Permaculture

Where can I find a directory of vegan communities in Ecuador?

I'm currently eating a mostly raw vegan diet, and I'm trying to transition to more of a fruitarian diet. But living in Northern Europe, the fruit options here are very limited. I've learned about a few vegan communities in Ecuador that I'd like to visit, but information about them is sparse.

I'm going on a trip to South America soon to visit Ecuador. I've tried googling for "vegan ecuador," but most of the results are just about restaurants. I don't care much for capitalism, eating at a restaurant, or "eco-tourism" (veganism isn't a diet!). I am looking to learn about vegan projects in Ecuador, possibly joining a vegan intentional community there.

But first, to plan my trip, I'd like to get a list of all the vegan intentional communities in Ecuador.

Are there any lists of actual vegan communities in Ecuador?

Where can I find a list of fruit trees that grow in the Amazon?

I'm currently eating a mostly raw vegan diet, and I'm trying to transition to fruitarian diet. But I live in Northern Europe, and the fruit options here are very limited. Obviously I'd be better living some place topical, and I've been seeing some posts from some sustainable communities in South America.

Specifically, there seems to be many permaculture projects in the Amazon that are able to grow their own fruits in fruit-heavy forest gardens. I've learned about a lot of new exotic fruits from some of their videos, but what I really want is a comprehensive list of all the fruits that one can grow in the Amazon.

Does anyone know where I can find a list of fruits that grow in the Amazon (native and non-native)?

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I was pretty happy with the results of this. It ended up being far easier to separate the rooted cuttings, and using the various colors of the pots being utilized to differentiate the cultivars was a nice bonus.

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ABSTRACT

Biochar is not a structured homogeneous material; rather it possesses a range of chemical structures and a heterogeneous elemental composition. This variability is based on the conditions of pyrolysis and the biomass parent material, with biochar spanning the range of various forms of black carbon. Thereby, this variability induces a broad spectrum in the observed rates of reactivity and, correspondingly, the overall chemical and microbial stability. From evaluating the current biochar and black carbon degradation studies, there is the suggestion of an overall relationship in biochar stability as a function of the molar ratio of oxygen to carbon (O:C) in the resulting black carbon. In general, a molar ratio of O:C lower than 0.2 appears to provide, at minimum, a 1000-year biochar half-life. The O:C ratio is a function of production temperature, but also accounts for other impacts (e.g., parent material and post-production conditioning/oxidation) that are not captured solely with production temperature. Therefore, the O:C ratio could provide a more robust indicator of biochar stability than production parameters (e.g., pyrolysis temperature and biomass type) or volatile matter determinations.

This is a great in depth talk about patterns and pattern language taken from a Permaculture Design Course (PDC). Scott does a terrific job explaining how patterns interact with each other and how we as designers can use pattern languages to design more intelligently.

Hey there all. Wanted to start a book thread to help build out the utility of the Permaculture community here and make any transitions like the one we're making easier on other folks in advance of 6/30. Please share your book lists as well!

In this vlog American filmmaker Jonathan Ramsey meets Łukasz Nowacki, one of Poland's growing number of permaculture farmers. Located on the outskirts of the tiny village of Gapinin in Poland's Łódź region, Łukasz's farm - named The Valley of Mists - is in an area with very damaged soils and huge problems with drought, making it one of the most difficult places in Poland to do permaculture. Using compost and a variety of smart agroforestry methods since 2013, Łukasz is transforming this sandy, barren soil into an oasis of resilience and regeneration.

A podcast introducing permaculture in German. It contains an automatically created Transcript.

"This is a collection of random thoughts regarding the application of permacultural ideas to the computer world."