TerrieMiller.com

Getting the new year off to a good start, I’ve launched a new web site, Permie.net. Permies are folks who practice permaculture, and my goal is to promote permaculture as a practice, permies as a people, and West Sonoma County as a locus of energy for permaculture in the United States.

The design is pretty rough (critics note: the Support us page includes a plea for logo design), but I’m going to focus on content first, and just keep on truckin…

Before creating Permie.net, I really questioned whether the world needed another web site. But I decided that no one is really covering this subject in the way that I want to. We definitely don’t need another doomer site…yes, there are bad things happening and they’ll probably get worse, but the truth is that bad things always happen. The apocalypse is always just around the corner. We need positive attitudes, fresh thinking, and, most of all, community building.

I want to do more than just a web site. I want to help create space for the permie community of west Sonoma county to flourish. We have amazing, deep taproots of sustainability in this left coast community. Re-use stores are mainstream here (and they’re NOT in other parts of the country). Did you know that more permaculture design courses have been held in west Sonoma county than the rest of California put together? We live in an area that combines the best of the counter culture with the pragmatism of a long agricultural tradition.

It’s time for this tree to bloom.