Permaculture Principles

Permaculture is a design system tat supports humans living in harmony with ecosystems and evolution.  While often applied to food and energy, it can be used across the spheres of human activity.

  1. Review the guide above and Permaculture for Business, and pick one principle that appeals to you or that you find challenging.
  2. Come up with a personal behavior or habit based on that principle.
  3. Describe what you would do or how you would implement it.
  4. Then describe the costs & benefits.

If you’d like to find an alternate set of principles that evolved over time, have a look at this  permaculture guide.

For a look at the diverse applications Permaculture , see the Permaculture Flower.

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