How to Send Less Trash to the Landfill
Jill Richardson, Guest Writer Waking Times My new neighbor knocked on my door and introduced herself as the vice president of the local homeowner’s association. “How friendly!” I thought. “She’s...
View ArticleA Brief Introduction to Aquaponic Gardening
Jonathan Parker, Guest Waking Times Aquaponics is an amazing permaculture method that may have been practiced as far back in history as the Aztec civilization. There are records of the Aztec people...
View ArticleThe “Long Emergency,” Permaculture, and Towns that Food Saved
Andrew Willner, Guest Waking Times We live in dangerous times, when economic collapse, climate chaos, and peak oil threaten the foundations of society, abundance, and all we hold dear. “Business as...
View ArticleHow I Fell for Farmers’ Markets
Jill Richardson, Guest Writer Waking Times I’ll never forget the first time I went to a farmers’ market. I hated it. Like many who buy food only from the grocery store, I didn’t realize that local...
View ArticleThe Russians Prove Small Scale Organic CAN Feed the World
Christina Sarich, Staff Writer Waking Times If you’ve already been through an economic collapse, you might know a thing or two about how to feed your family with little money. More importantly, you...
View ArticleThe Power of Subtlety
Deb Buck, Guest Waking Times Have you ever noticed how the power of burning a smudge stick can change the course of one day? How deep breathing can guide a different response in the time of trauma?...
View ArticleHow Organic Farming Could Release Us From the Curse of Fertilizer
Dr. Mercola Waking Times Environmental pollution is a significant problem. But while most of the focus is placed on polluting industries, toxins like mercury and small particle traffic pollution, a...
View ArticleWhat Permaculture Isn’t – and Is
Toby Hemenway, Guest Waking Times Permaculture is notoriously hard to define. A recent survey shows that people simultaneously believe it is a design approach, a philosophy, a movement, and a set of...
View ArticleIs Sustainable Agriculture an Oxymoron?
Toby Hemenway, Guest Waking Times Jared Diamond calls it “the worst mistake in the history of the human race.”(1) Bill Mollison says that it can “destroy whole landscapes.”(2) Are they describing...
View ArticleStudy Proves Sustainable Farms, Organic Farming Beats Factory Farms
Christina Sarich, Staff Writer Waking Times For those who are appalled at the way animals are treated in conventional livestock production, there is a better way. Sustainable livestock production...
View Article10 Reasons Why You Should Compost
Rachel, This Original Organic Life Waking Times 1.) Composting turns trash into treasure Compost turns what would ordinarily be considered “garbage” into viable nutrients. 2.) Composting builds soil...
View Article10 Urban Farming Projects in New York City
Kaye Spector, EcoWatch Waking Times Who would think that one of the world’s largest cities, New York City, would be a major hub for urban agriculture? Well, it is. Food Tank has compiled a list of 10...
View ArticleRevised Laws and Urban Farming Projects Provide New Opportunities for Urban...
Dr. Mercola Waking Times Interest in urban agriculture is growing locally as well as nationally—a trend that is truly a cause for celebration. In fact, I’ve been encouraging everyone to plant a...
View ArticleThe Meat Atlas: Facts and Figures About Industrial Food Production
Vicki Hird, EcoWatch Waking Times They say every cloud has a silver lining, and since the horsemeat scandal in 2013 it has become much easier to talk about meat—more people seem to know and care about...
View ArticleServing the System – How Free Are You, Really?
Alen Mischael Vukelić, Contributor Waking Times The system teaches us that we are dumb creatures who just don’t get it. Somehow we are always too late, too slow, too uneducated to fulfill the...
View ArticleThe Changing Face of Revolution – 3 Inspiring People Who are Undermining the...
Alex Pietrowski, Staff Writer Waking Times The matrix has us. It surrounds and keeps us busy working diligently within its nifty little paradigms, hard at work at our own enslavement and...
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