On Determinism and Self-Determination
Can we in good faith advocate localization and regional development as our economic realities are increasingly dictated by global financial interests? This power vacuum is being felt from communities, to cities, to states, to nations as decision making is increasingly…
In the shadows of booming cities, a tension between sunlight and prosperity – The Washington Post
“And in some ways, shadows even turn light into another medium of inequality — a resource that can be bought by the wealthy, eclipsed from the poor.” Source: In the shadows of booming cities, a tension between sunlight and…
‘Planners to Planters: Enabling Urban Agriculture in Honolulu’ paper released for download
Planners to Planters Any questions, insights, or calculated arguments are welcome!
On Urban Agriculture and Food Demand in Honolulu
Based upon a comment on the recent CityLab article, I ran some numbers speculating the potential for urban agriculture to meet food demand in Honolulu. Here is the result: According to a recent study (Loke & Leung, 2013) Hawaii consumes 660kg of…
jan15 playlist now public on #SoundCloud
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My Permaculture in Hawaii talk at 2013’s Int’l PermaCon in Cuba has now been added to the annals of internet. Enjoy!
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Registration open for our next Oahu Permaculture Design Course
We at the Asia-Pacific Center for Regenerative Design have posted the dates and registation for out next Permaculture Design Certificate course. Permaculture is a design framework for sustainable human settlement and the course will cover the gamut from agro-ecological food…
Urban Agriculture in Hawaii interview
A recent interview about my research and other bits related to UA in HI.
Incentivizing the informal waste management sector in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
A recent article in The Guardian: “Haiti could solve its drastic plastic problem and help its most vulnerable” highlights some of the waste management issues and opportunities in Haiti that were exacerbated by the earthquake on January 12th, 2010. The quake impacted,…