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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