I'm teaching right now in Belize with Larry Santoyo, who is drilling intoAs a has-been lurker, I'm out of the lurker closet to respond to Toby's comments above.
everyone's heads the mantra, "you don't DO permaculture, you USE
permaculture." In other words, an architect who learns the permaculture
approach doesn't stop doing architecture. She uses permaculture to do
architecture. It's a noun, but it's not a thing. The word used as a verb or
adverb erroneously suggests that there is a thing, permaculture, that we can
do. That's like saying, "I want to do ethics. Let's ethicize that backyard."
Just as it's near impossible to show someone some ethics, it is hard to show
someone some permaculture. Can anyone show me some permaculture sitting
around somewhere? No, because it's a process and an approach, just as ethics
is, or justice, or other words that don't lend themselves well to becoming
verbs or being described as a static thing.
Toby
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On 2/21/07 9:07 AM, "bwaldrop@cox.net" wrote:
Permaculture is generally used as a noun. But in english, we are always
turning nouns into verbs, and I was wondering how people felt about using
permaculture as a verb.
e.g. "Permaculture that planet!" (actually, that would be a command
imperative.)
or "you too can permaculture your yard."
Adjective
The "Permacultured Kitchen"
Adverb
I would like to work permaculturally for several years.
I am curious as to other's thoughts on this. Does this vocal evolution
detract from understanding permaculture as a whole systems approach to design?
Bob Waldrop
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