Transition Towns

An environmental and social movement that tries to equip communities for the challenges of peak oil and climate change. A movement to try to reduce our dependence on oil, to help us achieve a self-sufficent life, to become resilients. It was born in Kinsale, Irlanda and spread to England, where Totnes became in 2005-2006 the first demo transition town.

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Three-legged camels

A perfect way to avoid breakouts. A three-legged camel can't walk.



They are not as dab hands as in the video, but are using the same method.

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".

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Here you can also find an interview to Masanobu Fukoaka.

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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.

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Camel caravans

This documentary of 52 minutes gives a quite good idea about the dynamics of a camel caravan in the desert. The link will lead you to a 4:30 minutes German video.

It is a longer version of the three-legged video.

Nubian musician playing the rababah

The rababah is a Bedouin instrument, greatly spread along the east of Africa and the Middle East.

If you want to listen to its sound you can play this concert of Nile musicians.

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.