Starhawk on The Heart and Soul of Permaculture: Rooting our practice in a sacred relationship with the Earth Please join us at this exciting event! Starhawk is a wonderful teacher and this is a great opportunity to learn about permaculture and earth-based spirituality. Ticket are limited and can be purchased here: http://starhawkcalgaryevent-efbevent.eventbrite.ca/ 15$ in advance, … More
Will the Third Alberta Permaculture Convergence Inspire, Inform, and Empower You and Your Community? Sure….And That’s Just the Beginning of the Impact This Event Will Have! When you get a group of passionate permaculture people together for an ad-hoc convergence — and each of them suddenly realizes I’m not swimming alone against the mainstream current! … More Western Canadian Permaculture Convergence
Spring always gives me a boost. Everything starts to pop out of the half-frozen ground, signalling the beginning of another growing year. With the permaculture way, spring starts early, all the seedlings well on their way to becoming teenagers in the hoop house. This nice warm weather encourages everything to wake up and get ready … More Rainwater Harvesting
For those of you who have landed here from “Terra Cotta”, Welcome to our new vision. Sage Permaculture is a accumulation of years of gardening, earth care, people care and building community. The first seeds of permaculture were planted fifteen years ago, when Robert returned from an international natural building conference in New Mexico. More … More Birthing a passion
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. As I write, I realize I am unsure of how to articulate my thoughts from the last 6 months. I have been divinely guided in directions I couldn’t have imagined a year ago. As I struggled to reinvent myself … More Seeing with new eyes
I collect quotes, things people say, sayings, little stories,put them in a file and occasionally I pull it out and see what floats to the surface. Here is a couple of floaters for you…………………………. “I believe that the power of music is being felt in places we never imagined. This project started Ten Years ago … More Words that spoke to me recently
Missing the Boat It is not so much that the boat passed and you failed to notice it. It is more like the boat stopping directly outside your bedroom window, the captain blowing the signal-horn, the band playing a rousing march. The boat shouted, waving bright flags, its silver hull blinding in the sunlight. But … More Missing the boat
Shall I lead or shall I follow? Lately folks have been curious as to our departure date. Me too. This has been one of the tougher lessons to learn, “things don’t always go as planned” The fence is a good example, “we’ll build that baby is 2 weeks!” Well it’s now been 2 months and … More Rules of Dancing
Here are some of the great things our parents have taught us. Robert: #1. How to fix your car and anything else that needs it. #2. Eat your vegetables #3. Treat everyone equally #4. Manners and respect #5. Save for the important things #6. How to use a sewing machine,( yes ladies, Robert sews and … More Who Stole my Pulpit??
Yes, driving makes me crazy, but I think you need to choose your battles. Checking out some of the roads on the pan-American highway, today was Bolivia. Check out this video Bolivia, the Pan-American highway People inquire, why we would buy a four wheel drive VW van instead of a Westphalia already done for you? … More You are driving me crazy!
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