Permaculture is a term created by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in the 1970s to describe a sustainable lifestyle centred around a system of beliefs and ethics based on the observation of nature and a lot of common sense
Permaculture is the
art and
science of
designing
human beings' place in the
environment. Permaculture design
teaches you to understand and
mirror
the
patterns found in
healthy natural
environments. You can then build
profitable,
productive, sustainable,
cultivated ecosystems, which include
people, and have the
diversity,
stability, and
resilience of natural
ecosystems.
Permaculture designs range from
households to major agricultural
enterprises and even entire bioregions.
Permaculture integrates disciplines
relating to food, shelter, energy,
water, trees/plants, wildlife, livestock,
weather, waste management,
economics and social sciences. These
integrated designs create systems
capable of yielding far more than the
output of conventional systems.
Permaculture can reclaim devastated
lands, roll back deserts, build just
social/economic systems & design
planet-based livelihoods.
Permaculture is not exclusive - its principles and practice can be used by anyone, anywhere:
...Permaculture encourages us to be resourceful and self-reliant. It is not a dogma or a religion but an ecological design system which helps us find solutions to the many problems facing us - both locally and globally.