Can we Work with Nature to Change the World?
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When Darius Namdaran first shared his stories with me about ‘permaculture’ I was amazed! I had never heard of this idea before. That you could work with nature to create self-sustaining systems that provided food all the year round, with minimum effort! Even though the video is a little on the old side…watch it and see for yourself! You can also follow Darius’ experiments in permaculture on Scotland here!
Permaculture is a very old idea, but also a very good one. Before the industrial revolution most communities depended on methods of this kind. Although the underlying principles were not understood, societies were rich with handed-down methods that worked with the natural world.
But with technology we became free to work against nature and exert our independence. And now, in Western society, we hardly know what the natural world is! We have forgotten the valuable handed-down methods.
Permaculture can help put us back in touch with reality. It can help us take small steps back towards living with our environment instead of fighting against it.
We need to be whole in EVERY way – body, mind and spirit – individually and communally – but also in relation to the natural world.
Thanks for drawing our attention to this, Peter. Great stuff!
Chris Jefferies said this on January 17th, 2011 at 8:25 am
we should shake our hands to nature as soon as possible
candlelight said this on January 17th, 2011 at 1:35 pm
Hi Chris! Thanks for your comment! How are you getting on with your gardening?
Peter Farmer said this on January 17th, 2011 at 2:36 pm