Introduction to Permaculture A Book by Bill Mollison modernfarmer.com The conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive systems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems. It is the harmonious integration of the landscape with people providing their food, energy, shelter and other material and non-material needs in a sustainable way. About PermaculturePermaculture ethicsUsing akido on the landscapePermaculture principlesDesign is a connection between things+25 More 172. Garden Growing WildProtected, yet tuned inHints towards a non-extractive economy farmingnatureecosystemssustainabilityagriculture
The ground plane Whereas Corbusier relegated streets to traffic functions, the ground plane represented to Van Eyck the realm in which people 'learn' cities. The placement of benches and bollards, the height of stepping-stones, the ill-defined separations of sand, grass, and water are all tools in that learning, an education in ambiguity. Richard Sennett, The Craftsman If children are transferred from a lively city street