Sizing Solar Hot Water Systems

Solar

Solar hot water can be one of the most cost-effective renewable energy technologies, if you size your system correctly.

Here’s how.

[homepower.com]

Dirt! The Movie

Dirt! The Movie is an insightful and timely film that tells the story of the glorious and unappreciated material beneath our feet. Inspired by William Bryant Logan’s acclaimed book Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth, Dirt! The Movie takes a humorous and substantial look into the history and current state of the living organic matter that we come from and will later return to. Dirt! The Movie will make you want to get dirty.

[dirtthemovie.org]

Dirt! The Movie

Who owns water?

Water

Maude Barlow from permaculture.org.au writes…

“Editor’s Note: Being 7 years old now, the dates and meetings mentioned in the article below are obviously not current, but the main content is more than highly relevant and makes for a very worthy read.

by Maude Barlow (founder of the Blue Planet Project) & Tony Clarke, originally published September, 2002

Water – a need, or a right?

Water promises to be to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th century: the precious commodity that determines the wealth of nations.

As the World Summit on Sustainable Development draws closer, clear lines of contention are forming, particularly around the future of the world’s freshwater resources…”

read more

[permaculture.org.au]

How to Use 12 Principles of Permaculture to Grow Sustainable Organizations

David Jaber writes…

“How many times have you felt stymied in helping yourself and your colleagues to advance toward a common goal, and do so in a sustainable way, whether because of commitment, communication patterns or other reasons?

In looking at systems that function effectively — whether businesses, communities, nations, or ecosystems — what leaps out at me are several common principles…”

Read more

[greenerdesign.com]

Tree Species Selection using Permaculture Principles

Deano from deanom.wordpress.com writes…

“Today I had the chance to plant some of my own trees, and I wanted to produce a short(ish) article about the trees that I planted, their range of uses, and what I intend to do with them in the future. I had also planned to give a rundown of my own tree planting system, but decided to save that for another post, hopefully when the weather is more conducive to taking pictures. I tend to use Patrick Whitefield’s list of Permaculture Principles, as listed in his excellent book, The Earth Care Manual. This was the first Permaculture book that I used, and Patrick was my teacher on the Permaculture Design Course that I attended.”

read more

[deanom.wordpress.com]

Receive Permaculture News via Free Permaculture Cooperative

Permaculture News Coop

Receive global Permaculture News via a Free Permaculture Cooperative.

You can view the feeds in either a map view, or a just in a list.

[news.permaculturecooperative.org]

Another way to research permaculture information across the web

Spezify is a search tool presenting results from a large number of websites in different visual ways. We take web search further, away from endless lists of blue text links and towards a more intuitive experience. We want you to get a good overview of a subject, find useful information and be inspired with Spezify. We mix all media types and make no difference between blogs, videos, microblogs and images.

Everything communicates and helps building the bigger picture.

http://spezify.com/#/permaculture

[spezify.com]

In Transition 1.0 is Now Available!!

In Transition 1.0

“‘In Transition’ is the first detailed film about the Transition movement filmed by those that know it best, those who are making it happen on the ground. The Transition movement is about communities around the world responding to peak oil and climate change with creativity, imagination and humour, and setting about rebuilding their local economies and communities. It is positive, solutions focused, viral and fun.”

Read more here and watch Full DVD online

[transitionculture.org]

Originally posted here @ ourtomorrow.blogspot.com

View any of the 253 patterns of A Pattern Language, just as they were originally published in 1977

Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander

SUMMARY OF THE PATTERN LANGUAGE 253 patterns on towns, buildings and construction.

A Pattern Language

[vasarhelyi.eu]

Whole Earth Catalog

After the WHOLE EARTH CATALOG and its descendants ceased publication, New Whole Earth LLC, headed by entrepreneur and philanthropist Samuel B. Davis, acquired the intellectual property and physical assets of the family of publications from the Point Foundation.

We thought it was important to preserve the heritage of the WHOLE EARTH CATALOG and its succeeding publications. Although the CATALOG’s heyday was during a specific and turbulent period of American history, the ideas found in it and in its related publications continue to engage the brightest minds of the 21st century—and Whole Earth LLC believes that those ideas should be preserved as they were originally disseminated.

This collection is not complete—and probably never will be—but it is a gift to readers who loved the CATALOG and those who are discovering it for the first time. The great stuff found on these pages is a celebration of the genius of Stewart Brand and all those associated with the WHOLE EARTH family of publications.

Interesting reading

[wholeearth.com]