permaculture

[Steve Hoog <livingpotentials@yahoo.com>]

A full report with pros and cons would be goo---go for it---steve h

John Fritz <johnfritz77@yahoo.com> wrote:  My first exposure to the concept 
of Permaculture was about 1981, when I read the Mother Earth News interview 
of Bill Mollison. One of the lasting points I took from the interview was the 
work of Jean Pain in France. Mollison told of Pain's ability to provide all 
of his heating needs with onsite resources: space heating, hot water, and 
cooking. This was accomplished by the use of composted forest waste. Today, 
this is an established method in France. See this link:
www.jean-pain.com/mpii450.html , and
www.jean-pain.com/mpii600.html for the specialized wood chipper used in this 
process. 

What I find incredible in this situation is that this method has not gained 
widespread use outside of France, especially with the ever nearer time of 
depletion of our natural gas supplies. Obiviously translation presents 
somewhat of a problem but should not be insurmountable. (I've heard that the 
concept of "American Fries" has been abandoned by the bloviaters in 
Washington, and that it is once again acceptable to order French Fries : ) )

What I am proposing to the members of this list is a concerted effort, a 
petition if you will, to the Mother Earth News to do a cover story about the 
success of this method in France and how it could be adapted to use in the 
rest of the world. 

I will be drafting such a petition, and if there is enough interest from the 
members of this list I will post it with a link to the Mother Earth News. 

Any takers?

John Fritz, NW Arkansas.



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