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Principles of Permaculture

by Ross Mars
While Bill Mollison and David Holmgren are both recognised as co-originators of permaculture, their seminal text Permaculture 1 did not discuss any overarching principles on which permaculture was based…

“Care of the Oceans”

Reviewed by Tanvier Fowler

(Chapter 9, Earth Restorer’s Guide to Permaculture by Rosemary Morrow)

Getting Started in Permaculture

by Bronwyn Chompff-Gliddon
I read this book in one night – it started as a little bedtime reading until my eyes became heavy, but then when I woke during the night and couldn’t get back to sleep, I ended up finishing the book!

Observe and Interact

by Bronwyn Chompff-Gliddon
In a garden setting, this means: stop. Just watch for a moment. What is the sun doing? The wind? How are the flora and fauna responding to each other? That kind of thing. Stop and observe before you come in with your shovel and your landscape design, first just be aware of what’s going on…