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These models of bioregional self-sufficiency arise from a tide of cultural creation that has been in motion for some fifty years. Its basic pieces have already been road-tested over several decades, even centuries in some regions. Permaculture is one of several models which addresses the increasing destabilization of civilization. The challenges are enormous, including global warming / cooling, peak oil and energy decline, deforestation, multiple forms of pollution (genetic, endocrine disruptors, heavy metals), desertification, vanishing topsoil , dyingand rising oceans, species extinction, and diminishing clean water supplies. The
basic behavior mode of the world
system is exponential growth
of population and capital followed
by collapse. If
all the humans on the earth now
were able to see the whole picture
at the same time and take action,
the situation could be handled
over the whole earth even now.
But, until this occurs, we will
be moving foward and we can be
the people who have the ability
to demonstrate to others how to
survive.
Our job is to help you do just that. "Permanent agriculture" or "permanent culture," a term coined by Australians David Holmgren and Bill Mollison in the 1970s, describes a design system for creating human settlements that function in harmony with nature. Incorporating traditional knowledge, modern science, and the ecological patterns of the living world, permaculture design is applicable to farms, gardens, organizations, housing developments, towns and villages, or city neighborhoods. Since 1978, more than 12 thousand individuals on all continents have learned, through ongoing Permaculture Design Course trainings, the principles of energy flow and materials cycling, and the appropriate technologies of self-reliant living: gardening, shelter, water and waste management, aquaculture, forestry, and how to organize supportive local economies.
The
aim of this grassroots international
movement is to
liberate people everywhere to
provide for their own and their
communities' needs for food,
energy, shelter, and a decent
life without exploitation or
pollution and from the smallest
practical area of land.
Learn
more about Peak
Oil at Energy
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"Eat the View" is a campaign to plant healthy, edible landscapes in high-impact, high visibility places, whether it's the "First Lawn" or the lawn in front of your child's school. The future is going to be more fresh, juicy and delicious than a lot of us realize. That's because edible landscapes are going to be more integrated into our yards, neighborhoods, towns, and cities in the future than they have in the recent past. So, rejoice: good, clean food is on the way! To make this happen, though, we need more people asking for and digging these landscapes. Please join our campaign. Here
are a few things you can do
to help: 2) Sign our "White House Food Garden Petition" which we will deliver to the President-elect this fall along with a diverse collection of heirloom seed packets. 3) Vote for the idea of a food garden on the White House lawn at the website OnDayOne.org. 4) Join this campaign and website. Use this site to share your stories of edible landscapes you're creating, planning, or already eating. |
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Peter
Bane:
John
Wages: guest editor
Keith
Johnson:
In
2009 we celebrate 24
years of support from our
readers, the designers of
a 
We provide a current listing
of 
Deadlines
for ads and article submissions
are March 1, June 1, September
1, & December 1.
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A
new post-industrial, post-imperial
world is forming under our feet
- a holistic reality to serve
as a seed pattern for future
generations. This new culture
represents the "graduation"
of the species to maturity and
biological legitimacy; exemplified
by miniature rural
and urban communities
that meet
most human needs within their
regions. 
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Permaworld
