Aquaculture
Check out the long film at www.ecofilm.de ! It is part of the DVD “Sepp Holzer´s Permaculture” which you can purchase there. A film about the sustainable use of water by Austrian farmer Sepp Holzer. Fishponds on a mountain farm: an unusual sight at these altitudes. On an Austrian mountain, permaculture farmer Sepp Holzer created more than 70 ponds and wetland areas covering about 3 hectares. Filmmakers Malcolm St.Julian Bown and Heidi Snel have published a DVD with 3 films on Sepp Holzer. Find the DVD at www.ecofilm.de
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How can you call microclimates BS when he’s growing stuff there that can’t normally survive in the region? Results are hard to argue with.
YouAreBrahman
October 13, 2011 at 10:11 am
@Misty: Microclimates are not “hippy tree hugger propoganda [sic].” On a hot day, stand in the shade of a tree and see if you feel cooler. Also, maybe do some research on how, say, an east aspect differs from the west. Then the north and the south. You’ll quickly find, just by going outside and seeing for yourself, that microclimates are in fact real.
finchj9b
October 13, 2011 at 11:08 am
Oh, I get it, he lives on the north side of the mountain.
misty45404
October 13, 2011 at 11:36 am
I’m not seeing much verifiable data. Micro climate?….I see now. Is this just more hippy tree hugger propoganda?
misty45404
October 13, 2011 at 12:12 pm
So, global warming would be good for this guy,right?
misty45404
October 13, 2011 at 12:36 pm
They say in another video that years ago he bought water rights to the wells on neighboring land.
jcrev217
October 13, 2011 at 12:53 pm
Where is the source of the water? He seems to have an unlimited supply!! This would not work in Texas.
LincTexPilot
October 13, 2011 at 1:33 pm
@cbmills I cant seem to find any info. Ive seen that the by products of PVC are toxic, during the production phase. Ive seen that burning it releases dioxin which is carcinogenic. I cant seem to find any evidence that supports it as toxic when not being burnt or produced.
FishyMoe
October 13, 2011 at 2:17 pm
Do some research first! Put into Google the following search terms “PVC highly toxic dangerous poison” about 9,040 search results….!
ase010
October 13, 2011 at 2:27 pm
PVC is one of the most dangerous of all plastics out there, with the most dangerous toxins!
Put the following ‘search terms’ into Google “PVC highly toxic dangerous poison” straight away about “9,040” search results…
ase010
October 13, 2011 at 2:54 pm
@ase010
organic in a sense of a chemical compound which just means it contains carbon. PVC itself in nature has a half life in the order of 10^5 years, so you’re actually right, when you say its barely degradable – but again, its not toxic. Its polymerchains are bound to each other like spaghetti by some very very strong entropic force, which makes it quite inert against water. For a moment accept some scientific facts and leave your idealisms aside
FTBLN
October 13, 2011 at 3:23 pm
Yes, never use it for incoming drinking water, only wastewater.
cbmills
October 13, 2011 at 3:26 pm
Such ignorance! PVC is far from organic and made of very hazardous dangerous toxic synthetic-chemicals throughout its whole life-cycle from production through final use and its not Bio-degradable! it leaches & pollutes the environment. While there are many safe cheap alternatives beside PVC…
ase010
October 13, 2011 at 4:22 pm
@ase010
PVC is far from toxic, unless you burn it, although it’s an organic polymer, artificial and much more difficult to recycle
FTBLN
October 13, 2011 at 4:48 pm
@ase010 are you sure PVC is toxic?
FishyMoe
October 13, 2011 at 4:56 pm
@ase010 how much is it a foot per clay pipe at a 1 inch diameter?
greenfish13
October 13, 2011 at 5:30 pm
There are some very good ideas, except he uses PVC what is highly toxic! its better to use natural clay pipes to transport the waters, also his methods are not very usefully for every location.
ase010
October 13, 2011 at 6:04 pm
me too ..
Msllewelyn1
October 13, 2011 at 6:32 pm
can I use this for my project?
Msllewelyn1
October 13, 2011 at 7:00 pm
can I use this for my project?
Msllewelyn1
October 13, 2011 at 7:43 pm
I saw the glory hole for water and all I could think about was Viktor Schauberger and his work with nature and water.
PakaNoHida
October 13, 2011 at 8:28 pm
i’m going to use this for a school project, is that okay?
youtuubcrazy
October 13, 2011 at 8:47 pm
simply beautiful!
svca12218
October 13, 2011 at 9:15 pm
The full video of this ‘Farming With Water’ Sepp Holzer is probably the best video available on sustainable aquaculture in my opinion. Thanks for posting this clip, great to see it on Youtube.
Permaculturebella
October 13, 2011 at 9:53 pm
what a beautiful lifestyle!
kwikflikz
October 13, 2011 at 10:44 pm