Circle: Findhorn and ecovillages
Today we traveled to Scotland, where we discovered the famous ecovillage of Findhorn. This successful community creates their own energy using windmills, grows much of their own food, and runs their own natural waste system that mimics wetlands. We got to watch clips from a documentary about Findhorn to see what life looks like there.
Permaculture
What is Permaculture anyway? Permaculture is a set of design principles that helps humans to work with nature to create healthy and balanced living webs that produce as little waste and as much natural abundance as possible. Waste is only considered waste if it’s not used! Permaculture design mimics patterns found in nature that use […]
Learning about Aztec chinampas farming and setting up an aquaponics system
After introducing ourselves with our talking feather, we visited Mexico to learn about the chinampas farming design that was used for hundreds of years as a means of producing an abundance of food with little input. These finger-like “floating gardens” make the most of the complex interactions between water, plants and creatures to create a […]