This article appeared in the Spring 2011 issue of the Permaculture Activist magazine. “Right smack dab in the middle of town/ I’ve found a paradise that’s trouble proof/ Up on the roof. . .Up on the roof. . .” -The Drifters Along with the cultivation of vacant lots, rooftops represent the single greatest opportunity for [...]
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UP ON THE ROOF: Expanding Urban Food-Growing
Posted in Permaculture Activist articles, Philadelphia Food Growing, Uncategorized, tagged agriculture, bees, farm, food, food growing, garden, landscape, LEED, New York, philadelphia, roof, rooftop, urban on January 5, 2011 | 8 Comments »
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHARD PROJECT
Posted in Permaculture Activist articles, Philadelphia Food Growing, tagged DC, food, orchard, permaculture, philadelphia on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Article appeared in the Permaculture Activist no. 69 (Autumn 2008). The Philadelphia Orchard Project’s website is www.phillyorchards.org. Please also check out POP photographer Albert Yee’s slideshow of the USBG Orchard. PERMACULTURE GOES TO WASHINGTON For the next six months, Permaculture will have a prominent place in the nation’s capital, right under the noses of the [...]
A PERMACULTURE ALLIANCE WITH HISTORY
Posted in Permaculture Activist articles, tagged agriculture, Brooklyn, history, permaculture on January 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Article appeared in the Permaculture Activist no. 58 (Winter ’05-’06). The Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum’s website is www.wyckoffassociation.org. In the densely packed urban environment of NYC, land is at a premium. It can be difficult to acquire the space to create an effective Permaculture demonstration site. Thus it becomes essential to develop relations with other established [...]
BIOSCULPTURE
Posted in Permaculture Activist articles on January 15, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Article appeared in the Permaculture Activist No. 51 (Winter 03’-04’). Jackie’s website is www.jackiebrookner.net. On a cold, rainy day last winter, I visited Jackie Brookner’s studio in SoHo. Jackie is a sculptor and professor at Parsons School of Design who has pioneered some unusual sculptural forms that employ plants as part of their surface textures. [...]
