My inspiration for this project started with my discovery of the permaculture concept. Here is an excerpt taken from a fabulous book by Toby Hemenway..Gaia's Garden A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture.
"Permaculture is a set of techniques and principles for designing sustainable settlements." The word is a contraction of both "permanent culture" and "permanent agriculture". "The aim of permaculture is to create ecologically sound, economically prosperous human communities using a set of ethical principles-- care for the earth, care for people, and sharing the surplus."
Some of these principles of permaculture are:
- Each element should perform several functions.
- Use natural plant succesion to create favorable sites and soils.
- Use renewable resources.
- Begin garden at the door.
- etc.
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