Grow Permaculture

Sharing abundance and quality of life through permaculture solutions. We educate, we design, we organize, we listen.

[Grow Permaculture @GrowPermacultur]

We're offering both online and in-person (Florida) professional level Permaculture Design Courses and other classes and events on our farm. https://t.co/mPndyBN4GC Our low volume newsletter keeps you info'ed of new listings.

[Grow Permaculture @GrowPermacultur]

We've know this for a while - good that it's going mainstream.

[Elizabeth Westaway @EWestaway]

Permaculture found to be a sustainable alternative to conventional agriculture

#Permaculture benefits #soilhealth ...

https://t.co/LRhw8nD7L5

[Grow Permaculture @GrowPermacultur]

Glad to see this happening. We are also doing this. We recommend everybody that can, engage in similar projects.

[Earthbased.soul @Earthbasedsoul]

Do you remember this? Now with @Marcobear_eth we are building it. So much to imagine, plan, do 😰💪🏻
@HannaFiegenbaum @ClimateSoluti0n

[Grow Permaculture @GrowPermacultur]

We're on a race track toward destruction. "But it's fun!" Jevon's paradox? Seems a lack of sufficient discipline and awareness for this particular moment in our history. What other energy hogging technology can we create? Let's go!

[Elizabeth Westaway @EWestaway]

Google’s emissions climb nearly 50% in five years due to AI energy demand
#ClimateEmergency
https://t.co/ASuD9KPuPR

[Grow Permaculture @GrowPermacultur]

Looks intriguing. About time a film is done about indigenous growing techniques that could save the world.

[Elizabeth Westaway @EWestaway]

See the long-awaited Common Ground film

UK screenings at selected cinemas

Thursday 1st August 2024

Independent farmers implementing historic indigenous techniques demonstrate how changing agricultural practises could potentially save the world

https://t.co/XFztjkeRgx

[Grow Permaculture @GrowPermacultur]

How do we handle explosive growth of weeds in subtropical rainy season? Farm News, June 2024, by @GrowPermacultur https://t.co/oX2UNfnzp5

[Grow Permaculture @GrowPermacultur]

We need to connect with one another, look each other in the eye ,hang out in public places together, walk, smell flowers, hear the birds. Opportunities like this are essential in crowded cities for our health.

[Montréal @Montreal]

Each summer, some of Montréal’s busiest roads close to car traffic and transform into pedestrianized centres! 👟

Here is where to find car-free streets this summer!

╰┈➤ https://t.co/jkYdSZOq4u

📷 @evablue #montreal #travel

[Grow Permaculture @GrowPermacultur]

https://t.co/acbMUX1jaw

[Grow Permaculture @GrowPermacultur]

trees have a significant ability to cool down hot areas. Don't cut down older trees - their value cannot be replaced! And plant more trees.

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Belgium has seen big growth in urban biking in recent years. According to a new survey, 39% of Belgian commuters used a bike or scooter in 2023, a 6% increase in just 2 years.

I was proud to work with Belgian state & city leaders back in 2019 (see thread)
https://t.co/NSPkHjzwCU

[Grow Permaculture @GrowPermacultur]

@Earthbasedsoul Would be good to create a network of towns that are doing this. Willing to contribute to such a project.

[Grow Permaculture @GrowPermacultur]

Would be good to study the successful methods of any project that is achieving record positive changes.

[Grow Permaculture @GrowPermacultur]

The math shows that there are dozens of regenerative solutions that cost far less than degenerative bad habits. Don't listen to people who say it's too expensive to live ethically or healthy. They just don't know any better. #regenerativeliving #designforlife

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility.

Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it.

#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife

[Grow Permaculture @GrowPermacultur]

What are some of the strongest local communities you're aware of? Where are there strong bioregional networks?

[Grow Permaculture @GrowPermacultur]

There are so many advantages to this approach, hard to list them all. Use your community connections to do this, or find people who have them, and do it with them. #regenerativesolutions

[The Garantine @TGarantine]

Very tired of hearing about what the intentions are. If a system constantly produces a different outcome than the one it is "intended" for then it's perfectly reasonable to assume the actual intention is the outcome it continues to produce.

[Grow Permaculture @GrowPermacultur]

What if we did this everywhere?

[Grow Permaculture @GrowPermacultur]

"Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal." E.O. Wilson. (from Extinction Rebellion post)

[Grow Permaculture @GrowPermacultur]

Old growth trees should be treated as the national treasures that they are. They are some of the most valuable resources a nation has - and they lose tremendous value when cut down that may never be replaced. They create rain, build soil, support us and all life in so many ways.

[Guardian Environment @guardianeco]

Poland to halt logging in 10 of its most ancient forests https://t.co/LDXSxcEYSN

[Grow Permaculture @GrowPermacultur]

Even a small patch of bee-friendly flowers can help ensure bumblebees can survive. Plant them and enjoy the beauty! Bumbles love our African basil, asters/sunflowers, squash blossoms and more.

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

A bumblebee can only fly for about 40 minutes between feeding. But we've lost 97% of our wiłdflower meadows. So each nectar-rich flower you plant in a windowbox or in your garden or community green spaces could be the pit stop that saves a bee 🐝

[Grow Permaculture @GrowPermacultur]

Hazelwood can be cut from the same plant every 5+ years for over 100 years. The plant lives longer when it is coppiced! The wood has many uses, plus there are valuable nut harvests. Hazelnuts have been used in "fedges" (food hedges) for 100s of years in UK. #naturalsolutions

[Alistair Hayhurst @alihayhurst]

A little hazel hurdle woven in situ with some lovely Norfolk flint to set it off. Rising from 4’ to 6’ on a gentle curve to help protect the garden from some serious sea breezes.
All hand split and hazel from a new block so clean and straight. Nice way to start the New Year.

[Grow Permaculture @GrowPermacultur]

Permaculture has multiple elegant solutions to the overuse of water. Most of these come from or are informed by brilliant indigenous designs. #waterislife #indigenouswisdom #holisticsolutions

[Sam Knowlton @samdknowlton]

In the last 100 yrs, California's Central Valley has overdrawn the aquifer (extracted more water than has been replenished with rain or snow) by more than 122 million acre-feet, or 45 trillion gallons

As much as 80% of this water goes to agriculture