Permaculture Ethics Permaculture Ethics & Design Principles& Design Principles

from Permaculture:

Principles & Pathways Beyond Sustainability

by David Holmgren

Ethics: Care of Earth, Care of People

& 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 & Repond To Change

Permaculture Ethics & Principles

Ethical Principles of Ethical Principles of PermaculturePermaculture

Care of the Earth Care of the Earth (Rebuild nature’s capital)(Rebuild nature’s capital)

Care of the People (Nurture the self, kin and community)

Fair Share (Live simply so that others may

simply live)

1: 1: OBSERVE AND INTERACTOBSERVE AND INTERACT

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

1: 1: OBSERVE AND INTERACTOBSERVE AND INTERACT

Make hay while the sun shines

2: CATCH AND STORE ENERGY2: CATCH AND STORE ENERGY

2: CATCH AND STORE ENERGY2: CATCH AND STORE ENERGY

3: OBTAIN A YIELD3: OBTAIN A YIELD

You can’t work on an empty stomach

3: OBTAIN A YIELD3: OBTAIN A YIELD

4: APPLY SELF-REGULATION 4: APPLY SELF-REGULATION AND ACCEPT FEEDBACKAND ACCEPT FEEDBACK

The sins of the fathers are visited on the children unto the seventh generation

4: APPLY SELF- REGULATION 4: APPLY SELF- REGULATION & ACCEPT FEEDBACK& ACCEPT FEEDBACK

5: USE AND VALUE RENEWABLE 5: USE AND VALUE RENEWABLE RESOURCES AND SERVICESRESOURCES AND SERVICES

Let nature take its course

5: USE & VALUE RENEWABLE RESOURCES & SERVICES

6: PRODUCE NO WASTE6: PRODUCE NO WASTE

A stitch in time saves nineWaste not, want not.

6: PRODUCE NO WASTE6: PRODUCE NO WASTE

7: DESIGN FROM PATTERNS7: DESIGN FROM PATTERNS TO DETAILSTO DETAILS

Can’t see the wood for the trees

7: DESIGN FROM PATTERNS7: DESIGN FROM PATTERNS TO DETAILSTO DETAILS

Many hands make light work

8: INTEGRATE RATHER8: INTEGRATE RATHERTHAN SEGREGATETHAN SEGREGATE

8: INTEGRATE RATHERTHAN SEGREGATE

The bigger they are, the harder they fallSlow and steady wins the race

9: USE SMALL AND 9: USE SMALL AND SLOW SOLUTIONSSLOW SOLUTIONS

9: USE SMALL AND9: USE SMALL ANDSLOW SOLUTIONSSLOW SOLUTIONS

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

10: USE AND VALUE DIVERSITY10: USE AND VALUE DIVERSITY

10: USE AND VALUE DIVERSITY

Don’t think you are on the right trackjust because it is a well-beaten path

11: USE EDGES AND 11: USE EDGES AND VALUE THE MARGINALVALUE THE MARGINAL

11: USE EDGES AND11: USE EDGES AND VALUE THE MARGINALVALUE THE MARGINAL

12: CREATIVELY USE AND12: CREATIVELY USE ANDRESPOND TO CHANGERESPOND TO CHANGE

Vision is not seeing things as they are,but as they will be

12: CREATIVELY USE & RESPOND TO CHANGE