Subject: Re: [permaculture] The Trouble with Permaculture
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 06:18:54 -0500
Why Bad? I think this article is a good one, althought it is very
critical with some expressions of PC-
the author is not uninformed, since she aparently read though some of
the basic literature plus seems to have considerable experience in
organic food production...
Its more than clear now that some of the "Mollsionisms" ("The designer
becomes a recliner"/ "The problem is the solution"/ etc.) were great
vehicles to draw atention back in the 80ies, but also helped to build
"cult permaculture" & a cadre of enthusiastic PC illuminates described
in the article. No problem...I have been one after my first PDC back in
1996....and I´m happy for that, since this motivated me (in my case) to
actually try to establish some systems and realize that not everything
works as well in realiity as described th the PC Designers Manual, a
greant book but definitly not the "bible" and/or ultimate expression of PC.
Every course of some PC celebrities (Geoff Lawton is one prominent
example) adds some more to this number (and I think nobody in thios
group wants to qualify him as some body who gives "bad courses"), and
its only through a few years of practice "on the ground", establishing
designs, getting dirtty, maintainig developing systems, producing food,
experiencing how systems actually work and evolve over time in different
climates & contexts, that the imaginative power of PC concepts get grounded.
saludos desde Colombia (en este momento)
Holger
El 24/01/14 04:14, permaculture-request@lists.ibiblio.org escribió: