I've been reading on the internet and I've discovered a new tool that is going to aid us in making the very best use of the Thames Gateway.
The tool is called 'Permaculture' - this is a design system for living that as of today I am adopting and updating for my own and your own needs.
Using permaculture we can make the very best use of our new surface above us so that we use the smallest area possible to survive - allowing plenty of room for the marshland and the fields. Permaculture designs ways of planting that follow nature - planting a whole range of plants that interact with one another and recycling all possible waste back into the planted area.
These areas then become each of our own food stores that we can live off without the need for shopping and dirty packaging - no need for all that stuff that's in the landfill sites.
But permaculture is not just about gardening - we can design our whole lives by it so that everything we do makes things better. I will design my first permaculture garden on the surface of my underground shelter.
Please refer to the image to see my initial concept - you will see how I have connected the toilet to the garden - my waste becomes it's fertiliser. You will see also how I've been thinking outside of the box and created a 'pig tower' - this tower - built from waste materials from the landfill, will contain pigs on a number of floors - I'm using the tower block concept to save the green space - I'm gonna eat the pigs so they can live on the surface - global warming won't matter to em. I will put enough pigs in here to sustain me with meat for a year.
Again all of their slurry will go straight back into the permaculture and let it grow very well.
From this day forward I want you to all start thinking about permaculture as our future and begin to design your own garden layout and pig towers - maybe try a fish tower or even a cow tower - it's up to you.
This is the start of a new safer and realer future where the green returns and this time we don't mess it up.
Please send me your designs for your permaculture system as I'm always interested.
MFB
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