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'Ben is a Permaculture Design Consultant with a passion for social activism that focuses on local community development and Democratic Governance. Diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, he is also an advocate for Autism awareness. His diagnoses has never stopped him and he has managed to be a part of many exciting social projects as well as natural living homesteads for over 30yrs.'

Sharing wisdom that builds a stronger tomorrow.

Homesteading is a way of life.
     Regardless if you're one of the many cultures that has practiced homesteading for many generations or a little homestead in the urban setting of Pasadena, we all share a similar history, we have learned to use what little land we have to make a life for our families and neighbors.
     Fortunately we live in a special time in social history. The Internet and a strong desire to share knowledge across all borders has ignited a scientific reform in modern living. The search for a permanent culture supported by permanent agriculture is not a new science nor is it something that was invented by any one person. Permanent Agriculture has existed through out time. In China, Korea and Japan as written by Franklin King, In Machu Picchu's design and in the advanced cultures of natives like the Hopi, recently wrote about in the works of Joseph Russell Smith as he understood Tree Crops, Howard Odum, John Seymour, E.F. Schumacher, Sep Holzer, Bill Mollison, David Holmgren, P. A. Yeomans, Charles Dowding, Esther Deans and Ruth Stout, Masanobu Fukuoka and Mel Bartholomew all of whom (and many more) have contributed to our understanding of nature and how to work within it effectively. Today, however, we can share information that shows both successful experiments on sustainability, failures, and ideas that really increase the potential of systems to grow in just moments, thanks to the World Wide Web.
     It's not about forsaking civilization and going back to the primitive or paving over paradise to build a Utopia, Nature is what inspired Science and it is now in this Age of Science that we should not forsake our memory of that Nature.
 
     We look to sharing open source information and connecting to great outlets of ideas as well as accommodating an open conversation about sustainable innovations and responsible exploration with everyone.

     From the innovative homesteads and awesome web-sources like Instructables to the new Eco-Communities and NPO's, NGO's really pushing the envelope of sustainable sciences; We will explore what works and even what doesn't.

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John Seymour

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