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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Black Walnut with Gary Mead
Permaculture with Andrew Faust
Playing in the Woods with Mike Porter
Meet the Timber Rattler
Paulownia with Gary Mead
Woodland Wildlife Habitat & More
Four Favorite Trees
Catskill Heritage Brook Trout Study with SUNY Albany's Dr. Spencer Bruce
Understanding A Forest Through Trees
Mountain Top Arboretum with Marc Wolf
Turkeys & Turkey Hunting
White Oak with Gary Mead
SuperSplitter--The Original Kinetic Log Splitter with Owner Paul McCann
Wild Bees, Trees, & More with Cornell University's Kass Urban-Mead
What's Up with Bats with Batman Tim Carter
Outdoor Education with CFA Board President Mike Porter
What is Nature to You with Gary Mead
Finding Spirit in the Forest with Catskill Mountain Woodsman_Hoppy Quick
Floodplains & Forests with Resource Educator--Brent Gotsch
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