Permaculture : principles & pathways beyond sustainability

Summary: "David Holmgren uses permaculture principles as a framework for an empowering but challenging vision of creative adaptation to a world of energy descent. This book builds on the extraordinary success of the permaculture concept and global permaculture movement (over the last 25 years), to provide a more cerebral and controversial contribution to the sustainability debate. Although far less prominent in the spread and popularisation of permaculture than Bill Mollison, David Holmgren is an ecological pioneer destined to have a major influence on the sustainability debate." --Book jacket

Record details

ISBN: 9780646418445
ISBN: 0646418440
Physical Description: print
xxxi, 286 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Hepburn, Vic. : Holmgren Design Services, 2002.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-280) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Ethical principles of permaculture -- Observe and interact -- Catch and store energy -- Obtain a yield -- Apply self-regulation and accept feedback -- Use and value renewable resources and services -- Produce no waste -- Design from patterns to details -- Integrate rather than segregate -- Use small and slow solutions -- Use and value diversity -- Use edges and value the marginal -- Creatively use and respond to change -- Postscript: After September 11.