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Growing More Than Food: Children in the Permaculture Landscape
Last year, a woman in my town was cleaning up her yard for spring. “Free sticks,” the Facebook marketplace post read, “if you can haul...
Christine Christensen
7 hours ago3 min read
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Looking for Land, Looking for Home: A Permaculturist's Guide to Place
My family has been looking for a home. Pacing the Zillow feed like a hungry coyote, scrolling through sterile snapshots of houses with an...
Christine Christensen
May 54 min read
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Let the Dandelions Bloom: Rethinking Weeds, Pollinators, and the Stories We Plant
We’ve been taught to see the dandelion as something unwanted. Not a gift. Not nourishment. Not medicine. Just a weed. Unruly. Out of...
Christine Christensen
Apr 243 min read
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The Seduction of Stillness: Why Every Garden Needs a Place to Sit and Surrender
Outside on my balcony, in a dim corner where sunlight barely brushes the floor and most plants surrender after a few stubborn weeks,...
Christine Christensen
Apr 133 min read
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Belonging to a Place
What would it mean to live as if we belonged to a place? To wake up and greet the day not as something to be conquered, but as an old...
Christine Christensen
Mar 82 min read
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Understanding Wetiko: The Shadow of Society and How Permaculture Can Help Break Its Hold
The concept of wetiko originates in Native American wisdom, particularly from the Algonquin, Cree and Ojibwe cultures. Wetiko is a term...
Christine Christensen
Nov 13, 20244 min read
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What is Permaculture?
Many of us sense an intuitive disconnect—something just doesn't feel right. The answer, I believe, lies in returning to a state of...
Christine Christensen
Oct 3, 20243 min read
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(Re)connecting to the Earth: The Heart of Xinescape
Hello, I'm Christine, or as my friends have called me since middle school, Xine (zeen). Since my late teens, I’ve felt a pull toward the...
Christine Christensen
Sep 30, 20242 min read
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Listening to the Land: (Re)connecting Through Sensory Wisdom and Reciprocity
At Xinescape, my approach to permaculture is built on a simple truth: we learn best when we slow down and really tune in to the world...
Christine Christensen
Sep 30, 20242 min read
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