permaculture

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A portmanteau for “permanent agriculture,” permaculture is a holistic approach to land management that attempts to build useful, self-sustaining ecosystems modeled after naturally-occurring ones. It’s a systems thinking approach to agriculture. While approaches to permaculture date back millennia, the term itself emerged in the 1970s through the work of Bill Mollison (Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual) and David Holmgren (Permaculture: Principles & Pathways Beyond Sustainability).

illustration of the three ethics and 12 principles of permaculture

The 12 Permaculture Design Principles

  1. Observe and interact
  2. Catch and store energy
  3. Obtain a yield
  4. Apply self-regulation & accept feedback
  5. Use & value renewable resources & services
  6. Produce no waste
  7. Design from patterns to details
  8. Integrate rather than segregate
  9. Use small and slow solutions
  10. Use and value diversity
  11. Use edges & value the marginal
  12. Creatively use and respond to change

Source: https://permacultureprinciples.com/principles/

This video illustrates each of the 12 principles as applied on a small farm.

The Three Ethics

  1. Earth Care
  2. People Care
  3. Fair Share

From https://permacultureprinciples.com/ethics/

Components

  • Water is the foundation of permaculture, since all living things need water to grow
  • Soil
  • Life, including plants of course, but everything from bacteria to mammals plays a role

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