What Is Permaculture?

Permaculture is a way of approaching design in which we seek to work in cooperation with the given environment rather than against it. It is most commonly used to describe a form of agriculture, but the 12 principles it is based on can really be applied to any type of design. Yes, I said principles. As far as I know, permaculture is the only type of gardening that has a set of ethics. This philosophy was created by Bill Mollison and and David Holmgren in the 1970’s. The word itself is a combination of the words “permanent” and “agriculture”, and with its focus on perennials, rather than annuals like the current agricultural model is focused, it would be easy to sum it up that way. Food growing with a concentration on perennials. But that would not be doing justice to the potentially revolutionary system that is permaculture. The central ethics, in order, are : Design for the earth. Design for yourself (people). Create a surplus (that can be shared). The principles are as follows:

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