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Permaculture is a holistic integrated approach to designing stable, productive, natural, wildlife friendly farms that support adjacent ecosystems. It is a practice shared now in over 100 countries. The yield’s are stable and resilient food, “greater quality” and often “quantity” of nutrient rich foods than support our personal and planet health in total contrast to our current chemical and poison spray based agriculture food industry.
It is based on permaculture humanistic ethics, nature’s eco-system supporting principles and design approaches, taught in the Permaculture Design Course created by Bill Molission and David Holmgren and is based on the book “Permaculture a Designers Manual”.
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Current Projects and Research:
Water Drought Proofing
Urban Food and Planing
Rice Paddy Aquaculture
Aquaponics
Coconut Tree/ Cow Pasture Regenerative Broad Acre Grazing in dry season
BOOKS:
Permaculture:A Designers’ Manual – Bill Mollision
The below are the chapters and topics of “Permaculture a Designers Manual”
CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION TO PERMACULTURE – 1.1 – Permaculture Design Philosophy Section 1.2 – Ethics Section 1.3 – Permaculture in Landscape and Society
CHAPTER 2 – CONCEPTS AND THEMES IN DESIGN – 2.1 – Introduction Section 2.2 – Science and the Thousand Names of God 2.3 – Applying Laws and Principles to Design 2.4 – Resources 2.5 – Yields 2.6 – Cycles: A Niche in Time 2.7 – Pyramids, Food Webs, Growth and Vegetarianism 2.8 Complexity and Connections 2.9 Order or chaos 2.10 Permitted and forced functions Section 2.11 Diversity Section 2.12 Stability Section 2.13 Time and Yield Section 2.14 Principle Summary Section 2.15 References
CHAPTER 3 – METHODS OF DESIGN – 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Analysis : Design by listing characteristics of components 3.3 Observation: Design by expanding on direct observations of a site 3.4 Deduction from Nature: Design by adopting lessons learnt from nature 3.5 Options and Decisions: Design as a selection of options or pathways based on decisions 3.6 Data Overlay: Design by map overlays 3.7 Random Assembly: Design by assessing the results of random assemblies 3.8 Flow Diagrams: Design for work places 3.9 Zone and Sector Analysis: Design by the application of a master pattern 3.10 Zoning of Information and Ethics 3.11 Incremental Design 3.12 Summary of Design Methods 3.13 The Concepts of Guilds in Nature 3.14 Succession: Evolution of a system 3.15 The Establishment and Maintenance of Systems 3.16 General Practical Procedures in Property Design 3.17 Principle Summary
CHAPTER 4 PATTERN UNDERSTANDING – 4.1 – Introduction 4.2 – A General Pattern Model of Events 4.3 – Matrices and the Strategies of Compacting and Complex Components 4.4 – Properties of Media 4.5 – Boundary Conditions 4.6 – The Harmonics and Geometries of Boundaries 4.7 – Compatible and Incompatible Borders and Components 4.8 – The Timing and Shaping of Events 4.9 – Spirals 4.10 – Flow Over Landscape and Objects 4.11 – Open Flow and and Flow Patterns 4.12 – Validator Phenomena 4.13 – Dimensions and Potentials 4.14 – Closed (spherical) Models; Accretion and Expulsion 4.15 – Branching and its Effects; Conduits 4.16 – Orders of Magnitude in Branches 4.17 – Orders and Dimensions 4.18 – Classification of Events 4.19 – Time and Relativity in the Model 4.20 – The World we Live in as a Tessellation of Event-ism 4.21 – Introduction to Pattern Applications 4.22 – The Tribal use of Patterning 4.23 – The Mnemonics of Meaning 4.24 – Patterns of Society 4.25 – The Arts in the Service of Life 4.26 – Additional Pattern Applications 4.27 – References and Further Reading 4.28 – Designers’ Checklist
CHAPTER 5 – CLIMATIC FACTORS- 5.1 Introduction 5.2 The classification of Broad Climatic Zones 5.3 Patterning in Global Weather Systems: The Engines of the Atmosphere 5.4 Precipitation 5.5 Radiation 5.6 Wind 5.7 Landscape Effects 5.8 Latitude Effects 5.9 References 5.10 Designers’ Checklist
CHAPTER 6 – TREES AND THEIR ENERGY TRANSACTIONS – 6.1 Introduction 6.2 The Biomass of the Tree 6.3 Wind Effects 6.4 Temperature Effects 6.5 Trees and Precipitation 6.6 How a Tree Interacts with Rain 6.7 Summary 6.8 References
CHAPTER 7 – WATER – 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Regional Intervention in the Water Cycle 7.3 Earthworks for Water Conservation and Storage 7.4 Reduction of Water Used in Sewage Systems 7.5 The Purification of Polluted Waters 7.6 Natural Swimming Pools 7.7 Designers’ Checklist 7.8 References
CHAPTER 8 – SOILS – 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Soil and Health 8.3 Tribal and Traditional Soil Classifications 8.4 The Structure of Soils 8.5 Soil and Water Elements 8.6 Primary Nutrients for Plants 8.7 The Distribution of Elements in the Soil Profile 8.8 pH and Soils 8.9 Soil Composition 8.10 Soil Pores and Crumb Structure 8.11 Gaseous content and processes in soils 8.12 The Soil Biota 8.13 Difficult Soils 8.14 Plant Analysis for Mineral Deficiencies; Some Remedies 8.15 Biological Indicators of Soil and Soil Conditions 8.16 Seed Pelleting 8.17 Soil Erosion 8.18 Soil Rehabilitation 8.19 Soils in House Foundations 8.20 Life in Earth 8.21 The Respiration of Earth 8.22 Designers’ Checklist 8.23 References
CHAPTER 9 – EARTH WORKING AND EARTH RESOURCES – 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Planning Earthworks 9.3 Planting after Earthworks 9.4 Slope Measure 9.5 Levels and Leveling 9.6 Types of Earthworks 9.7 Earth Constructs 9.8 Moving the Earth 9.9 Earth Resources 9.10 References
CHAPTER 10 – THE HUMID TROPICS- 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Climatic Types 10.3 Tropical Soils 10.4 Earth Shaping in the Tropics 10.5 House Design 10.6 The Tropical Home Garden 10.7 Integrated Land Management 10.8 Elements of a Village Complex in the Humid Tropics 10.9 Evolving a Poly culture 10.10 Themes on a Coconut- or Palm-dominant Poly culture 10.11 Pioneering 10.12 Animal Tractor Systems 10.13 Grassland and Range Management 10.14 Humid Tropical Coast Stabilization and Shelter-belts 10.15 Low Island and Coral Cay Strategies 10.16 Designers’ Checklist 10.17 References
CHAPTER 11 – DRYLAND STRATEGIES- 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Precipitation 11.3 Temperature 11.4 Soils 11.5 Landscape Features in Deserts 11.6 Harvesting of Water in Arid Lands 11.7 The Desert House 11.8 The Desert Garden 11.9 Garden Irrigation Systems 11.10 Desert Settlement – Broad Strategies- 11.11 Plant Themes for Drylands 11.12 Animal Systems in Drylands 11.13 Desertification and the Salting of Soils 11.14 Cold and Montane Deserts 11.15 Designers’ Checklist 11.16 References
CHAPTER 12 – HUMID COOL TO COLD CLIMATES-12.1 Introduction 12.2 Characteristics of a Humid Cool Climate 12.3 Soils 12.4 Landform and Water Conservation 12.5 Settlement and House Design 12.6 The Home Garden 12.7 Berry Fruits 12.8 Glasshouse Growing 12.9 Orchards 12.10 Farm Forestry 12.11 Free-range Forage Systems 12.12 The Lawn 12.13 Grasslands 12.14 Rangelands 12.15 Cold Climates 12.16 Wildfire 12.17 Designers’ Checklist 12.18 References
CHAPTER 13 – AQUACULTURE- 13.1 Introduction 13.2 The Case for Aquaculture 13.3 Some Factors Affecting Total Useful Yields 13.4 Choice of Fish Species (varieties, food,health ) and Factors in Yield 13.5 Fish Pond Configurations and Food Supply 13.6 Farming Invertebrates for Fish Food 13.7 Channel, Canal, Chinampa 13.8 Yields Outside the Pond 13.9 Bringing in the Harvest 13.10 Traditional and New Water Polycultures 13.11 Designers’ Checklist 13.12 References
CHAPTER 14 – THE STRATEGIES OF AN ALTERNATIVE GLOBAL NATION – 14.1 introduction 14.2 Ethical Basis of an Alternative Nation 14.3 A New United Nations 14.4 Alternatives to Political Systems 14.5 Bio-regional Organization 14.6 Extended Families 14.7 Trusts and Legal Strategies 14.8 Developmental and Property Trusts 14.9 Village Development 14.10 Effective Working Groups and Right Livelihood 14.11 Money and Finance 14.12 Land Access 14.13 An Ethical Investment Movement 14.14 Effective Aid 14.15 Futures 14.16 References and Resources,
Plant List by Common Name.Plant List by Species Name.Glossary