the conscious design and maintenance
of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have
the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems.
the harmonious integration of
landscape and people providing their food, energy, shelter, and other material
and non-material needs in a sustainable way.
The philosophy behind Permaculture
is:
working with, rather than against,
nature;
of protracted and thoughtful
observation rather than thoughtless action;
of looking at systems in all
their functions, rather than asking only one yield of them; and
of allowing systems to demonstrate
their own evolutions
Its goals are:
local food production, and
regional self-reliance constituting
a sustainable earth care system
This is the bible of the worldwide
Permaculture movement.