by Levi Meeuwenberg | Dec 3, 2015 | Economics, Fossil Fuels, Heating Systems, History, Justice, Natural Resources, Oil, Permaculture/Homesteading, Podcast, Politics, Water Systems
Episode 9, City Permaculture, Design of Urban Landscapes with Levi Meeuwenberg http://traffic.libsyn.com/permaculturerealizedpodcast/CityPermaculture_mixdown.mp3 Today’s episode is a little unique because there is no... 
by Levi Meeuwenberg | Oct 14, 2015 | Agriculture, Appropriate Technology, Climate Change, Justice, Natural Resources, Permaculture/Homesteading, Podcast, Politics, Water Systems
Episode 4, Water Issues, Drought in Brazil, and Growing a New Future with Kat Curtis: http://traffic.libsyn.com/permaculturerealizedpodcast/katpodcast_mixdownB.mp3 Todays episode focuses on water. A broad topic for sure, but a... 
by Levi Meeuwenberg | Sep 23, 2015 | Agriculture, Appropriate Technology, Climate Change, Economics, Fossil Fuels, History, Natural Resources, Oil, Permaculture/Homesteading, Podcast, Politics, Why Permaculture
Episode 1, Why We Do Permaculture, a Call to Action with Peter Bane: http://traffic.libsyn.com/permaculturerealizedpodcast/PeterBanePodcast1_mixdownC.mp3 Today’s guest is one my good friends and mentors Peter Bane, who is... 
by Levi Meeuwenberg | Feb 1, 2014 | Justice, Permaculture/Homesteading, Politics
Privilege is one of those uncomfortable topics that most of us might feel guilty about but don’t really know what to do about it. I’ve heard some people claim that “Permaculture is a feel good hobby for the affluent.” And like a good permie, my... 
by Levi Meeuwenberg | Jan 2, 2014 | Agriculture, Climate Change, Economics, Fossil Fuels, History, Natural Resources, Permaculture/Homesteading, Politics, Why Permaculture
All of this paints a very different picture of the future than we were raised to believe. In short, life will be very very different in the future than the relative stability we’ve seen for most of our lives up to this point. Some geologists have described... 
by Levi Meeuwenberg | Jan 2, 2014 | Climate Change, Economics, Fossil Fuels, Oil, Permaculture/Homesteading, Politics, Why Permaculture
Then the oil age allowed us to do the wrong things with unprecedented speed and efficiency. Oil is an almost ideal energy source. It is relatively easy to extract (until recently) requires little refining, and has an extremely high energy density. The...
