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Permaculture featured on the Beyond Organic radio show

Gryphon — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:23:02 -0700

'Permaculture'

Permaculture, said Bill Mollison, the inventor of this food/farming/environmental concept, is being able to look out your backdoor and see your friends gathering food.

A permaculturistâ€™s skills may include straw bale house building or edible forest gardening. They may have set-up a rainwater collection system on their roof, or turned their livestock fences into a food source. All this is part of a design concept that takes its cues from the workings of a healthy eco-system.

The good news is youâ€™re probably already practicing some of permacultureâ€™s principles.

Join host Jerry Kay, publisher of the Environmental News Network as we talk to three prominent practitioners and learn to think like a permaculturist.

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bio fuel in nevada county

stacy mora — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 08:55:45 -0700

I hope this is the correct forum....

I am in the midst of researching biodiesel...or any reliable alternative form of fueling a personal vehicle.

If anyone can help simplify and point me in direction of fuel, cars most dependable and/or info regarding fuel alternatives to dino oil.

Think I would need a local source of bio fuel--Nevada county. Think I would like to have a barrel in my yard. How do people go long distances in a world that has gas stations?

What about the idea of going to fast food places for fuel/recycle oil. The grease.com makes me feel taht i could filter the oil directly in my car filtering.

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Methane hydrates

caver456 — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 13:41:49 -0800

The December 2005 issue of Wired had a big article generally on peak oil - "Why $8 gas is good for America" or something to that effect. They generally acknowledge that without more breaktrhoughs, either in drilling technology or new energy sources, that cheap energy is in jeopardy - but their stance is more towards 'start funding research like mad'. They glance at several possible petroleum alternatives. One is Methane Hydrates. Apparently there's several gazillion billion trillion cubic feet of the stuff but it can't be accessed yet. Other possible alternatives are glanced at too, but none in great detail (detail we not the objective for this article). Has anyone heard what the environmental impacts of methane hydrate use would be? Releasing unspent methane in huge amounts into the atmosphere would be ... bad, no? What's the enviro-impact at the source (extraction / packaging / etc) and what's the impact at the destination (tailpipe / power plant / etc)??

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Home-scale Permaculture Site Evaluations

Gryphon — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:06:52 -0700

I am now offering home-scale permaculture site evaluations for anyone who is interested in applying permaculture principles to their home sites.

For a $150 fee, I will spend two hours at each site with the owners/tenants to assess residents' needs, evaluate their site, and determine suggested design elements and systems that will maximize sustainability for the long term. This evaluation is not a complete permaculture design, but rather serves as a springboard of ideas which each homeowner can take and begin to implement as time and resources allow.

Design considerations include:
- Site orientation & solar access
- Water flow, catchment & storage
- Sustainable food systems
- Energy flow and renewable energy systems
- Natural building materials & methods
- Animal systems
- Waste management & sanitation

This special rate is offered for a limited time to residents of Grass Valley, Nevada City and adjacent areas.

To schedule your site evaluation today, please call Paul Racko of Sierra Permaculture Design at 530-613-4181. Visit Sierra Permaculture Design online at http://SierraPermaculture.com

Paul Racko has been studying and applying permaculture for over ten years. In 2007, he received his Permaculture Design Certificate from the Regenerative Design Institute and provides design and consulting services through his company Sierra Permaculture Design.

What is Permaculture? Visit Wikipedia to find out more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture

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