permaculture

["Emily A. Noble" <guinep@theriver.com>]

Title: Re: Sustainability?

"SUSTAINABLE" still seems like a good word to me but then I'm not immersed in the issue like you people.
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>From: "Myk Rushton" <permaculture@wave.co.nz>
>To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
>Subject: Sustainability?
>Date: Wed, May 24, 2000, 9:07 PM
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>Greetings
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Lawrence F. London, Jr. <lflondon@mindspring.com>
>Newsgroups: permaculture
>To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
>Sent: Thursday, 25 May 2000 04:23
>Subject: Re: granite fertilizer? (fwd)
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>> Each morning upon arising I offer humble supplication to the gods of
>> the universe that they may strike the word "sustainable" from the
>> permaculture vocabulary
>
>Lawrence, I hope you don't mind me using your words out of context.
>
>I think that sustainable and sustainability are two very important words in
>my Pc vocabulary which I've been thinking about a lot lately.
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>I've been moving away from explaining permaculture by breaking it down into
>a description of the principles/tools/techniques/ecological basis etc, to an
>explaination/discription of what the final output will be when designed
>using permaculture principles i.e. an ecologically sustainable productive
>ecosystem. Ecological because consideration has been given to both the
>biotic and abiotic components and their interelationship, sustainable
>because of a reduction of external inputs and energy required to maintain
>them and productive in that they provide for the needs of the inhabitants.
>
>I'd be interested in hearing other peoples views on sustainability with
>regards to permaculture.
>
>Myk
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