I went to a brilliant event last night at Arup in London. After a talk from Michael Pawlyn for the launch of the third edition of his book Biomimicry in Architecture, he joined a panel (Charlie Warwick, Jo da Silva, Andy Chalmers & Tom Lloyd) to discuss how to push beyond a ‘sustainable’ building industry […]| Smithery
Permaculture Womens Guild Circular economy is not just a big concept for governments and economists, but something real that we can immediately put into practice as individuals.| Permaculture Womens Guild
Biochar is a garden game-changer. Haley Nagasaki shares a simple five-step to make your own DIY biochar.| Garden Culture Magazine
Last Friday (12th Sept), Pins Brown and Sam Jarman led a Deep Time Walk for The STEPS Collective around Devil’s Dyke on the South Downs near Brighton. A Deep Time Walk is a 4.6km walk through 4.6bn years. Each one metre step, therefore, represents a million years. Thanks to the UK weather, it certainly felt […] The post Deep Time Walk with The STEPS Collective appeared first on Smithery.| Smithery
Recently, Brian Sanders over at @FoodLiesOrg provided a string of tweets debunking common plant based (vegan) half truths and misconceptions about cattle production. Here is Brian’s tweet str…| Regenetarianism
I received a really interesting email from Radko Kovachev at the Institute for Circular Economy in Bulgaria, asking about how to apply the Regenerative Design Field Kit which they had bought to a fascinating project they are working on. Rather than just email back, we agreed to put this up as blog post, so others […] The post Creating place-based regenerative explorations appeared first on Smithery.| Smithery
In a few weeks on Earth Day, April 22, both films “Kiss the Ground” and “Common Ground” are premiering on Prime Video. “Kiss the Ground” was previously on Netfli…| Regenetarianism
7 Ways to Travel With a Positive Impact in Muskoka or Anywhere Else.| Muskoka Watershed Council
Back in summer 2023, I wrote a post on an idea I’d had called Regenerative Triangulation. It was the first time I’d expressed it publicly, yet Lizzie Shupak asked me nearly immediately to do a talk on it as part of a London Climate Action Week thing she was hosting at the RSA. And from […] The post An introduction to Regenerative Triangulation appeared first on Smithery.| Smithery
For anyone reading this that doesn’t already know, albedo is the fraction of light that a surface reflects. It’s measured on a scale of 0 to 1. At 0 all light is absorbed. At 1 all ligh…| Regenetarianism
Recently, I shared a substack post by Alpha Lo from his Climate Water Project substack profile on my X feed. Here’s that substack post: Beavers brought rain to North America and Europe. In my tweet (yes, I still call them …| Regenetarianism
Oases are vital in deserts, sustaining life with water. Sand to Green uses solar-powered desalination to create an oasis in Morocco, promoting agriculture and ecological regeneration.| A greener life, a greener world
Choosing sustainable bread means looking beyond taste and personal health. We must consider its environmental and social impact too. Read on to discover 5 things to look for when buying and eating bread.| Good In Bread
A beginner-friendly guide to turning your annual garden into a food forest, with a list of over 100 edible perennial vegetables for a variety of climates.| ecodesignhive
A few years back, in regards to the topic of growing sugar beets in regenerative systems, I exchanged a few emails with my friend Dale Strickler. Dale is an agronomist, cover crop expert and author…| Regenetarianism
I was recently on a Zoom call conversation with a few other people to talk about methane. I did most of the talking during this conversation. That call was also recorded for one other person who wa…| Regenetarianism