Table of Contents
Chapter One: Creating a Positive Legacy while Adapting to Rapid Change
- Regeneration: Enhancing Life Systems
- Resiliency: Becoming an Adaptive Animal
- Using This Book
- Permaculture
- Zones and Their Definitions
- Who Are “We?”
- WSRF Site Specifics
- Site History
- Site Future: What’s Possible?
- Fleeing
- Dwelling
- Energy Cycling
- Reinvestment
- The Green Distraction and the Political Black Hole
- Exodus from Consumer Society
- Becoming Useful in the Transition
- When Systems Fail: Emergencies and Resiliency
Chapter Two: The Design Process and Site Establishment
- Planning and Design: Observation before Action
- The Designer’s Set and Setting
- Site Establishment Leverage Points
- Ecosystem Management: Steering Succession
- Resiliency and Regeneration Principles
- Understanding Your Site and Finding the Synergies
- Goals Identification and Requirements of the Design
- Assessing the Site
- Land Analysis
- Design Criteria
- Imagination: Limiting Factor to Design
- Schematic Design: Sorting Through Multiple Development Options
- Adaptating Land to Rapid Change
- Diversity and Connectivity
- Working Plans and Implementation Documents
Chapter Three: Water and Earthworks
- Brittleness and the Quest for Resiliency
- Gravity-Feed Systems
- Locating Water
- Slowing and Infiltrating Water
- An Agriculture as Diverse as the Landscape
- Water Ridges with Valleys: Keyline Agriculture
- Ponds
Chapter Four: Fertility Harvesting and Cycling
- Compost, Urine, Humanure, and Biochar
- Fungi: Quiet Ally to the System
- Remineralization
- Cover Cropping and Winter Cover
- Tall-Grass Grazing
- Pasture Reclamation: Why Not to Let Your Field “Go”
- The Benefits of Mowing
- Scything: The Most Resilient Biomass Harvesting Method
- Ducks, Chickens, Dogs, and Sheep
- Grazing and Perennial Food Crop Integration
- Keyline Agriculture and Fertigation
- Leach Field Cropping: Making the Most of a Faulty System
Chapter Five: Food Crops
- Perennial Plants and Resiliency
- Staple Crops: Paddy Rice, Meat, Eggs, Fruits, and Nuts
- Annual Vegetables
- Growing Food as a Response to Toxicity
- Food Processing and Storage: Spreading Abundance across the Entire Year
Chapter Six: Adaptive Fuel and Shelter
- Using Wood for Your Main Heat Source
- Adaptive Shelter
- Mechanical Systems
- Water: Passive Supply for the Resilient Home
Chapter Seven: Resilience and Regeneration for the Long Haul
- Enhancing Vitality in a Time of Biospheric Toxicity
- Growing Health and Body-Mind Resistance, Not Just Calories
- Money: One Means to Get Work Done
- Staying
Appendix A: Assessing Resiliency Aptitude Quiz
Appendix B: Practical Curriculum Outline
Appendix C: Crucial Skill List for Emergencies
Appendix D: Tools and Materials
Appendix E: Homestead Vulnerability Checklist and Strategy Summary to Reduce Vulnerability in Acute Events
Appendix F: Vocabulary and Concepts
Appendix G: Resources
Index
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