Reinventing Roots
Indigenous empowerment through sustainable lifestyle. Restoring heritage, renewing land, re-learning culture.
Reinventing Roots programs provide natural building and permaculture consultation to their host communities without the burden of financial investment through dynamic programs and courses. Through active dialogue and observation, the ecological and economical needs of the community are identified. Each course is structured around the teaching of specific skills needed to meet these needs and syst
08/01/2022
Nature-based Solutions II: Why working with local communities is essential, or, Look for Abuelita… Just over 11 years ago I found myself in the middle of a desert in Makkah, living in the office of a local magistrate, surrounded by dust…
08/01/2022
Jordanian academic builds mud house with historical techniques After living abroad for many years, a Jordanian academic named Hamed Yusuf Nazzal returned to his home city of Al-Mafraq and built a house made of...
18/12/2021
The case for low-TEK* cities.
(traditional ecological knowledge)
The case for ... making low-tech 'dumb' cities instead of 'smart' ones High-tech smart cities promise efficiency by monitoring everything from bins to bridges. But what if we ditched the data and embraced ancient technology instead?