Episode-2808- Understanding and Using Permaculture Principles
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The principles of Permaculture covered today are the 12 principles offered by Permaculture’s co-founder David Holmgren. There are far more than these 12, we are just going to cover these today as a way to expose our audience to what Permaculture is really all about.
I feel the discipline is largely misunderstood, either as simply organic farming on steroids or some hippy dippy lefty mud rolling eco leftist ideology. It is really neither, rather it is a design science used to create systems that work with nature to support all of humanities needs.
Join Us Today to Discuss…
- Why permaculture really should not be described as permanent agriculture
- Thinking about the difference between techniques and principles and why it is so important
- David Holmgren’s 12 Permaculture Principles and my thoughts on Them
- Observe and interact – (before, during and after)
- Catch and store energy – (create batteries for more the electricity)
- Obtain a yield – (systems should be producers, vs. consumers)
- Apply self regulation and accept feedback – (give before you take)
- Use and value renewable resources – (think in lifetime cost, beyond money)
- Produce no waste – (pollution is a wasted resource)
- Design from pattern to details – (design with the end in mind)
- Integrate rather then segregate – (function stack and explore all connections)
- Use small and slow solutions – (obtain the greatest effect with the least effort)
- Use and value diversity – (nothing natural is a mono-culture)
- Use edges and value the marginal – (systems edges have the highest productivity)
- Use and respond to change – (the only thing constant is change, all change is opportunity)
- Final Thoughts
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