Regenerative Leadership Institute's introduction to permaculture

1. WELCOME TO
PERMACULTURE

2. BASIC
DEFINITION

3. PERMACULTURE
HOLISTIC
DESIGN
SYSTEM

4. PERMACULTURE
HOLISTIC
DESIGN
SYSTEM
Sustainable human
settlements
Food production
systems

5. PERMACULTURE
HOLISTIC
DESIGN
SYSTEM
Sustainable human
settlements
Food production
systems
Preserving
and
extending
natural
ecosystems

6. A MOVEMENT
CONCERNED
WITH SUSTAINABLE

7. A MOVEMENT
CONCERNED
WITH SUSTAINABLE
STABLE
COMMUNITIES
HUMANS
ANIMALS
PLANTS

8. NOW YOU
MIGHT
THINKING

9. Why was
PERMACULTURE
developed in the
first place

10. What's wrong with
How THINGS ARE
DONE now

11. PERMACULTURE
CAME ABOUT US
PHILOSOPHICAL
ETHICAL
PRACTICAL
RESPONSE
Producing food
Creating Energy
Organizing our
Societies

12. These methods HAVE DONE
a great deal of damage
TO THE PLANET and to
us as people

13. PERMACULTURE DESIGN
PHILOSOPHY

14. Humans
really are in
danger of
destroying
themselvesITS SAD FACT

15. The way we treat THE EARTH
and its resources could

16. IF WE DON'T DO
ANYTHING TO CHANGE
BE THE END OF US AS A SPECIES

17. As the result of something
OUTSIDE OUR CONTROL

18. THEN

19. WELL, FAIR ENOUGH

20. -AND NOT TO TAKE
ACTION TO STOP IT-
THE ARCHITECTS OF OUR OWN DEMISE

21. NOW
THAT
REALLY
IS SHAMEFUL

22. IT MAKES OUR CLAIMS THAT
WE ARE CONSCIOUS
THOUGHTFUL CREATURES LOOK LIKE VERY
A HOLLOW BOAST

23. Looking at the way the industrial society
HAVE TREATED THE ENVIORNMENT

24. Permaculture design realize that the
planet cannot SUSTAIN THE DAMAGE

25. Modern
agriculture
techniques
Monoculture
forestry
Thoughtless
settlement
design

26. MAKE NO MISTAKE

27. The rising global
temperature The degradation
of our souls
The pollution of
the oceans
The destruction of
animal species
The fierce
individualism fostered
by consumer
capitalism

28. We act like we have
CONQUERED nature

29. TREAT ITS RESOURCES AS IF
THEY WERE NEVER-ENDING
SEEKING GROWTH AT ANY COST
They are only to serve us

30. STRIVING SIMPLY
TO ACCUMULATE

31. STRIVING SIMPLY
TO ACCUMULATE
MORE
AND

32. WE MAY HAVE BEEN
THE CAUSE OF THE
DIRE SITUATION
We are also the ones who can change it and literally
make the world "BETTER PLACE"

33. The evidence is plentiful about the
NEED TO CHANGE

34. WE CAN'T KEEP KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD
ENABLED US TO ASSERT DOMINION OF NATURE
PEOPLE ARE THE RESOURCE THAT CAN MAKE IT

35. Intellectual progress
Technical innovations
}To drive better
ourselves
WILL ALLOW
US TO HEAL
THE DAMAGE
WE HAVE
DONE

36. ETHICS

37. PERMACULTURE is a part of the
ethical change that needs to happen if
we are to SURVIVE

38. IT ISN'T THE ONLY ANSWER
But it is an important element
of what should be a global
debate

39. HOW WE MOVE FORWARD
IN A SUSTAINABLE, RESPONSIBLE WAY

40. Which is great, because
PERMACULTURE tries to do is
encourage HONEST, OPEN DEBATE!

41. AFTERALL, WE ALL
HAVE A STAKE
In how we treat the
planet NOW and in the
FUTURE

42. BILL MOLLISONORGINIAL ARCHITECTS OF PERMACULTURE
Said
There is one prime ethical
directive to PERMACULTURE to
take responsibility for our own
existence and that of OUR
CHILDREN

43. We need to DO THIS TOGETHER to
realize that we are all in this situation
together

44. Find solutions and build a better
tomorrow

45. We will either survive together
OR
None of us will survive

47. In nature, we see integrated eco system or
different elements are balanced together
and MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL relationships

48. WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT THE HUMAN SOCIETY
IN THE SAME WAY
IT IS ONLY OUR CHOICES HAVE MADE COMPETITION
LIFE SHOULD BE COOPERATIVE RATHER THAN
COMPETITIVE
A CENTRAL PART OF HOW WE INTERACT WITH ONE
ANOTHER

49. So equally within our power to
CHOOSE ANOTHER WAY

50. BY RENOUNCING
MATERIALIST CULTURE
WE WILL FIND A MORE MEANINGFUL
WAY OF EXISTENCE
Day to day
level
Human
society

51. Combine with our technological abilities, adapting a
viewpoint can radically transform the world to a better

52. We already know hot to solve
most of the problems WE HAVE
CAUSED

53. Solar
Wind power
Fuels So we don't have to
burning the fuels
We know how to manage wild food
stocks - Don't drive species to
extinction

54. We know how to cultivate a land, we
PROTECT THE SOULS

55. Yet still we CHOOSE the
DESTRUCTIVE ways of life

56. The crude sense of life as one in which
ACCUMULATION takes PRECEDENCE
above all else diminishes us all

57. We need to change permaculture is one
system of BELIEFS, IDEAS and PRACTICES
that can spearhead that change

58. PERMACULTURE IS BUILT UPON
THREE ETHICAL PRINCIPLES

59. PRODUCING FOOD
REORGANIZING COMMUNITIES
GENERATING ENERGY
STEM FROM THESE ETHICS

60. The first Africa permaculture is
CARE OF THE EARTH

61. Taking
CARE OF THE PLANET

62. Earth give us what we need
We need to treat it with
CONSIDERATION AND RESPECT

63. All system on the planet with living and non
living things are CARED FOR

64. From the souls the
plants we need
They give us the
air we breathe
Rivers that circulate
the water we drink
IT IS AN ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY TO TREAT
THESE ECOSYSTEMS WITH CARE

65. To ensure that they can continue to
provide the things to the HUMANS
and OTHER ANIMALS in the system
themselves need

66. The second ethical
principle
CARE OF
PEOPLE
Meeting people's needs they can enjoy a good
quality of life, fulfill their potential but
WITHOUT DAMAGING THE PLANET

67. The THIRD ETHICAL
PRINCIPLE when
permaculture was just
starting
SHARE THE
SURPLUS
Set limits to
population and
consumption

68. THE IDEA IS
ESSENTIALLY
THE SAME
Don’t use more
than you need
So that the
planet life
system can
sustain

69. Limit your
consumption to
no more than you
need
And limit
consumption of
resources
SO THAT WHAT WE
TAKE FROM THE EARTH
DOESN’T DAMAGE

70. ON A MICRO LEVEL
This principle NOT BUYING
PRODUCTS YOU
DON’T NEED

71. Such as capitalism damages us and the
planet by demanding EXCESSIVE
CONSUMPTION

72. AS YOU REALIZED
The first ethical principle
The second ethical principle
The third ethical principle
CARE OF THE
EARTH
CARE OF
PEOPLE
SHARE THE
SURPLUS
More sustainable
future
We are all
connected
Take responsibility
for our actions
Non-destructive
competition
Harmonious way
of life

73. History tell us another story that human ethics
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ENSURE OUR SURVIVAL

74. ETHICS PROMOTE BEHAVIORS
THREATEN OUR EXISTENCE
HUMANS TEND TO ACT IN ORDER TO SURVIVE

75. OUR BEHAVIOR TODAY REALLY IS
THREATENING OUR SURVIVAL
It is not too much of a stretch of the imagination
Peoples mind
THEY COULD
CHANGE HOW WE
ACT
PERMACULTURE
PRINCIPLES

76. Ethics at the
center of our lives
Different way of
looking at the
world

77. STICKING TO THE PRINCIPLES
What does this person or land have to give if I co -
operate with them?
RATHER THAN
THE MORE
SELFISH

78. QUESTION
What can I get from this person or this land?
The first fosters
unity and
cooperation
The second
promotes
competition and
conflict

79. By changing our standpoint and the way that
we look at the world common ethical
principles also lead to new rules of behavior

80. THE ETHICS OF PERMACULTURE
The rule of
necessitous use
The rule of
conservative use

81. THE ETHICS OF PERMACULTURE
The rule of
necessitous use
FORCED TO USE IT
OUT OF STRICT NECCESSITY

82. THE ETHICS OF PERMACULTURE
The rule of
conservative use
If we have to use a
natural resource
THIS RULE HAS FOUR PRACTICAL
COMPONENTS TO IT

83. REDUCE WASTE AND REDUCE POLLUTION
CAREFUL ENERGY ACCOUNTING
REPLACE LOST MINERALS
LONG TERM IMPACT OF THE RESOURCE WE ARE USING

84. If these rules guide our behavior
as a species then we will realize
how well we are interconnected in
nature

85. Somehow we have got to the point
where we see ourselves outside the
interact this intricate web of life

86. ABOVE IT SOMEHOW

87. WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THAT
WE ARE NOT SEPARATE

88. We depend upon a healthy
diverse natural world. It will be in
the interest of everyone to
preserve natural systems and
treat them with respect
OUR FATE IS TIDE UP WITH THE FATE OF
THE REST OF LIFE ON THIS PLANET

89. CARE OF
PEOPLE
CARE OF
SPECIES
Given that we evolved from animals we could even
expand the second permaculture ethic here for people
to care for species. An ethic that recognizes our
common origins with all life on Earth.

90. So fundamentally you could say that
permaculture ethics BOILS DOWN to how
to act to sustain the earth

91. In the past the different
ways of providing food for
ourselves have not had
this idea at their core
Feudal system of land ownership that
kept the many impoverished but the
few rich were not sustainable
THE FEW
RICH
MANY
IMPROVERISHED
LEADING TO FAMINE AND REVOLUTION

92. While MORE MODERN METHODS such as using vast tracts
of land to produce a single crop or raise a single species of
livestock animal have also become unsustainable as they
have depleted the health of the land drastically

93. If we look to nature for a way of
producing abundance while caring
for the earth
BEST EXAMPLE IS PROBABLY THE FOREST

94. These ecosystems are very productive
support many species of plants have
complex interrelationships with lots of
types of animals
BENEFITS THEY PROVIDE TO THE SOIL
BALANCE WITH WHAT THEY TAKE FROM IT
TO GROWN IN A SENSE

95. THIS IS A COMMUNAL SYSTEM

96. THIS IS A COMMUNAL SYSTEM
With all the members of it
living better off from its
permanence
And continued health
And with all energy that
the system needs
coming from the system
itself

97. In contrast modern agriculture
relies on external sources of
energy such as fuel, fertilizers and
pumped in water

98. WE CAN MAKE USE OF THIS
IDEA OF COMMUNAL
PERMANENCE BY COPYING THE
FOREST STYLE PLANT GROWTH
FOR OUR OWN FOOD
PRODUCTION.

99. We will talk more about FORECAST GARDENING later but
suffice it to say forests points the way to healthy
productive and long-lasting systems that are sustainable

100. Think about it wouldn’t you like to PLANT A TREE and know
that your children’s children won’t cut it down

101. PERMACULTURE AND LANDSCAPE
AND SOCIETY

102. WITH THIS METHOD
HOW APPLYING THE SAME
PRINCIPLES AT WORK
WITHIN IT
Productive
energy flows
Self
sustainability
of systems
Minimal
waste

103. WITH THIS METHOD
HOW APPLYING THE SAME
PRINCIPLES AT WORK
WITHIN IT
Productive
energy flows
Self
sustainability
of systems
Minimal
waste
To our
households
towns and
cities can
make for
more stable
functional,
productive
and practical
landscape
for us all to
live in

104. And you know what? We can totally
do it. We have the technology and
technical know-how to design
agricultural systems houses and
communities
BENEFIT EVERYONE IN EVERYTHING

105. At present our towns and cities and the vast
majority of our agricultural land are pretty
unproductive spaces
The first thing permaculture looks
to do is make these areas more
PRODUCTIVE IN A SUSTAINABLE
way

106. Instance a permaculture
practitioner would look to
harvest rainwater that
currently runs off our roofs
and down the drain
Use it within the system saves for
watering plants or they might plant
several different species of crops in
an agricultural area to create a
more productive and sustainable
method of agricultural production
than monoculture

107. These are just two ways to rethink our we
used areas of land as long as we curb our
greed for more than we need we can be
PERFECTLY HAPPY and SUSTAINED by the
areas we already INHABIT

108. The knock-on effect of this type of
productive land use is to free up the
rest of the globe for natural
ecosystem to be rehabilitated
If we are smarter about how we use
what we have already got we won’t
need to exploit the wilderness
IN THRIVING WILD
ECOSYSTEMS IS
ESSENTIAL FOR THE
HEALTH OF THE PLANET

109. These two things complement each other settlement
design is necessarily human centered as we have to ensure
we provide for our needs but by making sure statements
are designed as best they can be we also promote
conservation

110. Things are interlinked ARE YOU SENSING A
THEME HERE?

111. Ecosystems are under
pressure as never before
forests are being cleared
at an extraordinary rate
oceans are being turned
into barren deserts by
population and
overfishing

112. And the entire time animal and planet species are
becoming extinct. Some before we’ve even had a chance to
discover them

113. PERMACULTURE PURPOSES THREE
RESPONSES TO THIS DESTRUCTION
First is to care for
surviving natural
systems

114. PERMACULTURE PURPOSES THREE
RESPONSES TO THIS DESTRUCTION
First is to care for
surviving natural
systems
Just leave them alone
If we let the wilderness be it will heal
itself as nature always finds a way.

115. PERMACULTURE PURPOSES THREE
RESPONSES TO THIS DESTRUCTION
The second is to
rehabilitate land that
we have degraded or
eroded through our
actions

116. PERMACULTURE PURPOSES THREE
RESPONSES TO THIS DESTRUCTION
The second is to
rehabilitate land that
we have degraded or
eroded through our
actions
We can do this simply by choosing to
grow certain assemblies of plant that will
replenish the soil with nutrients and bind
it together so it does in a road again
nature provides an answer. We just need
to listen

117. PERMACULTURE PURPOSES THREE
RESPONSES TO THIS DESTRUCTION
Third is to create
our own complex
living
environments

118. PERMACULTURE PURPOSES THREE
RESPONSES TO THIS DESTRUCTION
Third is to create
our own complex
living
environments
If we consider that all life forms are in
essence native to earth we all have the
opportunity to contribute to the
preservation of those life forms

119. So the first thing to do is get
our homes. Our gardens, our
cities and our farms in order
so that they support us and
we do not have to exploit the
natural world anymore

120. PERMACULTURE PROVIDES
MANY GREAT WAYS TO DO
THIS

121. SECONDLY
IT’S A CONVERSATION NO ONE REALLY
SEEMS TO WANT TO HAVE
IF WE INCREASE OUR NUMBER TOO
MUCH WE WILL INEVITABLY NEED TO
ENCROACH FURTHER UPON THE
WILDERNESS
WE WILL HAVE SOWN THE SEEDS OF
OUR OWN DEMISE

122. PERMACULTURE IS THEN ALSO ABOUT
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
Those who practice it create Gardens
to provide themselves and their
families with food seek ever more
efficient ways to reduce their energy
consumption and try to limit their
own impact on earth

123. WE CAN ALL TAKE SMALL STEPS TODAY
TO HELP
For instance you can change your shopping
habits to purchase local sustainable chemical
free products rather than industrial agriculture

124. YOU CAN TURN A SMALL CORNER OF
YOUR GARDEN OVER

125. To the wild animals and plants that find their
way there you’d be surprised how many
species of insect amphibian lizard and
butterfly will make a home in even the
smallest of gardens

126. IF WE ALL TOOK SUCH RESPONSIBILITY
THINK WHAT WE COULD ACHIEVE
Supporting
Creating
investing

127. IF WE ALL TOOK SUCH RESPONSIBILITY
THINK WHAT WE COULD ACHIEVE
Supporting
Creating
investing We all have a apart to play in supporting
creating and investing in natural ecosystems. If
we do change we are showing our respect for
all life forms on the planet

128. IF WE ALL TOOK SUCH RESPONSIBILITY
THINK WHAT WE COULD ACHIEVE
Supporting
Creating
investing
We all have a apart to play in
supporting creating and investing in
natural ecosystems. If we do change we
are showing our respect for all life
forms on the planet
NOW THAT’S AN ETHIC FOR EVERYONE TO GET BEHIND

129. PERMACULTURE HAS ITS ETHICAL
DIMENSION
BUT IT IS ALSO A PRACTICAL DESIGN SYSTEM
Permaculture
Design
Permaculture
Design
CONCEPTS THEMES
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT NEXT TIME