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  • From: Scott Pittman <pci@permaculture-inst.org>
  • To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Why isn't PC more popular
  • Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 16:25:11 -0600


At 12:02 PM 6/5/00 +1000, you wrote:
At the University of New England there are projects, research and even
lectures as well as lecturers who promote permaculture, but under another
name! I've watched slides and videos on overseas projects that I would
deem to be permaculture. So what's in a name????? Deanna
Administrative Assistant
Environmental Engineering
University of New England
Armidale 2351 NSW Australia
phone 02 6773 3110 fax 02 6773 3110

I think there is quite a lot in a name and that considerable energy should be expended in keeping the name permaculture at the same high standards from which it came. There has certainly been a tendency for snake oil salespeople to enter the circle calling their products permaculture, which is harmful to those who maintain an ethical and professional approach to permaculture.

There is the opposite problem of those whose egos don't allow them to give credit where it is due so rather than call it permaculture they lay claim to ideas formulated by others. I guess the high road approach would be to say "oh, well! as long as the word gets out." But it seems to me that the greater the ground swell named permaculture the greater the effect on the world at large. I has been a long struggle for many who have carried the design process and teaching around the world where permaculture is becoming well known and a common name shared by all of us permaculturalists that I would hate to see lost. That commonality in and of itself is a critical part of creating a borderless sustainable future for people.

Scott



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