permaculture

[Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>]

On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 10:49 AM João Pedro Moreira Gonçalves <
joaovox@gmail.com> wrote:

> “Limits to population and consumption”
>
> Is not at the same level of abstraction as those 2 ethics: earth and people
> care.
>
> My ancestors invested in building terraces as "return the surplus",
> is my interpretation.
>

But that is not surplus, it is essential infrastructure. Some of the food
produced in them could be surplus.

>
> Limits to population and consumption would be too specific domains of
> choice as "self-care"?
> Care to grow your relationship with your soul and spirit?
> Earth, community and self-care as the 3 ethics?
>
> Self-care would be considered part of Care For The People.

>
> A qua, 8/05/2019, 01:36, Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com> escreveu:
>
> > On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 6:45 PM Robyn Francis <robyn@permaculture.com.au>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Just curious about the various interpretations and renditions of the
> > Third
> > > Permaculture ethic, in particular the origins of the ‘Disperse the
> > surplus’
> > > catch cry. Curiously this is not mentioned in the Designers Manual,
> only
> > > “Limits to population and consumption” is defined there as the 3rd
> ethic.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts?
> > >
> Typos corrected:
> In this list there was fairly intense discussion of the three ethics, how
> they were named and how they were defined and interpreted. Scott probably
> participated in this. It went on for enough posts to cover plenty of
> ground.

My thoughts are that "return the surplus" or disperse the surplus" is
> critically important.....

for hundreds of good reasons, some of which are "keep the money (or goods)
> in the
> community" and fund highly valued activities of community members" and the
> obvious "fund those in need".
> >
> > We can thank Scott for continuing to emphasize the importance of the
> three
> > ethics and that they are the essence of Permaculture.
>

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