by Levi Meeuwenberg | Nov 18, 2024 | Blog, Culture, History, Stories, Why Permaculture
I have a habit of getting inspired, or having a new insight and writing down pages of thoughts only to leave it unpublished and unfinished. I think this is because, in my head, every idea is connected to dozens of other ideas in interesting ways and it’s hard...
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by Levi Meeuwenberg | Sep 11, 2023 | Appropriate Technology, Blog, Climate Change, Economics, Farm, Permaculture/Homesteading, Plants, YouTube
Hey friends! In this video, I’m going to walk you through some of the first steps to getting started with homesteading and permaculture. In previous videos, I focused more on the “why” permaculture and homesteading are more than just cool...
by Levi Meeuwenberg | Jun 30, 2023 | Blog, Culture, History, Politics, Why Permaculture, Wilderness
**See full prompt and other responses on the NWMI LEAP Website here.** What is Truly Important? A question of values, of priorities. And a good question I try to revisit often throughout my life. When I pose this question to myself, my mind goes in a few...
by Levi Meeuwenberg | Jan 5, 2023 | Agriculture, Blog, Culture, Economics, Farm, Fossil Fuels, History, Parkour, Permaculture/Homesteading, Podcast, Why Permaculture, YouTube
My parkour buddy, Brandon Douglas, invited me to appear on his Height Drop podcast. It was a fun chat, in which we discussed my parkour journey, getting into farming and sustainable living, existential threats, narratives, soil depletion, regenerative...
by Levi Meeuwenberg | Jan 25, 2017 | Blog, Culture, Excerpts, Wendell Berry, Wilderness
“Apparently with the rise of industry, we began to romanticize the wilderness -which is to say we began to institutionalize it within the concept of “scenic.” Because of railroads and improved highways, the wilderness was no longer an arduous passage for the...
by Levi Meeuwenberg | Mar 24, 2016 | Appropriate Technology, Blog, Farm, Heating Systems, Natural Building, Natural Resources, Permaculture/Homesteading
Two years ago, Brenda and I were renting an apartment and I would commute to the farm every day to take care of our pigs, chickens, gardens and plant nursery. This situation quickly made it clear to me how important it is to actually be LIVING on the land you’re...
