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VergePermaculture
Living in the permaculture moment. Rob and Michelle Avis retooled their engineering careers to help clients and students design integrated systems for shelter, energy, water, waste and food, all while supporting local economy and regenerating the land. They are now leading the next wave of permaculture education, teaching career-changing professionals to become eco-entrepreneurs with successful regenerative businesses. Learn more and connect with Rob & Michelle at https://vergepermaculture.ca/
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  • What You Can You Do About Climate Change? 10 Part Series
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How to Keep the Crunch in Your Carrot

VergePermaculture.ca https://vergepermaculture.ca/ There's nothing worse than a limp carrot, especially when you're expecting it to be firm, crunchy, and sweet in your salad! Michelle put permaculture carrots she grew in her cold storage in September, and six months later in March they still taste and feel great! Is there a secret? Well yes and no. It's only a secret if you don't know about it, and at Verge Permaculture, Michelle and her crew share everything about growing and storing nutrient dense food, so click the link and take a look at all the other inside info we have in our permaculture vault! Happy Crunching! P.S. Go back and LISTEN to that CRUNCH ... that's the real deal kids --- EDUCATION --- Permaculture Design Course Spring & Fall https://vergepermaculture.ca/permac... Verge Permaculture Academy https://vergepermaculture.ca/verge-... Passive Solar Greenhouse Design Course: https://vergepermaculture.ca/passiv... Permaculture Design Certification: https://vergepermaculture.ca/pdc/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Contour Map Generator: https://contourmapgenerator.com/ --- BOOKS --- Essential Rainwater Harvesting: A Guide to Home-Scale System Design: https://newsociety.ca/books/e/essen... Building your Permaculture Property: A 5-Step Process to Design & Develop Land: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... --- CONNECT WITH US --- Meet the Verge Team: https://vergepermaculture.ca/meet-o... Website: https://vergepermaculture.ca/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Ideas on the Verge Podcast: https://vergepermaculture.ca/iov/ Building your Permaculture Property Podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/buildin... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vergeperma... FREE RESOURCES: As a special gift when you subscribe to our newsletter is that we’ll send you the link to download our drop-dead-gorgeous Blog Book: 50 breathtaking magazine-style pages of our most popular blog posts and articles over the past five years, from permaculture ABCs to property-buying, home design, eco-investing, and community retrofitting. Sign-up: http://bit.ly/2Dqjg5G Why should you reserve a place in your inbox for Verge’s newsletters? One reason: because we challenge the headlines and cultural paradigms with a whole different kind of alternative fact: Permaculture-inspired businesses can succeed – and restore the planet. And we’ll show you how to do it.
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Heat Your Shop For Free - Solar Air Heated Shop In Central Alberta

#solarenergy #solar #shorts I recently visited a shop in Alberta with a low-tech solar heater on the south side of the building. The heater puts out close to 150k BTU/hr which keeps the shop heated 90% of the year without any additional fuel input. On this day this heater was putting out 75C while the outside was less than 5C. --- EDUCATION --- Permaculture Design Course Spring & Fall https://vergepermaculture.ca/permac... Verge Permaculture Academy https://vergepermaculture.ca/verge-... Passive Solar Greenhouse Design Course: https://vergepermaculture.ca/passiv... Permaculture Design Certification: https://vergepermaculture.ca/pdc/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Contour Map Generator: https://contourmapgenerator.com/ --- BOOKS --- Essential Rainwater Harvesting: A Guide to Home-Scale System Design: https://newsociety.ca/books/e/essen... Building your Permaculture Property: A 5-Step Process to Design & Develop Land: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... --- CONNECT WITH US --- Meet the Verge Team: https://vergepermaculture.ca/meet-o... Website: https://vergepermaculture.ca/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Ideas on the Verge Podcast: https://vergepermaculture.ca/iov/ Building your Permaculture Property Podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/buildin... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vergeperma... FREE RESOURCES: As a special gift when you subscribe to our newsletter is that we’ll send you the link to download our drop-dead-gorgeous Blog Book: 50 breathtaking magazine-style pages of our most popular blog posts and articles over the past five years, from permaculture ABCs to property-buying, home design, eco-investing, and community retrofitting. Sign-up: http://bit.ly/2Dqjg5G Why should you reserve a place in your inbox for Verge’s newsletters? One reason: because we challenge the headlines and cultural paradigms with a whole different kind of alternative fact: Permaculture-inspired businesses can succeed – and restore the planet. And we’ll show you how to do it.
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[LIVE WEBINAR] Introduction to Garden Design Strategies for Year-Round Abundance

In this webinar master gardener and veteran permaculture homesteader Carmen Lamoureux goes beyond pickling, canning and dehydrating to reveal the strategies for designing your garden to provide balanced meals through the winter. In this webinar you'll: - Get Practical tools and strategic solutions that you can put to use today - Learn the top 5 storage crops for permaculture gardens and the best ways to process them - Learn how to leverage the space you have to create a supply of delicious, nutritious food to last you through the winter - Access bonus resources including quick-reference charts and proven design tips - Plus, get a recording of the webinar afterward If you love what you're learning check-out our masterclass starting April 5, 2023. https://vergepermaculture.ca/garden...
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How Permaculture Can Help You Manage Ticks and Stress - Rob's Top 5

VergePermaculture.ca https://vergepermaculture.ca/ ... Rob's Top 5 of the Week is packed with great info from start to finish! This week Rob shares philosophical insight from the Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Rob also takes a look at how his kids participate in the Canine 4-H Club. His Top 5 topics this week cover; 1/ Tick Magnets - Rob explores domestic and wild birds that eat insects, including TICKS. Having birds on your property can substantially reduce insect numbers. LearningBirdWatching.com 2/ Endocrine Disrupters - Male testosterone is dropping between 1-6% per year, which has massive implications for having babies. It's a good reason to grow your own food. YouTube.com/watch?v=uLxFazLK2Mg 3/ Ecology Based Strategies - Studying the State of the Earth ... a free course about ecology that will help you set up your property. YouTube.com/watch?v=iDK7_uvMDwo 4/ How Lobsters Grow - Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski compares lobsters growing out of their shells, to how people grow and develop, and how it relates to managing stress more effectively. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcU... 5/ Rights of Passage - Looking back at the lessons of life that you would share with younger people around you. If you have advice to share, Rob would love to hear your comments. --- EDUCATION --- Permaculture Design Course- Starts May 6th, 2023 https://vergepermaculture.ca/permac... Verge Permaculture Academy https://vergepermaculture.ca/verge-... Passive Solar Greenhouse Design Course: https://vergepermaculture.ca/passiv... Permaculture Design Certification: https://vergepermaculture.ca/pdc/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Contour Map Generator: https://contourmapgenerator.com/ --- BOOKS --- Essential Rainwater Harvesting: A Guide to Home-Scale System Design: https://newsociety.ca/books/e/essen... Building your Permaculture Property: A 5-Step Process to Design & Develop Land: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... --- CONNECT WITH US --- Meet the Verge Team: https://vergepermaculture.ca/meet-o... Website: https://vergepermaculture.ca/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Ideas on the Verge Podcast: https://vergepermaculture.ca/iov/ Building your Permaculture Property Podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/buildin... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vergeperma... FREE RESOURCES: As a special gift when you subscribe to our newsletter is that we’ll send you the link to download our drop-dead-gorgeous Blog Book: 50 breathtaking magazine-style pages of our most popular blog posts and articles over the past five years, from permaculture ABCs to property-buying, home design, eco-investing, and community retrofitting. Sign-up: http://bit.ly/2Dqjg5G Why should you reserve a place in your inbox for Verge’s newsletters? One reason: because we challenge the headlines and cultural paradigms with a whole different kind of alternative fact: Permaculture-inspired businesses can succeed – and restore the planet. And we’ll show you how to do it.
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Permaculture Can Help Solve the Debt Crisis by Rob Avis

Verge Permaculture https://vergepermaculture.ca/ ... Rob Avis addresses the challenges of the global debt crisis, and how permaculture, specifically the Verge Permaculture Design Course helps students understand the current monetary system, and what we can all do to help fix it! The reality is that we are all in this debt crisis together, and the only way to save ourselves is to pull together as a community. Rob illustrates why currency and money are important, and also how we organize ourselves as permaculture specialists. He shares tips about how to repair our monetary systems, and where the value lies. Rob talks about hedging by buying gold, c r y p t o, property, and also investing in your own skills. He asks tough questions like what happens in a complete financial meltdown when banking machines stop working, or if inflation skyrockets, and he offers real community-based solutions to combat these challenges. Rob is a CONNECTOR, and to him he feels like it his SUPERPOWER, and I agree. Connecting & Collaborating are the keys to first identifying, and then developing solutions. Every moment of this important video is jammed packed with real world information that anyone and everyone can incorporate into their lives in a way that helps heal our planet. The best part is that Rob asks all the viewers here how they would help solve the debt crisis and what they might already be doing to tip the balance back to society’s favour. Please comment and let us know! --- EDUCATION --- Permaculture Design Course- Starts May 6th, 2023 https://vergepermaculture.ca/permac... Verge Permaculture Academy https://vergepermaculture.ca/verge-... Passive Solar Greenhouse Design Course: https://vergepermaculture.ca/passiv... Permaculture Design Certification: https://vergepermaculture.ca/pdc/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Contour Map Generator: https://contourmapgenerator.com/ --- BOOKS --- Essential Rainwater Harvesting: A Guide to Home-Scale System Design: https://newsociety.ca/books/e/essen... Building your Permaculture Property: A 5-Step Process to Design & Develop Land: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... --- CONNECT WITH US --- Meet the Verge Team: https://vergepermaculture.ca/meet-o... Website: https://vergepermaculture.ca/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Ideas on the Verge Podcast: https://vergepermaculture.ca/iov/ Building your Permaculture Property Podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/buildin... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vergeperma... FREE RESOURCES: As a special gift when you subscribe to our newsletter is that we’ll send you the link to download our drop-dead-gorgeous Blog Book: 50 breathtaking magazine-style pages of our most popular blog posts and articles over the past five years, from permaculture ABCs to property-buying, home design, eco-investing, and community retrofitting. Sign-up: http://bit.ly/2Dqjg5G Why should you reserve a place in your inbox for Verge’s newsletters? One reason: because we challenge the headlines and cultural paradigms with a whole different kind of alternative fact: Permaculture-inspired businesses can succeed – and restore the planet. And we’ll show you how to do it.
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Permaculture and Your Health, Traditions, Community, and Education by Ben Falk

Permaculture Design https://vergepermaculture.ca/permac... Ben Falk takes a philosophical look at permaculture from the perspectives of health, traditions, community, and education regarding regenerative farming. He feels, like many experienced and educated people do, that improved health is one of the main benefits of the permaculture process and lifestyle. He feels that in general, and not for everyone in every part of the world, that in the future it will be harder to stay healthy than to stay fed. Ben addresses the challenges respective of old timers who have farmed the land for decades, and what will happen when they disappear, which is happening at an increasing rate. He also talks about transferring knowledge to kids by getting them out into the field to work alongside their parents and guardians so they can experience what it means first hand, to "make hay" or tend to animals. Ben deftly explores why and how permaculture helps heal the planet, and how we can have a positive impact on climate change by adopting regenerative farming practices. He also explains how permaculture can heal you too! --- EDUCATION --- Permaculture Design Course- Starts May 6th, 2023 https://vergepermaculture.ca/permac... Verge Permaculture Academy https://vergepermaculture.ca/verge-... Passive Solar Greenhouse Design Course: https://vergepermaculture.ca/passiv... Permaculture Design Certification: https://vergepermaculture.ca/pdc/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Contour Map Generator: https://contourmapgenerator.com/ --- BOOKS --- Essential Rainwater Harvesting: A Guide to Home-Scale System Design: https://newsociety.ca/books/e/essen... Building your Permaculture Property: A 5-Step Process to Design & Develop Land: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... --- CONNECT WITH US --- Meet the Verge Team: https://vergepermaculture.ca/meet-o... Website: https://vergepermaculture.ca/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Ideas on the Verge Podcast: https://vergepermaculture.ca/iov/ Building your Permaculture Property Podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/buildin... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vergeperma... FREE RESOURCES: As a special gift when you subscribe to our newsletter is that we’ll send you the link to download our drop-dead-gorgeous Blog Book: 50 breathtaking magazine-style pages of our most popular blog posts and articles over the past five years, from permaculture ABCs to property-buying, home design, eco-investing, and community retrofitting. Sign-up: http://bit.ly/2Dqjg5G Why should you reserve a place in your inbox for Verge’s newsletters? One reason: because we challenge the headlines and cultural paradigms with a whole different kind of alternative fact: Permaculture-inspired businesses can succeed – and restore the planet. And we’ll show you how to do it.
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How to Grow Jerusalem Artichokes in Your Permaculture Landscape by Rob Avis

Verge Permaculture Design Course Registration https://vergepermaculture.ca/permac... - Rob Avis shows us HOW TO GROW Jerusalem Artichokes, and shares a few secrets anyone can use. They are also sometimes referred to as Sunchokes, and are in the Sunflower family. They can grow up to fifteen metric tonnes of tubers per acre, which puts them in a class of their own. They can also produce another fifteen tonnes of stalk and plant matter above ground. Artichokes spread quickly, and some consider them weeds, but in a global food crisis, they are an excellent source when you need bulk fast and cheap. Some people don't like them because they can produce a lot of gas in your gut, and it's not pleasant. Thankfully, Rob also has a solution for anyone with a sensitive gastric tract . Enjoy the video, and the valuable information Rob shares about why these plants are so important in a permaculture landscape. --- EDUCATION --- Permaculture Design Course Starts May 6th, 2023 https://vergepermaculture.ca/permac... Verge Permaculture Academy https://vergepermaculture.ca/verge-... Passive Solar Greenhouse Design Course: https://vergepermaculture.ca/passiv... Permaculture Design Certification: https://vergepermaculture.ca/pdc/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Contour Map Generator: https://contourmapgenerator.com/ --- BOOKS --- Essential Rainwater Harvesting: A Guide to Home-Scale System Design: https://newsociety.ca/books/e/essen... Building your Permaculture Property: A 5-Step Process to Design & Develop Land: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... --- CONNECT WITH US --- Meet the Verge Team: https://vergepermaculture.ca/meet-o... Website: https://vergepermaculture.ca/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Ideas on the Verge Podcast: https://vergepermaculture.ca/iov/ Building your Permaculture Property Podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/buildin... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vergeperma... FREE RESOURCES: As a special gift when you subscribe to our newsletter is that we’ll send you the link to download our drop-dead-gorgeous Blog Book: 50 breathtaking magazine-style pages of our most popular blog posts and articles over the past five years, from permaculture ABCs to property-buying, home design, eco-investing, and community retrofitting. Sign-up: http://bit.ly/2Dqjg5G Why should you reserve a place in your inbox for Verge’s newsletters? One reason: because we challenge the headlines and cultural paradigms with a whole different kind of alternative fact: Permaculture-inspired businesses can succeed – and restore the planet. And we’ll show you how to do it.
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Supply Chains Running Out of Eggs by Rob Avis

https://vergepermaculture.ca/permac... Rob Avis takes a scathing look at food security and the egg supply chain, and how we are being negatively impacted at an increasing and alarming rate. Society’s egg challenge is similar to the issues of PEAK OIL, PEAK Phosphorous, PEAK Water and Peak Soil, a subject Rob and his partner Michelle have addressed many times. Rob’s contention is that this challenge is not going to go away on its own, and that we, the permaculture community, have to pick up the slack and develop regenerative systems that we can depend upon. To date, governments have not put forth any solutions to deal with these issues, which means it is in each of our domains as individuals and a community to buttress and/or replace the supply chains we depend up for food, energy, water, and shelter. Joel Salatin, on a podcast with Joe Rogan, theorizes that IF one in every three Americans fed their compost to their backyard chickens instead of sending it to landfill, there would be no commercial commodity-based egg industry. Rob addresses a number of unsettling issues about intensive chicken factory farming, and why permaculture is a better solution for everyone including humans, animals, and birds. Rob offers simple solutions to complex FOOD SECURITY challenges that impact everyone. --- EDUCATION --- Permaculture Design Course- Starts May 6th, 2023 https://vergepermaculture.ca/permac... Verge Permaculture Academy https://vergepermaculture.ca/verge-... Passive Solar Greenhouse Design Course: https://vergepermaculture.ca/passiv... Permaculture Design Certification: https://vergepermaculture.ca/pdc/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Contour Map Generator: https://contourmapgenerator.com/ --- BOOKS --- Essential Rainwater Harvesting: A Guide to Home-Scale System Design: https://newsociety.ca/books/e/essen... Building your Permaculture Property: A 5-Step Process to Design & Develop Land: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... --- CONNECT WITH US --- Meet the Verge Team: https://vergepermaculture.ca/meet-o... Website: https://vergepermaculture.ca/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Ideas on the Verge Podcast: https://vergepermaculture.ca/iov/ Building your Permaculture Property Podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/buildin... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vergeperma... FREE RESOURCES: As a special gift when you subscribe to our newsletter is that we’ll send you the link to download our drop-dead-gorgeous Blog Book: 50 breathtaking magazine-style pages of our most popular blog posts and articles over the past five years, from permaculture ABCs to property-buying, home design, eco-investing, and community retrofitting. Sign-up: http://bit.ly/2Dqjg5G Why should you reserve a place in your inbox for Verge’s newsletters? One reason: because we challenge the headlines and cultural paradigms with a whole different kind of alternative fact: Permaculture-inspired businesses can succeed – and restore the planet. And we’ll show you how to do it.
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How to Design Livestock Systems So You Won’t Have to Eat BUGS

Rob Avis takes us from the concept stage through to the design process for a permaculture corral that will cost-effectively manage a wide variety of farm animals on his homestead. This video is much more than just a CONCEPT. It’s the actual plan and philosophy that Rob and his team used to design a corral on his 160 acre property in Alberta to house pigs, chickens, ducks, goats, geese, cows, and maybe even sheep. The goal is to build diverse flocks and small herds of animals. Corral construction begins in the spring of 2023. Rob and Michelle’s property is made up of trees, wetlands, pasture, and varied terrain. Rob, an engineer, talks in considerable depth about the philosophy of a permaculture corral on his homestead, and the conflicting and often flawed messages we sometimes hear about food resources. Specifically, why some people believe that we all need to go 100% vegan or adopt an insect diet in order to feed the masses. Rob shares his interesting theory about why this BUG perspective is misplaced. He feels society has “overshot the caring capacity of earth given the current paradigm that we operate under–the industrial paradigm that uses massive amounts of fossil fuel.” Knowing that I won’t have to EAT BUGS to survive in 2030 …gets 2 THUMBS UP from me. To support his argument Rob addresses concepts like the Dyson Sphere, and events like Giga-Famines, et al. https://www.space.com/dyson-sphere.... Rob also talks about how ecosystems function, and how we can learn from them in order to design better systems that negate many of these false memes and issues. He refers to farm animals as transitory collectors of solar energy. He also believes we all need to eat a regenerative diet, and if you don’t know what that means, this is a perfect video for you. Rob is the kind of guy who believes in the permaculture philosophy and lifestyle so much that he makes personal choices every day in order to help move regenerative agriculture forward. When someone possesses his type of commitment, they'll go to the wall, and beyond. And beyond is exactly what the permaculture movement needs in order to affect change. Decades ago Cy Coben wrote, “Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.” The EN Principle - Everybody/Nobody, is pervasive in permaculture too. It’s time …to do, and to follow Rob’s lead. If you really want a different view, and to learn about Rob's very distinctive perspective, sit back, relax, and enjoy. He'll take you on a trip that will change your life. --- EDUCATION --- Permaculture Design Course- Starts May 6th, 2023 https://vergepermaculture.ca/permac... Verge Permaculture Academy https://vergepermaculture.ca/verge-... Passive Solar Greenhouse Design Course: https://vergepermaculture.ca/passiv... Permaculture Design Certification: https://vergepermaculture.ca/pdc/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Contour Map Generator: https://contourmapgenerator.com/ --- BOOKS --- Essential Rainwater Harvesting: A Guide to Home-Scale System Design: https://newsociety.ca/books/e/essen... Building your Permaculture Property: A 5-Step Process to Design & Develop Land: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... --- CONNECT WITH US --- Meet the Verge Team: https://vergepermaculture.ca/meet-o... Website: https://vergepermaculture.ca/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Ideas on the Verge Podcast: https://vergepermaculture.ca/iov/ Building your Permaculture Property Podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/buildin... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vergeperma... FREE RESOURCES: As a special gift when you subscribe to our newsletter is that we’ll send you the link to download our drop-dead-gorgeous Blog Book: 50 breathtaking magazine-style pages of our most popular blog posts and articles over the past five years, from permaculture ABCs to property-buying, home design, eco-investing, and community retrofitting. Sign-up: http://bit.ly/2Dqjg5G Why should you reserve a place in your inbox for Verge’s newsletters? One reason: because we challenge the headlines and cultural paradigms with a whole different kind of alternative fact: Permaculture-inspired businesses can succeed – and restore the planet. And we’ll show you how to do it.
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Pied Piper of Feathery Fowl in a Free Range Yard

When you're loved, you're loved If you are ever looking for a way to put a smile on your face; Having your free range chickens chase you through the field is a sure-fire way to get a happy on. Alain knows his birds, and they know him! Cock-a-Doodle-Do to you too! --- EDUCATION --- Permaculture Design Course- Starts May 6th, 2023 https://vergepermaculture.ca/permac... Verge Permaculture Academy https://vergepermaculture.ca/verge-... Passive Solar Greenhouse Design Course: https://vergepermaculture.ca/passiv... Permaculture Design Certification: https://vergepermaculture.ca/pdc/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Contour Map Generator: https://contourmapgenerator.com/ --- BOOKS --- Essential Rainwater Harvesting: A Guide to Home-Scale System Design: https://newsociety.ca/books/e/essen... Building your Permaculture Property: A 5-Step Process to Design & Develop Land: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... --- CONNECT WITH US --- Meet the Verge Team: https://vergepermaculture.ca/meet-o... Website: https://vergepermaculture.ca/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Ideas on the Verge Podcast: https://vergepermaculture.ca/iov/ Building your Permaculture Property Podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/buildin... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vergeperma... FREE RESOURCES: As a special gift when you subscribe to our newsletter is that we’ll send you the link to download our drop-dead-gorgeous Blog Book: 50 breathtaking magazine-style pages of our most popular blog posts and articles over the past five years, from permaculture ABCs to property-buying, home design, eco-investing, and community retrofitting. Sign-up: http://bit.ly/2Dqjg5G Why should you reserve a place in your inbox for Verge’s newsletters? One reason: because we challenge the headlines and cultural paradigms with a whole different kind of alternative fact: Permaculture-inspired businesses can succeed – and restore the planet. And we’ll show you how to do it.
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How To EAT LOCALLY and SEASONALLY by Carmen Lamoureux

Carmen's video ... What’s in Your Foodshed? is about eating locally and seasonally from your own garden. Carmen Lamoureux, owner of the Urban Farm School takes us on a wonderful journey and answers fundamental questions, like how to leverage our seasonal abundance. Carmen has great information for everyone, whether you live on a homestead, or have an urban garden, or you grow from containers on a balcony. She shares that the keys to successfully leveraging seasonal abundance and building resilience is about knowing what is available locally and seasonally, and knowing what you can grow yourself. Her advice is to grow your own and keep it simple. She also advises to purchase directly from a local producer, and to buy your food at a local farmer’s market. The key is to stock up on seasonal produce when its abundant. Carmen recommends that you create direct relationships with local producers, and to seek out food co-ops. She also shares evidence that eating seasonally contributes to a healthier, more diverse gut microbiome. In the spring and summer we eat mostly what grows above the ground, and in the fall and winter foods that grow below ground. Carmen's Urban Farm School https://www.urbanfarmschool.ca/ --- EDUCATION --- Permaculture Design Course- Starts May 6th, 2023 https://vergepermaculture.ca/permac... Verge Permaculture Academy https://vergepermaculture.ca/verge-... Passive Solar Greenhouse Design Course: https://vergepermaculture.ca/passiv... Permaculture Design Certification: https://vergepermaculture.ca/pdc/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Contour Map Generator: https://contourmapgenerator.com/ --- BOOKS --- Essential Rainwater Harvesting: A Guide to Home-Scale System Design: https://newsociety.ca/books/e/essen... Building your Permaculture Property: A 5-Step Process to Design & Develop Land: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... --- CONNECT WITH US --- Meet the Verge Team: https://vergepermaculture.ca/meet-o... Website: https://vergepermaculture.ca/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Ideas on the Verge Podcast: https://vergepermaculture.ca/iov/ Building your Permaculture Property Podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/buildin... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vergeperma... FREE RESOURCES: As a special gift when you subscribe to our newsletter is that we’ll send you the link to download our drop-dead-gorgeous Blog Book: 50 breathtaking magazine-style pages of our most popular blog posts and articles over the past five years, from permaculture ABCs to property-buying, home design, eco-investing, and community retrofitting. Sign-up: http://bit.ly/2Dqjg5G Why should you reserve a place in your inbox for Verge’s newsletters? One reason: because we challenge the headlines and cultural paradigms with a whole different kind of alternative fact: Permaculture-inspired businesses can succeed – and restore the planet. And we’ll show you how to do it.
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North Cook Stove Review by Rob Avis P.Eng

The North Wood Cookstove is designed for wood-fired cooking, and is not a certified residential wood heater. According to the manufacturer, all of the materials used to make the stove are 100% recyclable! The firebox is also lined with vermiculite bricks for better heat distribution–Rob will let you in on a little INSIDE about the lining of his stove. Rob and his family have used the stove for almost two years and have put a lot of wood through it. He takes a close look at all the stove’s features and shows us how it all functions, plus, Rob shares his opinion about the design and quality. His model has a secondary air feature that comes in through the back of the stove. When the fire is really blazing, additional air is sucked into the combustion chamber, which helps to re-burn all the gasses. Consequently, it's a very clean burning unit. Rob made a couple of modifications to improve the stove’s operation, so if you’re considering buying a similar unit, make sure you watch the video all the way through–LOTS OF GREAT TIPS AND ADVICE FROM A HOMESTEADING ENGINEER’S PERSPECTIVE! Is it a perfect stove? Watch the video and you tell us in the comment section. If you have a similar cookstove and have done a review, or just have observations, please share! Happy Baking Homesteaders! HOT POTATO COMING THROUGH! --- EDUCATION --- Permaculture Design Course- Starts May 6th, 2023 https://vergepermaculture.ca/permac... Verge Permaculture Academy https://vergepermaculture.ca/verge-... Passive Solar Greenhouse Design Course: https://vergepermaculture.ca/passiv... Permaculture Design Certification: https://vergepermaculture.ca/pdc/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Contour Map Generator: https://contourmapgenerator.com/ --- BOOKS --- Essential Rainwater Harvesting: A Guide to Home-Scale System Design: https://newsociety.ca/books/e/essen... Building your Permaculture Property: A 5-Step Process to Design & Develop Land: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... --- CONNECT WITH US --- Meet the Verge Team: https://vergepermaculture.ca/meet-o... Website: https://vergepermaculture.ca/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Ideas on the Verge Podcast: https://vergepermaculture.ca/iov/ Building your Permaculture Property Podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/buildin... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vergeperma... FREE RESOURCES: As a special gift when you subscribe to our newsletter is that we’ll send you the link to download our drop-dead-gorgeous Blog Book: 50 breathtaking magazine-style pages of our most popular blog posts and articles over the past five years, from permaculture ABCs to property-buying, home design, eco-investing, and community retrofitting. Sign-up: http://bit.ly/2Dqjg5G Why should you reserve a place in your inbox for Verge’s newsletters? One reason: because we challenge the headlines and cultural paradigms with a whole different kind of alternative fact: Permaculture-inspired businesses can succeed – and restore the planet. And we’ll show you how to do it.
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Rob's Top 5 of the Week - Talking Turkey

Rob is Talking Turkey this week. Rob's Top 5 of the Week is partially about his recent return to writing on a daily basis, but it's also, about the crossover between energy and food. Rob shares that the GDP globally is 99% correlated to energy production, and that every calorie of food consumed uses 12-30 calories of hydrocarbons, from production to user. It means that if we have an energy disruption, we're going to have a food disruption. Nate Hagens addresses similar insights with Jason Bradford in a recent podcast. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podca... Rob also quotes Margaret Atwood who wrote, "Monocultures of any kind are vulnerable, because a change of any kind, and you're cooked." Rob shared a bit of wisdom from the highly respected and late, great permaculture pioneer, Bill Mollison too, "The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production." You'll also learn about GIGAFAMINES, and what happens when a billion people die from starvation. Take a look at the video and let us know what you think! --- EDUCATION --- Permaculture Design Course- Starts May 6th, 2023 https://vergepermaculture.ca/permac... Verge Permaculture Academy https://vergepermaculture.ca/verge-... Passive Solar Greenhouse Design Course: https://vergepermaculture.ca/passiv... Permaculture Design Certification: https://vergepermaculture.ca/pdc/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Contour Map Generator: https://contourmapgenerator.com/ --- BOOKS --- Essential Rainwater Harvesting: A Guide to Home-Scale System Design: https://newsociety.ca/books/e/essen... Building your Permaculture Property: A 5-Step Process to Design & Develop Land: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... --- CONNECT WITH US --- Meet the Verge Team: https://vergepermaculture.ca/meet-o... Website: https://vergepermaculture.ca/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Ideas on the Verge Podcast: https://vergepermaculture.ca/iov/ Building your Permaculture Property Podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/buildin... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vergeperma... FREE RESOURCES: As a special gift when you subscribe to our newsletter is that we’ll send you the link to download our drop-dead-gorgeous Blog Book: 50 breathtaking magazine-style pages of our most popular blog posts and articles over the past five years, from permaculture ABCs to property-buying, home design, eco-investing, and community retrofitting. Sign-up: http://bit.ly/2Dqjg5G Why should you reserve a place in your inbox for Verge’s newsletters? One reason: because we challenge the headlines and cultural paradigms with a whole different kind of alternative fact: Permaculture-inspired businesses can succeed – and restore the planet. And we’ll show you how to do it.
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Michelle and Rob Clarify their Vision and Values

When starting to design your Permaculture property, clarifying and defining your visions and values is one of the most helpful and important steps! It brings forth clarity, focus and a deeper meaning to your process - check out how Rob and Michelle went about their visions and values process! If you’re interested in furthering your Permaculture journey, registration for our spring Permaculture design course is open! The course starts May 6, 2023. Click the link below to learn more: https://vergepermaculture.ca/permac... --- EDUCATION --- Passive Solar Greenhouse Design Course: https://vergepermaculture.ca/passiv... Essential Rainwater Harvesting Course: https://vergepermaculture.ca/rain/ Permaculture Design Certification: https://vergepermaculture.ca/pdc/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Contour Map Generator: https://contourmapgenerator.com/ --- BOOKS --- Essential Rainwater Harvesting: A Guide to Home-Scale System Design: https://newsociety.ca/books/e/essen... Building your Permaculture Property: A 5-Step Process to Design & Develop Land: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... --- CONNECT WITH US --- Meet the Verge Team: https://vergepermaculture.ca/meet-o... Website: https://vergepermaculture.ca/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Ideas on the Verge Podcast: https://vergepermaculture.ca/iov/ Building your Permaculture Property Podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/buildin... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vergeperma... FREE RESOURCES: As a special gift when you subscribe to our newsletter is that we’ll send you the link to download our drop-dead-gorgeous Blog Book: 50 breathtaking magazine-style pages of our most popular blog posts and articles over the past five years, from permaculture ABCs to property-buying, home design, eco-investing, and community retrofitting. Sign-up: http://bit.ly/2Dqjg5G Why should you reserve a place in your inbox for Verge’s newsletters? One reason: because we challenge the headlines and cultural paradigms with a whole different kind of alternative fact: Permaculture-inspired businesses can succeed – and restore the planet. And we’ll show you how to do it.
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Using a Composting Toilet in the Winter

--- Hey folks! Do you any of you have a composting toilet? Well, Jen has got one set up that is great even in the cold winter months in our Northern climate. This is a setup that was used in the winter of 2020/2021, but is no longer used. However, it's a great example of what you can do on your property! If you're interested in the topic, we teach more about composting toilets in our Permaculture Design Course, starting May 6th! Click the link to learn more & register! https://vergepermaculture.ca/permac... And conveniently, this toilet has some extra room on the side for your special friend.... GREAT for spending some extra quality time. Happy Valentines Day! 😉 --- EDUCATION --- Permaculture Design Course- Starts May 6th, 2023 https://vergepermaculture.ca/permac... Verge Permaculture Academy https://vergepermaculture.ca/verge-... Passive Solar Greenhouse Design Course: https://vergepermaculture.ca/passiv... Permaculture Design Certification: https://vergepermaculture.ca/pdc/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Contour Map Generator: https://contourmapgenerator.com/ --- BOOKS --- Essential Rainwater Harvesting: A Guide to Home-Scale System Design: https://newsociety.ca/books/e/essen... Building your Permaculture Property: A 5-Step Process to Design & Develop Land: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... --- CONNECT WITH US --- Meet the Verge Team: https://vergepermaculture.ca/meet-o... Website: https://vergepermaculture.ca/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Ideas on the Verge Podcast: https://vergepermaculture.ca/iov/ Building your Permaculture Property Podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/buildin... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vergeperma... FREE RESOURCES: As a special gift when you subscribe to our newsletter is that we’ll send you the link to download our drop-dead-gorgeous Blog Book: 50 breathtaking magazine-style pages of our most popular blog posts and articles over the past five years, from permaculture ABCs to property-buying, home design, eco-investing, and community retrofitting. Sign-up: http://bit.ly/2Dqjg5G Why should you reserve a place in your inbox for Verge’s newsletters? One reason: because we challenge the headlines and cultural paradigms with a whole different kind of alternative fact: Permaculture-inspired businesses can succeed – and restore the planet. And we’ll show you how to do it.
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Alain's Lemon Tree Wicking Bed

Alain shows us his enviable lemon tree + wicking bed set up, perfect for indoor growing in the winter months. These are meyer lemons, set up alongside some houseplants who also enjoy in the humid, misty and warm climate they produce for the lemon tree! Would you try this out?? --- EDUCATION --- Verge Permaculture Academy https://vergepermaculture.ca/verge-... Passive Solar Greenhouse Design Course: https://vergepermaculture.ca/passiv... Permaculture Design Certification: https://vergepermaculture.ca/pdc/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Contour Map Generator: https://contourmapgenerator.com/ --- BOOKS --- Essential Rainwater Harvesting: A Guide to Home-Scale System Design: https://newsociety.ca/books/e/essen... Building your Permaculture Property: A 5-Step Process to Design & Develop Land: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... --- CONNECT WITH US --- Meet the Verge Team: https://vergepermaculture.ca/meet-o... Website: https://vergepermaculture.ca/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Ideas on the Verge Podcast: https://vergepermaculture.ca/iov/ Building your Permaculture Property Podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/buildin... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vergeperma... FREE RESOURCES: As a special gift when you subscribe to our newsletter is that we’ll send you the link to download our drop-dead-gorgeous Blog Book: 50 breathtaking magazine-style pages of our most popular blog posts and articles over the past five years, from permaculture ABCs to property-buying, home design, eco-investing, and community retrofitting. Sign-up: http://bit.ly/2Dqjg5G Why should you reserve a place in your inbox for Verge’s newsletters? One reason: because we challenge the headlines and cultural paradigms with a whole different kind of alternative fact: Permaculture-inspired businesses can succeed – and restore the planet. And we’ll show you how to do it.
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Why We Love Beavers!

--- EDUCATION --- Rainwater Harvesting Masterclass - Starts January 25th, 2023 https://vergepermaculture.ca/rainwa... Verge Permaculture Academy https://vergepermaculture.ca/verge-... Passive Solar Greenhouse Design Course: https://vergepermaculture.ca/passiv... Permaculture Design Certification: https://vergepermaculture.ca/pdc/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Contour Map Generator: https://contourmapgenerator.com/ --- BOOKS --- Essential Rainwater Harvesting: A Guide to Home-Scale System Design: https://newsociety.ca/books/e/essen... Building your Permaculture Property: A 5-Step Process to Design & Develop Land: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... --- CONNECT WITH US --- Meet the Verge Team: https://vergepermaculture.ca/meet-o... Website: https://vergepermaculture.ca/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Ideas on the Verge Podcast: https://vergepermaculture.ca/iov/ Building your Permaculture Property Podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/buildin... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vergeperma... FREE RESOURCES: As a special gift when you subscribe to our newsletter is that we’ll send you the link to download our drop-dead-gorgeous Blog Book: 50 breathtaking magazine-style pages of our most popular blog posts and articles over the past five years, from permaculture ABCs to property-buying, home design, eco-investing, and community retrofitting. Sign-up: http://bit.ly/2Dqjg5G Why should you reserve a place in your inbox for Verge’s newsletters? One reason: because we challenge the headlines and cultural paradigms with a whole different kind of alternative fact: Permaculture-inspired businesses can succeed – and restore the planet. And we’ll show you how to do it.
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The Benefits of Using a Sickle Knife!

In this video, Rob talks about one of his favourite tools, the rice, or sickle knife! Take a listen as he uses it for the chop and drop method, and learn how the sickle knife can be a really helpful addition to your tool roster! --- EDUCATION --- Rainwater Harvesting Masterclass - Starts January 25th, 2023 https://vergepermaculture.ca/rainwa... Verge Permaculture Academy https://vergepermaculture.ca/verge-... Passive Solar Greenhouse Design Course: https://vergepermaculture.ca/passiv... Permaculture Design Certification: https://vergepermaculture.ca/pdc/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Contour Map Generator: https://contourmapgenerator.com/ --- BOOKS --- Essential Rainwater Harvesting: A Guide to Home-Scale System Design: https://newsociety.ca/books/e/essen... Building your Permaculture Property: A 5-Step Process to Design & Develop Land: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... --- CONNECT WITH US --- Meet the Verge Team: https://vergepermaculture.ca/meet-o... Website: https://vergepermaculture.ca/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Ideas on the Verge Podcast: https://vergepermaculture.ca/iov/ Building your Permaculture Property Podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/buildin... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vergeperma... FREE RESOURCES: As a special gift when you subscribe to our newsletter is that we’ll send you the link to download our drop-dead-gorgeous Blog Book: 50 breathtaking magazine-style pages of our most popular blog posts and articles over the past five years, from permaculture ABCs to property-buying, home design, eco-investing, and community retrofitting. Sign-up: http://bit.ly/2Dqjg5G Why should you reserve a place in your inbox for Verge’s newsletters? One reason: because we challenge the headlines and cultural paradigms with a whole different kind of alternative fact: Permaculture-inspired businesses can succeed – and restore the planet. And we’ll show you how to do it.
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Jen Nobel's Experience Wtih Intentional Community Living

What’s it like to live in an intentional community or ecovillage? Join Jen Nobel, our PDC Course Coordinator, as she describes her year of building community with two other families on a 170-acre land-based co-op. From producing food and harvesting water, to bartering, to the complex process of finding shared vision and values, and ultimately moving on, she recounts her experience of feeling deeply calm, supported and fulfilled while living and working together with friends. --- EDUCATION --- Rainwater Harvesting Masterclass - Starts January 25th, 2023 https://vergepermaculture.ca/rainwa... Verge Permaculture Academy https://vergepermaculture.ca/verge-... Passive Solar Greenhouse Design Course: https://vergepermaculture.ca/passiv... Permaculture Design Certification: https://vergepermaculture.ca/pdc/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Contour Map Generator: https://contourmapgenerator.com/ --- BOOKS --- Essential Rainwater Harvesting: A Guide to Home-Scale System Design: https://newsociety.ca/books/e/essen... Building your Permaculture Property: A 5-Step Process to Design & Develop Land: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... --- CONNECT WITH US --- Meet the Verge Team: https://vergepermaculture.ca/meet-o... Website: https://vergepermaculture.ca/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Ideas on the Verge Podcast: https://vergepermaculture.ca/iov/ Building your Permaculture Property Podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/buildin... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vergeperma... FREE RESOURCES: As a special gift when you subscribe to our newsletter is that we’ll send you the link to download our drop-dead-gorgeous Blog Book: 50 breathtaking magazine-style pages of our most popular blog posts and articles over the past five years, from permaculture ABCs to property-buying, home design, eco-investing, and community retrofitting. Sign-up: http://bit.ly/2Dqjg5G Why should you reserve a place in your inbox for Verge’s newsletters? One reason: because we challenge the headlines and cultural paradigms with a whole different kind of alternative fact: Permaculture-inspired businesses can succeed – and restore the planet. And we’ll show you how to do it.
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Early Adopter Ben Falk on Permaculture’s Beginnings and What Lies Ahead

Rob Avis interviews Ben Falk of Whole Systems Design on what it was like to watch permaculture evolve and grow from the ground up. Hear his insights on today’s trends and what is possible in the future! --- EDUCATION --- Rainwater Harvesting Masterclass - Starts January 25th, 2023 https://vergepermaculture.ca/rainwa... Verge Permaculture Academy https://vergepermaculture.ca/verge-... Passive Solar Greenhouse Design Course: https://vergepermaculture.ca/passiv... Permaculture Design Certification: https://vergepermaculture.ca/pdc/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Contour Map Generator: https://contourmapgenerator.com/ --- BOOKS --- Essential Rainwater Harvesting: A Guide to Home-Scale System Design: https://newsociety.ca/books/e/essen... Building your Permaculture Property: A 5-Step Process to Design & Develop Land: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... --- CONNECT WITH US --- Meet the Verge Team: https://vergepermaculture.ca/meet-o... Website: https://vergepermaculture.ca/ Build Your Permaculture Property: https://www.mypermacultureproperty.... Ideas on the Verge Podcast: https://vergepermaculture.ca/iov/ Building your Permaculture Property Podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/buildin... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vergeperma... FREE RESOURCES: As a special gift when you subscribe to our newsletter is that we’ll send you the link to download our drop-dead-gorgeous Blog Book: 50 breathtaking magazine-style pages of our most popular blog posts and articles over the past five years, from permaculture ABCs to property-buying, home design, eco-investing, and community retrofitting. Sign-up: http://bit.ly/2Dqjg5G Why should you reserve a place in your inbox for Verge’s newsletters? One reason: because we challenge the headlines and cultural paradigms with a whole different kind of alternative fact: Permaculture-inspired businesses can succeed – and restore the planet. And we’ll show you how to do it.
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