This is going to be the first post until sunday june 30th on Permaculture techniques.
What is permaculture?
Permaculture:
Permaculture is a branch of ecological design, ecological engineering, and environmental design which develops sustainable architecture and self-maintained agricultural systems modeled from natural ecosystems.[1][2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture
Straight off of wikipedia.
Here are the three ethics of Permaculture:
- Care for the earth
- Care for people
- Return of surplus
Why is it important?
It is a system of design that offers I believe hope to humanity. Think about it, is our way of life really sustainable? All the agriculture that destroys and depletes our soils, the deforestation, the extraction and mining of raw materials. How can we create a way of life that will last for generations to come. Well permaculture offers a way to live in harmony with the earth so we are have a positive impact on this earth.
How amazing is that!
It was created by two men named Bill Mollison and David Holmgren back in the 1970's. Today Bill is retired and has handed it down too Geoff Lawton who has done extensive work in putting permaculture into practice. Including his infamous video greening the desert:
The first topic will be on swales:
- What
- Why
- How
See you next time!
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