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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Thoughts on PDCs - Was US National Permaculture Conference (lengthy post)
  • Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:41:45 -0500

Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:

http://www.barkingfrogspermaculture.org/livinglovingly.pdf

In this document he talks about edge zones,

More on edge zones from Lee Barnes, a NC resident and Permaculture teacher, from the Permaculture FAQ at ATTRA written by Steve Diver:

Introduction to Permaculture: Concepts and Resources
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/perma.html#defined

Year: 2002

3. From Lee Barnes (former editor of Katuah Journal and Permaculture Connections), Waynesville, North Carolina:

Permaculture (PERMAnent agriCULTURE or PERMAnent CULTURE) is a sustainable design system stressing the harmonious interrelationship of humans, plants, animals and the Earth.

To paraphrase the founder of permaculture, designer Bill Mollison:

Permaculture principles focus on thoughtful designs for small-scale intensive systems which are labor efficient and which use biological resources instead of fossil fuels. Designs stress ecological connections and closed energy and material loops. The core of permaculture is design and the working relationships and connections between all things. Each component in a system performs multiple functions, and each function is supported by many elements. Key to efficient design is observation and replication of natural ecosystems, where designers maximize diversity with polycultures, stress efficient energy planning for houses and settlement, using and accelerating natural plant succession, and increasing the highly productive "edge-zones" within the system.

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This is why one needs a PD course with a good instructor or group of instructors, to open the door to the millions of creative possibilities implied in the statement above by Bill Mollison. Can you accomplish this without a course? Some surely can, some might not. It is sure that many, new to permaculture, who sign on to a course will experience this right away, and many of these people may go on to teach others, sharing their valuable experience, expanding the global permaculture community
and enriching its shared knowledgebase.

Permaculture: portal to an expanding global network of landtech pioneers --




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