Posted on March 25, 2021
by John Jeavons
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I wanted to keep you in the loop about Ecology Action’s upcoming workshop, and hope you will share this message with friends, family, and like-minded gardeners who could benefit from learning the GB method: We are excited to announce our annual Fall 3-Day GB… Continue Reading “Join me for a 3-Saturdays Workshop!”
Category: Biointensive, Ecology Action, events, Get Involved!, GROW THE EARTH, My favorite things, sustainability, sustainable practices, workshopsTags: Ecology Action, Events, featured, GROW BIOINTENSIVE, John Jeavons, Workshop
Posted on September 24, 2020
by John Jeavons
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For years, scientists and practitioners of sustainable agriculture have been aware that our food chain is vulnerable. Soil depletion, resource scarcity, population growth, and the many and varied impacts of global climate disruption can and do impact our ability to grow and source food.… Continue Reading “Miraculous Abundance: 1/4 Acre, Two French Farmers, and Enough Food to Feed the World”
Category: books, farming, farming/gardening, GROW THE EARTH, inspiration, interesting practices, practical guides, sustainability, sustainable practicesTags: Biointensive, book, Ecology Action, eliot coleman, france, french farm, Herve-Gruyer, microfarm, miraculous abundance, permaculture, Perrine and Charles Herve-Gruyer, small farming, sustainable agriculture
Posted on February 17, 2019
by John Jeavons
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423: John Jeavons on Biologically Intensive Gardening & Farming (Part 1) More recent podcast interviews with John: Online: John Jeavons is featured on TUC Radio John Jeavons was featured as a part of a TUC Radio mini series on Soil, a response… Continue Reading “Urban Farms Podcast! And Gardenerd! And TUC Radio!”
Category: Biointensive, events, farming/gardening, food security, GROW THE EARTH, My favorite things, my writing, philosophy, podcast, presentations, sustainability, sustainable practicesTags: 2019, Biointensive, Ecology Action, Gardenerd, John Jeavons, podcast, sustainability, TUC Radio, Urban Farms Radio
Posted on December 22, 2018
by John Jeavons
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This month (December 2018) a commentary piece, Put More Carbon in Soils to Meet Paris Climate Pledges, was published in the journal Nature. It was written by scientists specializing in climate change and agriculture who serve on the science and technical committee of the organization… Continue Reading “Soil is the Solution”
Category: Biointensive, Ecology Action, events, farming/gardening, GROW THE EARTH, My favorite things, my writing, soil, sustainability, sustainable practicesTags: 4 per 1000, Carbon, carbon sequestration, climate change, compost, Ecology Action, GROW BIOINTENSIVE, John Jeavons, Nature, soil, soil fertility, sustainability
Posted on December 12, 2018
by John Jeavons
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PROFESSIONAL ORGANIC BIOINTENSIVE FARMERS NEEDEDÂ Do you want to give up your commute, grow organic food, live and work in a rural community in harmony with nature, and help solve our climate, hunger, and sustainability issues with a group of like-minded people? Well, Ecology… Continue Reading “Help Wanted at Ecology Action!”
Category: Biointensive, Ecology Action, Get Involved!, GROW THE EARTH, Job Opportunities, My favorite thingsTags: Biointensvie, Ecology Action, Employment Opportunity, Farmer, Job, The Jeavons Center, Victory Gardens for Peace
Posted on October 7, 2018
by John Jeavons
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With winter approaching, people in rural areas of the developed world are thinking about heating and cooking. And firewood. And stoves. Around the globe, in the developing world, it isn’t a seasonal thought – it’s a daily thought. “More than half of the world’s… Continue Reading “Cookstoves and Coppicing”
Category: cook stoves, cookstoves, coppicing, coppicing/pollarding, Ecology Action, GROW THE EARTH, interesting practices, practical guides, publications, sustainability, sustainable practices, unusual techniques, videosTags: Aprovecho, cookstoves, coppice, coppicing, Ecology Action, efficient, firewood, lorena, PCIA, rocket stove, sustainability, test results
Posted on June 25, 2018
by John Jeavons
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Nora Waln was an unusual and adventurous woman. A Philadelphia Quaker and best-selling writer and journalist in the 1930s–60s, she was the first to report on the spread of Nazism in the lead up to WWII, and wrote on Mongolia, communism in China, and… Continue Reading “30 Generations of Farming”
Category: books, China, ethnobotany, farming/gardening, GROW THE EARTH, history, history of agriculture, planning, sustainabilityTags: Biointensive, China, Ecology Action, fertility, history, John Jeavons, Living Libraries, Nora Waln, soil, sustainability, The House of Exile
Posted on June 22, 2018
by John Jeavons
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In this beautiful film produced by the talented Amy Melious, I have the honor of introducing four remarkable individuals making a difference in the world through their involvement in the Biointensive farming movement. Meet Mary Zellachild from California, Samuel and Perris Nderitu from Kenya,… Continue Reading “Grow Hope”
Category: Biointensive, Ecology Action, Get Involved!, GROW THE EARTH, videosTags: Amy Melious, Biointensive, Ecology Action, ECOPOL, farming, featured, G-BIACK, GROW BIOINTENSIVE, Juan Manuel Martinez Valdez, Mary Zellachild, Peris Nderitu, Samuel Nderitu, sustainable
Posted on June 16, 2018
by John Jeavons
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Aren’t trees magnificent? They make oxygen, shade, food, building materials, fuel, habitat, and soil. They’re beautiful. They last for years – some for generations! They consume greenhouse gases and help keep our planet cool enough for us to live here. They draw nutrients from deep underground and deposit them on the surface when they drop their leaves. When they die, they form nurseries for new trees. They are a precious natural resource. Earth is currently home to ~3 trillion trees. Which seems like a lot…right? But the truth is, we could do with more. A lot more.
Category: about trees, agroforestry, books, Ecology Action, Get Involved!, GROW THE EARTH, philosophy, plants, publications, sustainability, treesTags: agroforestry, arbor day, Ecology Action, forestry, International Tree Foundation, John Jeavons, Men of the Trees, richard st. barbe baker, sustainability, tree planting, tree planting activities, Trees, trees for a change, World of Hope
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