permaculture

[Scott Pittman <pci@permaculture-inst.org>]

For those of you interested in pursuing Kinship gardening further I highly 
recommend Howard Shapiro's book "Gardening for the Future of the 
Earth".  There is a complete chapter on Kinship Gardening.  This book is 
really a paean to earth dauber visionaries of our time, it features Bill 
Mollison, John Jeavons, Masonobu Fukuoka, Alan York, and Alan 
Kapuler.  Copywrite 2000 Bantam Books.  It is a fun and enlightening read 
and springs from Howards work with diversity through Seeds of Change.
Scott

At 10:17 PM 4/2/03 -0500, you wrote:
> One interesting observation is that although Mushroom's kinship maps
> feature a vast array of species, the ones he is actually growing and is
> most excited about are domesticated varieties; same with Gabriel
> Howearth's, for the most part. So even in the rarefied realm of kinship
> gardens, there's a strong practical note.
>
> I think Alan Kapuler should be awarded a MacArthur fellowship. The fact
> that he has to scrape up a meager living seems nearly criminal; his
> work is on a par with Nobelists, and offers the world a lot more than
> does the latest subatomic particle. His Peace Seeds Journals are
> expensive, it's true, but they support his work, so I've bought them
> all, and I ain't rich. I doubt if he will develop a website--he's too
> busy farming and researching--but some kindhearted developer out there
> ought to think about putting his work on the internet so more people
> can have access to it.
>
> Toby