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    How do we regenerate and restore natural systems?

    How do we enrich and feed the human spirit?

    How do we reconnect with Earth and each other?

     

    Go outside.

    Learn Permaculture.

     

    What is Permaculture?

     

    A ecological design system for living using principles found in nature. It is how Earth earths.

    A Design System

    Permaculture ethics, root practices and principles are those of nature herself, and can be applied to the garden, the farm, and indeed any living system including human structures.
    Permaculture is also known as regenerative design or ecological agriculture... permanent agriculture.

    Based on Nature

    We Are Part of the System

    in practice, permaculture also cultivates a way of being that tends to go much deeper than simply a system of ecological design. Somehow, by engaging with nature in intimate observation, we gradually become a part of the system and magically and necessarily engage in our own evolution and transformation.

    Ethics, Principles and Practices

    Everything is a Garden

    The ethics, principles, and roots of permaculture practice, can go far beyond the garden or farm and into the invisible structures of our relationships with ourselves and others, as well as our community and organizational structures. By engaging in permaculture, one soon and eagerly applies the approach to other complex systems and challenges.

  • The Ethical Intentions of Permaculture

    1

    Earth Care

    Care for Earth -- the source of all life.

    2

    People Care

    Care for People --this why we garden in the first place

    3

    Future Care

    Return the surplus to Earth and people

  • Permaculture Root Practices

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    Thoughtful and Protracted Observation

    Start Here

    What is the state of the system? The elements? The relationships? The Energy flow?

    Whole Systems Thinking

    Think Big

    Permaculture offers a way to engage with the whole world -- on a small scale, while keeping in mind a vision for the larger design.

    Start Small then Expand

    Align With Natural Energies and Forces

    We start small, with low risk, then expand what has energy and life.

  • Principles of Permaculture

    Ecological Design

    1

    Work With and Within Nature

    Cooperate with natural agencies and forces

    2

    The Problem is an Opportunity

    We are only limited by imagination

    3

    Least Change for the Greatest Effect

    Choose where to place your energy

    4

    Relinquish Power

    To Natural Agencies and Forces

    5

    Relative Location

    Everything is in Relationship

    6

    Stack Functions

    Each Element Can Have Many Functions

    7

    Energy Cycling

    Strive to optimize and cycle energy flow in the system

    8

    Beneficial Connections

    Stability is directly proportional to the number of beneficial connections

    9

    Succession of Evolution

    Give it time

    10

    Edge Effect

    Creativity Happens on the Edge

    11

    Information as a Resource

    Bad info = bad design.

    Good info is needed for good design

    12

    The Yield is Theoretically Unlimited

    Nature can be infinitely abundant

    13

    Unknown Good Benefit

    Choose to Trust in a Benevolent Universe

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