h/t: Humble Garden [who teaches by example]
The 12 permaculture design principles [graphically represented on the clock above] are thinking tools, that when used together, allow us to creatively re-design our environment and our behavior in a world of less energy and resources.
Follow the link at the end of this post for a more detailed explanation of the following principals:
1. Observe & Interact - "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
2. Catch & Store Energy - "Make hay while the sun shines."
3. Obtain a Yield - "You can't work on an empty stomach."
4. Apply Self-Regulation & Accept Feedback - "The sins of the fathers are visited on the children of the seventh generation."
5. Use & Value Renewable Resources & Services - "Let nature take its course."
6. Produce No Waste - "A stitch in time saves nine." "Waste not, want not."
7. Design from Patterns to Details - "Can't see the forest for the trees."
8. Integrate Rather than Segregate - "Many hands make light work."
9. Use Small & Slow Solutions - "The bigger they are, the harder they fall." "Slow and steady wins the race."
10. Use & Value Diversity - "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."
11. Use Edges & Value the Marginal - "Don't think you are on the right track just because it's a well-beaten path."
12. Creatively Use & Respond to Change - "Vision is not seeing things as they are, but as they will be."
Read more about how design principles can be applied to business, by Rob Hopkins.
Permaculture Ethics and Design Principles with David Holmgren
PERMACULTURE & PEAK OIL: Beyond 'Sustainability'
David Holmgren is co-originator (with Bill Mollison) of the permaculture concept and author of the recent book, PERMACULTURE: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability.
In this video, Holmgren talks about the need to move beyond the lulling hope that 'green tech' breakthroughs will allow world-wide 'sustainable consumption' to the recognition that dwindling oil supplies inevitably mean a mandatory 'energy descent' for human civilization across the planet. He argues that permaculture principles provide the best guide to a peaceful societal 'powering down.'
The "Essence of Permaculture" [HTML] provides a taste of the new book and the icons used for each of the design principles. [Also available as a 20 pp. PDF.]
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The map is not the territory.
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