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Debt, Wealth & Counter-Economics As A Means To Create A World Worth Inheriting ~Epi-073
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Continue Reading: Debt, Wealth & Counter-Economics As A Means To Create A World Worth Inheriting ~Epi-073How do we create a regenerative economy and all that entails when that work is arbitrarily outlawed, suppressed or actively disincentivized by the value systems that dominate our current culture? HINT: We have to step outside of the current imposed power structure – no permission required. My presupposition for this episode is this: Mainstream, state…
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Primer On Green Septic Systems
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Continue Reading: Primer On Green Septic SystemsWhat Are Green Septic Systems? Green septic systems utilize aerobic biology to fully digest and break down sewage effluent, utilizing it as a fertilizer to grow valuable herbaceous and woody biomass. What Are The Components Of A Green Septic System? A green septic system utilizes traditional greywater and blackwater collection plumbing, a traditional septic tank…
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Grow Food, Fodder, Fences And Forts For Cheap With Livestaking ~Epi-072
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Continue Reading: Grow Food, Fodder, Fences And Forts For Cheap With Livestaking ~Epi-072Today’s episode is a short primer on live staking – what it is, how it works, what its good for, what types of species you can use to do it, and how to harvest, prepare and plant your live stakes. If you have perennially moist soils in need of stabilization, or are able to irrigate…
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All About Live Staking
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Continue Reading: All About Live StakingWhat Is Live Staking? Live staking is a tree establishment method by which small-diameter branches or certain tree or shrub species can be pushed, dug or pounded into wet, perennially moist or irrigated soils prior to bud break, where they will strike root and become an entirely new tree or shrub. How Does Live Staking…
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As Within So Without ~Epi-071
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Continue Reading: As Within So Without ~Epi-071As within so without. If we want to see changes in our external world (i.e. regenerating landscapes and ecosystems), we have to first address our internal state. The older I get and the more I learn, the less I can say I know for sure. This, though, is one of those things that I’ve arrived…
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Adaptive vs. Prescriptive Management For Homesteads And Lifestyle Design ~Epi-070
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Continue Reading: Adaptive vs. Prescriptive Management For Homesteads And Lifestyle Design ~Epi-070Adaptive Management: Observation-driven management for constantly increasing resilience and ecosystem function by employing planned, purposeful disruption. Prescriptive Management: Labeling your observations so that you can look up a prescription that fits that label. This is a much more myopic way of managing a landscape, as you’re automatically confining yourself to pre-existing solutions for truly unique problems…
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The 4 R’s Of Regenerative Hydrology
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Continue Reading: The 4 R’s Of Regenerative HydrologyAbundant water for ourselves and future generations is achievable. A change in mindset from the dominant water scarcity paradigm to a regenerative water abundance paradigm is required. Following this, we have merely but to apply appropriate techniques to completely and utterly transform our private and shared landscapes. We can do this by designing and implementing…
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Why We Use Functions-First Design To Create Holistic Ecosystems ~Epi-069
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Continue Reading: Why We Use Functions-First Design To Create Holistic Ecosystems ~Epi-069When we design holistic ecosystems, we start with mapping out desired and required functions THEN search for, select and/or design elements/systems that provide those functions in a way that aligns with the site-specific context. This is contrasted with how most people “design” systems – they see an ad or read an article and like the…
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Off-Grid Soil Fertility For Sovereign Food Systems ~Epi-068
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Continue Reading: Off-Grid Soil Fertility For Sovereign Food Systems ~Epi-068If you are serious about food sovereignty, you’re serious about building soil. In this episode I detail 4 methods for creating your own soil fertility inputs from what you are already growing, can source on your property or very close to home, or are already in the course of putting food on your table. They…
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