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Is permaculture a feasible alternative to traditional agriculture?
Australians Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton created (or re-created) the concept of permaculture as alternative to traditional agriculture, but goes much beyond only agriculture. According to them "permaculture is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the stability, diversity and resilience of natural ecosystems." The philosophy behind permaculture is one of working with, rather against nature. It appears that systems based on permaculture can offer the same or even better yield than traditional production.
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Robert-David Steele-Vivas
Review: Priority One–Together We Can Beat Global Warming
http://www.phibetaiota.net/2007/03/priority-one-together-we-can-beat-global-warming/
Review: Permaculture–Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability
http://www.phibetaiota.net/2007/08/permaculture-principles-and-pathways-beyond-sustainability/
Review: 1491–New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
http://www.phibetaiota.net/2008/01/1491-new-revelations-of-the-americas-before-columbus/
Review: Acts of God–The Unnatural History of Natural Disaster in America
http://www.phibetaiota.net/2008/04/acts-of-god-the-unnatural-history-of-natural-disaster-in-america/
WATER is going to drive the world toward permaculture and prime design of our interactions with environment. Here is a reference to various reviews of books I read for a UNESCO water project.
Reference: WATER–Soul of the Earth, Mirror of Our Collective Souls
http://www.phibetaiota.net/2011/01/reference-water-soul-of-the-earth-mirror-of-our-collective-souls/
I am especially impressed by the knowledge that ancient indigenous cultures developed on permaculture including within the Amazon, that's one of the things that got me interested in harvesting all that knowledge before the modern world kills their cultural heritage.