Category: communities
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The Structural Wonder of a Hedge in Winter
Even in winter, hedgerows are working in the landscape. Not only can they prevent snow drift on to roads (a feature or ‘ecosystem service’ I’m keen to explore more in work in Ontario, see 3 Go to Canada: Hedges, Novel Ecosystems and Damn Fine Donuts,HedgeCanada Revisited: healing the landscape and connecting communities with a new hedgerow…
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Go with the flow: PeoplePower turns up trumps
Turning a frown into a smile amongst ordinary people working to improve their environment Today started badly there is no doubt about that. The US became even more of a theme park than usual and an Orange Man who hates almost everyone but himself had become President. Yet haven’t most of us known for some time that 21st…
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3 Go to Canada: Hedges, Novel Ecosystems and Damn Fine Donuts
Where I find myself in Ontario Canada introducing the technique of hedge-laying and discovering social-ecological complexity, Novel Ecosystems theory and Community Supported Agriculture along the way I’m writing this blog as US Citizens go to the polls and a baked potato crisps in the oven, getting ready for a date with…
James T Jones 