This weeks topic in class is of great interest to me. This week we are discussing nutrition, food security, and health. For the past few years, I have been interested in this issue for several reasons. I plan to explain more of this in future blogs, especially since I'm writing my paper on this issue my mind will be full of thoughts on this issue, but for right now and if you all can get a chance to see it before class, please look at this video....

GREENING THE DESERT
http://www.permaculture.org.au/greening.htm

A couple of years ago, I participated in an 2 week intensive permaculture course. It changed my life! It changed my life, because I was able to connect to our mother earth in ways that my ancestors did for thousands of years.

My paper topic is on food security, and even before doing a lot of research on this topic, I already had the idea of using permaculture as a solution for this global problem. And I'm not just thinking about the rural communities, but also urban settings where many of the permaculture principles can be applied.

This video is a good introduction of how it can be used anywhere, even in areas where many people thought it was impossible. I'm really excited to be sharing this with the whole class, and to be able to incorporate it into a paper, since I have been wanting to for many years.

Permaculture can help people with food security issues, as well as a means to get out of poverty.
This is a start to creating self-sustainable communities.