Spring 2011 – Post your “FOOD SYSTEMS: SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE & PERMACULTURE” topical homework here:
Find and read an article (online or in print) and post a link or citationon your topic, with a sentence or two summarizing the most useful points, for at least one item per class meeting.
You may post additional links (with or without summaries) for some extra credit.
Note any important points from your book reading that connect with or inform your research topic.
Folks on other topic teams are welcome to make comments, suggest links, or anything else that would be helpful to this team (this will also earn you some extra credit).
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Cabrillo College Sustainable Cultures Class 
April 25, 2011 at 12:08 am
Here’s a video that I would like to share with you about the interesting world of hugelkultur.
April 24, 2011 at 8:29 pm
The Regenerative Design Institute in Bolinas, CA (a wonderful training site for permaculture as well as other naturalist studies) is sponsoring a 4 seasons year long permacutlture training starting Sept 2011 in case there are people interested in learning locally from a very good source. They are offering it at the Santa Cruz Waldorf School and also will be including principles from Rudolf Steiner’s Biodynamic farming.
http://www.regenerativedesign.org/courses-events/four-seasons-santa-cruz
April 24, 2011 at 7:49 pm
Nice interview with a permaculture instructor
April 24, 2011 at 3:02 pm
This is a cool little video on a guy in Arizona who turned his own yard into a self-sustaining permaculture. I think we should adopt this kind of thinking and use his behavior as an example for us to follow. Very inspiring!!
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2009/04/22/holdsworth.az.permaculture.knxv?iref=allsearch
April 23, 2011 at 9:25 pm
Perfect Permie Urban farming color drawing. LET’S DO THIS!
April 23, 2011 at 9:10 pm
http://www.laspilitas.com/easy/easyeasy.htm
This is a good way to start your permie garden at home. These are all native plants and they can be planted to accompany all other plants planted, also, to attract pollinators.
April 23, 2011 at 8:38 pm
http://www.aprovecho.net/programs/permaculture-workshops/forest-gardening-workshop/
Here is a good place to learn permaculture hands-on.
April 21, 2011 at 5:54 pm
Introduction to Permaculture: Concepts and Resources:
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/perma.html
March 24, 2011 at 3:19 pm
http://www.harvestdream.org/index.php?/archives/811-Crapshoot-The-Gamble-with-Our-Wastes-Film-Trailer.html
I saw this movie last night. Good solution to recycling human waste so it doesn’t infect the environment.
Go insects!
March 24, 2011 at 3:16 pm
http://www.letsgogreen.com/how-composting-toilets-work.html
Compost solution. How to reuse all human waste. Don’t “throw things away.” It doesn’t go away. Re-cycle your poo-poo into the environment.
March 21, 2011 at 9:36 pm
see my post on this blog under FOOD SYSTEMS: Choices and Politics
Urban Garden Share
urbangardenshare.org/santacruz
also relates to energy & transportation (my subject): reducing energy usages by growing food locally whether you have your own land or not
March 17, 2011 at 2:56 pm
See Water Showcase post under Stuff.