Permaculture Demystified!

Peak Moment 157:

Here's a great introduction to Permaculture. Former truck driver Bill Wilson describes permaculture as a viable, realistic way to use nature to provide the abundance we really need - using good design to harvest sunlight, food, wind, water and more.

As a Permaculture educator, Bill not only passes on a bounty of practical, common sense ideas, he also inspires people to experience being alive on the planet, finding their connectedness with life, their passion and ways to make a world that works for everybody.

Collapse of Societies - Then and Now

Peak Moment 112: According to Professor Guy Prouty, a university anthropology professor, every civilization rises, evolves, and then collapses to a simpler structure -- and this will include our own. Comparing America with the Western Roman Empire, Prouty notes the over-reach of our military, the unsustainability of capitalism, peak oil, and climate change. And, this time, we may see a global collapse.

Transitioning to a simpler society will require us to change behavior and consciousness: decrease energy, get out of debt, decentralize, de-consume, grow our own food, build community, see ourselves as connected to the planet. Collapse is not the end, he says. It's part of a natural cycle.