7. What is Permaculture?
"
“Though the problems of the world are
increasingly complex, the solutions remain
embarrassingly simple.”
By Bill Mollison
8. Permaculture is the harmonious integration
through systems management of all life
kingdoms into agriculturally productive
ecosystems and socially just environments,
producing sound economic consequences.
It’s a design science reflecting patterns in
Nature that seeks to build interconnections
allowing for energy efficiency and
abundance of yield.
31. http://annualreport.syngenta.com/
en/overview/chairmans-letter.aspx
While the financial crisis grabbed the headlines, the
underlying challenge of ensuring food security for a
growing world population remained central to the
agenda of governments worldwide. The magnitude of
this challenge was reinforced by the UN's Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) which announced in June
that the combination of global economic slowdown and
high food prices had pushed another 100 million people
into a state of chronic hunger and poverty. The total
number of people on the planet who are malnourished
has now surpassed the one billion mark.
38. ...the greatest change we need to make is
zones
from consumption to production, even if
on a small scale, in our own gardens. If
only 10% of us do this, there is enough
for everyone. Hence the futility of
revolutionaries who have no gardens,
who depend on the very system they
attack, and who produce words and
bullets, not food and shelter." - Bill
Mollison
39. “Without a plan, there is no
commitment, hence no accountability.”
Henri Fayol
