Permaculture is a way of using ecology as the basis for designing integrated systems of food production, housing, appropriate technology, and community development. Permaculture is built upon an ethic of caring for the earth and interacting with the environment in mutually beneficial ways.
Permaculture is the design of sustainable human habitats. It is based on the observation of natural systems and uses ecological principles to increase diversity and productivity of local human ecosystems. Permaculture designs incorporate food, energy, and shelter for people and animals while linking the needs and outputs of each element of the system. The result is a dynamic yet stable system that sustains itself. ...
Word Permaculture was coined by Bill Mollison in 1974 and means both permanent agriculture and permanent culture. It is a design system and a system of techniques. The techniques were borrowed from tribal, traditional and scientific cultures from around the world. There is now a growing movement and 2 internationally distributed magazines and about 15 books published around the world in over 9 languages. The main centers of activity are Australia, USA and UK. ...
Permaculture is a sustainable form of agriculture, used by the Ahnishinahbæó t jibway and other Aboriginal Indigenous peoples, in which food crops are closely integrated into natural cycles and the primeval ecological base, and in which many of the staple crops are perennial rather than annual.
Permaculture is also defined as permanent agriculture production of combining crops and animals.
Permaculture is the practice of designing sustainable human habitats by following nature's patterns.
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