permaculture

[Toby Hemenway <toby@patternliteracy.com>]

I disagree. I don't know if you teach, Daniel, but I see a huge proportion of 
people in my classes and in others go on to do outstanding work. The many 
skilled, successful practitioners of permaculture in the world are proof that 
permaculture can be taught. All you need is for one person to figure out how 
to teach it well, which Bill did. 

Toby
http://patternliteracy.com


On Jul 25, 2012, at 7:25 PM, Daniel Jager wrote:

> I do not understand this incessant need to "get the message out". That 
> equates in my view with "educate the ignorant masses"!
> 
> Who or what educated Bill Mollison? Was it really his university studies? 
> Or were it his own observations and experience deep in the forests of 
> Tasmania?
> 
> Who educated Fukuoka? Was it not his own observations, his own awareness?
> 
> Question is: How can you possibly teach THAT to someone else. I say you 
> can't.
> 
> At best, a few students will grasp it, most will just repeat blindly 
> without looking, at worst you will get people that jump in and "help 
> organize to movement", to "make guidebooks on protocols and standards", 
> etc, and downhill from there.
> 
> 
> Daniel
>