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Permaculture is an innovative framework for creating sustainable ways of living. It is a practical method of developing ecologically harmonious, efficient and productive systems that can be used by anyone, anywhere.
What is Permaculture? - Permaculture
New to permaculture? Not sure where to start? Here are five must-reads: * Permaculture magazine Every issue is packed with inspiring stories and how-to articles. All subscriptions come with FREE digital access to every single past issue PLUS a subscriber-only, reusable 25% discount code for all our permaculture books.
What is Permaculture: Part 2 – Principles
In the second part of 'What is Permaculture', Maddy Harland explains the 12 permaculture design principles and applies them to a variety of scenarios, not just land-based examples.
How to Start a Perennial Food Garden - Permaculture
Imagine transforming your garden, allotment, even your patio, into a perennial food garden, with multilayers of edibles, beautiful and wildlife habitat!
Regeneration in Practice: 73 global projects ... - Permaculture
The biennial Lush Spring Prize, with a fund of £225,000 for 2023, announce the 73 incredible regenerative projects that made the final shortlist. Each of these life-changing projects are transforming their communities and landscapes through permaculture, regeneration and holistic techniques, and many other methods.
What is Permaculture: Part 1 – Ethics
Permaculture is primarily a thinking tool for designing low carbon, highly productive systems but its influence can be very pervasive! What can start as a journey towards living a more ecologically balanced lifestyle can go far deeper, even transforming our worldview and …
How to Make a Forest Garden - Permaculture
A forest garden is based on the model of a natural woodland or forest. Like a natural woodland, and using permaculture principles, it is designed to use ail physical dimensions, including time and relationships, to create a diverse, ecologically balanced, food producing system that is also a low maintenance and beautiful garden.
What is Permaculture: Part 3 – Design
In the third part of our 'What is Permaculture' series, Aranya demystifies the permaculture design process so that we can all design systems 'that meet our human needs, and at the same time support the ecosystem as a whole'. He explains why permaculture is a powerful tool for creating sustainable human societies.
Designing Your Life with Permaculture: 10. Use and Value Diversity
A healthy ecosystem is extremely diverse. Millions of different species come together to create a thriving forest. The more species, the healthier the overall system.
How to Permaculture Your Life
Ross Mars’ Basics of Permaculture Design was one of the first books I read when first becoming interested in permaculture during the ’90s.As the title suggests, this was very much a ‘does what it says on the tin’ manual, full of practical advice, and whilst not as detailed or in depth as, say, Bill Mollison’s A Designers’ Manual, it was easier to follow for a newcomer, and ...