Permaculture One - Bill Mollison used softcover book Introduction

PERMACULTURE ONE

A Perennial Agriculture for Human Settlements

by BILL MOLLISON and DAVID HOLMGREN

For more Permaculture books please click here

Used softcover book in good condition, 128 pages. Several copies available, published between 1978 and 1990, some have names inside front cover. All are in good, used condition, with no marks, tears, loose or missing pages.

A revolutionary approach to agriculture, combining landscape design with perennial plants and animals, to make a safe and sustainable resource for city and country. A truly appropriate technology giving high yields for low energy outputs, and using only human skills and intellect to achieve a stable resource of great complexity and stability.

Permaculture is about designing sustainable human settlements. It is a philosophy and approach to land use which weaves together microclimate, annual and perennial plants, animals, soils, water management and human needs into intricately connected, productive communities. Permaculture One was written to introduce readers to Permaculture concepts and design strategies.

Topics include:

• Introductory comment, Permaculture defined
• Origins, Directios and Principles
• Self-sufficiency
• Products from Permaculture
• Permaculture - the cultivated ecosystem
• Site planning
• System establishment
• Permaculture and Animals
• Fungi in Permaculture
• Urban evolution and the flight to the land
• The Permaculture Tree

Illustrated with diagrams and line drawings throughout. Includes a catalogue of useful Permaculture plants with descriptions and uses. The book is set out as a step-by-step introduction to Permaculture with detailed instructions. Using simple language it describes the range of Permaculture for general consumption.

About the author

Bill Mollison (born 1928 in Tasmania, Australia) is a researcher, author, scientist, teacher, naturalist and has been called the 'father of permaculture', an integrated system of design co-developed with David Holmgren that encompasses not only agriculture, horticulture, architecture and ecology but also economic systems, land access strategies and legal systems for businesses and communities. Bill is the legendary Permaculture teacher, promoter and designer who has, over 26 years of non-stop travelling, designing, teaching and writing, personally planted the seeds of Permaculture in over 120 countries. Bill is the founding director of The Permaculture Institute, the first and longest running Permaculture Institute in existence. His other books include

• Permaculture One: A Perennial Agriculture for Human Settlements, with David Holmgren (1978)

• Permaculture Two: Practical Design for Town and Country in Permanent Agriculture (1979)

• Permaculture - A Designer's Manual (1988)

• Introduction to Permaculture (1991, Revised 1997)

• The Permaculture Book of Ferment and Human Nutrition (1993, Revised 1997)

• Travel in Dreams: An Autobiography (1996)

• The Permaculture Way: Practical Steps To Create A Self-Sustaining World, with Graham Bell (2005)

• Smart Permaculture Design, with Jenny Allen (2006)

See other books by Bill Mollison click here

Permaculture One by Bill Mollison