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Permaculture Design
What is Permaculture? Permanent   Agriculture Permanent Culture " Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple. By Bill Mollison
TECHNICAL ESSENCE Permaculture is the harmonious  integration  of all life kingdoms into  agriculturally productive ecosystems  and socially just environments with  sound economic consequences.  It’s a  design science that seeks to build  interconnections allowing for energy  efficiency and conservation that  produces a  regenerative  culture.
Bill Mollison and David Holmgren 1978 Landmark publication  Permaculture   One  begins movement
Bill’s Inspirations
Huge Monocultures No Diversity- Globalization
  FOREST
FIELD
PLOW
DESERT
Which way will we go??
Design Science “ A beneficial assembly of components in their proper relationships”
 
 
In commerce
 
Permaculture   Principles
Relative Location-  Making Interrelationships
Multiple Functions for Every Element Mulberry Tree: Shade  Forage Food Nutrient absorber Protection Soil Builder Entertainment
Multiple Elements for Every Function ( slow and sink water) Rain Garden Rain Cisterns
SWALES Swales are water harvesting ditches and mounds on  contour .
Chinampas: Reconstructed Wetlands Ditch and Mound Increase land increase water Increase productivity
Contour Hedgerow
DAMS GABIONS
Keyline Design
GreyWater
Energy Efficient Planning
zones Zone- Placing Elements in our Design based on Intensity of Use
Sector Analysis - Mapping wild, oncoming energies Wind  (Summer and Winter) Sun (Summer and Winter) Noise  Pollution  View Wildlife Fire
Nitrogen Fixing Plants
Use of Biological Resources Chicken Tractor Weeding Fertilizing Tilling
Dill- Umbelliferous Family Daisy-Aster Family with Lady Bugs Biological Resources- Beneficial Insects
Bacteria ‘nodules’ growing on roots of Nitrogen Fixing plant Fungus is the glue of the soil. 90% of plants have an association with a mychorrizal fungi
Energy Cycling Source To Sink
 
Small Scale Intensive 20 million  Victory Gardens in 1943 They were producing  41%  of the vegetables being consumed in the USA
Food Not Lawns A house with two cars, a dog, and a lawn uses more resources and energy than a village of 2000 Africans.
 
Diversity Natural Forest Forest Gardening
Forest Gardening
Avocado-Canopy  Comfrey-Herbaceous Elderberry-Sub Canopy
Currants-Shrub Layer  Sunchoke-Rhizosphere Purslane-Ground Cover  Passion Fruit- Vine
Accelerating Succession
Edible Landscaping- Diversity Calcium levels about ten times as much as banana or apple Paw   Paw- Asimina triloba
Edible Landscaping Corneilian Cherry-  Cornus mas High Vitamin C Content
Edible Landscaping Saskatoon Berry-  Amelanchier alnifolia Higher levels of protein, fat, and fiber than most other fruit
Edible Landscaping Black Chokeberry-  Aronia melanocarpa Remarkable high antioxidant activity
Edible Landscaping Hardy kiwi-  Actinidia polygama Rich in Antioxidants  Vitamin E content twice that of Avocado and 60% of calories
Edge Effect
 
Protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thoughtless labor Least Change for Greatest Affect
Don’t fight the weeds, grow the weeds ! Cover Cropping
Mulching Feeds Soil Organisms Regulates Soil Temperature and Humidity Protects from Erosion
Urban Permaculture
 
The Design Process

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Editor's Notes

  1. Forest from outside
  2. Stats
  3. After this …..chicken….zones/sectors……bring design aspect of Ppc more in focus