Keyline Design Institute
Research and Education in Keyline Design Practices and Concepts
Keyline design is similiar to Permaculture Design yet with specific to broad-acre scale and water and soil restoration. We are undergoing the new formation of a Keyline Design Institute for North America, This group is for all those who have in their hearts and minds the need for Keyline Design Techniques. We are hoping to engage and instigate this conversa ...learn more
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Created: Sep 26, 2007
Updated: Nov 27, 2009
Membership: Open
Semi-Private
Topic: The original Keyline farm is under threat
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Aloha,
Thanks for the heads up, I was not at all aware of this.
The video says it has been removed by the user. What's up with that?
I take it the land is now owned by someone other than any of the Yeomans family?
Are the tract developers open to working *with* the keyline design in their building project, rather than disrupting it? I read the blog and it seems clear that the proposed development is full of class one errors...seniors isolated far from other community and services, destruction of multi-function design elements (several dams to be taken out), etc. ad nauseum. |
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Yeah... apparently they had to do a re-edit
it's now here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1lI-znogTk
The Yeomans family sold the farm quite a while back, to other farmers.
Yes the development is completely insensitive and is being opposed by the local community for many different reasons.
Hopefully we can save the place. We all need more examples of sustainable agricultural practice... and this is one of the oldest and best in Australia. |
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If the developers don't know what they are doing, they obviously need to read The City Forest by guess who!
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Hi all ,
Some of you may know that the farm where the Keyline design system was developed on the outskirts of Sydney is under threat from development.
Most of the beautiful original development with it's dams and contour plantings is still healthy and strong 60 years after it was put in place, but developers want to rip all that out and replace it with 2000 new medium density homes right on the outskirts of Sydneys urban sprawl.
Please check out this video on youtube
Could everyone please make sure they "rate" this video, "favorite" it and put a positive comment under it. Youtube videos get more publicity the higher they are rated by youtube users.
The converse is also true and the developers know this ... the video has already received a negative rating, which can only be from someone who is either pro-development, one of the developers or one of their supporters in council.
Don't let them bury this story!
Please also visit the blog at http://nrdcaa.blogspot.com/ to see what elso you can do to stop the destruction of this piece of sustainable agriculture heritage.
Please spread the word through your networks.