After listening to this guy on YouTube, i have concluded that this is a guy who really has thought about this and has put his thoughts to practice in his life - something that in my mind always lends credibility to theory.
Here David goes over how he sees suburbia as actually being ideal for permaculture / sustainable agriculture as it already has 'irrigation' infrastructure and houses dispersed in the landscape can utilize impervious surface area to harvest more water, even in drier climates for better growing potential. Or maybe that last part of the sentence is my idea, but this is pretty awesome stuff.
He puts together a myriad of ideas that have surfaced in the last 10 years of my sustainable urban planning research. This guy doesn't really have the 'credentials' to be talking urban planning, but he is on the ground, in the trenches getting it done - so sometimes this brings a certain wisdom.
I was cheering while watching this by myself, given how he kept putting forth concepts that have been in my head for so long and was literally what i have been putting forth from the pulpit for a while! I love this guy!
you need to watch this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTYe8WloF1U
