Category: Community Projects
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6 Reasons to Take a PDC
“What can I do to help save the environment?” This is a question that many of us are asking these days, and unfortunately, it doesn’t have a simple answer. When we are constantly being bombarded with news about environmental devastation, it can be easy to feel small next to the enormity of today’s most pressing…
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Introducing Blacksheep
The rumors are true… We’ve started a new business. We’ve been keeping it a little hush-hush until we were ready to share it with everyone. And here it is! Some pretty amazing and inspiring things are on the horizon, folks. Blacksheep Regenerative Resource Management is the brainchild of a handful of the Verde Crew. Blacksheep…
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Chasing Tomorrow – Episode 05
After seeing the beautiful footage produced by Max and Jeremy of Chasing Tomorrow, two traveling filmmakers aiming to document the environmental issues of our age and the people bent on fixing them, we feel pretty inspired. We were so honored to be included among the ranks of so many inspiring activists. Especially the Waorani, who…
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A Permaculture Call to Action
Snatched awake at the Northwest Permaculture Convergence As we walked into the mess hall of this year’s Northwest Permaculture Convergence, I looked at my children and said, “Look around kids. These are the people that will save the world.” By the end of the convergence, that statement had taken on a whole new meaning. While…
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Talking Shit about Paul Wheaton… My PDC Experience
I didn’t even know what a PDC was when I signed up for a Permaculture Design Course at The Place Of Gathering in Dayton, Montana in the spring of 2012. I just knew I wanted to commit to learning more about permaculture because it seemed to encompass all the fields of study I found myself drawn to. I…
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Lance Thomas on His Eco-Conscious Kombucha Business in Cambodia
Congrats, Lance! “Eco-conscious American expat Lance Thomas is introducing fermented kombucha tea to Cambodia. Writer Joanna Mayhew finds out more about the Kombutea Brewing Company’s fruity concoctions, with photography by Rudi Towiro. What is kombucha tea? The best way to describe it is a sweet tea that’s being fermented with pro-bacteria and yeast. When you get tea and…
