Permaculture design is a concept that aims at transforming not only agriculture, but also city planning, architecture, development, etc. In short it aims to change human habitats. It is part of a new ecological paradigm that is currently spreading in popularity from the urban gardening movement to various other alternative movements such as the slow movement, sustainable architecture, etc. Perm...

In the past years there has been crescent global awareness on issues of sustainability. Many social and ecological movements were created in response to the sense of global crisis and the need for a sustainable future. One such movement was Permaculture. Permaculture is a recognised path to sustainable culture which was created by Right Livelihood award winner, Bill Mollison. Permaculture stand...

Conventional agriculture is the currently leading production method to grow crops in the western hemisphere. Long-term sustainability of the system and all the components is secondary to producing high yields each growing season, which leads to issues such as erosion and reduced soil quality. Other agricultural production methods such as permaculture aim to build soil and improve quality every ...

Grassroots networks and social movements are increasingly regarded as agents of change that can help respond to environmental degradation both by generating novel solutions to existing problems and influencing institutions toward more substantive responses. We examine permaculture, an international movement that, despite its broad international distribution and relatively high public profile, h...

excessive use of fertilizer, herbicides and pesticides. Zoning systems can be used to protect the best agricultural soil from urban sprawl. Subsidies could be used to encourage people to purchase tools and other inputs that have a less harmful impact on soils, while certifi cation of sustainable crop and livestock practices can make produce more commercially attractive at higher prices.” Addres...

Naranjilla (Solanum quitoense) is a perennial shrub plant mainly cultivated in Ecuador, Colombia, and Central America where it represents an important cash crop. Current cultivation practices not only cause deforestation and large-scale soil degradation but also make plants highly susceptible to pests and diseases. The use of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can offer a possibility to overcom...

Permaculture is a growing but little researched phenomenon emphasising care for the environment, equity, fair treatment of people and working with—and not against—nature. It thus represents potential alternative to business as usual, capable addressing fundamental challenges posed by human-made climate change. The paper examines previously ignored site entrepreneurship taking practice perspecti...

The solutions-based design framework of permaculture exhibits transformative potential, working to holistically integrate natural and human systems toward a more just society. term can be defined applied in breadth ways, contributing both strengths weaknesses for its capacity change. To explore the tension as strength weakness, we interviewed 25 prominent teachers practitioners across United St...