The term permaculture was developed and coined by David Holmgren, then a graduate student at the Tasmanian College of Advanced Education's Department of Environmental Design, and Bill Mollison, senior lecturer in Environmental Psychology at University of Tasmania, in 1978.
O termo permacultura foi desenvolto e acuñado por David Holmgren, por entón un estudante de grado no Departamento de Deseño Medioambiental na Universidade de Educación Avanzada de Tasmania, e Bill Mollison, profesor titular en Psicoloxía Ambiental na Universidade de Tasmania, en 1978.