I am currently in Chennai, India, a city of over 11 million people, which ran out of water last summer.

It’s hard to imagine a dried up city with more people than New York being supplied by trains and trucks hauling in water to the highest bidders, but that was the situation here before the monsoon’s arriva

In this edition, I want to share what we can learn from India's permaculture revolution along with a selection of our most popular videos.

~ Andrew Millison

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INDIA'S PERMACULTURE REVOLUTION

Chennai is one snapshot of the crisis that many cities large and small face as populations increase, climate patterns change, and urban growth outstrips water supplies, depleting groundwater and denuding landscapes.

I am here in India because the solutions are also being enacted here on a grand scale. I traveled here to film some of the most impactful projects in the world, which are using permaculture and traditional techniques to restore water tables, forests, soils, and the health of communities.

You can read about my journey and the insights I've learned here.

THIS ISSUE FEATURES:

OUR VERY "BEST OF" COLLECTION

Permaculture Keyline Water Systems:
Featuring Don Tipping

Permaculture seed wizard Don Tipping takes us on a 10-minute animated tour of the epic Seven Seeds Farm in the Siskiyou Mountains of Southern Oregon, USA. The farm was designed using Permaculture Principles and Keyline patterning. We follow the water system from top to bottom, and then the amazing downstream effects are revealed. Watch now.

Permaculture Keyline Water Systems:
Featuring Tom Ward

Permaculture Elder Tom Ward takes us on a 10-minute animated tour of Wolf Gulch Farm in Southern Oregon, USA. Tom's narrated journey explores water supply and storage, soil building, wind and air drainage, cropping, and an enlightened perspective on the watershed and the future of farming in harmony with natural forces. Watch now.

High Desert Permaculture:
15 Years Later

Join us as we travel back to Arizona and revisit several Permaculture projects installed in the late 1990's to see how they are working and growing. We go from the arid forest in Prescott at 5300', down to the desert grasslands of Arcosanti at 3500', then down to the Sonoran Desert at 2600'. Watch now.

The Permaculture Principles

The Permaculture Principles guide our design decisions and formulate the structure of our Permaculture system. We are using David Holmgren's 12 principle version which is used to help guide every Permaculture design. Watch now.

EARTH REPAIR RADIO

Earth Repair Radio tells stories of land regeneration and the people who are striving to create a better life for all. Through the lens of Permaculture, we promote a future where humanity lives in harmony with Earth's natural systems.

EARTH REPAIR RADIO

Episode 001 - Rhamis Kent

In this episode titled "Permaculture's Solution to the Refugee Crises," we talk with Rhamis Kent, focussing on land degradation and its impacts on global security, refugees, and the solutions that can be found through Permaculture. Rhamis has worked in Somalia, Yemen, and throughout North Africa and Southern Europe. He is really tuned into the conditions and challenges of regions that are viewed as "unstable" by the Western world, and has a great deal of insights about how Permaculture can assist people, and solve the refugee crisis through large scale land restoration. Listen now.

EARTH REPAIR RADIO

Episode 025 - Brad Lancaster

In this episode titled "Catalyzing Community Water Harvesting," we weave several stories of rainwater harvesting from around the world.

This episode focuses more on the community aspect of water harvesting and addresses the question of how large scale water harvesting projects involving multiple stakeholders and communities actually happen? Listen now.

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