Farming with Nature or Building Soil with Regenerative Agriculture

This week’s episode, ‘Farming with Nature’ (or Building Soil with Regenerative Agriculture) features Rebecca Hoskings, (co-producer of the BBC film, ‘A Farm for the Future’) explaining how she has transformed a windswept and exhausted coastal farm into an abundant landscape with healthy animals, prolific wildlife and fertile soil. You can watch this episode here: …
Rebecca explains:
“Holistic planned grazing is all about mimicking the natural migration of a wild herd across the landscape. This is the fastest way to build soil fertility on a large scale.”
This is the third episode in the nine film series. The series is produced by Permaculture magazine and Permaculture People to coincide with the build-up to the 12th International Permaculture Conference taking place at The Light, Euston Road, London on 8th – 9th September 2015.

 

Living With The Land Part 1 - Forest Gardening

Martin Crawford, pioneering forest gardener, introduces us to his beautiful Forest Garden full of food, fibres and medicinal plants in South Devon.
Centred around a key interview with Martin, the film uses drone shots for never seen before vantage points of his garden.
What once stood as a flat field in 1994, is today a multi layered, ecosystem of trees, shrubs and ground covers, producing fruits, nuts, and medicinal products. Forest Gardening is a designed agronomic system based on trees, shrubs and perennial plants mimicking the structure of a natural forest.

Narrated by Sir Tim Smit KBE, creator of The Eden Project
For more information about Agroforestry Research Trust
Produced by Permaculture People for Permaculture magazine
Logo designed by HIP Permaculture
Aerial shots thanks to Tony Keen and Malcolm Baldwin
Camera operator Mihali Moore

Michael Schneider - Constructing The Universe

Michael Schneider - Constructing The Universe. Red Ice Radio, interview by Henrik Palmgren (July 2010) - theduderinok's archive - - We look into numbers, structure, patterns, geometry, math and how the universe is constructed using the most simple yet energy efficient means. We'll discovering the geometric code of nature with Michael S Schneider, author of "A Beginner's Guide to Construction the Universe - the Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art and Science - A Voyage from 1 to 10".

Michael S. Schneider is an educator and writer who encourage a "love of learning" through an appreciation of mathematics, nature, art and science. He holds workshops for teachers, artists, architects, and children on natures numerical language. He has a bachelors of science degree in mathematics from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and a Master's Degree in Math Education from the University of Florida

 

Peter Bane - Pattern Languages | North American Permaculture Convergence 2014

North American Permaculture Convergence 2014 - Peter Bane - Pattern Languages
Harmony Park in Geneva, MN

http://www.permacultureactivist.net/
http://northamericanpermaculture.org/
http://www.organiccompoundmn.org/

Aranya talks Patterns at the UK Permaculture Convergence 2010

Aranya takes us on a journey through the world of patterns and explains why understanding their different functions can help anyone to create more effective permaculture designs. Filmed at the UK Permaculture Convergence in September 2010.
More info at http://www.aranyagardens.co.uk

 

Permaculture Legend Scott Pittman talks about PATTERNS

Scott Pittman is the director of The Permaculture Institute (USA). He has taught permaculture since 1985 in over 18 countries on four continents, many of those courses with permaculture co-founder Bill Mollison. He has worked with people of different cultures and backgrounds, from indigenous tribes in South America to corporate teams in Equatorial Guinea. Over the years he trained thousands of students, counting now at least 5 generations of instructors that received training from him. Scott is known for his foundational work in establishing permaculture movement in the US Southwest, for which he received a Community Achievement Award from the Permaculture Institute of Australia.

 

Bhaskar Save, the Gandhi of Natural Farming

Bhaskar Save, acclaimed ‘Gandhi of Natural Farming’, turned 92 on 27 January 2014, having inspired and mentored 3 generations of organic farmers. Masanobu Fukuoka, the legendary Japanese natural farmer, visited Save’s farm in 1996, and described it as “the best in the world”, ahead of his own farm. In 2010, the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) honoured Save with the ‘One World Award for Lifetime Achievement’.

Indeed, Save’s farm is a veritable food forest; a net supplier of water, energy and fertility to the local eco-system, instead of a net consumer. His way of farming and teachings are rooted in a deep understanding of the symbiotic relationships in nature, which he is ever happy to explain in simple, down-to-earth idioms to anyone interested.

more here:

http://permaculturenews.org/2014/02/26/bhaskar-save-gandhi-natural-farming/