The Permaculture Podcast

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In this episode is a discussion of Bill Mollison’s 5 Principles of Permaculture. They come from Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual.

They are:

• Work With Nature Rather than Against It
• The Problem is the Solution
• Make the Least Change for the Greatest Possible Effect
• The Yield of a System is Theoretically Unlimited
• Everything Gardens

Examples from my own experiences are given throughout.

Note: This early episode is at a low volume.  You’ll need to turn it up.  It will be re-recorded as time permits. In this episode we look at the early...

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In this episode we look at the early origins of Permanent Agriculture and the early influences onPermaculture up to the work of Mollison and Holmgren.  These include:

• Franklin King: Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea and Japan
• Joseph Smith:  Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture (Google Books)
• P.A. Yeomans:  Water For Every Farm: Yeomans Keyline Plan
• Howard T. Odum: Environment, Power and Society for the Twenty-First Century An update to the 1970′s original.
• Masanobu Fukuoka: The One-Straw Revolution
• Joseph “Sepp” Holzer