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  • From: Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Agroforestry Versus Permaculture: Which Approach to Use for a Community Food Forest | Chelsea Green Publishing
  • Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 01:30:48 -0400

On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 1:12 AM, Steve Hart <stevenlawrencehart@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks LL...that pyramid sewage facility was far to efficient. It didn't
> make engineers or chemical companies any money. The facility was in Pitesti
> a city in Romania. It was designed and built by a faculty of the university
> and per usual they measured every element including financial efficiency
> proving it was 17,000% more efficient than any other system in the world.
> Sewage is a gold chip investment by engineers who now control every
> municipal facility in the world. It is now moth balled, a skeleton. Steve
>

Wow! What a disappointment. Does it always happen that way? It seems so,
increasing year by year
the sidelining of local, people-designed, people-built natural systems (all
kinds of them) that serve people well. Solution: design, build and use
systems paid for my communities and maintain complete control of the. Oh,
yes, then they get out the rules and regulations and throw obstacles
in the way of achieving any kind of permanence with the systems people
need: sewage, production, storage, processing, preparing and serving of
food,
renewable energy systems serving individuals and neighborhood and efforts
to educate people to go for simple, direct systems that work and keep
working,
live frugally, don;t waste, recycle and reuse. Build a business community
and keep profits cycling within local economies. I could go on for a
thousand pages with possibilities
and solutions. You have to change things on the ground and do it locally.

>
> Kia ora Ehoa
>
> *Steve Hart*
> *Ecology Architect*
>
> Designer, Teacher, Builder of Ecologically Sustainable Resilient
> Environments, through Urban Design, Architecture, Landscape Architecture
> and Systems Ecology via Ecological Agriculture..
>
>
> *Skype: tipenemanawaPhone: +64 220 75 62 11*
>
>
>
> The Permaculture International College
> https://permacultureeducation.com/
> https://permaculturecollege.academia.edu/SteveHart
>
>
>
>
>
> On 29 July 2018 at 17:02, Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 12:00 AM, Steve Hart <
> stevenlawrencehart@gmail.com
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Good question Darrell...why indeed ?..lazy ? small mindedness ?
> academics
> > > who are too arrogant to attend a full PDC?..there is no argument nor
> any
> > > comparative advantage ?...Steve Hart
> > >
> >
> > It is all in how you frame your view of the world. The permaculture lens
> is
> > always ready for you to use to synchronize your
> > most positive experiences in this world with the vast libraries of
> > information it provides and take you to another plane of existence.
> > It provides focus, not limitations. I really like Mollison's statement
> that
> > the only limitation to a permaculture design is the imagination of the
> > designer.
> > Then comes the workload, made easier by your knowing you are on the best
> > path possible as you travel along the paths of the natural world.
> > Seriously though, consider a site design task, look through the lens of
> > permaculture and your mind will be filled with possibilities that tap the
> > most advanced
> > knowledge that science and technology has to offer. At ground level
> > everything we have learned in our lifetimes, applied selectively, is
> > useful. Like biofeedback our ideas cycle in and out of a permaculture
> > design in progress,
> > some gaining momentum, some fading, some becoming more prominent,
> > progressing through the design process in synergy with arrays of
> > possibilities, merging and synchronizing until it all comes together.
> This
> > is how I see PC design.
> >
> > Steve: I intend to reply to your recent post, about your work in Europe
> > with emerging PC groups and community projects. I remember seeing your
> > pictures of the sewage treatment project in a greenhouse with a pyramid.
> > Is the plant still in operation? I follow the Balkan Ecology Project in
> > Facebook and enjoy reading about their market gardening projects and site
> > development.
> >
> > One thing I have learned is that a shovel is a more powerful tool than a
> > tractor; you go much slower and much more carefully. I know from
> > experience. Another principle is to tread as lightly on the land as is
> > humanly possible. I know about this too. Buy some land; don't drive on it
> > except on the road to the homestead. Walk only where you have work to do;
> > leave the rest untouched.
> >
> > >
> > > Kia ora Ehoa
> > >
> > > *Steve Hart*
> > > *Ecology Architect*
> > >
> > > Designer, Teacher, Builder of Ecologically Sustainable Resilient
> > > Environments, through Urban Design, Architecture, Landscape
> Architecture
> > > and Systems Ecology via Ecological Agriculture..
> > >
> > >
> > > *Skype: tipenemanawaPhone: +64 220 75 62 11*
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The Permaculture International College
> > > https://permacultureeducation.com/
> > > https://permaculturecollege.academia.edu/SteveHart
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 29 July 2018 at 11:19, "Darrell E. Frey" <defrey@bioshelter.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > On a more thorough reading of this I find it a specious and
> unnecessary
> > > > argument. Why do they say these things indeed ?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Darrell E. Frey
> > > > Three Sisters Permaculture
> > > > defrey@bioshelter.com
> > > > www.threesisterspermaculture.com
> > > >
> > > > Author; Bioshelter Market Garden: A Permaculture Farm. New Society
> > > > Publishing, 2011, Co-Author; Food Forest Handbook, New Society
> > > Publishing,
> > > > 2017
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, 28 Jul 2018 18:35:09 -0400, Lawrence London wrote:
> > > >
> > > > https://www.chelseagreen.com/2018/agroforestry-vs-
> > > > permaculture/?utm_source=CGP+Newsletter&utm_campaign=
> > > > 9c8056738e-CGP_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_27&utm_medium=email&
> > > > utm_term=0_1f480ae12f-9c8056738e-7970469&mc_cid=
> > > > 9c8056738e&mc_eid=fbea706efe
> > > >
> > > > [Why do they say these things. Agroforestry comes under the umbrella
> of
> > > > permaculture. That ought to be obvious.]
> > > >
> > > > *"Which Approach to Use?*
> > > >
> > > > One way to think about the difference between agroforestry and
> > > permaculture
> > > > is that agroforestry is a discipline and permaculture is a worldview.
> > > > *Agroforestry* is a set of scientific practices designed to achieve
> > > > financial and environmental goals. *Permaculture* practices are
> largely
> > > > based on environmental observations and ideas about nurturing
> > > relationships
> > > > between the land and people. *Using one or the other approach when
> > > > designing a community food forest will lead to slightly different
> > > planning
> > > > and management decisions.*
> > > >
> > > > So, what do agroforestry and permaculture look like in a community
> food
> > > > forest? Permaculture can provide vast and growing stores of human
> > energy
> > > in
> > > > the form of volunteers and project leaders from broad networks. Many
> > > people
> > > > practice permaculture, and it continues to grow in popularity. Use of
> > > > permaculture practices such as forest gardens, water catchment (a
> piped
> > > > water system), and zones and sectors can shape the overall layout and
> > > > visual quality of a community food forest.
> > > >
> > > > Agroforestry provides the science that can help with technical design
> > and
> > > > maintenance strategies of a food forest project—how to manage
> > > combinations
> > > > of trees, shrubs, and crops. Some agroforestry researchers are
> > interested
> > > > in studying community food"
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