were severely hit: England, France, Italy and Spain lost between 50% and 60% of their populations in two years. While the Black Death has been extensively studied by historians and social scientists (Benedictow 2005, Voth and Voigtlander 2013), we don't know much about its spatial effects, due to the lack of disaggregated data on mortality. Because they are so rare, we don't know much about the economic effects of any continent-wide pandemics.
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The Black Death killed 40% of Europe’s population between 1347 and 1352, but little is known about its spatial effects. The column uses variation in Plague mortality at the city level to explore the short-run and long-run impacts on city growth. After less than 200 years the impact of Black Death ...

02/15/2026

The Politics of Permaculture are egalitarian and inclusive; Loving all children of all species through all time.

01/08/2026

The Legacy of Sugar is very problematic on so many levels, culturally, historically the ties to slavery so clear and profound, and the health impacts.
https://www.ars.usda.gov/plains-area/gfnd/gfhnrc/docs/news-articles/2012/the-question-of-sugar/

We consume large amounts of sugar. The average American eats (or drinks) 34 teaspoons of sugars a day, which is equal to 500+ calories. This averages more than 100 pounds of sugars per person each year. Sugar intake has drastically increased over the last century. In 1822, the average American ate in 5 days the amount of sugar found in one of today's 12-ounce sodas. Now, we eat that much every 7 hours!

Sugar intake doesn't just come from cake, candy, or sugar added to your tea. Almost all processed foods in the supermarket contain extra sugar. In fact, a large number of sugars are used in processed foods, so that reading food labels can be confusing. Some of the worst offenders are sodas (which can contain as much as 10 teaspoons per can) and many "low fat" products.

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09/22/2025

Here it is hot off the presses, my latest podcast release with another in the cue.
Erik will be helping to teach our upcoming Permaculture Certification Course.
Syntropic Agroforestry with Erik Schellenberg
https://soundcloud.com/permaculture-podcast/syntropic-agroforestry-interview-erik-schellenberg
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Syntropic Agroforestry with Erik Schellenberg Erik and I go in depth into his journey to Permaculture, what works and what doesn't when we land the plane of Permaculture gardening methods, on a given

09/19/2025

About to drop a fresh podcast interview with Erik Schellenberg on Syntropic Agroforestry and his travels to Brazil studying it.
We will be learning from Erik at his Nursery in Highland in our upcoming Permaculture Designers Certification Course beginning next weekend.

09/11/2025

The Sun's luminosity has already increased by about 30% since its formation, and the brightening will continue.

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/life-might-thrive-on-the-surface-of-earth-for-an-extra-billion-years
"Any increase in the Sun's luminosity can have a pronounced effect on Earth. Environmental cycles like the carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorous cycles sustain Earth's biosphere. As the Sun becomes brighter, it will affect these cycles, including the carbonate-silicate cycle, which moderates the accumulation of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the planet's atmosphere."

Life Might Thrive on the Surface of Earth for an Extra Billion Years By Evan Gough - September 19, 2024 at 1:18 PM UTC | Astrobiology The Sun is midway through its life of fusion. It's about five billion years old, and though its life is far from over, it will undergo some pronounced changes as it a...

08/26/2025

Permaculture is not about increasing yields, as hunger exists due to wasteage.

08/11/2025

The Climate Change analysis focus on carbon, diverts our attention from petro-chemical pollution.