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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 [email protected]
Project Maya CICand Aberdeen Centre for Environmental SustainabilityTwitter: @AnnaEvely, @SustainLearning @mayaproject
