permaculture

Permaculture is a design science, rooted in the observations of natural systems, that explores the design of human settlements that have the stability and resiliency of natural eco-systems. Coined by Australians Bill Mollison and David Holmgren during the 1970s, permaculture is rooted in working with nature to build sustainable environments and human settlements that do not degrade but rather improve the environment. It also reduces the reliance on industrial systems which Mollison points out are fundamentally and systematically destroying Earth's ecosystems.

Permaculture operates on 12 design principles. They are:
1. Observe and Interact
2. Catch and Store Energy
3. Obtain a Yield
4. Apply Regulation and Accept Feedback
5. Use Renewable Resources
6. No Waste
7. Design from Patterns
8. Integrate
9. Small Steps
10. Value Diversity
11. Use Edges
12. Creatively Use and Respond to Change

These principles, though new in terminology, have been used throughout civilization and are now being applied to modern environments such as urban settings and cultivating unfriendly climates.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “permaculture”

• Permaculture wiki, and an update

  
  Appropedia Blog — Authority: 100
  Update: I want to apologize to everyone whos frustrated with our broken blog feed. Weve been given pointers on how to fix it, but since we dont actually have a tech team (anyone like to help?)  I need to dig in and fix this myself, and... I havent got it done yet. But its there on the to-do list. Now onto more ...
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• Taking of Life

  
  Anarchoblogs — Authority: 156
  Deer hunting is in full swing these days. Last weekend my brother and uncle both shot deer. The taking of life is something Ive been thinking about lately. A month ago I wrote about the two dogs I had to kill. Ive thought about them off and on since that day and last weekend went to see their decaying bodies where I ...
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• Organic Gardening 101: 5 Tips for Avoiding Seed Catalog Overspend

  
  Planet Green — Authority: 640
  Seed catalogs are a sore temptation to every gardener. But unless youre careful, you can end up with a large bill, and a whole bunch of seeds that will never make it into the ground. Heres how to avoid seed catalog overspend.
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• Organic Gardening 101: 5 Tips for Avoiding Seed Catalog Overspend

  
  Planet Green — Authority: 640
  Seed catalogs are a sore temptation to every gardener. But unless youre careful, you can end up with a large bill, and a whole bunch of seeds that will never make it into the ground. Heres how to avoid seed catalog overspend.
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• Avert a Food Crisis: 5 Tips for Saving Phosphorus in the Garden

  
  Planet Green — Authority: 640
  Phosphorus is a prescious resource that is increasingly scarse supply. That could mean serious trouble for our global food system. But there are things we can do to keep the phosphorus cycling in our soils.
  3 days ago

• Book 4 - Grow Wherever You Go

  
  Down On The Urban Farm — Authority: 110
  Hey all, Join me tonight at Changing Hands in Tempe AZ for the release of the Urban Farm’s Simple Sustainability Book Series. Here is book four of four installments of the unique mini books I am publishing. • Grow Wherever You Go, Discover the Place Where Your Garden Lives, By Greg Peterson Where does ...
  5 days ago

• Turning Desert into a Garden/Food Forest (ECO worldly / Facebook / Martin DEWHURST)

  
  Desertification — Authority: 149
  Tonight Martin DEWHURST posted an interesting message on Facebook.  It indicated the value of a publication on “PERMACULTURE”.http://digg.com/d11A1KDECOWORLDLYhttp://ecoworldly.com/2009/11/14/turning-desert-into-a-garden/Turning Desert into a Garden/Food ForestWritten by Zachary ShahanAbout two kilometers from ...
  6 days ago

• Turning Desert into a Garden/Food Forest

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 163
  About two kilometers from the Dead Sea and two from where Jesus was christened, in the country of Jordan, Geoff Lawton of the Permaculture Research Institute and his crew created a near miracle turning desert into a lush permaculture garden. In August in this location, Lawton says that temperatures could rise above ...
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• Turning Desert into a Garden

  
  EcoWorldly — Authority: 585
  About two kilometers from the Dead Sea and two from where Jesus was christened, in the country of Jordan, Geoff Lawton of the Permaculture Research Institute and his crew created a near miracle turning desert into a lush permaculture garden. In August in this location, Lawton says that temperatures could rise above ...
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• Book 2 - Fowl Play, Your Guide To Keeping Chickens in the City

  
  Down On The Urban Farm — Authority: 110
  Hey all, Join me Monday Nov 16 at Changing Hands in Tempe AZ for the release. Here is book two of four installments of the unique mini books I am publishing. It is a delightfully written and illustrated book by Rachel Bess on keeping chickens in your yard. I even learned some thing when reading it. • Fowl ...
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• Save thousands on heating and cooling - with brainpower

  
  Cluttercut — Authority: 115
  This is the second post in a series on permaculture principles. In my last post, I discussed how to extend your growing season , and the importance of having good access to sunwise light (northern direction axis in the southern hemisphere; southern direction axis in the northern hemisphere). These tricks are ...
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• FRESH the Movie Thursday 12th November.

  
  Hills and Plains Seedsavers — Authority: 121
  Hi everyone, Kate from the Western A Price Foundation Group from Adelaide has asked me to forward this information to you. Transition Adelaide West presents… A movie celebrating farmers, thinkers and business people who are re-inventing our food system. www.freshthemovie.com 12 Th ...
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• KarmaDharma Radio with Suzanne Visits with Kipp Stroden of Essential Living Foods, Inc.

  
  The Family Yak — Authority: 117
  Suzanne talks with Kipp Stroden, co-founder of BeOn Holdings Inc. and VP of Business Development for Essential Living Foods Inc, about the love of food and feeding others good foods. Stroden’s company is a leading organic superfood importer, distributor and retail brand based in Santa Monica, California. ...
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• The Urban Farm’s New Book Series

  
  Down On The Urban Farm — Authority: 110
  Please join me for my book release and signing of The Urban Farm’s Simple Sustainability Book Series Greg Peterson and Rachel Bess Present at: Changing Hands Book Store 6428 S McClintock Drive Tempe, Arizona 85283 7pm Monday November 16th, 2009 Contact: Greg Peterson, The Urban Farm, 602-279-3713 Greg ...
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• Skeuomorphs of Nature

  
  Wilson's Blogmanac — Authority: 134
  Sydneys Hyde Park and New Yorks Central Park are skeuomorphs of Nature. A skeuomorph is a derivative object which retains ornamental design cues to structure that was necessary in the original. Arguably, permaculture is also a skeuomorph. Im still working on this question, as, I have no doubt, are many others. ...
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• Freegan Sheet Mulching for Beginners

  
  The Wild Green Yonder — Authority: 92
  The following account of sheet-mulching a hell strip is from Denver permie and Wild Green Yonder affiliate Jonathan Hontz. Enjoy! I have a love/hate relationship with my tree lawn.  It used to be  a 15 x 24 foot strip of weedy, sun-baked, and compacted land that neither the City nor I wanted to spend any time ...
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• Edible Forest Gardening Workshop

  
  Humble Garden — Authority: 100
  (Eric and Jonathan teaching on first day of workshop) Recently I had the great fortune of attending Eric Toensmeier ’s Edible Forest Gardening workshop in Holyoke, MA Oct 16 to Oct 18. Before I go any further let me just say that if you have a chance, please go to this workshop the next time they hold it. You ...
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• Rainwater Harvesting with Brad Lancaster

  
  RAW INSPIRATIONS — Authority: 119
  Brad holds the torch for our rethinking our relationship with rain water. Using this valuable resource can solve a lot of problems. Wed Nov 2 7 PM pst / 10 PM est www.VisionaryCultureRadio.com Brad Lancaster is a nationally renown speaker and author of the acclaimed Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands, Volume ...
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• Back to the Old House: a few days at The Hollies

  
  Transition Culture — Authority: 491
  Spent the half term weekend in West Cork in Ireland, revisiting people and places that made up my life between 1996 and 2005.  It was like visiting a parallel world, a ‘Sliding Doors’-like glimpse at what could have been, offering reflections on where I am now and where I have come from.  I will write [...]
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• Sustainable Illawarra

  
  Darcy Moore's Blog — Authority: 110
   Sarah and I attended the ‘No Dig’ workshops delivered by Sustainable Illawarra and The Garden at Kiama Public School today. We learnt much about how to create a No Dig  vegetable patch and more importantly, in many respects, to see how our environment and the community prosper from partnerships ...
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