Permaculture Defined:-

Permaculture: the use of ecology as the basis for designing integrated systems of food production, housing, appropriate technology, and community development. Permaculture is built upon an ethic of caring for the earth and interacting with the environment in mutually beneficial ways.

The Ethics of Permaculture:-

Permaculture is unique among alternative farming systems (e.g., organic, sustainable, eco-agriculture, biodynamic) in that it works with a set of ethics that suggest we think and act responsibly in relation to each other and the earth. The ethics of permaculture provide a sense of place in the larger scheme of things, and serve as a guidepost to right livelihood in concert with the global community and the environment, rather than individualism and indifference.

1. Care of the Earth ...includes all living and non-living things– plants, animals, land, water and air

2. Care of People ...promotes self-reliance and community responsibility– access to resources necessary for existence

3. Setting Limits to Population & Consumption ...gives away surplus– contribution of surplus time, labor, money, information, and energy to achieve the aims of earth and people care.

Permaculture also acknowledges a basic life ethic, which recognizes the intrinsic worth of every living thing. A tree has value in itself, even if it presents no commercial value to humans. That the tree is alive and functioning is worthwhile. It is doing its part in nature: recycling litter, producing oxygen, sequestering carbon dioxide, sheltering animals, building soils, and so on.

I have tried below to find material to cover some of the aspects of Permaculture to help us all in our quest to reduce our impact on the planet.

What Is Permaculture, this is a video trying to explain what permaculture is all about.

PERMACULTURE & PEAK OIL: Beyond 'Sustainability'

Conserve First! Saving Energy in the Home 
Todd Cory lives in a zero energy home. He started by conserving a whopping 70% of his energy use. Then he installed solar hot water and electricity connected to the grid. This renewable energy installer brims with enthusiastic ideas about having fun consuming less energy, starting with "the low hanging fruit"-- what's easy and cheapest to do.

Car fuels:-

Some on-line videos on composting:-

Home Composting - It's Second Nature! - Part I

Home Composting - It's Second Nature! Part II

Home Composting - It's Second Nature! Part III

How To Compost - with Rick Valley (LostValley.org) 

How to Make a Compost Bin in Under Two Minutes

Backyard composting for vegetable garden

Some vidoes on kitchen waste using  

Some on-line videos on growing your own food:-

How Much Food Can I Grow Around My House? In summer 2006 Judy Alexander embarked on an experiment to see how much food she could grow, and how many neighbors could benefit, from the garden around her house. Check out her homegrown rainwater collection and irrigation system - watering her 60+ edible crops. Meet the bees, the chickens and the worms. And catch her joy in producing so much food for so little effort.

How and why to grow your own food This is a short 3 minute video on why you should grow your own, designed to make you think.

An Experiment in Back Yard Sustainability.

Some on-line videos on going green:-

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