Permaculture Design

What is Permaculture?

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“Though the problems of the world are

increasingly complex, the solutions remain

embarrassingly simple.”

By Bill Mollison

Permaculture is the harmonious integration through systems management

of all life kingdoms into agriculturally productive ecosystems and socially just

environments, producing sound economic consequences. It’s a design intention

reflecting patterns in Nature that seeks to build interconnections allowing for

energy efficiency and abundance of yield.

Bill Mollison and David Holmgren

1978 Landmark publication

PermacultureOne begins movement

Bill’s Inspirations

Huge Monocultures

No Diversity-Globalization

FOREST

FIELD

PLOW

DESERT

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http://annualreport.syngenta.com/en/overview/chairmans-letter.aspx

While the financial crisis grabbed the headlines, the underlying challenge of ensuring food security for a growing world population remained central to the agenda of governments worldwide. The magnitude of this challenge was reinforced by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) which announced in June that the combination of global economic slowdown and high food prices had pushed another 100 million people into a state of chronic hunger and poverty. The total number of people on the planet who are malnourished has now surpassed the one billion mark.

Which way will we go??

Design Science

“A beneficial assembly of components in their proper relationships”

...the greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone. " - Bill Mollison

In ObservationRoot Yourself in this

In Ancient Wisdom

In Patterns

In patterns

In Climate

In Climate

In soil building

In Water Harvesting

In re-afforestation