What is Biomimicry?

Biomimicry is the design and production of materials, structures, and systems that are modeled on biological entities and processes. This short YouTube series features the work of Wilson Alvarez at the Horn Farm Center in York County Pennsylvania. Chapter 1: Missing Pieces In the first chapter of a short series on the biomimicry work being…

Imagine an Avacado

I nibble bits from the avocado. I imagine the journey, the expense, the pain, strife or even death that went into bringing this treasure to my lips. I lick my lips and with eyes still closed I take a deep breath. “ ¿Cuánto cuesta esto?” I ask the merchant. But the truth is, I’d pay any price.

Regenuary

I’m not actually going to rename the month for you… January is cool and I respect it’s name! Of course January is a time when a lot of people see an opportunity for new beginnings! Here is a shortlist of things we can do in the new year to regenerate our world and our communities. …

Creating Experiences – The Wild Rose Sangria

I had the pleasure of serving on a fundraising event committee recently for the Susquehanna Waldorf School.  My wife teaches there and three of my children attend. One of the tasks I volunteered for was to help acquire beverages for this family, alumni, and supporters event and I was tasked specifically with providing a “house…

Moving the Food

Food is something that is so simple, such an everyday thing that we frankly don’t think very deeply about it.  But it is also such an integral part of our lives that it deserves gratitude and thoughtfulness. Lets think about distribution.

Beginnings all the time

I don’t remember the first time I heard the term permaculture.  But as with most things I hear about, I dove in head first.  My foggiest recollection brings Joel Salatin to mind.  I probably saw him in one of the emergent food documentaries that can be viewed from online streaming services.  Maybe a public screening of…