-snip - Consider the permaculture movement itself. We have people working full-time (gee, how many?), part-time, and volunteering out of personal interest. We have farmers, independent consultants, authors, teachers and some businesses and local guilds. We have people living permaculture at their home level to varying degrees of intensity. Some are active locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. We have people who live it, others who teach, some who write, others who network, etc. If we applied permaculture to our own movement, we'd use zonation to create a design that will build a strong system; we haven't done it yet, but we could.
-snip- and it appeals to students because it helps them see the importance of everything from inner spiritual growth to political activism on a global scale. If people examine the frequency and intensity of use of their time, money, self-reflection, personal well-being, and public participation - if we look at everything we do within the continuum of degenerative to regenerative activities and resources - then we can truly design their lives and our society to reflect the ethics and principles of permaculture.
-snip- the United States doesn't seem to really "want" permaculture yet, even though this society desperately needs it. So we need to go where we're needed, articulate the permacultural Magna Carta for the 21st century, and create social change at all zones of human activity.
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