coppicing ~ fascines ~ deutenomics (the science of deuterium, or De, including as a 'canary in a coalmine' for ecological and human health) ~ biochar ~ buckthorn: the multiplexing shrub-bush-small(ish) tree with a beautiful orange-salmon coloured heartwood (Rhamnus spp.: maligned, othered, non-native, exotic, 'Old World' origins, invasive, not of/from here,...) ~ PMAs (Private Ministerial/Membership Associations) ~ pattern language (a la Christopher Alexander) ~ fire ecologies & economies ~ clay & plastering ~ catching eco-jewels ~ germ theory illusion smashing ~ beauty and inspiration derived from observing flowing water (my local aqueous jewel is the "other" Mississippi River) and for what the brilliant forester and water wizard, Theodor Schwenk, gifted the world (contributing to, among other things, the 64 anomolies of water!).