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5.0 out of 5 stars Text Book for Permaculture Design Course, Aug 6 2000

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Permaculture Institute & Tagari Publications (Tasmania, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Permaculture: A Designers Manual (Hardcover)

This is the definitive Permaculture design manual in print since 1988. It is the text book and curriculum for the 72-hour Certificate course in Permaculture Design. Written for teachers, students and designers, it follows on and greatly enlarges on the initial introductory texts, Permaculture One (1978) and Permaculture Two (1979) both of which are still in demand over twenty years after publication. Very little of the material found in this book is reproduced from the former texts. It covers design methodologies and strategies for both urban and rural applications describing property design and natural farming techniques. Topics include:

design methods,

understanding patterns in nature,

climatic factors,

water,

soils,

earthworks and their use in earth repair,

techniques and design strategies for both urban and rural applications,

the temperate climates,

dry lands,

cold climates,

humid cool climates,

humid tropics ,

trees and their energy transactions,

aqua-culture,

waste management,

energy efficient architecture,

legal strategies and trusts,

effective working groups,

right livelihood,

money and finance,

ethical investment.

bio-regional organisation,

effective aid.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential for serious permaculturists, Sep 29 2006

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Douglas Barnes (Toronto, Canada / Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Permaculture: A Designers Manual (Hardcover)

I first picked up this book in 1998 and dug into it without really grasping it. After taking a 72-hour Permaculture Design Certificate course (PDC), it all gelled. The book really is the curriculum of the PDC with each chapter covering sections taught in the course.

While there is plenty of useful material for the average reader, the book is vital for permaculture students as well as anyone planning on becoming a registered permaculture teacher. Simply put, there is no book available that covers the topic of permaculture as a whole better than the Manual. If you are looking to get one book on the subject, this is it.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Permaculture Bible, Jan 30 2004

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J.W.K (Nagano, Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Permaculture: A Designers Manual (Hardcover)

If ecology was the primary intellectual response to the environmental and agricultural crises of the twentieth century, permaculture (or permanent agriculture) was its practical application. Born in the mid-seventies, permaculture co-founder Bill Mollison defines this new field as "the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems. It is the harmonious integration of landscape and people providing their food, energy, shelter, and other material and non-material needs in a sustainable way. Without permaculture there is no possibility of a stable social order." In other words, permaculture is the practical science of sustainability - a whole-systems approach life in the biosphere - and this near-encyclopedic tome covers every aspect of the subject, from soil conditions to climactic factors. The only conceivable drawback of this book is that it is rather difficult to ascertain and won't come cheap. If you enjoy tracking down rare and expensive books, there are none better than Mollison's Permaculture: A Designer's Manual. Large, comprehensive and filled with helpful illustrations and explanations, it is nothing less than the permaculture bible. On the other hand, if you are on a tight budget, and do not wish to spend your time searching for an unworn copy, there are newer and more accessible titles on the subject: like the other permaculture co-founder David Holmgren's Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability, or the concise and slim Earth User's Guide to Permaculture, by Rosemary Morrow. Whatever book you choose, this fascinating subject is perhaps humanity's only hope for a sustainable (read livable) future. Should not be overlooked.

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