[permaculture] Why is permaculture more about selling books, DVDs and training courses?
Bela Beke
beke at primus.com.au
Wed Jun 24 04:37:44 EDT 2009
I agree with you Suraj.
Don't know what the solution may be.Be interesting to see who else will
reply ,and what comments are going to be made
How do you think 'experts' be able to help spread the knowledge?What
would you like to see change?
Regards,Bela Beke
Suraj Kumar wrote:
> I get the feeling that the permaculture movement has morphed into a
> market place to sell books, DVDs and training courses related to
> permaculture than a platform for sharing techniques and allowing
> humans to live closer to nature in a simpler way. Many a material I
> find on the internet are incomplete and keep referring to "Stuff to
> Buy" or "Courses to Take". Just search for permaculture on youtube and
> that's what you find. Any site claiming to be a "permaculture" site
> talks about doing a course.
>
> Or am I mistaken? I'd love to be corrected if I'm mistaken.
>
> I remember some noble soul here who had setup permaculture.info - that
> is great! WTG! But, why do the 'experts' end up locking themselves
> into seclusion and not share their knowledge?
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Suraj
>
>
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