Landscaping is a multibillion dollar a year industry. It’s predicated upon fossil fuels, non-native ornamental plants, synthetic fertilizers, and heavy water use. For Georgia-based company Roots Down, they see this industry as ripe for change.

The way we build our homes is a mirror of our perceived relationship with nature. Our homes today are an embodiment of separation. The first step on a path of reconnection is to find nature and tune into the elements of sun, wind, and rain.

Despite being named one of the top ten landscape designers of all time, Mary Reynolds describes herself as an ex-gardener. That’s because after years spent designing award-winning gardens and landscapes across the globe, Mary was tired of fighting nature back to fit into the mold in which she originally designed.

Permaculture is a creative design process based on whole-systems thinking informed by ethics and design principles. This approach seeks to mimic the patterns and relationships we can find in nature and can be applied to all aspects of human habitation, from agriculture to ecological building, from appropriate technology to education and even metropolises.

As we all collectively search for solutions to address the large, complex problems we are facing in the 21st century, The Savory Institute is taking a bold lead with a land management framework that is helping to regenerate land, sequester carbon, reconnect the hydrological cycle, and springboard biodiversity across continents.

Living in Costa Rica close to the beach in a tropical paradise is a dream many people have, but seldom pursue. That's not the case for Justin Dolan, the visionary and developer behind St. Michael's Sustainable Community.

Will and Terry Kosloski had made a home on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. They had a garden, were active in the outdoors, and involved in the community. But they had a dream. A dream to get closer to the land—to connect, to listen, and to restore and regenerate.

Resilience has long been associated with making it — growing despite the odds. Why wouldn’t you want your home to provide more than just shelter? It can become an immensely productive and gratifying place to cultivate your edible landscape, work on improving your energy systems, and meet your neighbors in the process.

At the beginning of each year we take stock of our lives and set intentions to make improvements in areas we deem important. As someone that is big on goal setting, I believe strongly in the power of New Year’s Resolutions.

You’ve heard about the local food movement and are curious to about growing some of your own food. So why create an edible landscape? This post goes into a step by step process of how to approach creating the edible yard of your dreams!

Finding community in the heart of Sellwood: an interview with Neal Collins and Matt Bibeau on how City Repair got started.