I'm gathering a few resources that might be helpful in helping to define what exactly permaculture is, what it's not, and how it can be integrated into our daily lives. I'm under the belief that no one resource can cover all the facets of permaculture as it is quite a wide-reaching set of sciences, but this should help get us started.
Permaculture at Wikipedia touches briefly on the history, theory, design principles, the 6 zones (0-5), animals, lasagne mulching or sheet mulching, use of rain and greywaters, :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P...
Permaculture Institute in Santa Fe, NM offers courses in Permaculture Design, key concepts, and many publications and books by their founder Bill Mollison and others:
http://www.permaculture.org/
Small-scale Permaculture, as in sustainable home gardening, good article, but covers a little bit about a lot of topics:
http://indianapublicmedia.org/...
Some books from beginner to advanced designers:
- Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison -
http://amzn.to/xA7qiK
- Permaculture: A Designer's Manual by Bill Mollison -
http://amzn.to/xL74B4
- Gaia's Garden: Second Edition - A Guide To Home Scale Permaculture by Toby Hemeway -
http://amzn.to/wFXbC3
- Permaculture: Principles & Pathways Beyond Sustainability by David Holmgren -
http://amzn.to/yKtNJj
- Sepp Holtzer's Permaculture by Sepp Holtzer -
http://amzn.to/w2tPDR
Various definitions of permaculture, link provided by Sharon:
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http://www.permaculture.net/ab...
And one more definition/description, link provided by plantladylin:
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http://www.gardeningknowhow.co...
