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Permaculture is a wholehearted adaptation to the ecological realities of decline and offers us a graceful and ethical descent. The process for providing for people's needs within ecological limits requires a cultural revolution. We appear to have little time to achieve ths revolution and in this context, the idea of simple set of guiding //design principles// which have wide, universal application is attractive. The following principles are slogans which act as a checklist when considering complex options for design and evolution of ecological support systems. | Permaculture is a wholehearted adaptation to the ecological realities of decline and offers us a graceful and ethical descent. The process for providing for people's needs within ecological limits requires a cultural revolution. We appear to have little time to achieve ths revolution and in this context, the idea of simple set of guiding //design principles// which have wide, universal application is attractive. The following principles are slogans which act as a checklist when considering complex options for design and evolution of ecological support systems. |
1. Observe and Interact | - Observe and Interact |
2. Catch and store energy | - Catch and store energy |
3. Obtain a yield | - Obtain a yield |
4. Apply self-regulation and accept feedback | - Apply self-regulation and accept feedback |
5. Use and value renewable resources and services | - Use and value renewable resources and services |
6. Produce no waste | - Produce no waste |
7. Design from patterns to details | - Design from patterns to details |
8. Integrate rather than segregate | - Integrate rather than segregate |
9. Use small and slow solutions | - Use small and slow solutions |
10.Use and value diversity | - Use and value diversity |
11.Use edges and value the marginal | - Use edges and value the marginal |
12.Creatively use and respond to change | - Creatively use and respond to change |
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Now, in a situation of descent, //ethics// become indispensable and through their culturally evolved systemic nature lead us to create a more inclusive view of who and what constitutes "us". The three broad maxims or principles which cover these are given below: | Now, in a situation of descent, //ethics// become indispensable and through their culturally evolved systemic nature lead us to create a more inclusive view of who and what constitutes "us". The three broad maxims or principles which cover these are given below: |