Hi my name is Marcia and I am a friend of the Banksia Eco Warriors Project. I hope you like this entry about permaculture. If you like it I will be writing more :)
Permaculture was born in 1970 as a result of Bill Mollison’s careful observation of nature. The name originated by merging the words “Permanent” and “Culture", but is much more than that, in truth it is a search for peace, harmony and an abundant life. One of the principles of permaculture is to distribute natural resources equitably without prejudice to the environment.
In permaculture we adopt a conscious planning to make possible, among other things, the use of land without waste or pollution, the restoration of degraded landscapes and minimum energy consumption. In short, we must feed the natural cycles so they remain productive.
In permaculture we adopt a conscious planning to make possible, among other things, the use of land without waste or pollution, the restoration of degraded landscapes and minimum energy consumption. In short, we must feed the natural cycles so they remain productive.
To illustrate this, we can think about water, for example. In traditional systems we take the water from dams, build a complex system of cleaning and distribution of water to our homes, use clean water to cook, to drink, to take a shower, wash the clothes and dishes, to flush and after that, put all that dirty water together and send to a station for sewage treatment. We put asphalt on our streets and make our backyards waterproof, which prevents the water from going to the earth to supply the groundwater sources when it rains. That same groundwater feeds the rivers from which we take our water....so in summary, we have broken the water's cycle in many parts.
To permaculture, the ideal is that we use the water from our area, for instance collecting rain water , reuse water from our house to the garden and specially think better about our lifestyle.
The same happens with our food, we can produce a part of our food in our own homes, we can buy directly from the producers, eat fruits and vegetables from season and produced in a system which doesn't use the monoculture and without agrochemicals. If we utilize monoculture systems for our agriculture, this will never be sustainable because the diversity promotes the balance, different vegetables need different substances from the soil and they have interactions between their which support for resist to plagues.
The same happens with our food, we can produce a part of our food in our own homes, we can buy directly from the producers, eat fruits and vegetables from season and produced in a system which doesn't use the monoculture and without agrochemicals. If we utilize monoculture systems for our agriculture, this will never be sustainable because the diversity promotes the balance, different vegetables need different substances from the soil and they have interactions between their which support for resist to plagues.
In many initiatives we use permaculture even if we have never heard that word, if you have a vegetable garden in you home or school, this is permaculture! If you use your organic rubbish in your garden, this is permaculture! If you re-use you dishwasher’s water to water your garden, this is permaculture!
Permaculture is when you help the nature cycles to be alive and healthy in order to provide a healthy and happy life for everyone.
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