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Permaculture
...applied environmental design,
with ethics ...
and
those ethics are:
-
Earth care,
- People
Care,
- Fare
Share.
"Permaculture is a vision, taking us beyond sustainability"
The term was coined in the late 70's by
Australian ecologists Bill Mollison and David Holmgren to describe an active
kind of relationship with nature. If nature, in the wild as it were, is
naturally sustainable surely if we copy those princples then we can construct
sutainable systems ourselves which are dynamic, robust and endlessesly productive.
Nature
as a teacher:
From
Permaculture, a Designers' Manual, by Bill Mollison:
David
Holgrem's 'essence of permaculture'
1.
Observe & Interact
2.Catch & Store Energy
3. Obtain a Yield
4. Apply Self-regulation & Accept Feedback
5. Use & Value Renewable Resources and Services
6. Produce No Waste
7. Design From Patterns to Details
8. Integrate Rather Than Segregate
9. Use Small and Slow Solutions
10. Use and Value Diversity
11. Use Edges and Value the Marginal
12. Creatively Use and Respond to Change
GET
INVOLVED
Introductory
courses coming to RISC soon!!
Join
our mailing list........
Keep
me updated on Permaculture events at RISC please!
Permaculture Association UK
The
UK has a lively permaculture Association wich holds events and runs courses
via a national network of practitioners, teachers and enthusiasts.
UK permaculture links , from the Association
Permaculture in Australia
There are many good books on the subject and is
certainly one of them, from Mr Homgren himself, the quiet one of the permaculture
co-founders (the
other being Bill Mollison.) With many excellent links to sites
and projects around the world from David's site.
Permaculture
Research Institute Australia News views debate and courses, australia
is where permaculture originated. this is a very good site
Chickenshack
Permaculture Plot, A UK permaculture inspired 5 acre plot and housing
co-op
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