Sounds nice, right. No segregation, everything integrated so that everyone is happy and working together, right? But does it really …
Produce No Waste – Permaculture Principle # 6
Bill Mollison defines a pollutant as “an output of any system component that is not being used productively by …
Design from Pattern to Details
Design from Patterns to Details Permaculture Principle #7 In reading David Holgrens book Permaculture Principles and Pathways beyond Sustainability, I’ve …
Use and Value Renewable Resources and Services
Permaculture Principle #5 What is a renewable resource? “Renewable resources are those which are renewed and replaced by natural …
Apply Self-Regulation and Accept Feedback
The fourth principle is Apply Self-Regulation and Accept feedback. How do we do this? In reading David Holgrens book, Permaculture …
Obtain a Yield
Recently, a gentleman suggested to me that permaculture was too important to make money from it. But in my response …
Catch and Store Energy
The second Permaculture Principle is Collect and Store Energy. But why is this the second, and not the last? We …
Observe and Interact, the first principle
A lot of us know the three ethics of permaculture, care of the land, care for the future, and care …