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Permablitz: Eating the Suburbs One Garden At a Time

Permablitz Defined

Permablitz (noun): An informal gathering involving a day on which a group of at least two people come together to achieve the following:

  • create or add to edible gardens where someone lives
  • share skills related to permaculture and sustainable living
  • build community networks
  • have fun

Permablitzes are free events, open to the public, where you learn a lot, share food, get some exercise and have a wonderful time.

http://www.permablitz.net/

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Animals Community Food Get PermaCultured Products Resources Sydney Local Videos

Ever wanted to try chooks? Now you can rent one to see what it’s like.

Rentachook – Pet Chickens Made Easy

If you return it, you rented it. If you keep it, you bought it.

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Community Organizations Resources Sydney Local Videos

Have you heard of Transition Towns? Well, here is a video from Transition Sydney!

Waratah CLT Association is forming in Sydney, Australia, to develop a workable community land trust model to underpin a range of permanently affordable housing options, commercial activities and community enterprises in Australia. Community land trusts are innovative community-based organisations holding title to land and/or buildings to provide affordable housing and community development. Currently, CLTs exist mainly in the USA, where they have housed low-moderate income households and supported many different community and commercial spaces.

http://transitionsydney.org.au/

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Community Organizations

Village Homes of Davis, California. My number ONE holiday destination.

Village Homes is a seventy-acre subdivision located in the west part of Davis, California. It was designed to encourage both the development of a sense of community and the conservation of energy and natural resources. The principal designer was Mike Corbett. Construction on the neighborhood began in the fall of 1975, and construction continued from south to north through the 1980s, involving many different architects and contractors. The completed development includes 225 homes and 20 apartment units.

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Dairy: 6 Reasons You Should Avoid It at all Costs

Mark Hyman, MD

Got milk? Plenty of people think its perfectly healthy to drink, and advertisements would have you eating dairy all the time. But it may not be as healthy as you think. In this weeks UltraWellness blog Dr. Mark Hyman gives six reasons you should avoid milk and explains why it may be at the very root of your health problems.