Permaculture and Suburbia
Permaculture and suburbia are a timely fit.
There are many reasons why big changes are called for in suburbia. One of the most basic is that suburbia is just too resource intensive. It takes too much energy, land, raw materials to keep it going in terms of physical inputs. In a cultural, social, even spiritual sense, suburbia is a poor choice for taking care of human needs and not a good companion for the downsized future we are moving into. Its very design and premise creates barriers to building social capital.
We can't rebuild green for 150 million Americans. What we can do, for many occasions, is to make much more creative use of what is already here. Greening suburbia could become an epoch of American History as remarkable as discovery, exploration, Reconstruction or the rise of the automobile. There are a growing number of real life examples of this potential epoch emerging all over the country. Urban homesteading, suburban permaculture, localization, transition - and other terms all refer to a timely and exciting transformation of where we live. This property and River Road Neighborhood are part of that movement.
Permaculture and suburbia are a timely fit.
There are many reasons why big changes are called for in suburbia. One of the most basic is that suburbia is just too resource intensive. It takes too much energy, land, raw materials to keep it going in terms of physical inputs. In a cultural, social, even spiritual sense, suburbia is a poor choice for taking care of human needs and not a good companion for the downsized future we are moving into. Its very design and premise creates barriers to building social capital.
We can't rebuild green for 150 million Americans. What we can do, for many occasions, is to make much more creative use of what is already here. Greening suburbia could become an epoch of American History as remarkable as discovery, exploration, Reconstruction or the rise of the automobile. There are a growing number of real life examples of this potential epoch emerging all over the country. Urban homesteading, suburban permaculture, localization, transition - and other terms all refer to a timely and exciting transformation of where we live. This property and River Road Neighborhood are part of that movement.