On this week's show, we'll talk to Ben Falk from Whole Systems Design in Vermont about burning fuelwood. Ben will discuss his trial and error with his 4th generation wood heating system, providing an integrated and complete home heating solution meeting cooking, baking, and most crucially--hot water needs. Ben will also discuss why he burns in 2024, air quality issues, heat conservation, dealing with the stove pipe & ventilation, maintenance, burning tips, and wood preparation.
Ben developed Whole Systems Design, LLC as a land-based response to biological and cultural extinction and the increasing separation between people and elemental things. Life as a designer, builder, ecologist, tree-tender, and backcountry traveler continually informs Ben’s integrative approach to developing landscapes and buildings. His home landscape and the WSD studio site in Vermont's Mad River Valley serve as a proving ground for the regenerative land developments featured in the projects of Whole Systems Design.
Ben studied architecture and landscape architecture at the graduate level and holds a master’s degree in land-use planning and design. He has conducted more than 650 site development and land inspection consultations across the US and abroad, and has facilitated dozens of courses on property selection, permaculture design, and resilient systems. He has given keynote addresses and presented dozens of workshops at venues ranging from Bioneers to the Omega Institute. Ben is the author of the award-winning book The Resilient Farm and Homestead (Chelsea Green, 2013) and serves as an Advisory Council for the international regeneration group Ecosystem Restoration Camps.
Forestry Check-In
Engaging Forest Landowners in the Northeast
State Trees of the USA with Gary Mead_Part 3
Making Maple Syrup for the First Time with Chip Beck
Forestry Check-In
Aldo Leopold & the Importance of Conservation with Steve Swenson
State Trees of the USA with Gary Mead_Part 2
Forestry Check-In
Forest Management with Birds in Mind with Audubon NY's Claire Mann
Omer Stewart's Forgotten Fires
State Trees of the USA with Gary Mead
Backyard Maple Sugaring
Forestry Check-In
Working in the Woods with Tyler Evans
Birch with Gary Mead
Early Black Bear Hunting Post-Kill with Nate Loda
Ignition with Author M.R. O’Connor
Fishing on the East Branch Delaware with Peter Marx
Materials Used to Build a Tipi with Gary Mead
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