I am concerned that discussion on this list revel too much in trivialities:
The largest percent of English speaking permaculture people (90%?) of all
English speaking people - the audience of this list live in cold & cool and
warm temperate (Mediterranean) climates: NA, Europe, Southern Australia
(where most Australians live)
For Temperate climates, Bill Mollison in the Global Gardener Video said,
(paraphrase), "50% of PC (in temperate climates) is about housing." Yet I
hear very little about this on this list.
In the Permaculture Design Manual Bill writes that the first action and
priority in the design of the land is for energy production for temperate
locations. Yet in terms of discussion I find little directly covering that
on this list.
Bill Mollison and David Holmgren emphasise that energy design is key to PC
design and that once our energy design is well worked out then other issues
are easier.
This transition is not an easy thing to do, creates much dislocation and
unemployment along the way.
What are we working on in this list to remedy
this? What discussions are we having?
...we must make an analysis and bring relevant
solutions to the culture, place and times. We can't copy Australian PC
exactly.
Members of this list! Wake up! High heating fuel costs and winter is coming
and it will be a cold one
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