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Learning more about permaculture
What is permaculture and how can I learn more? To read one of
our member's lengthy description, see What
is Permaculture?
Permaculture is a whole-systems
design approach or philosophy, rather than a set of specific
techniques. The actual techniques used by permaculture
practitioners, such as organic gardening and natural building, are
described in many places.
Courses and Classes To
learn more about permaculture, ideally, take the Permaculture
Design Course (PDC). These are offered by various instructors
around the world, in a number of formats such as two week
residential and multi week weekend courses. Tom Ward, Chuck Ward,
Larry Korn and others provide courses in Southern Oregon.
Books Highly recommended for the beginning
reader on permaculture are Bill Mollison’s Permaculture
Design Manual, and Toby Hemenway's Gaia's Garden.
Some other great books are The Earth Care Manual by
Patrick Whitefield, and the Earth Users Guide to Permaculture,
by Rosemary Morrow
Magazines There is a national
magazine called the Permaculture Activist, issued more or
less monthly. It can be found at alternative magazine racks
(including the Ashland Co-op) when it comes out, or you can get a
subscription, see the Permaculture
Activist online site .
Online There are
several permaculture online email groups, such as Permaculture
on ibiblio and Open
permaculture.
Regional Permaculture Cascadia Forum at
http://www.permies.com/permaculture-forums/21.0
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