PERMACULTURE
PRINCIPLES



Permaculture isn't about having to get your head around untold facts, figures,
Latin names and complicated techniques, rather it is about recognising universal
patterns and principles, and learning to apply these ‘ecological truisms’ to our
own gardens and life situations. We can identify the underlying forms that recur
throughout the natural world and learn to understand and utilise them in designed
ecologies...


Permaculture design principles include:

'Mollisonisms

These are sometimes described as the 'attitudinal' principles of permaculture,
and include;

Work with nature

Everything gardens

See solutions not problems

Everything cycles

Yield is theoretically unlimited


Holmgren's 12 design principles

These restatements of the principles of permaculture appear in David Holmgren's
Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability,


1. Observe and interact

By taking the time to engage with nature we can design solutions that suit our
particular situation.

2. Catch and store energy

By developing systems that collect resources when they are abundant, we can use
them in times of need.

3. Obtain a yield

Ensure that you are getting truly useful rewards as part of the work that you are
doing.

4. Apply self-regulation and accept feedback

We need to discourage inappropriate activity to ensure that systems can continue
to function well.

5. Use and value renewable resources and services

Make the best use of natures abundance to reduce our consumptive behaviour and
dependence on non-renewable resources.

6. Produce no waste

By valuing and making use of all the resources that are available to us, nothing
goes to waste.

7. Design from patterns to details

By stepping back, we can observe patterns in nature and society. These can form the
backbone of our designs, with the details filled in as we go.

8. Integrate rather than segregate

By putting the right things in the right place, relationships develop between those
things and they work together to support each other.

9. Use small and slow solutions

Small and slow systems are easier to maintain than big ones, making better use of
local resources and produce more sustainable outcomes.

10. Use and value diversity

Diversity reduces vulnerability to a variety of threats and takes advantage of the
unique nature of the environment in which it resides.

11. Use edges and value the marginal

The interface between things is where the most interesting events take place. These
are often the most valuable, diverse and productive elements in the system.

12. Creatively use and respond to change

We can have a positive impact on inevitable change by carefully observing, and then
intervening at the right time.


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