Once commercialized will mainstream people think they can "do permaculture"
and still wear a $5,000 dress?
Could permaculture ever become greenwashed and lumped in with psuedo-green
consumerism?
I am and have been deeply suspicious of the trend that is developing that is
called "mainstream" or "commercial" development of permaculture. These are
descriptions of my worst nightmare a more deeply entrenched model of
permaculture into the capitalist arms of our current system. It points out
the problem of language when "success" means accumulated wealth and ultimate
authority is the legal profession and threats of libel suits.
The primary reason that permaculture has been so successful is not the
wealth accumulated but the lives that have been affected and changed. It is
that we offer an alternative to an increasingly turbulent and socially
unjust world.
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