My first introduction to Permaculture happened before I even knew there was such a system. As a teenager with a strong interest in gardening, watching neighbors, friends and family remove trees from their property and load them into [usually] several trailer loads and bring them to the tip. Then within a few days, see a truck carrying a pile of bark or chips to restore the old or create a new bed in the newly trimmed landscape. When I saw these delivery trucks, my thoughts returned to the load of biomass, which was easily converted into wood chips only a few days ago.
Now, through an understanding of perpetual agriculture and its ethics, I recognize the three ethics I have observed [earth care, human care and residual income/fair share] and several principles, including - "no waste", "Capture" and store energy, gain production, use and value renewable resources and services, creatively use and respond to change.
Sustainability through permanent landscapes and food forests is a design process that replicates interactions and relationships in nature. A systematic approach to sustainability that can be used for all aspects of human survival from agriculture to ecological construction, from the use of appropriate technologies to the economy, from education to energy production.
Sustainable agriculture focuses on our consumers and emphasizes that we are producers. Its system can be applied to small buildings like balcony gardens, with an average of a quarter of an acre of urban home land to hundreds of acres of land.
Although those involved in perpetual agriculture generally believe that horticulture is not horticulture - although horticulture is an important part of the production system, it is not solar panels and energy - although production, storage and energy conservation are part of the system, it is not about being more effective Capture, store and use water - despite smart use, storage and water flow are part of the system. Instead, it is a complete systematic approach to sustainable thinking.
Although my first introduction to Permaculture was based on a similar mindset and I didn't know of such a design system, I quickly started reading people like Bill Mollison - Tasmanians started designing systems, David Holmgren Co-authored the system with Bill and other students of these founders - Geoff Lawton, Rosemary Morrow, et al.
This is a relaxing world moment, discovering how all these people think about the same approach to my sustainability logic. After all, I am not angry. My thoughts have been put into practice by a group of awesome people - the permanent culture has not only been born - it has quietly practiced around the world.
Orignal From: My introduction to sustainable agriculture
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