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.
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Smoky Bear, Climate Change & Projected Maple Decline
Willow with Gary Mead
Firewood Roundtable Discussion
Moose in NY with Cornell’s Jen Grauer
Gary’s History in New Kingston--Part 2
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All About Firewood
Why Deer Numbers in the Northeast Remain Low
Fire Suppression & Mesophication of Upland Oak Landscapes with Dr. Heather Alexander
The Potential of Regulated Commercial Hunting as a Management Tool to Help Regenerate NY Forests with Dr. Paul Curtis
Gary‘s History in New Kingston--Part 1
The Myth of the Market Hunting Bogeyman
Why Hunt in 2021
Hazelnut with Gary Mead
EHD‘s Impacts on NY‘s Deer Herd
Fire in the South with Kurt Kottemann
ArborMaster with Ken Palmer
Trees that Bear Nuts with Gary Mead
Woodsman Forest Products with Tom Lindtveit
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