Writings & Presentations by David Holmgren

PEAK OIL & PERMACULTURE TOUR OF AUSTRALIA 2006

For more info see the
Peak Oil and Permaculture tour page

UPDATED MAY 2007: ESSENCE OF PERMACULTURE (HTML) (468KB PDF)

New! Spanish Version (PDF - 612KB) New! Brazilian Portuguese Version (PDF - 620KB) 16 page summary of permaculture concept and principles taken from Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainablity 2002.

GARDEN AGRICULTURE: A REVOLUTION IN EFFICIENT WATER USE

• First published as an opinion piece in Water, Vol 32, no8 December 2005, the journal of the Australian Water Association .
  
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WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY?

• Plenary Session address Students of Sustainability Conference, Flinders University Adelaide 14th July 2003.
  
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PERMACULTURE: SOLUTIONS FOR THE ENERGY DESCENT FUTURE

• Keynote address by David Holmgren to the Urban Sustainable Living Expo Warrnambool Victoia 4th June 2006. This replaces an earlier presentation Global Energy Peak Threat Or Opportunity to launch the 8th Australian Permaculture Convergence Melbourne April 2005.
  
• Explains peak oil and permaculture strategies for the energy descent future. An empowering and inclusive understanding of permaculture as a multi-faceted design response to energy crisis.
• Powerpoint presentation (6.7MB PDF without audio).
• A DVD of earlier presentation, "Reclaiming Our Place In Nature", is available for sale.

RETROFITTING THE SUBURBS FOR SUSTAINABILITY

• Adapted from public lecture given at the Aldinga Arts Eco-village in Adelaide in January 2005.
  
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PERMACULTURE IN JAPAN: FOREIGN IMPORT OR INDIGENOUS DESIGN?

• This article gives David's impressions and photos of sustainable solutions in Japan following a four week teaching trip in June 2004.
  

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FIREWOOD: SUSTAINABLE AND APPROPRIATE ENERGY SOURCE

• This letter was published in Renew Magazine issue 90 Jan 2005 published by the Alternative Technology Association(Melbourne, Australia).
  
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COMPOST TOILETS AND PERMACULTURE DESIGN PRINCIPLES

• This brief piece was written in Sept 2003 as a contribution to a book (in french) by Christophe Elain Un petit coin pour soulager la planéte:Toilettes séches et histoires d'eau published 2005 by Goutte de Sable.
  
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INVASION BIOLOGY: CRITIQUE OF A PSEUDOSCIENCE

• Book review of important new book on the “weeds or wild nature” issue.
  
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DO WE NEED NATURE?

• Entry in Shell Economist Future Thinking writing competition 2003
  
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WEEDS OR WILD NATURE?

• Originally published in the Permaculture International Journal in 1997 (issue 61) provides an indication of the ideas which are further developed in other writings in Permaculture: Principles & Pathways Beyond Sustainability and which is the subject of the new book being researched.
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UPPER SPRING CREEK RESTORATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT REPORT

• Permaculture landcare recomendations to a mainstream government funded Landcare Group
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PERMACULTURE: INTEGRATING THEORY AND PRACTICE

• Written for the IPC7 Newsletter
  
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BIOMASS FUELS FROM SUSTAINABLE LAND USE: A permaculture perspective

• Article in 'Solar Progress' Magazine, Nov 2003
  
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