This forum exists for individuals and groups interested in the study and
practice of permaculture. It will prove to be a useful resource for
those who choose to be involved with it. It will also be a handy tool
for consultants, designers, writers and teachers of this discipline
which was conceived and stewarded by Bill Mollison & David Holmgren with
further development, expansion and refinement contributed by thousands
more people over the years, from around the world, offering
their knowledge, skills and experience.
The first step is to educate and energize those who want to provide for
themselves, live sensibly, live sustainably and renewably using systems
that regenerate themselves. Use the bootstrap method or any other means
of achieving their goal.We should seek to grow our own food, some of it
or all of it and provide for others seeking high quality nutrition,
those who can grow their own and those who can not, by donation, sales,
barter, consumer coop and marketing coop; the measure of a society is
how well they take care of those in need and those who can not take care
of themselves. This is what the permaculture third ethic seems to say.
Natural biointensive gardening and permaculture go hand in hand and
provide the starting point, activities that generate interest easily and
fill a need. Permaculture will prove to be a useful resource offering
gardening, homesteading and farming as a means of achieving good health,
self-sufficiency and independence. It can be practiced actively at home,
throughout communities and bioregions by offering design tools for
ecologically-oriented land use systems with integrated elements for
synergy, sustainability, regeneration and enhanced nature-compatible
human habitat. The integration of permaculture into one's lifestyle has
the potential of providing self sufficiency, independence, lifestyle
efficiency, taking responsibility for your own health and well-being,
practicing medical self-help, personal sovereignty, active participation
in all categories of local networking
and community building and local renewable energy, water conservation
and land stewardship projects.