permaculture

[Nancy Frank <oppty@mac.com>]

Sheep would be a very easy addition to any rural setting.  They are  
relatively easy keepers, can have their light weight fences moved  
regularly to keep the grass and other vegetation down, fertilize the  
area, provide for warm comforters and woolly slippers, feed the  
family, can be milked for cheese making...those are off the top of my  
head.  I have five, and they are also friendly and just nice to have  
around.

Nancy Frank
Northern Wisconsin

On Sep 17, 2008, at 7:55 PM, Hannah Roessler wrote:

> Hey there all,
> I was wondering if anyone has some experience with sheeps and goats  
> in their permaculture designs.  I'm interesting in the different  
> and creative ways people are integrating these fuzzy beings into  
> their systems.  Any online or literary references are welcome also!
> Cheers,
> Hannah
>
> > Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:42:37 -0300
> > From: guilherme@permacultura.org.br
> > To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
> > CC: firmamentha@gmail.com; brock@oaec.org; ahmadalisharif@yahoo.com
> > Subject: Re: [permaculture] Building with Vertical Garden in São  
> > Paulo, Brazil
> >
> > Oh, how nice to see this here!
> >
> >     I'm the fellow behind this building hydraulic design
> >
> > (see the "Hydraulic Installations" field over
> > http://www.dezeen.com/2008/08/31/harmonia-57-by-triptyque/),
> >
> > whereas another friend, Australian permaculturist Peter Webb has
> > developed the green facades and landscaping, including the green  
> > roof.
> > Apart from all the poetic stuff written on the article, we were  
> > largely
> > motivated both by the occurance of severe stormwater floods right  
> > by the
> > main street, as well as the longer dry seasons in the huge city of  
> > São
> > Paulo. Its streets and avenues and impermeable pavement offer
> > sure-floods during the rainy season, and a harsh dry climate  
> > during dry
> > season, for its over 17 million inhabitants.
> >
> >     I used both drainage and rainwater for all non-potable uses in  
> > the
> > building, and saving roughly 2 m3/day of chemically-treated "potable"
> > water. It is quite common to see buildings discarding drainage  
> > water by
> > the sidewalk all along the year in SP, so we perceived this as a  
> > unused
> > resource and took advantage of its abundance, growing even more
> > abundance. Permaculture offers a whole set of design principles  
> > for both
> > urban and rural dwellers, and we act in the hope that it inspires  
> > ppl to
> > build using integrated ecological designs, even more in big cities,
> > where the need for such is imperative. Anyway, the whole water  
> > system is
> > now working fine, being treated with no chlorine (main desinfection
> > agent used all along Brazil), and plants are growing and  
> > alleviating the
> > suffocating dryness of São Paulo (SP), reducing the need for
> > energy-dependent air conditioning systems.
> >
> >     By the way, does anyone know what is the US or other countries
> > regulations as to the use of water drained in shallow water  
> > tables? I'd
> > also luv to exchange info on the removal or conversion of Fe3+  
> > (present
> > in the drainage water) with an appropriate "living machine" or
> > equivalent ecological system.
> >
> > All luv,
> >
> >
> > --
> > Gui Castagna - Design Ecológico
> > fone/fax: +55 (12) 3832-1476
> > celular:  +55 (12) 9702-9203
> > Ubatuba/SP
> > Brasil
> >
> > Web: www.livrariatapioca.net +
> >      www.permear.org.br
> > Skype: guilherme.castagna
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:17:29 -0400
> > From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@intrex.net>
> > Subject: [permaculture] Building with vertical garden - Boing Boing
> > To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Message-ID: <48C79EB9.2040106@intrex.net>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed
> >
> >
> > <http://www.boingboing.net/2008/09/09/building-with-vertic.html>
> > Boing Boing - A directory of wonderful things
> > Building with vertical garden
> > Posted by Cory Doctorow, September 9, 2008 9:35 PM | permalink
> > Love this Brazilian building with plants (not ivy! not climbers!)  
> > covering its walls:
> >
> >
> >      The project in Harmonia Street is located in a neighborhood  
> > in the west side of S?o Paulo, where artistic life and
> > creativity penetrates easily, where galleries and walls are mixed  
> > up, functioning as a stage for new expression forms.
> >
> >      The alley in front of the building is an example ? its  
> > graffiti present a concept of experimentation that flows out
> > from the street into the construction.
> >
> >      Like a living body, the building breathes, sweats and  
> > modifies itself, transcending its inertia. The walls are
> > thick and covered externally by a vegetal layer that works like  
> > the skin of the structure. This dense wall is made of an
> > organic concrete that has pores, where several plant species grow,  
> > giving the facades a unique look.
> >
> >      In this great machine, where the rain and soil waters are  
> > drained, treated and reused, a complex ecosystem is
> > formed within the local. This ecosystem is a multifunctional  
> > universe made of several interconnected machines. It?s a
> > zone of multiplicity, where meanings and actions float between the  
> > unsaid, resulting in dynamic entities.
> >
> > Harmonia 57 by Triptyque (via Cribcandy)
> > http://www.dezeen.com/2008/08/31/harmonia-57-by-triptyque/#more-17249
> >
> >
> >
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