Permaculture

How to live in the respect of the limits and the resources of nature? As global oil production has peaked and cheap fossil fuels are over, permaculture is a pragmatic response to the challenges of our time. She uses systems thinking to “mindfully craft landscapes that mimic patterns and relationships seen in nature and provide abundant food, fiber and energy to meet local needs.” In four decades, permaculture has become an international movement, making a practical contribution to the debate on sustainability. In Permaculture, now the reference book on the subject, David Holmgren theorizes and concretely illustrates 12 principles on which to rely to design a sustainable lifestyle and adapt to the “energy descent” that will follow peak oil. Each principle is the subject of a separate chapter. The book that sparked the permaculture revolution.