On Earth Matters radio program, broadcast on 3CR on Jan 11, David Holmgren discussed the merit of tree crops and supplementing grain fields with tree crops, with fellow tree crops enthusiasts Darren Doherty and Byron Joel. They shared their thoughts on the benefits of this system and the work of making it a reality. You can hear the podcast of the program here:
Watch Holmgren’s video review of the Permaculture classic book, Tree Crops: a permanent agriculture by J Russell Smith.
David Holmgren recently had a conversation with permaculture educator Morag Gamble about the global climate conference that has just wound up in Glasgow. You can watch/listen to their conversation here.
Available to watch in full on Youtube, David Holmgren explains a low cost technique for revegetating eroded gullies without heavy machinery or chemicals. The technique turns thick, fire-prone blackberry cover into useful fire-resistant trees on what was a landscape completed denuded in the gold era.
David was recently interviewed by Patrick from Artist as Family. As they write on their blog, “Our conversation ranged from the personal to the geopolitical, dark green ecology to bright green billionaires, pandemic constriction to war construction, the role of energy in shaping culture to the gaming of the progressive liberal media.”
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