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Permaculture has expanded its purview to include economic and social structures that support the evolution and development of more permanent communities, such as co-housing ((http://www.cohousing.org/what_is_cohousing)) projects and eco-villages ((https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecovillage)). "Integrated farming" ((https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_farming)) and "ecological engineering" are terms sometimes used to describe permaculture, with "cultivated ecology" perhaps coming the closest. | Permaculture has expanded its purview to include economic and social structures that support the evolution and development of more permanent communities, such as co-housing ((http://www.cohousing.org/what_is_cohousing)) projects and eco-villages ((https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecovillage)). "Integrated farming" ((https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_farming)) and "ecological engineering" are terms sometimes used to describe permaculture, with "cultivated ecology" perhaps coming the closest. |
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For us it's a combination of: | It's a combination of: |
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Earth Care - working with nature, using natural resources responsibly at a rate at which they can regenerate. It also means using outputs from one system as inputs for another such as kitchen scraps for the compost thus minimising wastage. | //Earth Care// - working with nature, using natural resources responsibly at a rate at which they can regenerate. It also means using outputs from one system as inputs for another such as kitchen scraps for the compost thus minimising wastage. |
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People Care - looking after us as people using self-reliance, co-operation and support of each other and looking after ourselves on an individual level too. | //People Care// - looking after us as people using self-reliance, co-operation and support of each other and looking after ourselves on an individual level too. |
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Fair Share - bringing together earth care and people care together. Limiting our consumption, especially of natural resources, and working for everyone to have access to the fundamental needs of life - clean water, clean air, food, shelter, meaningful employment, and social contact.((http://permacultureiom.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=28)) | //Fair Share// - bringing together earth care and people care together. Limiting our consumption, especially of natural resources, and working for everyone to have access to the fundamental needs of life - clean water, clean air, food, shelter, meaningful employment, and social contact.((http://permacultureiom.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=28)) |
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More information: | More information: |
[[http://permacultureprinciples.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Holmgren_Pc_Flower.mp3|Listen to David Holmgren talk about the permaculture flower (mp3 – 1.20MB).]] | [[http://permacultureprinciples.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Holmgren_Pc_Flower.mp3|Listen to David Holmgren talk about the permaculture flower (mp3 – 1.20MB).]] |
{{:permaculture_flower.jpg?500|Permaculture Flower}}((http://www.permaculturenews.org/images/permaculture_flower.jpg)) | {{:permaculture_flower.jpg?500|Permaculture Flower}}((http://www.permaculturenews.org/images/permaculture_flower.jpg)) |