Suburban Renewal - One Backyard at a Time

[icjxs005]

i love this guy. what a great person and a great interview. thank you !!!!

[mushymcsquishy]

so.. he needs a roommate? ^.^

[jzinius]

Thanks for this video! Inspiring. I also like what he says about the more you create a beautiful environment at home, the less inclined you are to jump into a car and drive somewhere.

[ThanksgivingWalk]

My biggest complaint about this video is that is was too short! I could have listened to this interview for an hour.

I found myself saying, yes, yes, absolutely.

What a great interview!

Thanks so much to the Jan & J. for taking the time to do this interview and for sharing.

[peakmoment]

That's wonderful news!

If you like this one, you might also enjoy Peak Moment episode 100 "Suburban Permaculture with Janet Barocco and Richard Heinberg". And also episode 87 "How Much Food Can I Grow Around My House?"

[chloewolsey]

Hi Janaia,

I have watched a few dozen of the show & put them on my Fcebook & have great chats with my mate Tim about it all. We are doing as much as we can, like this great bloke here in this vid. Due to the inspiration of Peak Moment, Bill Mollison & others, I am about to do a 9 week Land Use Sustainability & PDC with Patricj Whitefield in the UK. I live in Holland. So cheers!

(And you are delicious!)

Chloe

[peakmoment]

Good work! Permaculture makes such total sense, and it's great more people like you are going for it! Thanks for sharing Peak Moment TV with others. Cheers to you! ~Janaia

[chloewolsey]

Great~ I'm a bit in love with Janaia - thanks for all you work & all the info...

[peakmoment]

That's sweet. :-) Thanks so much for watching, and caring.

If you liked this show, you might also enjoy episode 51 "An Experiment in Back Yard Sustainability" and 87 "How Much Food Can I Grow Around my House"

~Janaia

[qualqui]

Tlaltikpak toquichtin tiez.......translation: The Earth is good if mankind is good, the earth is bad if mankind is bad.....5 stars for ya Janaia and keep up with these AWESOME vibes! = )

[ozinba]

Thanks so much, peak moment. You always cheer me up after I freak out about peak oil and collapse, and all the panic and aggression that you can find. People get scared, angry and aggressive when they are faced with peak oil and climate change and all. You can read a lot of that in blogs and other places. But you are building alternatives, with calm and peace. Thank you.

[Bullettube]

I didn't realize that it was so dry in Eugene. I save maybe 250 gals of water for a possible dry spell and have fallen back on it only a couple of times where I live. Except for tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers, none of my veggies need a lot of water.

[lrvives]

The complexity of the resilience of this edible botanical vegerarian polyethylene garden made with chicken manure is really devastatingly funny LOL

Look at the language of this video...ugh!!

[pookiecatblue]

I'm so glad to see this concept taking hold here in the U.S. We need a lot more of this. This is LOGICAL and much more ENJOYABLE. I wish things were more like this during my entire lifetime, but I guess better late than never!

[numberJ5]

He goes into specialization when he talks about trading kimchi for something else. Does that go against the concept of permaculture? If he finds that he is profitable in producing kimchi, why would he produce other less profitable products? He has a comparative advantage in producing kimchi. This is the way the capitalist economy and monocultures got their start. This is my dilemma, is permaculture a totally outside of the system life? Or do you have to depend on the market system to survive?

[peakmoment]

I think the capitalist system encourages monocultures (or specialization), as you say, but nature goes for diversity and resilience. I believe many tribal cultures have some trading, but the less they needed to trade, the less vulnerable they were.

[tennigkeit24]

yes, and in my opinion the major difference is in between a needs based economy, where we are all taking care of each other and our needs, and a want based economy, where we are all competing with each other.

[peakmoment]

I totally agree. I think our wants-based culture is based on addictions--you keep wanting more and more, but getting it doesn't satisfy the need. I think "more stuff" makes up for a need for love, connection, security, belonging, sharing.

[NoirMusic]

How very Buddhist. :) I think culturally speaking we've created enough complexity to see that simplicity IS the way to go, however we do have the benefit we can keep certain aspects of the modern. My ideal would be a solar powered farm with chickens and lots of growing space for food while still be able to access the internet to share ideas and get help from like minded people. I don't think I'd want to go completely low-tech myself.

[peakmoment]

Sounds like a good balance - I'd value something similar. As we have less energy, life will of necessity become simpler. Going solar does make life simpler (we're off-grid). But it'll be important to have low-tech options, like hand tools, especially as liquid fuels get pricier and rationed.

[NoirMusic]

Really no loss there. I hate leaf blowers, power mowers, rototillers. Personally I found using a snowblower 10x more enervating then shoveling. The vibration etc is horrible. Also with things like shoveling most of your work goes into break inertia and getting something moving. If you keep your arms swinging rhythmically you don't need to do that much and you can just go, and go and go...

[caucazoidandroid]

I think capitalism and free enterprise are totally different things. Someone selling or bartering a bit of excess kimchi in return for another vegetable or specialized service sounds more like mutualism. The point is the resources (land, water, factory, etc) should be controlled by direct democracy, while the labor put into the land should be directly owned by the laborer. If you work for yourself, then you are in charge of yourself. If you work for someone else, it's wage slavery.

[PoiZinConTrol]

This video makes me want to tear out my lawn, which costs too much to maintain anyway, and plant food plants. (Chickens would be nice too)

[peakmoment]

Go for it! Makes a lot of sense not to sink energy into a lawn, but to make little habitats, grow some food, plant some fruit/nut trees. Take a look at our Peak moment show #51, An Experiment in Back Yard Sustainability. And keep posted--we'll have more Peak Moment shows on this theme.

[PoiZinConTrol]

Thanks, I will take a "peek".

[katavar]

So that's Eugene. Now lets see what can be done on the desert.

[cbhoodrider]

very nice!

[MarQu3]

PEAKIN!

[peakmoment]

Grab your shovel and hoes, and go for it! He took a permaculture course and has really applied it. Especially digging up the driveway and then re-using the concrete for the "water feature" you see at the end. Resourceful!

[AboutitThink]

I want to be this guy!

[bearsagainstevil]

great garden best wishes