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==Appeal to Homesteaders, Preppers and Survivalists==
 
==Appeal to Homesteaders, Preppers and Survivalists==
Permaculture has been adopted by many in the [[conservative]]-[[libertarian]] Homesteader, [[:Category:Survivalism|Survivalist]]-Preparedness movements according to [[James Wesley Rawles]], [[Paul Wheaton]], [[Jack Spirko]], and [[Backwoods Home Magazine]]. Permaculture results in long term productive [[ecosystem]]s that require minimal maintenance and little to no inputs once well established. Permaculture also can help create an abundance of food on arid, infertile, rocky or marginal land often considered not viable for [[agricultural]] use. (See the [[YouTube]] video "Greening of the Desert"<ref>Greening the Desert by [[Geoff Lawton]]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reCemnJmkzI found on https://www.youtube.com/user/Permasolutions/videos Accessed December 5, 2014. Also see https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Greening+of+the+Desert+youtube, http://www.permies.com/t/1784/desert/Greening-Desert)</ref>)
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Permaculture has been adopted by many in the [[conservative]]-[[libertarian]] Homesteader, Survivalist-Preparedness movement. Permaculture results in long term productive [[ecosystem]]s that require minimal maintenance and little to no inputs once well established. Permaculture also can help create an abundance of food on arid, infertile, rocky or marginal land often considered not viable for [[agricultural]] use. (See the [[YouTube]] video "Greening of the Desert"<ref>Greening the Desert by [[Geoff Lawton]]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reCemnJmkzI found on https://www.youtube.com/user/Permasolutions/videos Accessed December 5, 2014. Also see https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Greening+of+the+Desert+youtube, http://www.permies.com/t/1784/desert/Greening-Desert)</ref>
  
Permaculture includes everything from water catchment, [[alternative energy]] systems,  alternative building, [[livestock]] management to [[food forest]]ry and much more. Unlike the [[entitlement mentality]] of [[Liberal values]]-[[Public school values]]-[[Teacup Generation]], permaculture is a system that results in a highly [[self sufficient]] [[Small town values]] lifestyle in all times not just during a crisis.  Hence it has gained broad acceptance by [[conservative values|conservative-thinking]] [[homesteader]]s, survivalists, and preppers.
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Permaculture includes everything from water catchment, [[alternative energy]] systems,  alternative building, [[livestock]] management to [[food forest]]ry and much more. Permaculture is a system that results in a highly [[self sufficient]] [[small town values]] lifestyle in all times not just during a crisis.  Hence it has gained broad acceptance by conservative-thinking [[homesteader]]s and survivalists.
  
===Permaculture Tenets similar to Survialism Tenets===
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==Detailed considerations==
As show below, permaculture shares some important major tenets with those of "modern survivalism". While most "permaculurists" subscribe to [[Libertarianism|Libertarian values]], not all permaculturists practice the [[Conservative values]], [[Traditional values]], [[American values]], [[Small town values]] and [[Family values]] that are accepted by the vast majority of survivalists according to well-known prepper authors-[[blogger]]s-[[podcast]]er-"authorities" such as [[Jack Spirko]] and [[New York Times]] best-selling author [[James Wesley Rawles]] of the [[American Redoubt]] [[vote with your feet]] [[conservative]] political [[migration]] movement, the "grand-daddy of the survivalist movement" [[Mel Tappan]], and also many others including [[Ragnar Benson]], [[Boston T. Party]] ([[Kenneth Royce]] of [[Free State Wyoming]]), [[Chuck Baldwin]], [[Joel Skousen]], [[Cleon Skousen]], [[Alex Jones]], [[Dave Duffy]] of [[Backwoods Home Magazine]], [[M.D. Creekmore]], et al.
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==== Growing your own food ====
 
==== Growing your own food ====
Growing your own [[food]] is for everyone not just people that want "[[organic]]" [[fruit]] and [[vegetable]]s. To produce your own food, even as little as 10% of what you use reduces your dependence on "the system". If nothing else [[gardening]] is good for your emotional and physical [[health]] and increases the value of any [[real estate|property]]. See [[:Category:Permaculture]] for more specific articles.
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Growing your own [[food]] is for everyone not just people that want "[[organic]]" [[fruit]] and [[vegetable]]s. To produce food, even as little as 10% of what the gardener use reduces dependence on "the system". If nothing else [[gardening]] is good for emotional and physical [[health]] and increases the value of any [[real estate|property]].
  
 
==== Food and water storage ====
 
==== Food and water storage ====
 
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* [[Food storage|Food stored]]-[[Food preservation]] (e.g. [[canning]], etc.) is a major consideration of [[:Category:Permaculture|permaculture]] and is an exceptional tangible [[investment]]. [[Food]] is increasing in cost faster than just about any investment right now and certainly faster than the rate of [[inflation]]. You simply can't lose by storing additional food that you eat on a regular basis.
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[[Food storage|Food stored]]-[[Food preservation]] (e.g. [[canning]], etc.) is a major consideration of [[:Category:Permaculture|permaculture]] and is an exceptional tangible [[investment]]. [[Food]] is increasing in cost faster than just about any investment right now and certainly faster than the rate of [[inflation]]. A gardener simply can't lose by storing additional food that is eatten on a regular basis.
  
 
==== Renewable energy ====
 
==== Renewable energy ====
 
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* [[Renewable energy]] is an important part of [[:Category:permaculture|permaculture]]. [[Alternative energy]] is great if you do it in a way that saves you money (short or long term) but your [[solar panel]]s are not going to save the planet. Man-made [[global warming]] is a scam designed to force the U.S. into a [[globalist]] [[United Nations]]-controlled [[taxation]] system. If you want to promote [[solar power]], [[wind energy]], [[hydroelectric]], etc. the best way is to develop it in a more cost effective manner. Fuel efficient vehicles are also great but the effective implementation of such vehicles requires that they be affordable, well built and well-engineered. The lesson is that the best way to promote "[[alternative energy|green energy]]" is via [[economics]].
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[[Renewable energy]] is an important part of permaculture. [[Alternative energy]] can save money (short or long term) and addresses [[global warming]] concerns. Fuel efficient vehicles are also great but the effective implementation of such vehicles requires that they be affordable, well built and well-engineered. Some argue that the best way to promote "[[alternative energy|green energy]]" is via [[economics]].
  
 
==== Owning land is true wealth ====
 
==== Owning land is true wealth ====
 
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* Permaculture implies some land-[[soil]] to grow food and medicines ([[herbs]]), thus [[Real estate|owning land]] is true [[Invest in tangibles|wealth]]. Individuals should strive to own land in the [[rural]] country where [[taxes]] are low and [[big government]] restrictions are limited. Even if you live in the city finding, buying and improving land within 3-5 hours of your primary residence makes a lot of sense. If you can use it to get out of the city at some point so much the better.
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Permaculture implies some land-[[soil]] to grow food and medicines ([[herb]]s), thus [[Real estate|owning land]] is true [[Invest in tangibles|wealth]]. Individuals should strive to own land in the [[rural]] country where [[taxes]] are low and [[big government]] restrictions are limited. Even if you live in the city finding, buying and improving land within 3–5 hours of your primary residence makes a lot of sense. If you can use it to get out of the city at some point so much the better.
  
 
==== Financial security ====
 
==== Financial security ====
 
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* In addition to [[food]], [[water]] and other common [[:Category:Survivalism|preparedness stores]] ("preps") use common sense methods of hedging against "disaster" due to [[drought]], [[weather]] events, crop failure, [[famine]], etc. The types of protection offered by Permaculture techniques can make your life a lot less miserable when something goes wrong. Permaculturists make this part of their planning and permaculture design.
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In addition to [[food]], [[water]] and other common preparedness stores ("preps") use common sense methods of hedging against "disaster" due to [[drought]], [[weather]] events, crop failure, [[famine]], etc. The types of protection offered by permaculture techniques can make your life a lot less miserable when something goes wrong. Permaculturists make this part of their planning and permaculture design.
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==Species Diversity in Permaculture==
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In permaculture [[gardening]]-[[farming]], there is the core concept of [[polyculture]] - a technique of agricultural diversity or ecodiversity. Polyculture is [[agriculture]] using multiple crops and/or animals in the same space. This is done as an imitation of the [[biodiversity]] of natural [[ecosystem]]s. In nature large stands of single crops, known as [[monoculture]] rarely exist. [[Intercropping]] and [[companion planting]] are like "polyculture lite". They use 2 or 3 plants planted together while polyculture can use up to 10 or 20 plants in the same area. Polyculture is not limited to just plants. It can be used to describe systems using multiple animals as well. [[Joel Salatin]] of PolyFace Farms use a [[rotational grazing]] systems of [[cow]]s, [[chicken]]s, [[pig]]s, and [[rabbit]]s in a polyculture.<ref>[[Paul Wheaton|Wheaton, Paul]], "[http://www.makeitmissoula.com/2012/08/paul-wheaton-talks-polyculture Paul Wheaton on Polycure]", [[American Redoubt]], [[Montana]]: Make It Missoula. Published August 15th, 2012. Accessed February 10, 2015</ref>
  
 
==Quotes about Permaculture Topics==
 
==Quotes about Permaculture Topics==
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==See also==
 
==See also==
* [[Permaculture Design Course]]
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* [[Aquaculture]]
* [[Mulch]]
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* [[Aquaponics]]
* [[Manure]]
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* [[Fertilizer]]
 
* [[Fertilizer]]
* [[Cover crop]]
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* [[Gardening]]
 
* [[Hugelkultur]]
 
* [[Hugelkultur]]
* [[gardening]]
 
* [[Aquaponics]]
 
* [[Aquaculture]]
 
 
* [[Hydroponics]]
 
* [[Hydroponics]]
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* [[Manure]]
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* [[Mulch]]
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* [[Permaculture Design Course]]
  
==External Links==
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==External links==
* [http://www.survivalblog.com/2012/11/family-scale-permaculture-gardening-by-tod-p.html Family-Scale Permaculture Gardening]
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* [[Paul Wheaton]]'s http://Permies.com and http://RichSoil.com in the [[American Redoubt]]'s [[Montana]] countryside
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* [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEA7BA330871366B8 Permaculture Principles and Design Video Series with Jack Spirko]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGEwhBNf8TQ&list=PLEB8F3C4B50E89CD1 Free Permaculture Webinar in Video with Bill Wilson]
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* [http://permaculturenews.org Permaculture Research Institute]
 
* [http://permaculturenews.org Permaculture Research Institute]
 
* [http://permaculturenews.org/ Permaculture News]
 
* [http://permaculturenews.org/ Permaculture News]
 
* [http://permacultureglobal.com/ Permaculture Global]
 
* [http://permacultureglobal.com/ Permaculture Global]
 
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* [[Paul Wheaton]]'s http://Permies.com and http://RichSoil.com
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* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEA7BA330871366B8 Permaculture Principles and Design Video Series with Jack Spirko]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGEwhBNf8TQ&list=PLEB8F3C4B50E89CD1 Free Permaculture Webinar in Video with Bill Wilson]
  
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==

Latest revision as of 19:06, September 26, 2018

Permaculture is a scientific and ethical system of sustainable agriculture based on traditional principles of agriculture used successfully and commonly around the world before the advent of modern industrial "factory farm" methods of farming such as chemical fertilizers, genetically modified organism seeds from Monsanto (see Terminator seeds) designed to resist massive amounts of toxic insecticides-pesticides-herbicides.

Introduction to the term "Permaculture"

The word "Permaculture", its theories, philosophies, ethics, patterns, and main ideas of permaculture were synthesized-developed by Bill Mollison in Australia during the 1970s and disseminated by his student Geoff Lawton.

The word permaculture is a portmanteau that was originally created from the words "permanent agriculture". It has now been expanded to include the more broad words of "permanent" and "culture".

Permaculture is a series of frameworks, techniques and tools to analyze, design, and create systems of all types, yet it is most commonly applied to agricultural food production systems, although many types of system can be established using the permaculture framework.

Permaculture's Common Practices and Concepts

Permaculturists employ techniques from a broad range of disciplines, but these tools are selected and applied according to how well they allow permaculture's principles to be applied, not because a particular method is "how we do it in permaculture."

While there are numerous practices and concepts, these are some of the main ones:

Appeal to Homesteaders, Preppers and Survivalists

Permaculture has been adopted by many in the conservative-libertarian Homesteader, Survivalist-Preparedness movement. Permaculture results in long term productive ecosystems that require minimal maintenance and little to no inputs once well established. Permaculture also can help create an abundance of food on arid, infertile, rocky or marginal land often considered not viable for agricultural use. (See the YouTube video "Greening of the Desert"[4]

Permaculture includes everything from water catchment, alternative energy systems, alternative building, livestock management to food forestry and much more. Permaculture is a system that results in a highly self sufficient small town values lifestyle in all times not just during a crisis. Hence it has gained broad acceptance by conservative-thinking homesteaders and survivalists.

Detailed considerations

Growing your own food

Growing your own food is for everyone not just people that want "organic" fruit and vegetables. To produce food, even as little as 10% of what the gardener use reduces dependence on "the system". If nothing else gardening is good for emotional and physical health and increases the value of any property.

Food and water storage

Food stored-Food preservation (e.g. canning, etc.) is a major consideration of permaculture and is an exceptional tangible investment. Food is increasing in cost faster than just about any investment right now and certainly faster than the rate of inflation. A gardener simply can't lose by storing additional food that is eatten on a regular basis.

Renewable energy

Renewable energy is an important part of permaculture. Alternative energy can save money (short or long term) and addresses global warming concerns. Fuel efficient vehicles are also great but the effective implementation of such vehicles requires that they be affordable, well built and well-engineered. Some argue that the best way to promote "green energy" is via economics.

Owning land is true wealth

Permaculture implies some land-soil to grow food and medicines (herbs), thus owning land is true wealth. Individuals should strive to own land in the rural country where taxes are low and big government restrictions are limited. Even if you live in the city finding, buying and improving land within 3–5 hours of your primary residence makes a lot of sense. If you can use it to get out of the city at some point so much the better.

Financial security

In addition to food, water and other common preparedness stores ("preps") use common sense methods of hedging against "disaster" due to drought, weather events, crop failure, famine, etc. The types of protection offered by permaculture techniques can make your life a lot less miserable when something goes wrong. Permaculturists make this part of their planning and permaculture design.

Species Diversity in Permaculture

In permaculture gardening-farming, there is the core concept of polyculture - a technique of agricultural diversity or ecodiversity. Polyculture is agriculture using multiple crops and/or animals in the same space. This is done as an imitation of the biodiversity of natural ecosystems. In nature large stands of single crops, known as monoculture rarely exist. Intercropping and companion planting are like "polyculture lite". They use 2 or 3 plants planted together while polyculture can use up to 10 or 20 plants in the same area. Polyculture is not limited to just plants. It can be used to describe systems using multiple animals as well. Joel Salatin of PolyFace Farms use a rotational grazing systems of cows, chickens, pigs, and rabbits in a polyculture.[5]

Quotes about Permaculture Topics

  • "All the world's problems can be solved in a garden." - Geoff Lawton, Permaculturist, and one of the primary proponents of permaculture science

See also

External links

Bibliography

References

  1. Wheaton, Paul. "raised garden beds: hugelkultur instead of irrigation" Richsoil.com. Accessed December 5, 2014.
  2. Hemenway, Toby (2009). Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture. Chelsea Green Publishing. pp. 84-85. ISBN 978-1-60358-029-8.
  3. Feineigle, Mark. "Hugelkultur: Composting Whole Trees With Ease". Permaculture Research Institute of Australia. Accessed December 5, 2014.
  4. Greening the Desert by Geoff Lawton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reCemnJmkzI found on https://www.youtube.com/user/Permasolutions/videos Accessed December 5, 2014. Also see https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Greening+of+the+Desert+youtube, http://www.permies.com/t/1784/desert/Greening-Desert)
  5. Wheaton, Paul, "Paul Wheaton on Polycure", American Redoubt, Montana: Make It Missoula. Published August 15th, 2012. Accessed February 10, 2015