permaculture

[Christopher Randolph <c.a.randolph@gmail.com>]

Hi again,

Thanks for all of your great ideas.  Animals would be excellent, but I think
maintenance would become overwhelming pretty quickly.  It was my impression
that the city was looking for something that would paint Portland as
sustainable and could be easily explained with a couple signs.  I realize
that is kinda boring, but it is hard to sell anything complicated to city
officials. Food systems would be great - but do you think all the pollution
would be a problem?  What about coppicing willow for weaving (maybe even
biofuel?)?  I also get the impression that this project will need to cost
around the same amount as the typical ivy/st.johnswort mass plantings cost,
which unfortunately rules out any earth moving plans.

Thanks again for all the help! It is much appreciated.

Chris