What is permaculture

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Permaculture is a design system based on ethics and design principles which can be used to establish, design, manage and improve holistic management of individuals, businesses, communities and social-ecological systems.

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what isPermaculture?

permaculture

permaculturepermanent agriculture

permaculturepermanent agriculture

Permanent culture

• ethical framework• understanding how nature works, and

• design approach

Ethics:

Earth Care, People Care Fair Share

Observe & Interact

Catch & Store Energy

Obtain A Yield

Apply Self Regulation &Accept Feedback

Use and Value Renewable Resources & Services

Produce No WasteDesign from Patterns to Details

Integrate Rather Than Segregate

Use Small &Slow Solutions

Use & Value Diversity

Use Edges & Valuethe Marginal

Creatively Use & Respond To Change

permaculture ethics & principles

earth care(protect and rebuild nature’s capital)

people care(care for yourself and others)

fair share (live simply and ensure resources are fairly shared with others)

1: OBSERVE AND INTERACT

2: CATCH AND STORE ENERGY

3: OBTAIN A

YIELD

4: APPLY SELF-REGULATION

& ACCEPT FEEDBACK

Myers and Worm (2003)

5: USE & VALUE RENEWABLE RESOURCES & SERVICES

6: PRODUCE NO WASTE

7: DESIGN FROM PATTERNS TO DETAILS

8: INTEGRATE RATHER

THAN SEGREGATE

9: USE SMALL ANDSLOW SOLUTIONS

10: USE AND VALUE DIVERSITY

11: USE

EDGES AND VALUE THE MARGINAL

12: CREATIVELY USE & RESPOND TO CHANGE

Anna Evely anna@mayaproject.org

Project Maya CICand Aberdeen Centre for Environmental SustainabilityTwitter: @AnnaEvely, @SustainLearning @mayaproject

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