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Foundations of Permaculture

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Foundations of Permaculture 

This section is geared toward the ethics, principles and foundations of permaculture design. This is a good place to start on EarthActionMentor.org to refresh yourself or learn more about permaculture design principles in general. We highly suggest that you read the following articles in order to gain a holistic view of the theories that we are bringing into practice: 

Permaculture Design Course Student Handbook

David Holmgren's Permaculture Flower

Ethics of Permaculture

1.    Care of the Earth: Provision for all life systems to continue and multiply
2.    Care of the People: Provision for people to access those resources necessary to their existence
3.    Setting Limits to Population and Consumption: By governing our own needs, we can set resources aside to further the above principles. 




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Recent articles

  A History of Permaculture
Feb 16, 2010
This article gives an excellent background on the history and evolution of the permaculture movement.  It gives us a good sense of how people have related to permaculture since it's inception as well as some excellent resources of how people are applying permaculture.  This is a great background for those of you who may be new to the permaculture concept as well as  great refresher to those of you who would like to learn more about the history. 
  An Ecological Design Process
Aug 11, 2009
So, what is the overall pattern of permaculture? What is the pattern of design? This article gives you five basic steps of an ecological design process that works beautifully for permaculture.
  PDC Student Handbook
Jun 16, 2009
The content of this handbook and DVD is a compilation from a wide variety of sources, teachers and organizations. It is intended to accompany you as a resource of information in learning as you journey further down this meandering Permaculture path. 
  David Holmgren's Permaculture Flower
Apr 13, 2009
Permaculture Flower"Starting with the ethics and principles focused in teh critical domain of land and nature stewardship, permaculture is evolving by progressive application of principles to the integration of all seven domains necessary to sustain humanity through energy descent" David Holmgren from his book Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability