Kenyon Bryngelson

I’d say Energy Healing. I think any organized religion or spiritual tradition has a ritual that will focus on physical healing. In my experience being in the Catholic Church growing up and having it around still, there are prayer groups you could access by calling a local church -or not local-(as is likely with different spiritual traditions whether it be prayers or intentions) that you can ask to pray for your physical healing, there is a ritual that is called Anointing of the Sick which you could set up with a priest to do in person.

I’ve read about Buddhist monks taking requests for healing intentions in the past. There is also Reiki/chakra energy healing. Varying by the individual, pagan’s or people who practice witchcraft might have a practice focused on physical healing through rituals or different things.

Hello!

I looked around and couldn't find any discussion over the creation of the American Climate Corps, so I want to do that myself. I'm not totally sure if this is the right forum for it, but it seems applicable as the conversation I am interested in is the idea of it for permaculture design brainstorming in a sense.

I was initially excited about the prospect of it, but recognize the ways politics and bureaucracy can taint things I want to see in the world. This is the nature of putting ideas out into the world though, they are accessible to anyone and will be used in whatever way someone wants too. What is ACC? This is a quote from their website:

The American Climate Corps (ACC) will empower a new, diverse generation to tackle two of the greatest challenges of our time: environmental injustice and climate change. We are creating a world in which individuals are equipped with the career training and hands-on skills to make change — change we can breathe, see, feel, and touch. And where together, we have the power to reimagine and reorient the course of our lives, our communities, our country, and our planet.

Since this isn't the cider press (and I think that just discussing the political side of this isn't really permaculture related in the first place) I think it would be more fun to talk about this as a means for world domination. ACC is in it's early phase of establishment and there is room for us to dream- not what it probably is or what it likely will be, but what we want it to be.

Application of permaculture is more than just a black and white answer to an issue. To me permaculture is a way of integrating civilization and nature- taking two things that seem separate, dissolving perceived barriers and utilizing boundaries to create abundance and new forms of environments. Permaculture is not a one answer to a problem, but paradigm shifting system that has the ability to be utilized at different scales; capturing both nuance and the big picture, for individual and global impacts. This is a unique opportunity in a time where it seems like more and more people are finding their own connections to their environment. There is a spiritual thirst to reconnect with nature and it seems like people are beginning to recognize the need to plan on larger time scales (as opposed to human lifetimes and political lifecycles).  I feel that there are soooo many things to say about why this can't/won't work, views on climate change, the politics, opinions on our government's role in our lives... all opinions on either side are valid. I am much more interested in the childlike perspective in all of us, and what they would want to do with a blank check to "be the king of the world" and do permaculture stuff with it at a grand scale. Let yourself believe that world peace is achievable, that we can solve world hunger and that we can save the planet- however that looks to you!


TL;DR: If you were a kid again and could dream big with permaculture to impact the world, what would you do with an -in theory- endless supply of labor and funding?

What issues in your town/watershed/state/country have you become aware of using your permaculture lens (not limited to climate)?

What applications of the permaculture lens would benefit your locale- what long-term projects you could dream up?


-Kenyon

Ela La Salle wrote:Well... don't hate me because I do use links to this blog. I don't benefit from posting it  in any way other than gaining an interesting and helpful information.  So... if you want to have an interesting read...here it goes.

https://www.gardenmyths.com/best-rooting-hormones/

Looks like you've put a lot of work into your blog, and you've written a few books too- can't hate that! I think permies helped me learn to find the value in anecdotal evidence, but I still hold the research and repeated evidence highly. I'll be bookmarking it! 👍

Okay, so books are invaluable… but I learned yesterday that my local library has a maker space! This is a program for Idaho libraries and maybe there’s something like this where you live. Our library has a 3D printer station, an audio recording room, coding classes for kids, cricut design space, glowforge laser cutting, sewing machines and of course the computer lab with printers. The only fee is for the cost of materials, but you have the option to use your own materials. The Glowforge requires a certification class, but that is also free.

I was really excited about the amount of function and creative outlet this can bring to the cities, especially for budgeting apartment dwellers like myself. I am not very active in crafts or building, so my understanding of the potential here might be exaggerated, but I’m thinking there is SOOOO MUCH potential here!

What resources in the Rockies similar to this are available in your state? Does anyone know of other programs that are similar? I don’t own many tools, but I’d love to be able to build myself bookshelves this winter.

Thanks


Idaho: https://libraries.idaho.gov/stem/make-it/

This post reached me at the perfect time. I was wanting to confront my dad about his perspective on my spiritual views lol. The morning before meeting up, he got delayed and I checked out this post from my daily-ish and watched most of the video. Super timely and it reached me in a place where I feel like I have a good foundation for this to be added on to! My conversation with my dad was one of connection and empathy. He is on his own path and he will get to a point of more acceptance when he is ready, and I can love him either way. He has reasons for his views that bring him a feeling of safety that has served him. I learned my desire to change him came from my own need to feel accepted by him, and there are other ways to get that need met without requiring him to change (and I can see that changing people isn’t effective anyway!).

Solid stuff, I love this community!

Hey, I’m in Idaho Falls and Ive been looking into native/local fibers recently just for a possible hobby. From my inexperienced perspective, flax processing seems like it might be time intensive. I’m a little curious about what you were looking at for growing out there as far as irrigation vs dry land farming, adapting to cold weather and snow and all that because it’s something that we deal with to a much lesser degree. And since it’s been about 2 years since your post, an update would be cool too!

Some studies by Dr. C. Wang who was in the Mark Rober video- https://njaes.rutgers.edu/bed-bug/research.php

And this is a really informative guide that I found back when we were dealing with bed bugs at my place- https://njaes.rutgers.edu/bed-bug/methods-to-control-bed-bugs.php

Ooo a topic I have experience in 😂😭

We got bed bugs in our apartment maybe two years ago, and it’s a special kind of psychological horror. Knowing that- learn what you do have control over; learning about the problem and act!

List of studies from Reutgers and Dr. C. Wang from the Mark Rober video: https://njaes.rutgers.edu/bed-bug/research.php

They feed at night, they feed where you sleep, and they live (and procreate) close to where you sleep. They are probably going to live in the seams of your mattress, on the bed frame and/or in the wall near your bed. Move your bed about a foot away from the wall (you don’t want anything touching your bed probably) to limit their way to access you in your bed. We bought bug interceptors/traps to put on the feet of our bed, which blocks their access.
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Anne Miller wrote:DE - Diatomacious Earth

https://permies.com/t/24190/Diatomacious-Earth-Bed-bugs-Cimex

https://permies.com/t/44658

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Heat and DE kills bed bugs.
Some are resistant to poisons, so heat and DE are the way to go IMO. If you can get a little duster, that makes applying it much easier. Tumble drying your clothes and sheets on high heat kills bedbugs, so does steaming. Be mindful that steam (moisture) is going to make your DE cake up and not be affective.

I’d recommend-
• Bag your sheets to quarantine them, wash them and then dry on HIGH heat.
• Move the bed away from the wall.
• Get a bed bug mattress cover and keep it on for a year.
• Vacuum around your bed and by the walls close to your bed (make sure to empty the vacuum outside and take that trash away).
• Dust diatomaceous earth around your bed (floor by the wall, floor under your bed and we dusted the underside of our mattress for fun)(reapply maybe every couple of days).
• Then put some interceptor/bedbug traps under the feet of the bed frame to keep them from getting more food!

Not 100% sure if I just post mine here. Seems good, but let me know if there's a better place! This is my first submission for a PEA BB.

I used a beer can and the contents of it to start this project, and have been working on it off and on for like a month. I used an exacto knife to chop it up, pliers for bending and plying and a ball point pen to emboss like a boss... (Man, cutting aluminum with an razor blade gives me such a weird feeling. Nails on a chalkboard sort of vibe). It was really fun to do the lettering. They're not the most beautiful tags, BUT THEY'RE MINE!

Here's some hipster beer getting cut into sheets:


Bending the edges over to make an octagonal rectangle:


While embossing the tags, I found that it was easier to make a good impression if there is something softish under the tag. I put an envelope under mine.
I found some wire while I was picking up trash in a sort of gully beside the apartment, and it was long enough to make 7 hangers for the tags.

Finished Product:

Profile and header stuff :p