Creating a permaculture in Minnesota
Creating a culture that provides energy and nutritious needs while sustaining the environment. Hunt Utilities Group created a campus in Pine River that is working towards that goal based on Australian permaculture expert Geoff Lawton.
Hunt learned how to designed building to use a more sustainable heat source. One of their buildings captures heat from the sun and channeled it to charge sand in the basement that can heat the building.
Lawton also suggests having a garden to supply food. He says it’ll cut down on energy and create a healthier lifestyle. He says being energy efficient and having a garden with worth the initial effort to implement.
Lawton visited Hunt’s campus in part of a film he’s making about how different sites have adapted the permaculture ideas as well as talk about other sustainable practices.