permaculture

[rick valley <bamboogrove@cmug.com>]

>Has anyone brought these considerations (and thus their effect on the
>phases of design actualization) into the dialogue, into the framework
>of design?

But of course! I myself use a nice little bit from P. A. Yeomans- his
'Keyline scale of permanence' as a starting point. You can find it in The
Challenge of Landscape, p. 22

>a need for cash
>investment
This is what led directly to economics becoming part of the picture

>I believe this is something that most conventional landscape
>designers, architects, and urban planners would have to do.
>Professional Permaculture designers must have had to come to grips
>with this, no?

It is key in consultation work & something I cover in every design course.
-Rick


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