Mushrooms

These are the four types of mushrooms they collected in the Canadian forest.

Common Chanterelle

King Boletus

Corel mushroom

Cauliflower fungus

J.Krishnamurti

"If you have to create a new world, a new civilization, a new art, everything new, not contaminated by tradition, by fear, by ambitions, if you have to create something anonymous which is yours and mine, a new society, together, in which there is not you and me but an "ourness," must there not be a mind which is completely anonymous, therefore alone? This implies, does it not, that there must be a revolt against conformity, a revolt against respectability, because the respectable man is the mediocre man because he wants something, he is dependent on influence for his happiness, on what his neighbor thinks, on what his guru thinks, on what the Bhagavad-Gita or the Upanishads or the Bible or the Christ says. His mind is never alone. He never walks alone, but he always walks with a companion, the companion of his ideas.

Is it not important to find out, to see, the whole significance of interference, of influence, the establishment of the 'me', which is the contradiction of the anonymous? Seeing the whole of that, does not the question inevitably arise: Is it possible immediately to bring about that state of mind which is not influenced, which cannot be influenced by its own experience or by the experience of others, a mind which is incorruptible, which is alone? Then only is there a possibility of bringing about a different world, a different culture, a different society in which happiness is possible. "

From Krishnamurti's Talks in India 1953 (Verbatim Report) Poona & Bombay

+info

Masanobu Fukoaka

Masanobu Fukoaka brought the 'do nothing' (wu wei) principle of taoism to the agriculture.

His philosophy has a lot in common with permaculture. Although he didn't consider himself part of this movement, he did persue very simmilar objectives: taking care of the Earth and the human beings. Healing the soil to avoid innecesary work to the farmers that in many cases is also agressive with the environment.

His ideas are explained in the book "The one straw revolution".

+download



Here you can also find an interview to Masanobu Fukoaka.

+interview

Flour mill

I believe there is a large majority of Westerners that have forgotten that the flour comes from the cereal grains that must be grinded. Here you can find some drawing of the classical handmade flour mills.

This one is more modern, but for those who would like to be prepared for an eventual blackout, I think it is the perfect gift. 

+info

Nendo Dango

Mater Fukoaka developed a method to reforest arid lands. It is based in protecting the seeds with clay balls of about one inch, that spread in a natural way along the land, will allow the seed to germinate with the first rains. It is the nendo dango.

In a world where the climate change is turning into desert large extensions, this could be a way to create new forest.

From this method, fundation + trees has writen a manual to help reforest arid areas of Spain that are becoming deserts.

+descarga (Spanish)

Bill Mollison

The Australian  researcher, author, scientist, teacher and naturalist Bill Mollison is considered to be 'the father of permaculture'. He wrote down the main principles of permaculture in several books:  "Permaculture One", "Permaculture Two", "Introduction to permaculture", "Permaculture, a designer's manual".

You can learn more about his ideas in this video

+descarga (Spanish)

Bioterrorism Act

In some critical situations, some Governments, have typified the protocols under which water consumption is forbidden.  Canada and the USA have emergency plans over drinking water in case of a disaster. USA, under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 has a detailed plan for any water system supplying drinking water to a population larger than 3300 people.

+ info

Permaculture

Permacultura is a way to understand life. A way to design human habitats that are sustainable, surrounded by nature, where the agricole explotation runs after the nature patterns. There is not an extesive explotation but a production integrated with the environment.

+info
+info

Homeschooling

There are some countries where teaching your kids from your own house, without daily attendance to a school is legal. There are some others were it is not.

In those countries where it is legal, parents can decide which values will they teach their kids, which information is important for them, which will help them in the future. Teaching the kids from you house is usually called homeschooling. It is a practice proven to develop the creativity and initiative of the kids, agains the traditional systems that are designed to obtain blind obedience and mechanique knowledge.

+info

Earthship

An earthship is a type of passive solar house made of natural and recycled materials. The homes are primarily constructed to work autonomously and are generally made of earth-filled tires, using thermal massconstruction to naturally regulate indoor temperature. They also usually have their own special natural ventilation system. Earthships are generally Off-the-grid homes, minimizing their reliance on public utilities and fossil fuels.

+info

Interview to Richard Heinberg

An interview to Richard Heinberg about the world situation, the return to food selfgrowing, selfsufficient houses,  decreasing our fosil fuel dependency...

A farm for the future

A documentary about the future of farms. Places to live far from the fosil fuel dependency.

A farm for the future from Horatiux on Vimeo.