Rare and candid interview with David Holmgren

The Food Forest writes… This rare and candid interview with David Holmgren, co-originator of the permaculture concept was obtained by Sam Collins during a Permacuture Design Certificate course David taught at The Food Forest in April 2010. David reflects on the future of human occupation on the planet and permacultures template for survival and abundance.

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Permaculture as a Solution for Modern Survival – Podcast

Modern Survival writes… “Today we will once again delve deeply into the topic of permaculture.  Permaculture in its’ modern form is the result of the combined efforts of two men, Bill Mollison and David Holmgren. Very few people in the main stream world even understand the basics of what permaculture is, its mission and how [...]

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David Holmgren on the Endurance of Suburbia

The End of Suburbia is a must see documentary about peak oil, arguing that it spells a hard crash for the suburban dream. David Holmgren here offers a counterview, a vision of a radically retrofitted, food producing suburbia. David Holmgren is the co-originator of Permaculture. [holmgren.com.au]

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Permaculture Ethics and Design Principles with David Holmgren

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Permaculture Principles Teaching Kit

permacultureprinciples writes… “The long awaited 2nd edition of the Teaching Kit is now available. The new kit includes an updated 28 page booklet, an extended principles DVD along with the teaching cards and fridge magnet sets. The Teachers’ DVD is packed additional presentations, articles and graphical resources relevant to understanding and teaching permaculture ethics and principles. [...]

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Principles of Permaculture Design from David Holmgren and Bill Mollison

Principles of Permaculture Design. David Holmgren David Holmgren is author: Permaculture Principles and Pathways beyond Sustainability. Assembled and produced by Tracy Dee Cook and Andrew Leslie Phillips Hancock Permaculture Center. 012509 Permaculture principles are brief statements or slogans – a checklist when considering the complex options for design and evolution of ecological support systems. These [...]

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Energy and Permaculture by David Holmgren

The sustainability debate has shown a deep confusion about the processes and systems which support life and humanity. The lack of conceptual tools to incorporate previously ignored environmental “givens” into calculations used by economists and decisionmakers is painfully obvious. There are no simple answers to the complex question of costs, benefits, and sustainability. However, there [...]

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Observe and Interact – Holmgren’s permaculture principle #1 & Obtain a Yield- Holmgren’s principle #3

Back in March of 2008 a friend of ours gave us a large bunch of leeks she collected from an abandoned lot in her neighborhood where they had perennialized. I divided the bunches into individual plants and set them out next to theasparagus beds. Never having heard of perennial leeks, I was eager to observe [...]

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Permaculture Principles for Business

An interesting post over at Transition Culture on the application of permaculture ideas to business. It is suggested that: “In many ways business is already ahead of the rest of us in terms of some of the thinking approaches that are required for energy descent. They are used to thinking ‘lean’ and getting the most out of things. [...]

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Principles of Permaculture Design – David Holmgren & Bill Mollison

David Holmgren’s Principles for Permaculture Design Bill Mollison Principles of Permaculture Design Source

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