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Most people come to permaculture because of a desire to produce their own food and it is to be fair a huge part of the discipline.  In fact people often say that permaculture is a system of “permanent agriculture”.  This is understandable as even the founders have on occasion said such things or at least things you can interpret this way.

The key though is to understand that when David Holmgren and Bill Mollison created this system, it didn’t exist.  While obvious it is the kind of thing we tend to gloss over.  When they began and wrote Permaculture One it did indeed focus almost exclusively on food production.

However, it is important to understand that at that time Permaculture was at best an infant and still had a ton of growing to do.  By the time the PDM was published the discipline had expanded that most teaches now describe Perma Culture as exactly that building a permanent culture.  Today we look at how the systems thinking that is the science of permaculture can be used to solve almost every problem humanity has.

Join Me Today to Discuss….

• How permaculture started
• Why we should even think about the plant part of permaculture as horticulture not agriculture
• How we address our 6 survival needs with permaculture
  • Food
  • Water
  • Shelter (this includes clothing)
  • Energy
  • Security
  • Health and Sanitation
• Systems Thinking and Trouble Shooting
  • Design is really….
    • Determine what you want
    • Understanding your design environment
    • Examine what you have
    • Figure out what you need
    • Decide if it is worth it
    • Connecting everything together
  • Troubleshooting really is…
    • Determine what was working or should be working
    • Determine what failed
    • Take corrective action based on the most logical first step
    • Test the results
    • If the problem is not rectified continue until you find the problem
    • Once the problem is found determine if it can be prevented from reoccuring
    • If it is not preventable…
      • Document the problem and solution
      • Put what is necessary for correction into inventory
      • Train anyone using it to identify and correct the problem
      • If possible create redundancy in the system
  • There is nothing in our lives that this does not apply to

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