A great big shower finally washed off all the dirt which had been accumulating on the leaves for months. The temperature dropped from above 40 to a tolerable low 30s. As is my habit, at the first sign of rain and with the first drops I put on my signature…

As we go through the day to day struggle of the intense summer heat, the threat of a wildfire is never too far away from our minds. …

Three people on my LinkedIn list who were until last week employed as content writers are now sharing their embittered views about AI and how it has essentially made them redundant much faster than expected. Eloquent, polite and blagging AI software has replaced them. If you’ve give ChatGPT a spin…

As the dry days go on and on the so called spring is disappearing and we have had no rain. We barely had anything in winter to so the prognosis for summer is not looking good at all. As I write this the sky is cloudy and we’ve had a…

A young man who had gone missing was found dead in the hills in our local area. It turns out he was at a psychedelic event and thrown out when he began experiencing psychological distress and thus behavioral difficulties. So disorientated and lost he died alone and left behind a…

There is a general misconception that permaculture is all about gardening, growing salads and setting up herb spirals. It is not. Permaculture is an ethics based philosophy of life with practical applications to all domains including mental health and self-care. Permaculture is the centering of the three ethics, earth care…

I’m lonely read the message on the screen. The cursor blinking away I can see you in my minds eye as you look at your screen waiting for me to reply. I hesitate to answer running through the possible ways to respond and the next message after that. I don’t…

Despite the dire news in the latest IPCC report, Governments predominately continue to ignore the reports, continue to sign meaningless agreements to keep targets they have shown no intention of keeping in front of the press. Accountability is more or less non-existent as public elected politicians continue to uphold the…

It is often said that Permaculture is anarchic to a point of dysfunction ie the movement is made up of individuals and small groups that are not in fact able to sufficiently organise amongst themselves in order to mobilize big changes. If you’re finding yourself triggered with the above message…