Strøtanker om bæredygtighed

Permakultur-begrebet stammer tilbage fra 70erne hvor det blev til i et samarbejde mellem David Holmgren og Bill Mollison. I 2003 udgav Holmgren bogen Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability.

I et nyligt video-interview, Permaculture & Peak Oil: Beyond ‘Sustainability’ (25:27 min.) fortæller David Holmgren om denne bog, som sætter nogle yderst relevante spørgsmål til vores forståelse af bæredygtighedsbegrebet.

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Permaculture & Peak Oil: Beyond ‘Sustainability’, 25:27 min. video.

På Holmgrens hjemmeside http://www.holmgren.au.com/ er der adgang til et kapitel fra bogen Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability, “Essence of Permaculture“. Han giver her indledende en helt kort definition af begrebet permakultur:

“The word permaculture was coined by Bill Mollison and myself in the mid-1970’s to describe an integrated, evolving system of perennial or self-perpetuating plant and animal species useful to man. A more current definition of permaculture, which reflects the expansion of focus implicit in Permaculture One, is ‘Consciously designed landscapes which mimic the patterns and relationships found in nature, while yielding an abundance of food, fibre and energy for provision of local needs. People, their buildings and the ways in which they organise themselves are central to permaculture. Thus the permaculture vision of permanent or sustainable agriculture has evolved to one of permanent or sustainable culture.”
Og hermed kan permakultur-begrebet blive helt centralt for at få vore byer bragt tilbage på en mere bæredygtig kurs.

Kapitlet Essence of Permaculture kan downloades i pdf-format.

Der er flere informationer om permakultur på Permaculture Magazine (UK), Permaculture Activist (US), da.wikipedia.org og Permakultur Danmark.