Milkwood: permaculture farming and living

Permaculture is ecological systems theory. Permaculture is also a goal, an intention and an outlook. A way of approaching things.

The word is derived from Permanent Agriculture, or Permanent Culture.

We all aspire to live in a state that offers everyday comfort, good things to eat, beautiful surroundings, well designed infrastructure, meaningful livelihoods and a future for our families. Preferably not at the expense of others, and definitely in a way that doesn’t damage our planet.

Permaculture is a design system that aims to provide an effective, holistic framework for designing systems really, really well. So well that those systems produce no waste, re-cycle all available energy and treat every output as an input.

Permaculture is used to design things, too. Things like homes, gardens, farms, communities and even more abstract things like financial structures.

Permaculture theory draws on principles observable in natural systems and effective regenerative agriculture. Permaculture in practice aims to provide a way forward through the mess we’ve gotten ourselves into, and into complete, sustainable abundance.

For a more in-depth explanation, have a look through our posts to do with permaculture.

Or  visit our website Milkwood Permaculture which offers  resources, courses and links on permaculture design, theory and practice.