permaculture

• “The movement's founders, Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, coined the term permaculture in the mid-1970s, as a portmanteau of permanent agriculture and permanent culture.”

  NYT > Home Page

• “The idea is not complicated, but the term permaculture (permanent agriculture) is most likely unfamiliar to most people.”

  Energy Bulletin -

• “And it's not only the soil that matters in permaculture, but what is grown in it as well.”

  The Huffington Post: Danielle Nierenberg: Don't Sweep Away Crop Diversity

• “For today, the important thing about permaculture is that you create/encourage a system that can maintain itself almost indefinitely.”

  Apollo's Daughter :: March 27th, 2009

• “- Bill Mollison, co-founder of the world-wide permaculture movement. permaculture is short not only for "permanent agriculture", but also "permanent culture".”

  More Hip Than Hippie Podcast

• “Aschylus don't use the phrase "permaculture" - neither do Page, Torcellini and Kettler, for that matter.”

  Ars Technica

• “I was excited to learn more about "permaculture" - a term I have heard a lot about recently, but if you asked me I couldn't really tell you what it was.”

  Charlottesville Blogs

• “She said the Wildlands Trust was promoting permaculture, which is permanent agricultural systems free of pesticides and fertiliser.”

  ANC Daily News Briefing

• “They came up with the idea of permaculture as a permanent form of agriculture and culture,”

  The Red and Black

• “Some farms are attempting to use permaculture, which is a holistic approach to agriculture, where they take into account the "bigger picture" rather than focusing on particular profitable crops.”

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