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Let’s Fight the Fire, Not Each Other
Republished with permission from Andrew Boyd: There is so much that is heartbreaking, infuriating, depressing, about the latest gruesome turning of the knife in the ever more tangled story of Palestine/Israel. It feels like it could suck all the hope out of the world, if we let it.
So, what do we do?
Why Is Wealth Important For Community Resilience?
Is there a secret to resilient systems? Laura Lengnick believes there are key behaviors and characteristics in resilient systems that help them operate. In Resilient Agriculture, Second Edition, she outlines these key elements into three rules. They are:
* Cultivate diverse networks of reciprocal relationship
* Cultivate regional self-reliance
* Cultivate the accumulation of community-based wealth.
But if a community has regional self-reliance, what is the purpose of community-based wealth? Today, we explore the third rule of Laura Lengnick’s rules of resilience to understand why community-based wealth is a necessary factor of fully functioning resilient systems.
Tags: Agriculture, Book Excerpt, Community, Resilience
A Cultural History of Coppice Agroforestry
It’s hard to believe that it’s been one year since Coppice Agroforestry was published! We’re celebrating this milestone by sharing an excerpt from the book.
Coppice forestry has a rich history of providing a symbiotic, cooperative relationship between humans and forest ecosystems. While it is an ancient silvicultural practice, with Coppice Agroforestry, author Mark Krawczyk blends it with modern science, systems thinking, and tools to ground it firmly in the 21st Century.
Understanding its cultural history is an important piece in understanding how coppice continues to evolve to meet our needs. In an excerpt from his book, Mark Krawcyzk shares a brief overview of that rich history below.
Tags: Agriculture, Book Excerpt, Community, Resilience
How To Quickly Harvest and Store Your Produce
We are excited about Jean-Martin Fortier’s recently released The Winter Market Gardener. But today, we’re looking back on his previous book, The Market Gardener. For many of us in North America, the changing seasons mean that gardeners are quickly harvesting the last of the garden’s summer abundance. For Jean-Martin, efficient harvesting is paramount to a successful market business. In this excerpt from The Market Gardener, he shares his years of market farming experience and outlines some commonly grown crops, along with their most efficient methods of harvest.
Tags: Book Excerpt, Food & Gardening, Gardening
How Does French Market Gardening Influence Current Gardening Techniques?
Throughout time farmers everywhere have found solutions to extend their harvest and growing season. It feels like a dream that someone could enjoy fresh snow and fresh produce simultaneously, yet Jean-Martin Fortier and Catherine Sylvestre have done just that and now you can too!
Tags: Book Excerpt, Food & Gardening, Gardening
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2023
Today is National Truth and Reconciliation Day in Canada. We honour the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Taking part in National Truth and Reconciliation provides us all an opportunity to have important conversations and reflect on the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools. ]
Tags: Events
Climate Week 2023: The Greatest Economy You've Never Heard Of
In Escape from Overshoot, Peter A. Victor outlines how our relentless pursuit of economic growth has stressed the planet beyond its limits. One possibility is to move from a growth economy to a wellbeing economy. Does that sound like an unrealistic dream? Well, you may be interested to know that some countries are already in the early stages doing just that.
Tags: Climate Change, Events
Climate Week 2023: COVID-19’s Surprise Positive Impact on Climate
Steven Earle was writing A Brief History of the Earth’s Climate as the pandemic unfolded, and captured some of the surprising impacts that the global shift had on the climate.
Tags: Climate Change, Events
Climate Week 2023: Are We All In A State Of Climate Crisis Denial?
It’s hard to imagine those speaking at NY Climate Week self-identifying as being in climate denial but that’s exactly what Andrew Boyd does, kind of. Read what Andrew says the first stage of denial looks like by checking out this excerpt from I Want A Better Catastrophe.
Tags: Climate Change, Events
New Society Authors To Watch At NYC Climate Week
Climate Week NYC is here – and it’s big. In fact, with over 400 events taking place across New York City and virtually, it’s the largest event of its kind in the world.
This year, Climate Week NYC takes place September 17-24, 2023. Climate Week happens every year in partnership with the United Nations General Assembly and is run in coordination with the United Nations and the City of New York.
Tags: Climate Change, Events
Why You Need Microbes and Bioinoculants For A Better Garden
Microscopic organisms are as important to plant growth as water and light. In Microbe Science for Gardeners, Robert Pavlis highlights the essential role of microbes in plant biosystems and soil health, while providing an objective, common-sense analysis of recently popularized practices such as controlling fungal-to-bacterial ratios and applying bio stimulants, compost tea, or plant probiotics.
Tags: Book Excerpt, Gardening
Pacific Northwest Planting Calendar for August, September, October and November
Are you gardening, or planning to start a garden in the Pacific Northwest? Growers west of the Cascades enjoy a mild, forgiving climate, with a long growing season. This bioregion does present some unique challenges, but also opportunities – including fall planting and four-season gardening.
Mark Macdonald of West Coast Seeds calls Linda Gilkeson’s Backyard Bounty “very likely the best book ever written on growing food in the Pacific Northwest….”
We’ve taken an excerpt from the book outlining what Linda recommends you should do in your garden in the Pacific Northwest from now until November.
Tags: Book Excerpt, Gardening
Take a Digital Detox
Today’s world, for many of us, has become increasingly tech-focused. We start and end our days focused on phones, tablets, and computers, surfing news and social media.
In The Joy of Missing Out, author Christina Crook delves into the impacts our wired world is having on us individually and as a society, and suggests achievable options for taking breaks and reclaiming our control over technology.
Tags: Book Excerpt, Education & Parenting, Health
August Planting for Autumn Feasting
Planting vegetables in the middle of summer seems wrong – but most temperate gardens can yield a second harvest in autumn. In August, try planting hardy greens along with root vegetables like beets and carrots, and enjoy another round of garden-fresh food through the fall.
Tags: Book Excerpt, Food & Gardening, Gardening
Childhood Unplugged Author Interview
In this interview, Katherine Johnson Martinko author of Childhood Unplugged answers our burning questions about how she has created healthy boundaries around screens for her family.
Tags: Author Interview, Parenting