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What permaculture isn’t — and is

By Staff Reports | June 10, 2013

Permaculture flower

Permaculture is notoriously hard to define. A recent survey shows that people simultaneously believe it is a design approach, a philosophy, a movement, and a set of practices. This broad and contradiction-laden brush doesn’t just make permaculture hard to describe. It can be off-putting, too. Let’s say you first encounter permaculture as a potent method of food production … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Permaculture, Transition Tagged With: Antoine Levoisier, phlogiston theory, Thomas Kuhn, Toby Hemenway

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