Permaculture: From theory to application in territories (David Holmgren)
Channel: Metabolism of Cities
Date: 2023-08-30

🌳 What if our agricultural system, which currently focuses on annual crops, functioned like a perennial forest? Today I am extremely happy to talk about a concept that integrates the care of our planet, the care of people and a just and fair share for all humans and non humans. This concept rethinks our land use and agricultural system based on ecological principles in a world with little to no fossil fuels. This concept is of course Permaculture.

👨‍🌾 To explore this concept I have the great pleasure to welcome none other than its co-founder David Holmgren. David is an environmental designer, activist, futurist and author.

🎤 In this episode we discuss about :

1️⃣ What is permaculture ?
2️⃣ How it was applied in different places?
3️⃣ What does a permaculture lifestyle look like?
4️⃣ How to apply permaculture principles in territories?
5️⃣ Books and film recommendations

Chapters

0:00 Introduction
1:13 Start of the episode
1:40 What was it like to live in the 70s 
7:30 Why were you interested in environmental design
14:45 Why permaculture is so popular today?
17:55 Why look at the intersection of ecology/landscape design and agriculture?
20:42 Why agriculture is annual and forests perennial?
28:00 Why the separation of agriculture and settlements the reason of our ecological crisis?
37:30 The futurist hat of David Holmgren
42:13 The 12 permaculture principles
50:00 Permaculture in practice
57:20 The case of Meliodora
1:07:00 What does a permaculture life look like ?
1:15:52 How do we scale up permaculture ?
1:25:22 How do we welcome people in permaculture ?
1:34:35 What is one piece of advice you would like to give ?
1:37:00 Books and films recommendations ?

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