Neil Bertrando, “Tree Systems in the High Desert” Neil started his talk with a geographical and climactic depiction of the Great Basin of Nevada, where he lives and does his permaculture design work. The Great Basin climate is “BWks”, based on Köppen climate classification, meaning arid, cold, and summer dry. Most of the natural irrigation… Read More »
Larry Santoyo, “Permaculture for Humanity: Moderating the Urgency of Urbanism” Larry Santoyo, a permaculture teacher and designer from LA, brought images of his design work from urban locations around the world. He discussed how when he first learned permaculture, he thought he wanted to move from the city to the wilderness to start from the… Read More »
Joel Salatin, farmer at Polyface Farms and cultivator of charisma, opened the conference with “Fields of Farmers”. He discussed farming as a business and developing working models for regenerative farms. In Joel’s words: Every place has an asset and a liability. Every person has talents and skills to bring to the table. Until we have… Read More »
Wednesday evening The crew arrived at Pechanga Resort and Casino on Wednesday evening, to a slew of flashing lights. They were everywhere: on stop signs, on crosswalks, and in fountains. Directly ahead of us was a parking garage, easy to enter but hard to exit. In fact, the whole resort was interesting to navigate; it… Read More »
On our drive, about 45 miles past Las Vegas and just over the California border, the massive Ivanpah Solar Thermal Farm came into view. It was extremely bright, and steaming, with over 300,000 mirrors, or heliostats, that track the sun over the course of the day and concentrate the sunlight onto three, 459-ft towers. At… Read More »
On our way out to Permaculture Voices, the crew was delighted to have an overnight in Rockville, UT. Waking up to a gorgeous morning in Zion National Park… who could ask for anything more? We saw many garden farms and small animal husbandry operations along the road into Springdale. It’s springtime in Springdale, with all… Read More »
The Boulder Beet is going on a road trip this coming week, to the Permaculture Voices conference in Temecula, CA. Check back for updates from the road and the talks at the conference. It’s looking to be a great week! From Permaculture Voices: “We want big change. We wanted to make an impact. So we… Read More »
Local permaculturists Avery Ellis and Adam Brock will be speaking at the Permaculture Voices conference in Temecula, CA. The four-day conference, taking place March 13-16, 2014, features permaculture leaders from across the U.S. and as far away as Australia. From Permaculture Voices: “We want big change. We wanted to make an impact. So we have… Read More »