Green Culture

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What is green culture?

To me, green culture is about choosing a way of life that cares — for the earth, for others, and for ourselves. It’s not a trend, and it’s not perfect. It’s a slow, sometimes messy, often beautiful shift in how we live, eat, build, and belong. It’s about doing things differently — because we must, and because we can.

Living sustainably should be more than a slogan. It should be something we feel in our everyday actions, in how we treat soil, how we share resources, how we build a home or cook a meal. It’s not about rules. It’s about values.

• Caring for the earth: Respecting the land, the cycles, the life beneath our feet.
• Caring for people: Everyone has the right to decide how to live — safely, freely, and with dignity.
• Sharing resources fairly: The planet has limits. Our systems should honour that.
• Soil matters: Healthy soil means healthy food, water, and life. We’ve neglected it too long.
• Energy with intention: Let’s use what we need, not what we can. And let’s harvest it wisely.
• Local roots: Strong communities start where we live. Local doesn’t mean small — it means connected.

Living with the land

Permaculture is more than a method — it’s a mindset. It teaches us to look closely, observe patterns, and build systems that mimic the harmony of nature. Born in the 70s from the ideas of Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, and inspired by Fukuoka’s philosophy, permaculture blends the ecological with the social. Because you can’t grow a garden without caring for the people in it.

It brings together food, water, shelter, and energy into something whole. Something that lasts. Something that gives back.

Building differently

Natural building is about making homes that feel like they belong — to the land, and to the people who live in them. It uses what’s already there: earth, straw, reclaimed wood, the hands of friends, the rhythm of local seasons.

It’s not always easy. But it’s meaningful. It’s slow sometimes, and that’s the point. It makes space for intention. For health. For beauty that isn’t sterile. For air that feels alive.

In your hands…

I believe that everyone has the right to build their own shelter. To grow their food. To live without depending on systems that don’t care for them. Maybe you don’t want that life — and that’s okay. But if you do, know this: it’s possible. And I’m here to help you get there.

Where I focus

• Solar energy — for warmth, for light, for life.
• Permaculture design — practical, poetic, powerful.
• Self-sufficiency — in energy, in economy, in spirit.
• Building systems — resilient, respectful, rooted in place.