http://permaculture.org.au/2009/03/21/taking-the-tragedy-out-of-wildfires-with-permaculture-design/ Permaculture News, Commentary and Worldwide Projects. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:48:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://permaculture.org.au/2009/03/21/taking-the-tragedy-out-of-wildfires-with-permaculture-design/#comment-38494 Chloe Wolsey Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:49:12 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=1216#comment-38494 I found this podcast by Geoff utterly fascinating:is there a way to make it into a Youtube video? To design living, wet tree barriers to fire seems the most sensible, sane, enlightened option available, in a water-decreasing, warming climate. Using collected & diverted run-off/gray-water/biofitered black-water to grow a tree belt has so many other incredible benefits too: a positive change in micro-climate, food-production, health & recreation, fuel, building material,wildlife area, biodiversity, carbon-sink... Why, why, why would every town NOT do it???? Why, why, why is the government not acting decisively to do this & also to be recreating wetlands using Peter-Andrews methods? Both ways of reversing long-term damage caused by us & rehydrating exhausted land at miniscule costs/efforts - back into rich, viable, fire-resistant & diverse places. Places that will allow us the best chances of survival. Thank you Geoff, for the observations made from all the devastatingly sad & frightening news footage of the fire-devastated areas - that the only oasis of green where the non-native trees in the scorched landscapes. And for the myriad proofs of rehydrating & regreening desertified land for permanent,biologically diverse & safe culture. I found this podcast by Geoff utterly fascinating:is there a way to make it into a Youtube video? To design living, wet tree barriers to fire seems the most sensible, sane, enlightened option available, in a water-decreasing, warming climate. Using collected & diverted run-off/gray-water/biofitered black-water to grow a tree belt has so many other incredible benefits too: a positive change in micro-climate, food-production, health & recreation, fuel, building material,wildlife area, biodiversity, carbon-sink… Why, why, why would every town NOT do it???? Why, why, why is the government not acting decisively to do this & also to be recreating wetlands using Peter-Andrews methods? Both ways of reversing long-term damage caused by us & rehydrating exhausted land at miniscule costs/efforts – back into rich, viable, fire-resistant & diverse places. Places that will allow us the best chances of survival.
Thank you Geoff, for the observations made from all the devastatingly sad & frightening news footage of the fire-devastated areas – that the only oasis of green where the non-native trees in the scorched landscapes. And for the myriad proofs of rehydrating & regreening desertified land for permanent,biologically diverse & safe culture.

]]> http://permaculture.org.au/2009/03/21/taking-the-tragedy-out-of-wildfires-with-permaculture-design/#comment-38480 Cate Ferguson Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:09:17 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=1216#comment-38480 Thanks Craig As a person living in one of the bushfire affected areas (thankfully unscathed) I'm very interested in how to better plan and manage for bushfire, short of the "create a desert around your house" mentality currently being fed to communities as the only way. I look forward to listening again and taking notes this time. Thanks Craig
As a person living in one of the bushfire affected areas (thankfully unscathed) I’m very interested in how to better plan and manage for bushfire, short of the “create a desert around your house” mentality currently being fed to communities as the only way. I look forward to listening again and taking notes this time.

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