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What is Permaculture?

Permaculture is a holistic design approach that aims to create sustainable human settlements and agricultural systems that mimic the patterns and relationships found in natural ecosystems. It was first developed by Australian ecologists Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in the 1970s and has since been applied in many different contexts, including urban and rural areas, across the world.

The central principle of permaculture is to work with, rather than against, nature. This is achieved through the use of patterns, techniques, and strategies that mimic natural systems, such as using companion planting, applying closed-loop systems, and creating multiple yields from a single effort. In permaculture, the design process begins with careful observation and analysis of the local ecosystem, and the design solutions are tailored to fit the specific conditions of each site.

Permaculture incorporates a wide range of principles and techniques, including:

Zone and sector analysis: This involves dividing the site into zones based on their level of use and management, and then further subdividing each zone into sectors based on the direction of key inputs, such as sun, wind, water, and access.

Companion planting: This involves planting different species of plants together that have mutual benefits, such as reducing pests, improving soil health, and increasing yields.

Closed-loop systems: This involves using waste products from one element in the system as inputs for another, reducing waste and increasing efficiency.

Multiple yields: This involves designing systems that produce multiple outputs from a single input, such as using a single plant for food, medicine, and fuel.

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The earth’s secret miracle worker is not a plant or an animal: its fungi

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/11/fungi-earth-secret-miracle-weapon

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Connecting the dots... The origin of humans and our planet, the role of fungi then, today, and in the future! How Climate Change is removing the beneficial barriers between the species and posing newer challenges... very interesting, gives an insight into a Living Forest, thriving just because of the fungal network that has helped build one!!

Documentary | What can fungi teach us?

Fungi are true survival specialists. They can live without air and sunlight, and cope with heat and cold. Some species of fungi even emit radiation. So what lessons do fungi have for the people who study them?

Fungi belong to some of the oldest living organisms on Earth. There are over 120 thousand known species of fungi, and it’s estimated there could be far more - over six million worldwide. And they’re everywhere - out-of-doors, and in the bodies of humans and animals.

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What are the Differences Between Permaculture, Organic Farming and Regenerative Agriculture?

Labels can be confusing. The terms permaculture, organic farming, and regenerative agriculture are a shift to natural methods of tending the land and you may have even used them interchangeably, but the fact is that each one represents a different approach to sustainable gardening and farming. If you’re still confused as to which refers to what, well, fear not as we seek to explain what each terminology refers to.

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43 hectares of Pune hill-side swept clean of invasive tree species
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Resource Management! Let's learn from Mother Nature!




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permaculture is based on science. there are two types of sciences
hard science: like physics, chemistry
and soft science: like life sciences

hard sciences control things, unnaturally
whereas in soft sciences we observe!

permaculture deals with both sciences, but our system-designs are more like, life sciences, which encourages self-regulation. we learn to do things better through observation and reduce our work, taking the results as further guidelines for our systems-design. a common-sense approach to permaculture systems-design




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in permaculture we need to adopt a different accounting mechanism, not just a simple economic report of what is spent and earned...

cash accounting: which includes the earnings & expenses also includes the government subsidy

energy accounting: the energy in and the energy output

environmental accounting: what’s happening to the environment, is it improving? soil loss, water, pollution?

conservation accounting: what’s happening to the life forms? genetic richness, soil biomass, wildlife, loss to pest

social accounting: quality of life, human health, food quality & meaningful employment...




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