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- From: "paul wheaton" <paul@richsoil.com>
- To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [permaculture] defining permaculture
- Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:36:01 -0700
It seems that everybody has a different definition.
When I'm asked what permaculture is, I relate the story of how the
sahara was once jungle and savannah. Folks learned about agriculture
and started cutting down trees to plant their crops. After a few
years, the soil would be awful and they would cut down a new batch of
trees. Then the climate changed. There is debate over whether the
cutting of the trees caused the climate change.
Then there is a natural desert in australia. Trees are planted and
babied for a few years. Then left on their own. The area is growing
larger by itself - no further human input. And ... some speculate ...
that the climate is starting to become wetter.
So I've been repeating this for a long time. So long that I cannot
remember where I heard the second part. The first part I think is
well known. Can anyone help me with sourcing the second part?
And - yeah, permaculture is much more than this, but this is the core
of it for me: healing the earth.
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[permaculture] defining permaculture,
roxann, 06/18/2007
- Re: [permaculture] defining permaculture, Keith Johnson, 06/19/2007
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Re: [permaculture] defining permaculture,
paul wheaton, 06/20/2007
- Re: [permaculture] defining permaculture, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 06/21/2007
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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[permaculture] defining permaculture,
Charles de Matas, 06/18/2007
- Re: [permaculture] defining permaculture, Scott Vlaun, 06/18/2007
- [permaculture] defining permaculture, Charles de Matas, 06/20/2007
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[permaculture] defining permaculture,
Charles de Matas, 06/22/2007
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Re: [permaculture] defining permaculture,
Roxann Phillips, 06/22/2007
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Re: [permaculture] defining permaculture,
Tommy Tolson, 06/23/2007
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Re: [permaculture] defining permaculture,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 06/23/2007
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Re: [permaculture] defining permaculture,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 06/23/2007
- Re: [permaculture] defining permaculture, Tommy Tolson, 06/23/2007
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Re: [permaculture] defining permaculture,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 06/23/2007
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Re: [permaculture] defining permaculture,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 06/23/2007
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Re: [permaculture] defining permaculture,
Tommy Tolson, 06/23/2007
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Re: [permaculture] defining permaculture,
Roxann Phillips, 06/22/2007
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