Permaculture in Japan: Foreign import or indigenous design?

The recent floods in eastern Australia highlight the power of water to destroy. Pioneering Australian ecological designer and co-originator of the permaculture design system, David Holmgren is calling on governments and landholders to spend less money more wisely in managing our watersheds and streams. Holmgren says the permaculture design slogan for water “Slow it, spread it, and sink it” can be applied at all scales from the backyard to the watershed.