I already know how to garden.

WHY DO I NEED A PERMACULTURE

DESIGN CERTIFICATE?

by Cindee Karns

NARROWING PERMACULTURE DOWN TO GARDENING TECHNIQUES IS A

MISTAKE

We need to produce our own food so that we can be:

IT’S ABOUT EMPOWERMENT AND ECOLOGY

More efficient: having food on hand

More self-sufficient: we don’t need to super market

More ecological: things don’t need to be packaged and shipped

PERMACULTURE IS LIKE LAYERS OF AN ONION

PERMACULTURE IS A WAY OF LOOKING AT THINGS

IT’S LIFE CHOICES

IMPACT OF ENERGY

IT’S ABOUT ENERGY AND RESOURCES

OUTPUT OF RESOURCES

Gardens How our homes are builtThe way our machines are used The way our resources are collected (wind, water, solar, natural gas, oil)

INCLUDES

WATER

BUT ALSO…..MAKING THE MOST OF OUR

RESOURCES

OBSERVATION AND DESIGN

PERMACULTURE’S ROOTS

OBSERVE: Look for the wasteTrashToilet waterHeatElectricity (TV/Computers/dryers)

SO WHERE DO YOU START?

ONCE YOU START LOOKING….

YOU NEED A PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE

PERMACULTURE IS A MINDSET

REMEMBER THIS….

Not staticEvolving

Finding the best way Experimenting

Failing and adapting

PERMACULTURE IS….

The Cleanest,

The Greenest,

The Easiest

PERMACULTURE IS…..