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Postcard from Detroit

The following was posted to the Urban Permaculture Yahoo Group. It exemplifies what i call rhizomatous development, happening all over the place but not readily visible to the casual observer. It is what will save us. When the climax forest which is the current industrial model fails and falls, the underground will spring up in the clearing, converting its detritus, to take its place and establish a new biome.



Ah,.. Detroit. where do I start?

Tillon's video referenced by Carey… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on June 21, 2009 at 9:59pm — No Comments

Urban Farming, a Bit Closer to the Sun

COVER CAP Maya Donelson tends the rooftop garden of Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco.



By MARIAN BURROS

Published New York Times: June 16, 2009



THIS summer, Tony Tomelden hopes to be making bloody marys at the Pug in Washington, D.C., with tomatoes and chilies grown above the bar, thanks to the city’s incentives for green roofs.



Mr. Tomelden, the Pug’s principal owner, says he’s planting a garden to take… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on June 17, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Urban foraging

I don't know how much fruit and other edibles grow around the National Capital Area but can we get a local group going to collect and share urban bounty?



IT’S FREE Asiya Wadud, fruit foraging in Oakland, Calif.



By KIM SEVERSON

Published: New York Times, June 9, 2009



OAKLAND, Calif.



THE loquats were ripe and just begging to be picked.



But there was a problem. Although the tree was planted… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on June 10, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

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