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What is permaculture
Permaculture is an ethical framework and design approach focused on understanding nature and promoting sustainable agriculture. Its principles emphasize observation, energy management, diversity, and cooperation while ensuring ecological care and fair resource distribution. Key ethics include earth care, people care, and fair share, alongside practical principles like obtaining a yield and valuing renewable resources.
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Introduction and definitions of permaculture, emphasizing its meaning as permanent agriculture and culture.
Key ethical framework of permaculture including Earth Care, People Care, and Fair Share, along with guiding principles.
Principles of observing and interacting, catching and storing energy, and obtaining a yield.
Principles of applying self-regulation, valuing renewable resources, and producing no waste.
Final principles of design patterns, integration, using small solutions, valuing diversity, and responding to change.
Contact details for Anna Evely, associated with Project Maya CIC and the Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability.
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What is permaculture
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- 7. • ethical framework •understanding how nature works, and •design approach
- 8. permaculture ethics &principles Observe & Interact Creatively Use & Respond To Change Use Edges & Value the Marginal Catch & Store Energy Use & Value Diversity Ethics: Obtain A Yield Earth Care, Use Small & Slow Solutions People Care Fair Share Apply Self Regulation & Accept Feedback Integrate Rather Than Segregate Use and Value Renewable Resources & Services Design from Patterns to Details Produce No Waste
- 9. earth care (protect andrebuild nature’s capital) people care (care for yourself and others) fair share (live simply and ensure resources are fairly shared with others)
- 10. 1: OBSERVE ANDINTERACT
- 11. 2: CATCH AND STORE ENERGY
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- 13. 4: APPLY SELF-REGULATION & ACCEPT FEEDBACK Myers and Worm (2003)
- 14. 5: USE & VALUE RENEWABLE RESOURCES& SERVICES
- 15. 6: PRODUCE NOWASTE
- 16. 7: DESIGN FROMPATTERNS TO DETAILS
- 17. 8: INTEGRATE RATHER THAN SEGREGATE
- 18. 9: USE SMALLAND SLOW SOLUTIONS
- 19. 10: USE AND VALUE DIVERSITY
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- 21. 12: CREATIVELY USE& RESPOND TO CHANGE
- 22. Anna Evely anna@mayaproject.org Project Maya CIC and Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability Twitter: @AnnaEvely, @SustainLearning @mayaproject