Without this mutual and responsible connection to nature, how can we know what it is to be human? For me this is a very important point essentially, we have reached a crossroads in our evolution, not for the first time, but certainly this time it is the most important decision that we have faced, mainly because 90% of the population rely on the consumer based system we live in today. The reason that our planet is in the state it is, both ecologically due to pollution and socially is by the inequality caused through our disconnection with nature. Earth is constantly recycling and replenishing herself and that includes humanity. Within the soil, there are cycles, as there are cycles for the other natural systems. Essentially there are many natural cycles which influence life, including the connections between soil, flora, water, Sun and air. By understanding nature we can develop a deep understanding and work with it to produce abundant nutritious food, and replenish the soil back to it’s pre-industrial condition. It means to respect and use natural resources in a mindful and creative way. The Ethics which it rests upon are Earth care, People Care and Future Care, the foundations that all the principles are built and rely upon.Įarth Care, is based on the connection that we have with nature, it is our ancient bond with other life. Bill Mollison, the man who coined the term ‘Permaculture’ along with David Holmgren created a set of ethics and principles that were adapted over the years, which encompassed the art of permaculture or the ‘natural way of farming’. To me, Permaculture is a way to understand and interact with all other life, in a symbiotic and valuable way, in where there is a responsibility towards all living things and to learn how they interact with each other. Permaculture is more than a way of growing food the ethics and principles of it are firmly rooted in much older belief systems. As my adventure began, learning about the roots of this principle based practice which was actually the revival of what I later learnt to be an ancient way of farming that many people practiced around the world until only a few hundred years ago. River banks are an example of edge effects, an ecotone.Permaculture! What is it? How did it start? Where did it come from? These were all the questions I had when I started learning about permaculture two years ago. Shared under creative commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. The boundary (edge) can also act as a net to collect the elements that have drifted within the settlements due to other elements. Highlighting where one section begins and the other ends makes it interesting to effectivley plan how a number of species can live in the same area. It is also possible for edges to be defined in smaller environments, for example a pond. "Successful and permanent settlements have always been able to draw from the resources of at least two environments." Mollison and Slay. In an environment where there is only one ecosystem and no edges bordering a different environment, the project will either fail to be successful or by manufacturing another envrionment it could be productive. The idea is to use the edge as an advantage, as resources from both systems are available to make the environment a more diverse space. The edge between two ecosystems is the area where there is the majority of the productivity. Bill Mollison highlights the significance of an edge within the natural environment.
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