What is Permaculture?
Permaculture is a design methodology based on the principles found in nature.
Permaculture is also known as ecological or regenerative design. It is based on the ethics, root practices and principles of nature herself, and can be applied to the garden, the farm, or any living system.
Permaculture is how Earth earths
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Ethics
1Earth Care
Care for Earth as the source of life.
2People Care
Care for People --this why we garden in the first place
3Fair Share
Return the Surplus to Earth and people
Root Practices
Thoughtful and Protracted Observation
Start with observation. What is the state of the system? The elements? The relationships? The Energy flow?
Whole Systems Thinking
Permaculture offers a way to engage with the whole world -- on a small scale, while keeping in mind a vision for the larger design.
Start Small then Expand
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Permaculture Design Principles
1Work With and Within Nature
Cooperate with natural agencies and forces
2The Problem is an Opportunity
We are only limited by imagination
3Least Change for the Greatest Effect
Choose where to place your energy
4Relinquish Power
To Natural Agencies and Forces
5Relative Location
Everything is in Relationship
6Stack Functions
Each Element Can Have Many Functions
7Energy Cycling
Optimize and cycle energy flow in the system
8Beneficial Connections
Stability is directly proportional to the number of beneficial connections
9Succession of Evolution
Give it time.
10Edge Effect
Creativity happens on the margins
11Information as a Resource
Bad info = bad design.
Good info is needed for good design
12The Yield is Theoretically Unlimited
Nature can be infinitely abundant
13Unknown Good Benefit
Choose to Trust in a Benevolent Universe
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