Alan: Permaculture is a slippery idea to me. But from what I read, it seems that not even those who actually do
permaculture really know what it is.
Bill: I'm certain I don't know what permaculture is. That's what I like about it - it's not dogmatic. But you've got to
say it's about the only organized system of design that ever was. And that makes it extremely eerie.
Alan: Why "eerie"?
Bill: There's no other book about design for living. Don't you think that's eerie? I mean, how can we possibly expect to
survive if we don't design what we're doing to be bearable?
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I take this to mean that we should get serious about learning how to become
self-sufficient and independent
and that permaculture is a free-floating, evolving body of knowledge and
manual of practical skills for survival.