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Posted on February 23, 2019February 26, 2019 By: southsidep

Water, Sediment, and Using Edges

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…

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Posted on February 10, 2019February 16, 2019 By: southsidep

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…

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Posted on January 29, 2019February 4, 2019 By: southsidep

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…

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Posted on December 24, 2018December 24, 2018 By: southsidep

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…

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Posted on November 30, 2018December 3, 2018 By: southsidep

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…

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Posted on October 8, 2018October 18, 2018 By: southsidep

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…

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Posted on October 6, 2018October 30, 2018 By: southsidep

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.

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Posted on September 24, 2018October 15, 2018 By: southsidep

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…

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Posted on August 15, 2018October 8, 2018 By: southsidep

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…

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Posted on August 1, 2018October 9, 2018 By: southsidep

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…

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