Tag Archives: Land use philosophy

New Zealand Forestry: Getting off the Love affair with Simple

Posted on October 5, 2021 by cjkperley

The British Columbian forestry sector imploded through 2018-2020. There are lessons here for New Zealand and elsewhere. Continue reading →

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Book Review: Hugh Campbell (2021) Farming Inside Invisible Worlds: Modernist Agriculture and its Consequences

Posted on October 4, 2021 by cjkperley

The declining state of the rural lands – and their communities – is a growing concern for policy makers and researchers globally.  The concerns are real, more especially relating to the trends to high energy input intensification and industrialism, and … Continue reading →

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Putting Culture back into Nature

Posted on June 16, 2016 by cjkperley

We have spread across and changed our world. Change is the constant. But it is maintaining the integrity of our systems that is more important than whether there is any particular ‘natural state’. Continue reading →

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Are GMOs New Zealand’s Agricultural Future?

Posted on February 22, 2016 by cjkperley

The debate about the future of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in Hawke’s Bay (and NZ agriculture) is heating up.  A number of opinion pieces are reacting to this government’s attempts to take legislative decision making out of the region’s hands. … Continue reading →

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Adapting to Climate Change – What Change? What Levels of Response?

Posted on February 13, 2013 by cjkperley

Initial notes as the basis for a presentation to the Hawke’s Bay Royal Forest & Bird Society, February 2013 What adaptations do we make for climate change? The question of adapting to a future that is inherently uncertain – as … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Wisdom, and the Log from the Sea of Cortez

Posted on February 4, 2013 by cjkperley

Wisdom comes from connecting.  In order to connect, we first have to see what there is around us, what past lessons apply, and to know what matters, in this place, at this time. John Steinbeck’s Log from the Sea of … Continue reading →

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Discovering Great Land Minds

Posted on February 3, 2013 by cjkperley

My first blog post! All happened serendipitously. You start with this nagging thought that goes on for months and months. You love writing but love procrastination more. People prod you to produce prose. You are a mild technophobe, wonder about … Continue reading →

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