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Design That's Life Enhancing AND Life Affirming (Permaculture)
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Permaculture and Agri-business Going Forward
Gail asked "And what does permaculture suggest that we do with all of the agri-businesses that now own so much of the land. Does it address that?"Their requirements suggest that agri-businesses will retreat or collapse, as the costs of fuels used throughout the big (etc.) food system and of…
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Energy Is A Foundation. Safety and Reliability Are Key.
Assumptions about energy availability and affordability lurk in every discussion on this site, but very few of us bring them into view for others as a practice. My friends, begin to make it a practice! In the determination of what is worth changing, what is worth doing, we must share beliefs that…
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Permaculture in Urban Areas
Gail commented: "I'm wondering how permaculture can exist in overpopulated areas such as inner cities. And what does permaculture suggest that we do with all of the agri-businesses that now own so much of the land. Does it address that?"I replied briefly: "Gail and those with the same curiosity…
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Economies of Integration
David Braden of Applewood Permaculture Institute elsewhere wrote:The industrial system developed a narrow focus definition of efficiency we call economies of scale . . . which are really…
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An Aid to Breadth, If Not Comprehensiveness from Holmgren et al
The permaculture flower is a diagram that guides one to and reminds one of what is involved/at stake. The link is to an interactive version of it.
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The 12 Principles Highlighted by David Holmgren
"The 12 permaculture design principles are thinking tools, that when used together, allow us to creatively re-design our environment and our behaviour in a world of less energy and resources."The link is to the page from…
For nearly forty years, such less arbitrary design has had the name Permaculture. It holds considerable promise for enabling and supporting necessary shifts. The interested and the initiated can mingle here.