permaculture

[Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>]

Permaculture
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/permaculture
This forum exists for individuals and groups interested in the study and
practice of permaculture. It will be a useful resource for consultants,
designers, writers and teachers of this discipline,
conceived and stewarded by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren and enhanced by
a growing global community, offering their knowledge, skills and
experience.

Wikipedia permaculture entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture
"Permaculture is a design system which aims to create sustainable
human habitats by following nature's patterns."
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All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is
everything. What we think we become.
Buddha*
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Fukuoka san's comment in an interview where Fukuoka san, Bill Mollison and
Wes Jackson were present:
"The confusion started when humans ate the Fruit of Knowledge. Adam and Eve
were thrown away from the Garden of Eden.
The only way to get back is to throw away the knowledge! Just become
foolish like a bird or baby."*

Definitions of Permaculture
http://ibiblio.org/permaculture/documents/permaculture-definitions.faq
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Phil Ferraro, Director
Institute for Bioregional Studies
writes about Permaculture:
"The term, permaculture, was created by Bill Mollison in
the early 1970's to describe a system of permanent habitations.
With roots in agricultural systems it has evolved into a program
for designing ecological communities and restoring urban centers.
It is about self-reliance, growing food, and building creative,
beautiful, energy-efficient structures from local materials.
Some precepts basic to both permaculture and bioregionalism:

Chuck Estin of Bios Designshttp://biosdesign.us/
writes about permculture in his website:
"BIOS is Greek for LIFE. As human designers we can look to the life
forms in Nature for guidance
in creating sustainable systems. Life forms are by definition
sustainable, or they wouldn’t exist."
"Permaculture is a way to create healthy communities of people, plants
and animals. Permaculture
uses principles of Nature to empower people to connect to the
ecosystem in which they live.
It has many disciplines and skill-sets; Efficient agriculture,
agro-forestry, aquaculture, natural building,
solar technology, education, alternative economics, and more."

Dr. Lee Barnes
Editor of:
The Permaculture Connections: Southeastern Permaculture Network News
Waynesville, N.C., 28786
8 page Quarterly
Writes about permaculture:
Permaculture ("Perm"anent "agri"culture and "Perma"nent "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."

Permaculture designs have been successfully and widely implemented
in third-world countries, but there is current need to expand these
principles in temperate climates, and especially urban areas to
create more enjoyable and sustainable human habitats.

PermaSphere
-- portal to an expanding global network of landtech pioneers --

ecolandtech: designing ecological land use systems with integrated
elements for synergy, sustainability,
regeneration and enhanced nature-compatible human habitat