On route to Cornwall we visited the Eden Project. It’s incredible and well worth the visit. Sitting on the site of a disused clay quarry it’s demonstrates the power of regeneration in only 12 years. I am somewhat dubious about their energy usage but they are displaying an incredible amount of learning material. It seems they will soon be building a large geothermal power plant. We also visited friends in Cornwall. Living in a small yurt community and studying renewable energy at Falmouth Uni is a nice combination. On leaving Cornwall we ended up in Somerset and the first stop was Burrowhill Cider!
What Bill says…
"Permaculture (permanent agriculture) is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the diversity, stability and resilience of natural ecosystems. It is the harmonious integration of landscape and people providing their food, energy, shelter and other material and non-material needs in a sustainable way. Without permanent agriculture their is no possibility of a stable social order". - Bill MollisonAnother definition…
"Permaculture is the harmonious integration of all life kingdoms into agriculturally productive ecosystems and socially just environments producing sound economic outcomes through systems management. It is a regenerative design science reflecting patterns in nature that seeks to build interconnections allowing for energy efficiency and abundance of yield" treeyopermaculture.comRobert Hart was doing it…
“The only basic and comprehensive answer to the colossal harm that our present industrial system is causing to the global environment – harm that could lead to the extermination of all life on earth – is to replace it with a sustainable system – geared largely to the non-polluting, life-enhancing products of the living world” Robert A de J Hart ‘Forest Gardening’What my teacher says…
"To do the most good for the greatest number of beings for the longest time possible with the least effort" Richard Perkins-
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