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Have you heard about this? Permablitz: new word, noun 1. An event in which volunteers use permaculture principles to transform a suburban garden into a place that produces its own food. A combination of the words permaculture — a design system for sustainable living and land use — and Backyard Blitz a television program in which backyards receive a makeover. Resources: http://permabltz.net/ http://permablitz.net/index.php?option+com_content&task+view&id+17 < http://permablitz.net/index.php?option+com_content&task+view&id+17 > (Asha Bee article) http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/07/16/1184559700758.html (article on Permablitz) http://permaculturesolutions.com.au/thomasstreet/ (blog of the original permalitz site in Melbourne http://wwwearththesuburbs.org/ (creative responses to climate change and peak oil) http://globalpublicmedua.come/the_power_of_community_how_cuba_survived_peak_oil
Slow traditions in the Blue Mountains - great article in the Sydney Morning Herald 15 October 2007 http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/15/1192300667292.html
There are always great articles to read on The New Farm website. The following are a couple from the latest newsletter.
Recipe for success - despite growing pains, Slow Food is helping to change the way people consider their dinner plates - and the farmers who fill them. http://www.newfarm.org/features/2007/0907/slowfood/ciulla.shtml
Boston common - nonprofit community farm strives to make good food a bridge between culture and class http://www.newfarm.org/features/2007/0907/brookwood/slocum.shtml
Another good read is Barbara Kingsolver's book "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle"
The Biofuels Debate - Find another planet and plant it with soybeans by Elliot Wilson in The Spectator http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/business/223871/find-another-planet-and-plant-it-with-soybeans.thtml