Comments on: Monty Don on Peak Oil and Gardening. http://transitionculture.org/2007/10/31/monty-don-on-peak-oil-and-gardening/ An Evolving Exploration into the Head, Heart and Hands of Energy Descent Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:02:45 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Monty Don aims to change the way we garden - and eat « Jardin Potager http://transitionculture.org/2007/10/31/monty-don-on-peak-oil-and-gardening/comment-page-1/#comment-59455 Monty Don aims to change the way we garden - and eat « Jardin Potager Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:00:31 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2007/10/31/monty-don-on-peak-oil-and-gardening/#comment-59455 <p>[...] November he wrote a great article for Gardener’s World magazine - you can find a copy over on Transition Culture - in it he talks about the invisible footprint we leave as gardeners, and stresses that we need to [...]</p> [...] November he wrote a great article for Gardener’s World magazine – you can find a copy over on Transition Culture - in it he talks about the invisible footprint we leave as gardeners, and stresses that we need to [...]

]]> By: Connor http://transitionculture.org/2007/10/31/monty-don-on-peak-oil-and-gardening/comment-page-1/#comment-52899 Connor Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:36:13 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2007/10/31/monty-don-on-peak-oil-and-gardening/#comment-52899 <p>The gardening stuff was great. However I could have done without the student politics bit about how wonderful Cuba is. It censors internet access, is a one party state which bans any other parties and has been criticised by varoious human rights organisations for it's treatment of dissadents ( which includes torture and extra judicial killings).</p> The gardening stuff was great. However I could have done without the student politics bit about how wonderful Cuba is. It censors internet access, is a one party state which bans any other parties and has been criticised by varoious human rights organisations for it’s treatment of dissadents ( which includes torture and extra judicial killings).

]]> By: » Monty Don on Peak Oil and Gardening. http://transitionculture.org/2007/10/31/monty-don-on-peak-oil-and-gardening/comment-page-1/#comment-52822 » Monty Don on Peak Oil and Gardening. Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:24:02 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2007/10/31/monty-don-on-peak-oil-and-gardening/#comment-52822 <p>[...] You can read the rest of this blog post by going to the original source, here [...]</p> [...] You can read the rest of this blog post by going to the original source, here [...]

]]> By: aj http://transitionculture.org/2007/10/31/monty-don-on-peak-oil-and-gardening/comment-page-1/#comment-52798 aj Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:38:08 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2007/10/31/monty-don-on-peak-oil-and-gardening/#comment-52798 <p>One point: a delivery van that serves an entire neighborhood can take dozens of individual cars off the road. (Make that van a rechargeable electric vehicle or a hybrid, and it makes more sense.)</p> <p>The other point is restoring sane, walkable communities where you could, in theory, walk to the public market and get your gardening stuff in 10 minutes or less. Instead, it's in a shopping centre surrounded by acres of parking.</p> <p>oh yes, check out the Cuba stuff -- Google "Special Period" -- the folks at the US-based Community Solutions group have excellent documentation and PowerPoints about Cuba's embrace of widespread permaculture and urban agriculture practices when they lost Soviet oil in 1989.</p> One point: a delivery van that serves an entire neighborhood can take dozens of individual cars off the road. (Make that van a rechargeable electric vehicle or a hybrid, and it makes more sense.)

The other point is restoring sane, walkable communities where you could, in theory, walk to the public market and get your gardening stuff in 10 minutes or less. Instead, it’s in a shopping centre surrounded by acres of parking.

oh yes, check out the Cuba stuff — Google “Special Period” — the folks at the US-based Community Solutions group have excellent documentation and PowerPoints about Cuba’s embrace of widespread permaculture and urban agriculture practices when they lost Soviet oil in 1989.

]]> By: Ippoippo » Another one joins the gang… http://transitionculture.org/2007/10/31/monty-don-on-peak-oil-and-gardening/comment-page-1/#comment-52769 Ippoippo » Another one joins the gang… Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:08:28 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2007/10/31/monty-don-on-peak-oil-and-gardening/#comment-52769 <p>[...] This time it’s BBC presenter Monty Don. [...]</p> [...] This time it’s BBC presenter Monty Don. [...]

]]> By: Andy http://transitionculture.org/2007/10/31/monty-don-on-peak-oil-and-gardening/comment-page-1/#comment-52760 Andy Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:18:34 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2007/10/31/monty-don-on-peak-oil-and-gardening/#comment-52760 <p>PRAISE BE to Monty - this is superb stuff. I'm sure the local economy will think up ways to fill the supply gap - as food production gets set to become even more popular than it already is.</p> PRAISE BE to Monty – this is superb stuff. I’m sure the local economy will think up ways to fill the supply gap – as food production gets set to become even more popular than it already is.

]]> By: Gareth http://transitionculture.org/2007/10/31/monty-don-on-peak-oil-and-gardening/comment-page-1/#comment-52759 Gareth Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:03:42 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2007/10/31/monty-don-on-peak-oil-and-gardening/#comment-52759 <p>It was part of a 25-page Going Green special which is encouraging. The final article mentions the example of Cuba adjusting to low oil inputs. Monty lost focus at this point and "heartily recommends" going to see it in person. Gardner's World is a commercial magazine funded by advertising, which limits the impact of Monty's reduce/reuse/recycle message. The green section featured an advert for Nestle who are still boycotted for promoting baby milk. Possibly the worst example of food miles imaginable :-)</p> It was part of a 25-page Going Green special which is encouraging. The final article mentions the example of Cuba adjusting to low oil inputs. Monty lost focus at this point and “heartily recommends” going to see it in person. Gardner’s World is a commercial magazine funded by advertising, which limits the impact of Monty’s reduce/reuse/recycle message. The green section featured an advert for Nestle who are still boycotted for promoting baby milk. Possibly the worst example of food miles imaginable :-)

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