WiserEarth UK
The Wiser UK group aims to bring together WiserEarth members based in the UK. We aim (among other things) to further the vision of WiserEarth and Paul Hawken in helping put up a mirror to the movement, to connect and create alliances between those working towards a more just and sustainable world. We hope that this 'flocking' effect will enable us to improve ...learn more
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Created: Mar 20, 2009
Updated: Nov 24, 2009
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Permie Definitions
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WHAT IS PERMACULTURE?
IN THEIR OWN WORDS...
"Permaculture design is based on observing what makes natural systems endure, establishing simple yet effective principles and using them to mirror nature in whatever we choose to design. This can be gardens, farms, buildings, woodlands, communities, businesses - even towns or countries. Permaculture is essentially about creating beneficial relationships between individual elements. Its application is only as limited as our imagination."
Maddy Harland, the editor of Permaculture magazine, UK
"Permaculture simply asks people to put as much into life as they demand from it. Is this too much to ask to save the world? Use its principles in your everyday life. Teach your children, lobby your governments - local, national and international - with the wisdom it contains."
Dr David Bellamy, botanist
"We can measure a population's ability to sustain itself by the rate at which it depletes the resources on which it depends. On current evidence modern human civilisation is heading for a major collapse."
Steve Jones, permaculture designer
"Whole-systems design for sustainable living with an emphasis on the human ecology." Mike Collins (California & Baja Mexico) sonoperm@monitor.net
"In a nutshell, Permaculture is both a philosophy and an interdisciplinary design system to create sustainable ecosystems which support human needs in a way that treads lightly on the earth and which respects, conserves and regenerates natural ecosystems. The principles of Permaculture are based on ecology and can be applied to all climates and environments from the city to the wilderness, from the backyard to the bioregion. Permaculture is dancing with nature where nature leads the dance." Robyn Francis (Australia) <permed@nor.com.au> www.earthwise.org.au
"Permaculture is a wholistic design philosophy with an ethical foundation and a penchant for practicality." Dan Hemenway (Florida) http://barkingfrogspc.tripod.com/frames.html
"Permanent Agriculture = Permanent Culture. No society, no culture is sustainable without sustainable agricultural practices. Permaculture is a holistic design philosophy to develop productive agro-eco-systems, which satisfy human needs without destroying the natural environment. Permaculture is a whole range of sustainable, ecological and energy-saving techniques and lifestyles." Holger Hieronimi (Mexico) tierramor@laneta.apc.org
"Permaculture is a design science for living and non-living systems that provide for human needs in a way that enhances the environment." Sindhu Lawton (Australia) <pri@permaculture.org.au> www.permaculture.org.au
"Permaculture is a design science, based on observation, that integrates all human activities into a whole system based on natural patterning and ecology. In a word, Permaculture = Relationship." Penny Livingston (California) pinc@svn.net / www.permacultureinstitute.com
"I always quote Bill, who said it best: 'Permaculture seeks the garden of Eden, and why not?'" Christopher Peck (California) www.Holistic-Solutions.net
"Permaculture is a design system based on ecological processes. Those natural processes, which have proven sustainable over thousands of years, are then applied to the human-created environment with the intention of living sustainably." Scott Pittman (New Mexico) pci@permaculture-inst.org
"Permaculture is a strategy for land-use planning and design that uses indicators of sustainability found in all natural ecosystems. Permaculture Design is best suited for designing economic development programs and community social services. Permaculture Design provides the practical aspects of the philosophy of 'all things being connected.' Permaculture is a noun, but it is not a place that you can visit. It is almost more of a verb. You use Permaculture Principles to design a place that you can visit. Permaculture is the process, not the place!" Larry Santoyo (California) <santoyo@earthflow.com> www.earthflow.com
"Ecological systems design that works with ecological principles to increase productivity, enhance the local environment and biodiversity, work with the character of the landscape and increase the possibilities for a vibrant local economy." Joanne Tippett (California & England) <jo@holocene.net> www.holocene.net
"I like Lea Harrison's 'design of sustainable human habitats.' I've never tried to define it." Rick Valley (Oregon) www.teleport.com/~dbrooks/bamboo.html
IN THEIR OWN WORDS...
"Permaculture design is based on observing what makes natural systems endure, establishing simple yet effective principles and using them to mirror nature in whatever we choose to design. This can be gardens, farms, buildings, woodlands, communities, businesses - even towns or countries. Permaculture is essentially about creating beneficial relationships between individual elements. Its application is only as limited as our imagination."
Maddy Harland, the editor of Permaculture magazine, UK
"Permaculture simply asks people to put as much into life as they demand from it. Is this too much to ask to save the world? Use its principles in your everyday life. Teach your children, lobby your governments - local, national and international - with the wisdom it contains."
Dr David Bellamy, botanist
"We can measure a population's ability to sustain itself by the rate at which it depletes the resources on which it depends. On current evidence modern human civilisation is heading for a major collapse."
Steve Jones, permaculture designer
"Whole-systems design for sustainable living with an emphasis on the human ecology." Mike Collins (California & Baja Mexico) sonoperm@monitor.net
"In a nutshell, Permaculture is both a philosophy and an interdisciplinary design system to create sustainable ecosystems which support human needs in a way that treads lightly on the earth and which respects, conserves and regenerates natural ecosystems. The principles of Permaculture are based on ecology and can be applied to all climates and environments from the city to the wilderness, from the backyard to the bioregion. Permaculture is dancing with nature where nature leads the dance." Robyn Francis (Australia) <permed@nor.com.au> www.earthwise.org.au
"Permaculture is a wholistic design philosophy with an ethical foundation and a penchant for practicality." Dan Hemenway (Florida) http://barkingfrogspc.tripod.com/frames.html
"Permanent Agriculture = Permanent Culture. No society, no culture is sustainable without sustainable agricultural practices. Permaculture is a holistic design philosophy to develop productive agro-eco-systems, which satisfy human needs without destroying the natural environment. Permaculture is a whole range of sustainable, ecological and energy-saving techniques and lifestyles." Holger Hieronimi (Mexico) tierramor@laneta.apc.org
"Permaculture is a design science for living and non-living systems that provide for human needs in a way that enhances the environment." Sindhu Lawton (Australia) <pri@permaculture.org.au> www.permaculture.org.au
"Permaculture is a design science, based on observation, that integrates all human activities into a whole system based on natural patterning and ecology. In a word, Permaculture = Relationship." Penny Livingston (California) pinc@svn.net / www.permacultureinstitute.com
"I always quote Bill, who said it best: 'Permaculture seeks the garden of Eden, and why not?'" Christopher Peck (California) www.Holistic-Solutions.net
"Permaculture is a design system based on ecological processes. Those natural processes, which have proven sustainable over thousands of years, are then applied to the human-created environment with the intention of living sustainably." Scott Pittman (New Mexico) pci@permaculture-inst.org
"Permaculture is a strategy for land-use planning and design that uses indicators of sustainability found in all natural ecosystems. Permaculture Design is best suited for designing economic development programs and community social services. Permaculture Design provides the practical aspects of the philosophy of 'all things being connected.' Permaculture is a noun, but it is not a place that you can visit. It is almost more of a verb. You use Permaculture Principles to design a place that you can visit. Permaculture is the process, not the place!" Larry Santoyo (California) <santoyo@earthflow.com> www.earthflow.com
"Ecological systems design that works with ecological principles to increase productivity, enhance the local environment and biodiversity, work with the character of the landscape and increase the possibilities for a vibrant local economy." Joanne Tippett (California & England) <jo@holocene.net> www.holocene.net
"I like Lea Harrison's 'design of sustainable human habitats.' I've never tried to define it." Rick Valley (Oregon) www.teleport.com/~dbrooks/bamboo.html
