Product Description

So what exactly is Permaculture ? This concise yet information rich graphic guide provides the answers, and more importantly will encourage you to apply it s ethics and principles of sustainability and working with, rather than against, nature to your land (whether it s a windowbox or a 1000 hectare farm), your community and your life. Find out: What is Permaculture? Why do we need Permaculture? What are Permaculture ethics and the principles of working with nature s patterns? What are the Basics of the Permaculture design process? What are concepts such as Zones, sectors, edge, stacking and succession, and how they can work for us? How can you use Permaculture practically in your life, home, garden, land or community, whatever your situation? Plus Practical tips, including; reading your land, saving energy, year round food from your garden and how to use your weeds....

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #178686 in Books
• Published on: 2008-12-01
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 76 pages

About the Author
Graham Burnett is a Trustee of the Permaculture Association (Britain) and holds the Diploma in Permaculture Design. He has run introductory and full design courses since 1998 with organisations and projects including Naturewise, OrganicLea, Green Adventure, the Vegan Organic Network, Thrive, Transition Town Brixton, Birmingham Decoy and Ars Terra in Los Angeles. He writes for publications as diverse as Permaculture Magazine, The Raven, Growing Green, The Vegan and The Idler. Graham founded 'Spiralseed' in 2001 in order to publish his own work and strive towards seeking a 'right livelihood'. He is currently involved in setting up Transition Town Westcliff, an exploration of how the community in which he and his family lives can develop an Energy Descent Action Plan in order to survive and thrive in the low carbon twenty first century.

Customer Reviews

Good for beginners
As it says this is a beginners guide and in that role it does very well and provides a good grounding. I did find the script written parts (of which there are a fair few) difficult to read - but maybe I just need to visit the optician! It covers the basics of the subject very well though and has inspired me to find out more and also to practice more permaculture techniques in my own little patch.