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PERMACULTURE

Permaculture is a design system that mimics natural ecosystems to create sustainable habitats. It focuses on observing and understanding natural patterns to design solutions that catch and store energy, use renewable resources, produce no waste, and integrate diverse elements. The key principles include obtaining yields, self-regulation, small and slow solutions, edges and marginal spaces, diversity, and creatively responding to change. Zones and sectors are techniques used to design permaculture gardens.

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PERMACULTURE

Permaculture is a design system that mimics natural ecosystems to create sustainable habitats. It focuses on observing and understanding natural patterns to design solutions that catch and store energy, use renewable resources, produce no waste, and integrate diverse elements. The key principles include obtaining yields, self-regulation, small and slow solutions, edges and marginal spaces, diversity, and creatively responding to change. Zones and sectors are techniques used to design permaculture gardens.

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PERMACULTURE Roselle Buray and Juzil Jaycienth Castillon

BS Agriculture II | AGRI 3-Ecological Agriculture

Sources: Permarticle.PDF | PERMACULTURE DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS REGENERATIVE LEADERSHIP


INSTITUTE REGENERATIVE.COM smart regenerative design will save the world | permaculture beginners guide
extract.PDF
•Permaculture is about recognising the consequences and taking
responsibility for our actions and for our planet, and turning around
our behaviours of consumption and exploitation so that we can
recreate a world without destruction and pollution.
•Where all can enjoy clean air, fresh water, good quality food, and
meaningful work and leisure. Where we can repair the earth and
move society towards a better relationship with the natural world of
which we are all a part.
According to Bill Mollison…
• Permaculture offers a radical approach to food production and urban renewal,
water, energy and pollution.
• It integrates ecology, landscape, organic gardening, architecture and agro-
forestry in creating a rich and sustainable way of living.
• It uses appropriate technology giving high yields for low energy inputs,
achieving a resource of great diversity and stability.
• The design principles are equally applicable to both urban and rural dwellers
• “PERMACULTURE” is a word that was originally coined in the mid
seventies by two Australians, David Holmgren and Bill Mollison, to describe
the design system pioneered as a response to what they, and many others
globally, saw as serious challenges to the survival of all of us.
• Permaculture now probably has as many definitions as there are practitioners,
but one that is particularly useful might be-

“CREATING SUSTAINABLE HUMAN HABITATS BY FOLLOWING


NATURE’S PATTERNS”
OBSERVE AND INTERACT
By taking the time to engage with nature,
we can design solutions that suit our particular
situation.
CATCH AND STORE ENERGY
By developing systems that collect resources
when they are abundant, we can use them in
times of need.
OBTAIN A YIELD
Ensure that you are getting truly useful
rewards as part of the work that you are doing.
In essence, take care of yourself, make a profit,
and grow a good harvest.
SELF-REGULATE
AND RESPOND TO
FEEDBACK
When we accept feedback from our
environment, it quickly becomes apparent a great
deal of what we do is not beneficial. Therefore, the
feedback we receive from nature is a warning that
we’re on the wrong track and we need to change
our behaviours accordingly. By doing this, we can
reasonably expect to work in tandem with our
world, rather than at cross purposes.
USE RENEWABLE RESOURCES
We have the option and capacity to
alter our environment in ways that simply
don’t exist for any other creature on Earth.
Because of this, we have a far greater
responsibility to our world to utilize
renewable resources and services.
PRODUCE NO WASTE
By valuing and making use of all the
resources that are available to us, nothing
goes to waste.
DESIGN FROM
PATTERNS TO DETAILS
Patterns are everywhere in nature, and each
and every one serves a unique purpose. From the
doublehelix pattern inherent in the DNA of every
living creature on the planet to the striated
crimson and ochre patterns on the back of a coral
snake to the arrangement of the seeds that
comprise a pinecone, nature is virtually nothing
but patterns.
INTEGRATE RATHER
THAN SEGREGATE

By putting the right things in the right


place, relationships develop between those
things and they work together to support
each other.
USE SMALL
AND SLOW SOLUTIONS

Small and slow solutions are easier to


maintain than big ones, making better use
of local resources and producing more
sustainable outcomes.
USE AND VALUE DIVERSITY
Diversity reduces vulnerability to a
variety of threats and takes advantage of
the unique nature of the environment in
which it resides.
USE EDGES
AND VALUE THE MARGINAL
The edges between ecosystems are the
most diverse. They serve as a buffer zone
between different climates and
geographies, protecting the ecosystems
within. Different things happen in different
conditions, so we want to have many
different conditions to support a diversity of
activities. This increases the rewards we
receive in turn.
CREATIVELY USE
AND RESPOND TO CHANGE

In the words of Greek philosopher


Heraclitus, “The only thing that is constant
is change.”

We can have a positive impact on


inevitable change by carefully observing,
and then intervening, at the right time.
ZONES AND SECTORS
Facing the task of transforming a wild or
empty plot of land into a functional
permaculture garden can be an intimidating
feat. The good news is there are two
techniques that help facilitate the design
process; they are known as zones and
sectors.

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