With lots of snow followed by warmer weather, there’s lots of water flowing everywhere. Here on the mountain, that water rushes with gravity downslope towards the river, but on its way it picks up a little something extra. Walking around…
Winter Evolution of the Greenhouse
On December 1, 2018, the greenhouse began its winter session. We had maybe up to 10 people involved from the Lehigh community seeding. Much of this seeding was done on a whim, without much consideration of transplanting to the main…
Permaculture as Situation Planning
“The most important thing we can do right now, regardless of what the future holds, is to build community, solidarity, and a culture of radical mutual love.” The future is uncertain. We do not know for sure what it will…
Logs, Labor, and Hope for the Future
Yesterday I was going on a walk through the woods when I cam across a fallen tulip poplar tree. The first thing I noticed about this tree was that was full of turkey tail mushrooms. Upon closer inspection, I realized…
Fusion, Solar, and Energy Storage
I had an interesting conversation with an old friend the other day while hiking through the woods we played in as kids. We both come from formal backgrounds in science and engineering, and we are both cognizant of things like…
Philosophy of the SSPP Part 3: Human/Nature Dualism, Contradictions, and the Thermodynamics of Civilization
Welcome back to the Philosophy of the Southside Permaculture park post series. Part 1: Introduction to Permaculture and the SSPP Part 2: Social Fragmentation, Power Dynamics, and Cooperation vs Competition Part 3: Human/Nature Dualism, Contradictions, and the Thermodynamics of Civilization…
Rivers and Streams: Influence of the Lenni-Lenape and other Farmers
We come here through the rivers and streams of history and tradition. The ancestors speak through us and we will not let them down. The earth depends on it.
Philosophy of the SSPP Part 1: Introduction
Welcome to the Southside Permaculture Park’s official website. In this 4-part post series, we will dive deeper into the many of the topics that we have touched on earlier as we explore the philosophy of the SSPP. This series is…
Getting to the Roots of “Nature”
*For more on this topic, see our post “Human/Nature Dualism, Contradictions, and the Energetics of Society“.* Ah yes, Nature. Eternal and pure, Nature (with a capital N) takes an almost Platonic form of elegance and perfection. Nature encompasses the birds and…
Cities and Energy Gradients
Human civilization may seem so extraordinarily complicated that it can never be understood in all its minute details and complexities. And indeed it is, but some simple principles of physics allow us to make general claims about society as a…