The Last Farm

By becoming a true steward of the land, your decision to pick up a new hobby—hunting whitetail deer—can lead to the regeneration of an endangered ecosystem. That can make a real difference.

A rocket mass heater combines a rocket stove with a large quantity of thermal mass. A rocket stove is a J-shaped combustion chamber in which small diameter wood is burned at very high temperatures and achieves near complete combustion.

Living machines are essentially intensive, indoor artificial wetlands. Technical names for living machines include “advanced ecologically engineered systems” and “fixed-film ecology wastewater treatment systems.” What they entail is mimicking natural processes of biological decomposition in a constructed aquatic environment.

For permaculture to meet its potential, I believe these things must change. This list isn’t meant to be comprehensive. It’s just five things that I tend to notice often.

So, what would an eco-socialist education agenda look like? Broadly, it would claw back education from the capitalists and expand the public realm while aligning education with ecology.

We don’t need high-tech innovation to create a sustainable future for humanity. In fact, all the tech we need to regenerate our ecosystem and provide a good life for all already exists.