Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability

If the 'Permaculture Principles' that David Holmgren discusses in this extremely important book were applied to all that we do, we would be well on the road to sustainability, and beyond.
Professor Stuart B. Hill
(Foundation Chair of Social Ecology University of Western Sydney)

This book uses permaculture principles as a framework for an empowering but challenging vision of creative adaptation to a world of energy descent. David Holmgren builds on the extraordinary success of the permaculture concept (which he co-originated with Bill Mollison 25 years ago) and the global permaculture movement, to provide a more cerebral and controversial contribution to the sustainability debate. Click here for information about how to order.

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About the Book

Unlike previous books by David Holmgren which have highlighted practical case studies in permaculture design, Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability brings into sharper focus the powerful and still evolving Permaculture concept he pioneered with Bill Mollison in the 1970's. It draws together and integrates 25 years of thinking and teaching to show a whole new way of understanding and action behind a simple set of design principles. This book is relevant to every aspect of how we reorganise our lives, communities and landscapes to creatively adapt to ecological realities which shape human destiny.

For students and teachers of permaculture this book provides something more fundamental and distilled than Mollison's encyclopedic Designers Manual.

For the general reader this book provides refreshing perspectives on a range of environmental issues and shows how permaculture is much more than a system of gardening.

For anyone seriously interested in understanding the foundations for sustainable design and culture, this book is essential reading.

Although a book of ideas, the big picture is repeatedly grounded by reference to Holmgren's own patch, Melliodora and other practical examples.

Essential reading for permaculture designers and accessible to a wide range of critical thinkers, this book opens the door to a new and scarcely imagined world. It contribute to a growing synthesis of design with economics, society, and landscape ecology, and compels all serious advocates of sustainability to reconsider the central organizing power of the permaculture concept.
Peter Bane: Editor, Permaculture Activist USA

Contents:

• Introduction

• 1. What Is Permaculture

• 1. Popular and academic reactions

• 1. Ethical and Design Principles

• Ethical Principles

• 1. Care of the Earth

• 1. Care of People

• 1. Distribute Surplus and Set Limits to Consumption and Reproduction

• Design Principles

• 1. Observe and Interact

• 1. Catch and Store Energy

• 1. Obtain a Yield

• 1. Apply Self Regulation and Accept Feedback

• 1. Use and Value Renewable Resources and Services

• 1. Produce No Waste

• 1. Design From Patterns To Details

• 1. Integrate Rather Than Segregate

• 1. Use Small and Slow Solutions

• 1. Use and Value Diversity

• 1. Use Edges and Value The Marginal

• 1. Creatively Use and Respond To Change

The "Essence of Permaculture" provides a taste of the new book and the icons used for each of the design principles

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