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Here is a great dutch documentary about one of my favorite punk bands of all time CRASS!. It features great archival footage of their permaculture farm the Dial House in Essex, UK and how and why operates in the beautiful way that it does. Featuring urban permie punk instructor Graham Burnett from Spiralseed.
Who is Michael Ruppert and why is his perspective on peak oil and social collapse so very relevant. Mike Ruppert is the former LAPD narcotics officer who blew the whistle on the CIA selling literally tons of drugs to finance illegal counter-revolutionary forces and black ops (which they’re still doing). He also accurately predicted our current economic decline years in advance and if he is right about peak oil well then we all are in BIG trouble. Besides believing in the power of radical dissent journalism Ruppert is also a very serious advocate of permaculture! If you only have the time to see one apocalyptic doom and gloom film don’t see 2012 go and watch COLLAPSE and then go home and learn organize how to make your community more resilient, much more….
This e-booklet with newly updated preface is a great analysis of the Transition Movement for anyone new who to it’s concepts or well versed. It was created by the incredible Popular Education Trapese Collective loosely based in Europe. This collective is also associated with the amazing radical Escanda community in Spain. Here is a link to their book the DIY guide: to changing the world which if you would like the printed version you could order it from their site
Hello lovely Permies,
Due to my posting of the entire Permaculture Designers Manual , commonly known as the permaculture bible, I received a swift take down notice from Tagari Publications and Scribd which I respectfully followed. It is my opinion that this book is so important that it should be made completely free on all the myriad internets. We’re living in a time of extreme ecological and social crisis and the tools needed to fix the crises must be made available to everyone not just those with the economic privilege to afford them. Please see the letters below and also please comment if you think the designers manual should be liberated onto the internet. I feel this debate gets at the very heart of the permaculture ethic of “fair share” and I will post any further correspondence with Tagari here and elsewhere.
Join the campaign by tweeting for the liberation of the permaculture manual on twitter @gaiapunk #permieliberation
My first letter from Tagari:
ATTENTION: Evan Schoepke
Pursuant to 17 USC 512(c)(3)(A), this communication serves as a statement that:
I am the exclusive rights holder (being the Publisher) for the book titled: Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual written by Bill Mollison.
ISBN 0 908228 01 5 and first published in Australia in 1988 and reprinted in 2004, 2009 by Tagari Publications, Australia.
These exclusive rights are being violated by material that has been available upon your site at the following URL(s): http://www.scribd.com/doc/22260478/Permaculture-D-Manual and http://punkrockpermaculture.com/.
I have a good faith belief that the use of this material in such a fashion is not authorized by the copyright holder, the copyright holder’s agent, or the law;
Under penalty of perjury in a United States court of law, I state that the information contained in this notification is accurate, and that I am authorized to act on the behalf of the exclusive rights holder for the material in question.
I may be contacted by the following methods:
Phone: (Aus) 61 + 3 6445 0945
Fax: 61 + 3 6445 0944
Address: 31 Rulla Road, Sisters Creek, Tasmania, 7325, Australia
Email: mollison.lisa@tagari.com
I hereby request that you remove or disable access to this material now and in the future as it appears on your service in as expedient a fashion as possible. Thank you.
Regards,
Lisa Mollison
Director
My reply:
Okay Tagari,
Hi Evan
Thank you for your response and we appreciate you removing the book from the internet. We know there are several versions available free and we are trying to get them removed. If you would like to direct us to the free books that you know of then this would be of great assistance to us.
In regards to your questions about making the book free of charge – All end of year profits from the sales of Tagari Publications books go to the Permaculture Institute which in-turn assists several organisations that have limited funds, knowledge and resources. Bill Mollison and the Permaculture Institute have worked tirelessly with many organisations over the years and regularly donates funds and books to people who have limited resources, so if the book was available free then this would drastically effect this assistance plus the future of any sales, re-prints and new material written by Bill.
We try to keep the costs of all our books to a minimum but there are costs associated with printing, publishing and distributing our titles, and if the books don’t generate any income I’m sure you could foresee the outcome for Tagari Publications and the Permaculture Institute.
Bill Mollison is now 82 years old, he still writes, teaches and supports many organisations. Bill has dedicated much of his life to this cause and is a valuable entity to all involved, but without finances Bill would not be able to continue with his teaching, writing and community assistance.
Tagari Publications will be re-printing The Book of Ferment and Human Nutrition in the next few months (due to sales of our other titles). Current stocks are limited or nil throughout the world and therefore book stores and second hand dealers plus private owners have realised its value and increased the price significantly. When Tagari Publications have new stock we will be selling the book for approx. $46.00 AUS.
Thank you again for your response and please view our website in the near future for information regarding our stocks of Ferment and Human Nutrition.
My new response:
Dear Tagari,
I’m reposting this post because I just learned that they may be facing eviction 
There is a genuine non violent revolution going on around the globe. One that crosses boundaries of race, creed, color, religion and subculture. A revolution that heals the heart even as it dismantles the heartless systems of oppression. It is of course the permaculture revolution; a revolution that is interconnected and diverse.
“…the greatest change we need to make is from consumption to
production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of
us do this, there is enough for everyone.
Hence the futility of revolutionaries who have no gardens, who depend on
the very system they attack, and who produce words and bullets, not food
and shelter.” – Bill Mollison
I want to take sometime and give you a picture of some of these true revolutionaries….
The Swomp in Amsterdam is a collective squat that is guided by permaculture and its principals. Besides providing for themselves with their garden production the Swomp does community outreach and education. They are under constant threat of eviction and they may need some media attention soon. Please take the time to read their declaration and the inspiring sustainable ethics by which the community abides. Here is just a sampling of what they’ve accomplished:
Please visit their awesome blog and if you are aware of other radical communities in the permaculture vein we would love to feature them here.
p.s. We are always looking for more contributors so if you would like to write for PRP e-zine please contact thejulianeffect(at)gmail with the subject “gaia punks.”
photo credit: Mira Hunter
First, the Miss Rock Away Armada an now, the Waterpod, sustainable education and art barge design reaches new heights…
The water pod project is a retrofitted sustainable education barge full of art and enthusiasm for appropriate technology. This collaborative and nomadic project traveled down the Hudson river doing education demos at stops along the way. A new kind of out of box imaginative and artistic thinking related to permaculture, appropriate technology, new ways of living, is exactly what is need to get people inspired about transforming our civilization and the Waterpod fits the bill. Check out the design and technology employed below.
Waterpod project image galleries: here
Founding member of punk band Rubella Ballet day shows of his new garden!
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