Permaculture
To understand food forests, a new and foundational idea that you will want to know is PERMACULTURE.
Permaculture has many definitions. Quite simply, Permaculture is a way to design and build our homes, gardens, forests, neighborhoods and cities so that they helps both humans and nature be happy and healthy. Food Forests are a perfect examples of Permaculture. Food forests are good for the environment and good for humans, This is because humans get to eat lots of the food in the forest as well as get medicines, beauty, wood and much more; and nature gets help by having the land be filled with a diversity of plants and animals where the air water and soil, are cleaned by the forest..
Permacultures basic approach or ethics are to:
1. Care for People
2. Care for Our Planet
3. Share with others and live simply so others can live simply too.
Principles of Permaculture
Here is a Video made by a group of people who are using the Principles of Permaculture to build a community and food forest in the desert in southern United States:
Permaculture has many definitions. Quite simply, Permaculture is a way to design and build our homes, gardens, forests, neighborhoods and cities so that they helps both humans and nature be happy and healthy. Food Forests are a perfect examples of Permaculture. Food forests are good for the environment and good for humans, This is because humans get to eat lots of the food in the forest as well as get medicines, beauty, wood and much more; and nature gets help by having the land be filled with a diversity of plants and animals where the air water and soil, are cleaned by the forest..
Permacultures basic approach or ethics are to:
1. Care for People
2. Care for Our Planet
3. Share with others and live simply so others can live simply too.
Principles of Permaculture
Here is a Video made by a group of people who are using the Principles of Permaculture to build a community and food forest in the desert in southern United States:
A simple version of the Principles of Permaculture are:
- ‘What’s going on?’- Observe nature and ourselves, notice what’s going on and try to learn from that and respond appropriately.
- ‘Look after things’- make decisions that help our community as a whole, by focusing on the connections between our actions and effects they may have.
- ‘Turn problems upside down’ – see that not all problems are disasters and that there is usually a silver lining! Problems we see can help us understand the solution.
- ‘Save some for later!’ – We need to make sure we plan so that we will have food in the future. As well, we can choose to live our lives that doesn’t take so much energy now, so that there will some for the future and for other people
- ‘Small changes can have a big effect’- We don’t need a revolution to make changes! Small steps can be more effective.
- ‘Give something back’ – Work with nature so that we can live sustainably, thinking about what nature needs in order to carry on supporting life.
- ‘There is a lot of it about!’ – Focus on abundance and draw attention to the fact that our many surpluses can be put to good use.
- ‘Starve the bin!’ - Find ways to make use of stuff before throwing it in the recycling bin, or the garbage.
- 'Include a bit of everything’. A system is strong and resilient if we encourage diversity and that includes people too! We need all sorts of plants and people.
- ‘Mistakes are Ok but better on paper…’ – taking our time to plan and prepare can save a lot of time and effort later on.
Permaculture PRinciples explained in an
australian forest and Food Forest (aka: Polyculture Orchard)
Quick Links
Why food Forests are important Plant Guilds Food Forests around the World Layers of a food Forest
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Cited Sources:
http://youtu.be/BcF2_vau7mA
http://youtu.be/_5LjKhlJucw
http://firehorsey.wordpress.com/permaculture-kids-club/