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Latitude 8/1/23 Latitude 8/1/23

Ecological Landscaping with Tres Crow

Landscaping is a multibillion dollar a year industry. It’s predicated upon fossil fuels, non-native ornamental plants, synthetic fertilizers, and heavy water use. For Georgia-based company Roots Down, they see this industry as ripe for change.

Latitude 7/3/23 Latitude 7/3/23

Listening to Your Land with Jo Petroni

The way we build our homes is a mirror of our perceived relationship with nature. Our homes today are an embodiment of separation. The first step on a path of reconnection is to find nature and tune into the elements of sun, wind, and rain.

Neal Collins (he/him) 9/7/22 Neal Collins (he/him) 9/7/22

Making an Enchanted Forest with Dani Baker

Dani Baker is the owner of Cross Island Farm in New York. After spending long hours in her annual market garden, she turned to permaculture principals to help transform her property into a perennial edible food forest.

Neal Collins (he/him) 6/23/22 Neal Collins (he/him) 6/23/22

Setting Inspirational Examples with Ben Falk

Ben Falk is one of the most prominent figures in the world of ecological design but he didn't always see that path as his future. At a young age, he was drawn toward acts of dramatic protest, like sleeping in trees. But eventually he had an epiphany: the best way to inspire change is not to yell at or shame people, but to show them a better way to live.

Neal Collins (he/him) 3/22/22 Neal Collins (he/him) 3/22/22

Acts of Restorative Kindness

Despite being named one of the top ten landscape designers of all time, Mary Reynolds describes herself as an ex-gardener. That’s because after years spent designing award-winning gardens and landscapes across the globe, Mary was tired of fighting nature back to fit into the mold in which she originally designed.

Neal Collins (he/him) 2/3/22 Neal Collins (he/him) 2/3/22

The Regen Network with Gregory Landua

The cutting edge of regenerative technology is aligning market incentives with regenerative land stewardship. This is an area that Gregory Landua and his colleagues with the Regen Network have been pioneering since 2017 as they began asking questions of how to scale impact and help farmers and land managers switch to regenerative practices.

Neal Collins (he/him) 5/1/21 Neal Collins (he/him) 5/1/21

Permaculture Design for Metropolises with Andrew Faust

Permaculture is a creative design process based on whole-systems thinking informed by ethics and design principles. This approach seeks to mimic the patterns and relationships we can find in nature and can be applied to all aspects of human habitation, from agriculture to ecological building, from appropriate technology to education and even metropolises.

Neal Collins (he/him) 4/22/21 Neal Collins (he/him) 4/22/21

Holistic Management with Bobby Gill

As we all collectively search for solutions to address the large, complex problems we are facing in the 21st century, The Savory Institute is taking a bold lead with a land management framework that is helping to regenerate land, sequester carbon, reconnect the hydrological cycle, and springboard biodiversity across continents.

Neal Collins (he/him) 4/9/21 Neal Collins (he/him) 4/9/21

Permaculture Disc Golf Country Club with Justin Dolan

Living in Costa Rica close to the beach in a tropical paradise is a dream many people have, but seldom pursue. That's not the case for Justin Dolan, the visionary and developer behind St. Michael's Sustainable Community.

Neal Collins (he/him) 10/18/20 Neal Collins (he/him) 10/18/20

Selling Everything, Moving Across the Continent and Starting a Farm with Will Kosloski

Will and Terry Kosloski had made a home on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. They had a garden, were active in the outdoors, and involved in the community. But they had a dream. A dream to get closer to the land—to connect, to listen, and to restore and regenerate.

Neal Collins (he/him) 7/23/20 Neal Collins (he/him) 7/23/20

Mimicking Nature for Infinite Returns with Mark Shepard

In this fascinating talk, Mark gets into the real estate side of his operations and how he has been successful at improving degraded real estate through restorative practices that mimic nature, and then stacking synergistic businesses that will increase the value of the property so that he can refinance his capital out and get infinite returns.

Alissa Collins (she/her) 2/13/20 Alissa Collins (she/her) 2/13/20

A Quick Homeowners Guide to Improving Your Yard and Landscape

Resilience has long been associated with making it — growing despite the odds. Why wouldn’t you want your home to provide more than just shelter? It can become an immensely productive and gratifying place to cultivate your edible landscape, work on improving your energy systems, and meet your neighbors in the process.

Alissa Collins (she/her) 1/15/20 Alissa Collins (she/her) 1/15/20

Do You Have a New Year’s Resolution for Your House?

At the beginning of each year we take stock of our lives and set intentions to make improvements in areas we deem important. As someone that is big on goal setting, I believe strongly in the power of New Year’s Resolutions.

Alissa Collins 12/18/19 Alissa Collins 12/18/19

Edible Landscaping 101

You’ve heard about the local food movement and are curious to about growing some of your own food. So why create an edible landscape? This post goes into a step by step process of how to approach creating the edible yard of your dreams!

Neal Collins (he/him) 11/19/19 Neal Collins (he/him) 11/19/19

Social Permaculture in Real Estate

Finding community in the heart of Sellwood: an interview with Neal Collins and Matt Bibeau on how City Repair got started.

Alissa Collins 8/27/19 Alissa Collins 8/27/19

A Winery That Dares to be Different

I love wine. I don’t love it for the psychoactive effects of the alcohol, although that is a benefit, but because it is the expression of human-meets-divine creativity.