Week 11: Permaculature Video

This week, we were watching another interesting video on permaculture. Sadly, two of our group members were absent.

Permaculture begins with ethics; people are central in the way permaculture is designed. It encompasses Earth care and animal care and creates absolute abundance. Its goal is to create a sustainable system, which is enough in surplus to maintain its components for its lifetime. The example of most sustainable system is the Sun. It is the most important source of energy!

We also learned about importance of diversity in nature, which links stability, fertility and productivity.

We also learned about different zones:
Zone 1 is the closest to the house and has the most density and most use.
Zone 2 is larger and broader. It has less elements and needs vague maintenance. Zone 2 is where the main crop garden is located.
Zone 3  contains grazing animals, swales and rough mulches.
Zone 4 is forestry
Zone 5 is wilderness where we can sustainably gather and hunt.




This is a small illustration for Zone 0, 1, 2 surrounding a house:

In the video, Geoff Lawton talked about patterns in nature. Patterns evolve to harmonize with Nature thus serve as a guide for us on how to harmonize with Nature.

Climate factors also must be considered with designing the  food forest.
There are three major climates:
1. Temperate zone
2. Tropical zone
3. Arid zone

We do not have a class Wednesday November the 11th and we are looking forward for our next field trip next week.

Good luck planting your garden!