Through the support of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust I was lucky enough to spend four weeks at the end of 2011 in Cuba researching Urban Agriculture. I spent two weeks outside Havana where I was hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, then spent time in Cienfuegos hosted by the Department of Urban Planning. To [...]
Category: Permaculture
Field Club
Field Club Inspiring project aiming to create and interrogate an exemplary 'Unit': a system of low-impact self-provision predicated on the hypothetical equal division of available UK land between the current UK population.
The Eight Forms of Capital
Social Capital Currency = Connections. Complexing to... influence, relationships. Material Capital Currency = Materials, "natural resources". Complexing to... tools, buildings, infrastructure. Financial Capital Currency = Money. Complexing to... financial instruments & securities. Living Capital Currency = Carbon, Nitrogen, Water. Complexing to... soil, living organisms, land, ecosystem services. Intellectual Capital Currency = Ideas, Knowledge. Complexing to... [...]
