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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Permaculture . . . Design Philosophy and Practice for a People-Planet-Caring Civilization
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Permaculture | Sustainability Education | Local Food Systems | Rural Farming Communities | Environmental Education | Environmental Ethics | Environmental Justice | Food Supply | Forest Ecology and Conservation | Farm Ecosystem Management | Energy Security and Sustainability | Global Food Supply and Sustainability | Conservation and the Commons | Sustainability and Technology | Community Enterprise | Land Restoration | Land Stewardship | EcoVillages | Agricultural Policy | Restoration Ecology | Soil Ecology | Precautionary Principle | Agroecology | Sustainable Communities | Sustainable Forestry | Sustainable Living | Appropriate Technology | Sustainable Urban and Regional Planning | Water Supply and Conservation | Community Participation | Biodiversity Conservation | Rural Development | Organic Farming | Sustainable Agriculture | Biomimicry | Soil Conservation and Management
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"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)
The solution of the current agricultural practices resulting in the poisoning of land and water, in the reduction of biodiversity, and and the removal of billions of tons of soil from previously fertile landscapes, from a permaculture perspective is to introduce design into agriculture.
This is done in order to create permanent high-yielding agricultural ecosystems, so that humans can thrive on as little land as possible, thus leaving as much land as possible as wilderness, if necessary helping the wilderness re-establish itself. This visionary global mission is encapsulated in the word 'permaculture', a shortened form of 'permanent agriculture.'
This article summarises the case for permaculture, its design philosophies and principles, and some steps towards practicing them in the real world.
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HEAVEN ON EARTH
Permaculture with Rico Zook
a 25minute film by Bruce Weaver
SYNOPSIS
What images do we hold in mind for the future of humankind, and the planet? At present, we are bombarded with images of global climate change, worldwide food and water shortages and catastrophic wars. Heaven On Earth is a video travelogue documenting the work of permaculturist Rico Zook. Join us as we travel with Rico to the Northern most part of India in the shade of the towering Himalayas, to glimpse the future through Rico's eyes and learn what permaculture is, and what it has to offer both humanity and the planet. Is it possible we might find heaven on earth here, and now? Watch and see.