Permaculture can easily be seen as another 'technical fix" that can save industrial affluent-consumer society. I think most people see things like solar energy, community supported agriculture, LETS, earth building, reed bed sewage and Permaculture as new ecologically friendly techniquesTrainer shows a serious misunderstanding of what permaculture is. Only the rawest of permaculture beginners think that it is a technique like composting or herb spirals. Does Trainer really not get that it can only be properly applied as a design system based on indicators of sustainability? I've never met a serious permaculturist who didn't have a gut understanding that our culture is completely unsustainable, and who hadn't adopted the "radical change in lifestyles" that Ted says is missing from permaculture. On the other hand, I have seem people dismiss permaculture because embracing it would make them feel bad about driving their SUV.
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