Some inspirational Permaculture ideas for sustainable living.

Inspirational Permaculture Ideas - Tools and Techniques for Sustainable Modern Living Peter Cow, 2011

NB. Permaculture is a universally applicable sustainable design system,which develops positive win-win ecological and social solutions.It is not a set collection of techniques, nor is it just about gardening...We can use it to design what is optimum for each unique situation,so these slides sre for inspiration, not prescription.Work out what is best for your situation, dream, experiment, design,create new techniques and ideas...and share them with the rest of us!

Part One – Ideas for the Home

The Hay Box Cooker

Draught Busting Events and Eco Home Tours

Energy Usage Monitors Use computers to record and analyse your usage To build your own monitor- visit www.OpenEnergyMonitor.org

DIY Double Glazing Clingfilm, tape and a hair dryer...

Rainwater Collection from Drainpipes

Thermal Mass Rocket Stoves

Treebogs

Measure your Eco Footprint http://www.cat.org.uk/carbongym/http://myfootprint.org/en/ And see ways to reduce it...

Part Two – Feeding Ourselves

Wild Food -a few favourites Lime tree leaves Nettles - crushed and eaten raw, or steamed/boiled in soups.

Perennial Vegetables Daubentons perennial kale Egyptian Tree Onions Globe ArtichokesTo learn more, and find seed suppliers visit –Earth Abbey or Plants for a Future

Forest GardeningFor information and seeds/plants/books -www.agroforestry.co.uk/

Mulching

Sprouting

Permaculture Zoning - where to place things

DIY Rodent Proof Tyre Wormery DIY - Slide Show

Comfrey for Mulching and Liquid Feeds

Potato Tyres and Strawberry Towers Grow vertical...

Part Three – Permaculture in Person

Four Questions Exercise Whats going well? Whats challenging? What are my long term visions and goals? What are my next achievable steps towards them?

Mind MappingFreeMind – open sourcemindmapping software

The Work That Reconnects

Eat More Salad

WWOOFing

Sit Spot

Mentoring, Apprenticeships and Life Coaching

Ceremony and Celebration

Part Four – Permaculture in Computers

Free and Effective Open Source Software Want an advert free internet? try Mozilla Firefox With the Adblock add-on VLC Media PlayerFor writing, presentations, and spreadsheets try Open Office Free and Easy Mindmaps with FreeMind

Free and Easy Website CreationCreate your own website to record and publicise designs, thoughts, events and photos using a powerful open source web based blogging program such as WordPress

For cheap and friendly travel go CouchSurfing Internet Treasures Sustainable World Radio PodcastPermies.com TED - Videos and podcasts from the conference at the cutting edge of... everythingUK Permaculture Association Global Permaculture Network

This is only the tip of the iceberg, a blurred speeddating of some of the flavours of our resilient, possible,sustainable, positive futures - this slide show could goon for days...Click the links to find out more - learn, experiment, play,co-create, make your own slide show, make a wiki,recreate community, enjoy life and pick fruit.

With Thanks to -Hannah ThorogoodAranyaGraham BurnettDavid HolmgrenHedvig MurrayAnd countless others whose work and photos I foraged off Google Images www.livingincircles.com Peter Cow 2011

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