Permaculture

"Permaculture inspires empowerment, cooperation and self-reliance. The greatest contribution you can make is to take responsibility for your own actions, to look after your children, and connect with the people around you in your community." Andy Holdaway, www.permaculture.org.uk

This page provides a brief introduction, followed by a note about permaculture information in this wiki.

Village cinema[]

Urban_Permaculture_DVD_Trailer — Urban Permaculture DVD Trailer

Tip: click the four arrow symbol, bottom right of each embedded video (where available) to view video full screen.

Greening the Desert. About 5 mins.

Pioneering Permaculture in Cyprus. About 2 mins. Added: June 18, 2007

Introduction[]

The word 'permaculture', coined by Australians Bill Mollison and David Holmgren during the 1970s, is derived as a contraction of permanent agriculture, or permanent culture. The idea of permaculture is considered among the most significant innovations developed by Australians in the century since Australian federation [1]. However like "nature", the permaculture concept evolves with time making its definition difficult. For example, consider the words of Bill Mollison,

I guess I would know more about permaculture than most people, and I can't define it. ... I'm certain I don't know what permaculture is. [2]

Nevertheless, today permaculture can best be described as an ethical design system applicable to food production and land use, as well as community building. It seeks the creation of productive and sustainable ways of living by integrating ecology, landscape, organic gardening, architecture and agroforestry. The focus is not on these elements themselves, but rather on the relationships created among them by the way they are placed together; the whole becoming greater than the sum of its parts. Permaculture is also about careful and contemplative observation of nature and natural systems, and of recognizing universal patterns and principles, then learning to apply these ‘ecological truisms’ to one’s own circumstances.

Permaculture information in this wiki[]

Information about permaculture in this wiki is fine. For example information associated with a particular sustainability project, where it may be important and useful to keep all the information in one place. An example of this is Permaculture ART, part of information about The Education for Sustainable Living Program