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Why a home garden is good for you and the environment

1,053 views · Published 25 October 2018 · 11:17 · Indexed 21 October 2026

Channel: VergePermaculture · 2018 · Education

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"All the worlds problems can be solved in the garden" ~Geoff Lawton

In this video I will talk about how gardening can solve all of the worlds problems. Gardens solve

1) the embodied energy in food is super intensive. Read "The Oil We Eat" for more information on this. https://harpers.org/archive/2004/02/the-oil-we-eat/

2) climate change: http://carbonfarmingsolution.com/excerpt

3)  storm water-issues and recharge aquifers

4) nutrient deficiency and the microbiome crisis

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