Writings
Food and where it comes from is an ongoing theme in RetroSuburbia. This essay extends on the discussions in Chapter 29, Sustainable and sustaining diet, and the further information given in Appendix 4, Retrosuburban diet. It outlines David’s vision for a localised, resilient food system in an energy descent future and compares this with the current average Australian diet.
In ‘How Everything Can Collapse’, authors Servigne and Stevens strongly articulate the inevitability of some type of near-term collapse of what they call thermo-industrial civilization, while avoiding the hazards of apocalyptic millennialism.
Available for download is the Hepburn Bushfire Plan, a 52 page discussion paper focused on David’s home community of Daylesford and Hepburn where it is already influencing community and local government action.
Teamed with the experienced permaculture teacher and author Ian Lillington, David Holmgren put together an Energy Descent Action Planning document for his local shire of Hepburn. The final report was submitted to the council in October 2011.
Permaculture is revolution disguised as organic gardening.
There is no better way to learn how the household economy works than to take part in the whole day guided tour at Melliodora. Situated in the Victorian central highlands, Melliodora is one of the best examples of working cool-temperate climate permaculture in the country. At Melliodora you can see how permaculture can produce an […] ...
You are invited to spend two days with Artist as Family at their home, Tree Elbow, in Central Victoria, in beautiful Djaara Country. Share their harvest abundance, learn their alternative economic lifeways, experience their processes and observe the many relationships they’ve cultivated in order to turn their backs on industrial capitalism, while leaning ever further into what they call, ‘a flow of gifts economy.’ ...
VEG have just announced a July 2024 PDC with an exciting new format that will be an immersive, exciting, challenging experience, taking you to working permaculture properties — urban and rural. Their goal is to make it the most fun and valuable learning adventure you’ve ever had. ...
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