Permaculture

May 5th, 2008 by Amy

Permaculture is a practical concept which can be applied in the city, on the farm and in the wilderness.

  • Its principles empower people to establish highly productive environments providing for food, energy, shelter, and other material and non-material needs, including economic.
  • Carefully observing natural patterns characteristic of a particular site, the Permaculture designer gradually discerns optimal methods for integrating water catchment, human shelter, and energy systems with tree crops, edible and useful perennial plants, domestic and wild animals and aquaculture.
  • Permaculture adopts techniques and principles from ecology, appropriate technology, sustainable agriculture, and the wisdom of indigenous peoples.
  • The ethical basis of Permaculture rests upon care of the earth-maintaining a system in which all life can thrive.
  • This includes human access to resources and provisions, but not the accumulation of wealth, power, or land beyond their needs.

From a Bay Area Permaculture Group brochure, published in West Coast Permaculture News & Gossip and Sustainable Living Newsletter (Fall 1995)

This page is maintained by Amy Wilcox, Center for Sustainable Living Board Member. You may e-mail her at amy@centerforsustainableliving.org

BIO: Amy Wilcox became interested in Permaculture in 1987 and has been talking about it with family, friends, co-workers and strangers ever since. After a 20 year career as an Air Force Medic and wellness educator, she was finally able to take a Permaculture Design Course and live on site as an intern (working on greenhouse construction and maintenance) at Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute in Basalt, CO. She also attended advanced and teacher’s training at the same site. Amy grew up in MN and is currently on the board of centerforsustainableliving.org, working at Valley Creek Farm CSA and living in Northfield as a temporary member of the starwalkers.org community.

 

Lots-O’-Great-Links! (thanks to the good folks at Pikes Peak Permaculture)

 

 

Minnesota and Regional Links

http://www.pricoldclimate.org/

http://www.midwestpermaculture.com/

http://www.nextstep.state.mn.us/index.cfm

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spanish language and related links

 

Minnesota

http://latinoenterprisecenter.org/

http://understory.org/

 

International

http://permacultura.org/espaindex.html

 

http://www.gaia.org.ar/

 

http://ena.ecovillage.org/Espanol/index.html

 

http://www.ipemabrasil.org.br/

 

http://globalpublicmedia.com/transcripts/2735

 

ECO-PUNKS
How Mexican gang leaders became eco-punks, liberating their neighborhood with permaculture tools.
Ahoka Fellow Helen Samuels started the process…
http://www.ashoka.org/fellows/viewprofile3.cfm?reid=96884


of becoming El Coolectivo Ecológico Social Tierra Viva
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/globaltribe/countries/mex_punk.html


http://www.tekio.net/youth_network.html

 PICTURES !!!
http://www.tierraviva.org.mx/


and pioneering radical social alternatives
http://www.theecologist.org/archive_detail.asp?content_id=409

 

3 Responses to “Permaculture”

  1. on 05 May 2008 at 3:16 pm1 The Center for Sustainable Living » Blog Archive » Introducing Permaculture

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  2. on 06 May 2008 at 9:50 am2 Amelia

    great cite! really cool! i’m happy you finally got one up and running!

  3. on 01 Jun 2008 at 2:26 pm3 The Center for Sustainable Living » Blog Archive » New Bulletin Board!

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