permaculture

[haroldw@alternatives.com (harold waldock)]

Hello:

A friend asked me if there were any writings on Permaculture philosophy.  I
said that it did not appear to be much work on it beyond:

1) Chapter 1,2 and the last chapter in the Permaculture: A Designers Manual
         - Lovelock's 'The Gaia Hypothesis' is mentioned.

2) Manosubo Fukuoka: (I saw somewhere that somebody called him "The
Permaculture Philosopher" ... the books of his are The One Straw Revolution
and The Natural Way of Farming

But, as I have had tired eyes from too much computing on bad computer
screens, I have not read every book on Permaculture yet and there are so
many new ones.

I guess that D. J. Sholto & Robert Hart's " Forest Farming" might be a good 
one.

What other books shall I suggest to my friend who is increasingly wanting
to talk and speak introducing permaculture ideas? I am particularly
interested in the latest works by people who are explicitly
permaculturalists.

I've heard Larry Santoyo speak interesting asides on this but I have not
heard of any writings.

Who else can and do speak on such subjects?

I find both tough questions during planting season when I want to abandon
my computer and reading.

Thanks,


Harold Waldock
Edible Landscape Creations
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