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Permaculture EthicsPermaculture Ethics

& Design Principles& Design Principles

from Permaculture:Principles & Pathways Beyond Sustainability

by David Holmgren


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Ethics:

Care of Earth,

Care of People

& Fair Share

Observe & Interact

Catch & Store Energy

Obtain A Yield

Apply Self Regulation &

Accept Feedback

Use and Value Renewable

Resources & Services

Produce No Waste

Design from Patterns to Details

Integrate Rather

Than Segregate

Use Small &

Slow Solutions

Use & ValueDiversity

Use Edges & Value

the Marginal

Creatively Use &

Repond To Change

Permaculture Ethics & Principles


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Ethical Principles ofEthical Principles of

PermaculturePermaculture Care of the EarthCare of the Earth

(Rebuild natures capital)(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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1:1: OBSERVE AND INTERACTOBSERVE AND INTERACT

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder


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1:1: OBSERVE AND INTERACTOBSERVE AND INTERACT


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Make hay while the sun shines

2: CATCH AND STORE ENERGY2: CATCH AND STORE ENERGY


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2: CATCH AND STORE ENERGY2: CATCH AND STORE ENERGY


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3: OBTAIN A YIELD3: OBTAIN A YIELD

You cant work on an empty stomach


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3: OBTAIN A YIELD3: OBTAIN A YIELD


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4: APPLY SELF4: APPLY SELF--REGULATIONREGULATION

AND ACCEPT FEEDBACKAND ACCEPT FEEDBACK

The sins of the fathers are visited on the

children unto the seventh generation


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4: APPLY SELF4: APPLY SELF-- REGULATIONREGULATION

& ACCEPT FEEDBACK& ACCEPT FEEDBACK


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5: USE AND VALUE RENEWABLE5: USE AND VALUE RENEWABLE

RESOURCES AND SERVICESRESOURCES AND SERVICES

Let nature take its course


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5: USE & VALUE RENEWABLE

RESOURCES & SERVICES


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6: PRODUCE NO WASTE6: PRODUCE NO WASTE

Astitch in time saves nineWaste not, want not.


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6: PRODUCE NO WASTE6: PRODUCE NO WASTE


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7: DESIGN FROM PATTERNS7: DESIGN FROM PATTERNS

TO DETAILSTO DETAILS

Cant see the wood for the trees


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7: DESIGN FROM PATTERNS7: DESIGN FROM PATTERNS

TO DETAILSTO DETAILS


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Many hands make light work

8: INTEGRATE RATHER8: INTEGRATE RATHER

THAN SEGREGATETHAN SEGREGATE


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8: INTEGRATE RATHER

THAN SEGREGATE


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The bigger they are, the harder they fall

Slow and steady wins the race

9: USE SMALL AND9: USE SMALL AND

SLOW SOLUTIONSSLOW SOLUTIONS


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9: USE SMALL AND9: USE SMALL AND

SLOW SOLUTIONSSLOW SOLUTIONS


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Dont put all your eggs in one basket

10: USE AND VALUE DIVERSITY10: USE AND VALUE DIVERSITY


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10: USE AND

VALUE DIVERSITY


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Dont think you are on the right track

just because it is a well-beaten path

11: USE EDGES AND11: USE EDGES AND

VALUE THE MARGINALVALUE THE MARGINAL


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11: USE EDGES AND11: USE EDGES AND

VALUE THE MARGINALVALUE THE MARGINAL


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12: CREATIVELY USE AND12: CREATIVELY USE AND

RESPOND TO CHANGERESPOND 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

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