[permaculture] - Books by Fritjof Capra

Laurence Gaffney lgaffney at bigpond.com
Wed Oct 1 18:02:06 EDT 2008


I found Capra's book The Hidden Connections (2002) "light bulbish" 
In it he calls for "a concerted effort to redesign our physical structures,cities, technologies and industries....." He includes sustainable agriculture as apart of this field which he terms ecodesign which overall "are essential strategies for moving toward ecological sustainability"  (p194)

The book suggests that the same basic patterns and principles are involved in the organisation of all life (biological,cognitive & social)and attempts to sketch a "unified conceptual framework" to enable our Designs (particularly of our social institutions) to be consistent with them.  

The stuff of Permaculture really.

Laurence Gaffney 


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