Permaculture Ethics

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Permaculture Ethics Design Principles
from Permaculture Principles Pathways Beyond
Sustainability by David Holmgren
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Permaculture Ethics Principles
Observe Interact
Creatively Use Repond To Change
Ethics Care of Earth, Care of People Fair
Share
Use Edges Value the Marginal
Catch Store Energy
Use Value Diversity
Obtain A Yield
Use Small Slow Solutions
Apply Self Regulation Accept Feedback
Integrate Rather Than Segregate
Use and Value Renewable Resources Services
Design from Patterns to Details
Produce No Waste
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Ethical Principles of Permaculture

• Care of the Earth
• (Rebuild natures capital)

• Care of the People
• (Nurture the self, kin and community)

• Fair Share
• (Live simply so that others may simply live)

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1 OBSERVE AND INTERACT
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
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1 OBSERVE AND INTERACT
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2 CATCH AND STORE ENERGY
Make hay while the sun shines
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2 CATCH AND STORE ENERGY
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3 OBTAIN A YIELD
You cant work on an empty stomach
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3 OBTAIN A YIELD
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4 APPLY SELF-REGULATION AND ACCEPT FEEDBACK
The sins of the fathers are visited on the
children unto the seventh generation
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4 APPLY SELF- REGULATION ACCEPT
FEEDBACK
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5 USE AND VALUE RENEWABLE RESOURCES AND
SERVICES
Let nature take its course
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5 USE VALUE RENEWABLE RESOURCES
SERVICES
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6 PRODUCE NO WASTE
A stitch in time saves nine
Waste not, want not.
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6 PRODUCE NO WASTE
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7 DESIGN FROM PATTERNS TO DETAILS
Cant see the wood for the trees
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7 DESIGN FROM PATTERNS TO DETAILS
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8 INTEGRATE RATHER THAN SEGREGATE
Many hands make light work
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8 INTEGRATE RATHER THAN SEGREGATE
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9 USE SMALL AND SLOW SOLUTIONS
The bigger they are, the harder they fall Slow
and steady wins the race
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9 USE SMALL AND SLOW SOLUTIONS
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10 USE AND VALUE DIVERSITY
Dont put all your eggs in one basket
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10 USE AND VALUE DIVERSITY
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11 USE EDGES AND VALUE THE MARGINAL
Dont think you are on the right track just
because it is a well-beaten path
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11 USE EDGES AND VALUE THE MARGINAL
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12 CREATIVELY USE AND RESPOND TO CHANGE
Vision is not seeing things as they are, but as
they will be
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12 CREATIVELY USE RESPOND TO CHANGE