So after I quit my job, the universe suddenly graced me with the good hand of fortune. A homesteading website called New Life in A Homestead was looking for a permaculture expert to write some articles

So I've been reading People and Permaculture by Looby Macnamara. I'll do a longer post about this but today a beautiful poem stood out to me, especially with where I am in my life right now. *Source Sometimes

Week 12 of Payitforward, let's go! This week I'm focusing on homesteaders. I really appreciate the tips they bring to the community and their steps toward self-sustainability. I really think everyone can

Anyone who works on their garden knows that compost is the thing you put on plants to make them do well. Few people know why unless they've dabbled in a little soil science. While this blog doesn't aim

Here are a few shots of the flowers in my Nicaraguan garden and a little explanation of what they're doing there. Ain't they just so darned pretty? I have been using flowers in my garden for a few reasons.

So last week I quit my job. I was analyzing ICOs (I analyzed about 200 ICOs in 4 months) for one of those companies that isn't technically investment advice but that's what they were basically doing and

Here's a design I did. Feel free to give it a whirl. I designed this rainwater harvesting nursery to deal with the tropical rains in Nicaragua. I never built it, despite a real need for it. I must admit,

With all systems, it is integral to observe before acting. Equally as important, is the observation you do in reflection, once you have completed a few steps into the action plan. When I was on Ometepe,

Now, it's no secret that the pollution in Bangkok is unreal. Some days it's so hazy that you can't see the horizon and it makes you sit back and wonder if you're experiencing the end of the world. Some

Hello there my spring chickens, This is my second entry into @thedarkhorse's #payitforward contest. Last time, I did ok which was great because I got to showcase a couple of really positive people with

@ReviewMe! I'm @permieemmy ≧◠‿◠≦✌ About Me: I'm new around here and I'm trying to gain some kind of self-empowerment through sharing my experiences out in the world. I brand myself as a social permaculturalist

So this article is a little less about giving advice and a little more about the bewildering scenario I witnessed when I was located in Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic. One thing I noticed about being

As I said in previous posts, I spent a little time on Ometepe in Nicaragua. This post is about my time spent with the local gardeners. The hostel I was working at, Little Morgan's Hostel is run by a guy

Hey ya'll! This is my first every entry into @thedarkhorse's #payitforward contest. I'm looking to breathe social permaculture into society, even in the small whisper of an echo chamber in which I exist.

When I was on Ometepe Island, Nicaragua, I took the time out to go and visit some of the interesting projects going on around the island. One such project was Inanitah. Wow; what a true testament to the

When I was back in the Dominican Republic I was fortunate enough to meet the creative and productive soul that is The Growing Dutchman, Chris Kaput. One of the important and until recently neglected areas

Coconut oil has found its place as the wondernut of the organic world. We're obsessed with it, advised by organic visionaries worldwide to use it on our hair, as a medicine to clean out our lungs, as a

I spent a few months last year in Nicaragua helping a friend of mine build a restaurant forest garden for his hostel. Morgan, the owner of the hostel, has had the property for 12 years. When he arrived

I'm all about outlining your own journey to understand where you want to be in the end, to understand what you need to learn, to design your own path forward. Outside of the four square walls of the oppressive

I think it’s best to work from where I am backwards. It’s going to seem like a leap but I’ve been knees deep in the permaculture world (officially) for just over a year and I want ya’ll to realise where