Allison Houghton, "Soil, Water, and Permaculture in Your Backyard"
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Presented at the Restoring Water Cycles to Reverse Global Warming conference October 16th-18th, 2015 at Tufts University. www.bio4climate.org
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- 5. DefiningPermaculture ● “permanent” + “agriculture” ● Using resources around us to their fullest potential. ● development of agricultural ecosystems intended to be sustainable and self-sufficient. ● conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive systems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems.
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- 13. TheBiggestLimitToAbundanceisCreativity Constraints can inspire creative design.
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