The Sustainable Blog

Starting a Permaculture Food Forest Jan 10, 2023

Permaculture is a design philosophy and set of techniques that aim to create sustainable, self-sufficient systems that mimic the patterns and relationships found in natural ecosystems. Permaculture...

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Using Permaculture Plant Guilds for Low Maintenance Gardens food forests permaculture regerative agriculture Jan 04, 2023

What are Permaculture Plant Guilds

Permaculture plant guilds are a key concept in permaculture design, which is a holistic approach to creating sustainable and self-sufficient systems. A plant...

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Getting Started Composting with Worms Jan 02, 2023

Composting with worms, also known as vermicomposting, is a simple and efficient way to recycle organic waste into a rich, nutrient-dense soil amendment. It is a type of composting that uses worms,...

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How Using Rainwater and Greywater Can Help Reverse Climate Change climate change solutions greywater permaculture rainwater harvesting May 07, 2019

By Brook Sarson

You may already know that 80% of our water is imported in San Diego County. Water managers have implemented Desalination, and PURE water (wastewater recycled to drinking water) as...

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Regenerative Construction: an Oxymoron? natural building permaculture regeneration Mar 27, 2019

By Rebecca Tasker from Simple Construct

At its most basic, construction is a destructive and consumptive process. It requires getting a lot of stuff from somewhere, processing it, and putting it...

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The National Heirloom Seed Expo events seed saving Sep 19, 2018

Last week we made the trek up from San Diego to Sonoma County, California to connect with all things food and agriculture related. This has been somewhat of a regular event for us.

The National...

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