New link from my Facebook page: Permaculture Emerges From the Underground

And the news, with its drumbeat of economic decline and ecological catastrophe, feeds the prophecies. In this dystopia to come, permaculture won’t be a lifestyle choice, but a necessity.

“We know what’s right,” Mr. Weiseman said. “We know what’s best. We feel this thing in our bones and in our heart. And then we don’t do anything about it. Or we do. And I did. And it’s bearing fruit.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/28/garden/permaculture-emerges-from-the-underground.html?pagewanted=all

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New link from my Facebook page: Is Something Killing Monarch Butterflies?

Taylor says the populations have dropped by an average of 40 percent since the beginning of the decade, and he says he thinks he knows why.

A leading culprit, he says, is the widespread adoption of genetically modified crops — strains of corn and soybeans with genes added so they are herbicide-tolerant.

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