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Thank you for your input, Sandman. I'll be irrigating the plantings initially, but hope eventually they may grow and bear fruit on natural rainfall only, possibly some might only bear during "good...

I agree our human problems would be less of an issue with fewer people, so no need to debate this matter! (Unless you just happen to feel like debating) :)

According to that article, some of the houses might have been moved seasonally:

"The cedar ropes that secured the planks to the uprights and beams allowed the people to deconstruct their homes and...

Yikes! I think we probably have plenty right now! :)

"Silence"? What with all the birds, frogs, livestock etc making a racket? :)

I used to be totally convinced of "human overpopulation" being the true root cause of our problems, and I certainly still believe there are too many people living the way we live now, but the more...

Thank you for sharing your experience, purple. :)

I already work at home (self-employed) but unfortunately I don't qualify for low-cost health insurance because of pre-existing conditions. I'm really interested in what other people are actually...

What do people living the Simpler Way these days do for health insurance? Or do none of them live in the US?

It's these little details that I would like to find out more about.

Thank you. :)

I think it might happen to some extent via the sharing economy, if older landowners who can no longer work the land share it with younger people who want land to farm but can't afford to buy it. Or...

Thank you, matto. I've noticed the trees tend to grow close together, 3-4 feet apart or even closer, in clumps, maybe 12- 15 feet between clumps. There's no understory because it is browsed out by...

Thank you for these ideas. :)

I'm planning a small food forest in my old vegetable garden, which is a site with full southern exposure and native woodland on the west, east, and north. I'm planning a series of swales with lots of...

So far I have not met any local permaculturists through the internets. I've met a handful of regional permaculturists in person through the internets. Other people who live where there are more...

I think information is easily transmitted in the online community, but actual working together, as Grahame points out, has to happen in "real life." Getting people together in person for mutual...

In my opinion permaculture is about actions, and can't be separated from the ethics which underlie this design philosophy. "Care of People" is about how we treat other people, I think, not...

Looking forward to this discussion! :)

Here are a couple essays I find interesting, pertaining to human community:

http://rewild.info/anthropik/2005/09/thesis-7-humans-are-best-adapted-to-band-life/index.html
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I'm conflicted. On one hand I want to be able to use the water that falls on my land; on the other hand, 3 ethics, particularly the 3rd ethic, tell me I'm obligated to limit my needs and return the...