climate change – The Sustainable Smallholding http://sustainablesmallholding.org Permaculture, and Sustainable practices on a Lincolnshire Smallholding Sat, 11 Jul 2015 21:43:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.11 44677425 Book Recommendation- The Resilient Gardener, Carol Deppe http://sustainablesmallholding.org/book-recommendation-the-resilient-gardener-carol-deppe/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/book-recommendation-the-resilient-gardener-carol-deppe/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:02:11 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1144 Hi All I recently finished reading The Resilient Gardener, by Carol Deppe. Normally I would do a full review on a good book, but possibly the most telling thing that I can say about this book, is that there is so much outstanding content in this book, that it would take me hours to tell […]

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Tree Species Selection using Permaculture Principles http://sustainablesmallholding.org/tree-species-selection-using-permaculture-principles/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/tree-species-selection-using-permaculture-principles/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:00:00 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=622 Today I had the chance to plant some of my own trees, and I wanted to produce a short(ish) article about the trees that I planted, their range of uses, and what I intend to do with them in the future. I had also planned to give a rundown of my own tree planting system, […]

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Positive Images – Part Two http://sustainablesmallholding.org/positive-images-part-two/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/positive-images-part-two/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:56:13 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=495 As promised, here are a series of films that show what can be achieved when the will is there, and when people are given the rights to determine their own lives. This example is taken from China, and whilst it’s not strictly Permaculture, much of the thinking is the same. The use of terraces, re-planting […]

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Positive Images – Part One http://sustainablesmallholding.org/positive-images-part-one/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/positive-images-part-one/#respond Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:18:36 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=481 It would be easy to become disillusioned about our future, when there is so much bad news about, so I wanted to put together some links to positive video from around the world, and then sort of link them together. Most of them show what happens when you combine Permaculture, or Agroforestry, with people who […]

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And Now we Wait for Leadership http://sustainablesmallholding.org/and-now-we-wait-for-leadership/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/and-now-we-wait-for-leadership/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:35:12 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=446 On Saturday I attended The Wave, in London, which was a demonstration designed to remind politicians that we want them to come away from the Copenhagen Summit with a strong agreement to tackle Climate change. I’m really glad that I went, as I would have felt pretty hypocritical if I hadn’t made the effort. Sadly, […]

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