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Permaculture: biological harmony and balance with your environment
Permaculture, or
permanent agriculture, is an environmental discipline and science
practiced all over the world. It is based on three principles: care
for the earth, care for people, and the distribution and sharing of
surplus. Its underlying theme is finding biological harmony and
balance with your environment. Both yoga and permaculture focus on
finding the balance between effort and effortlessness. "The
permaculture and yoga connection begins by taking time to breathe
and be strong in your core,” says Jenny Pell, a permaculture
consultant and founder of the Wilder Foundation, a nonprofit
organization based in Port Townsend that brings permaculture
principles to communities the world over. “From that centered place,
you can then open your eyes and think about how you can better
belong and be welcome where you live — no matter where you live."
Plus, you can figure out what you are able to plant, grow and tend.
As in a yoga practice, you can be tempted to do too much too soon.
Remember that balance between effort and effortlessness.( Ryciak /
EvergreenMonthly.com)
The Wilder Institute was
created to promote and support permaculture education and design
around the world based on the ethics of:
Care for the earth
Care for the people
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Teach and use
sustainable design
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Increase
agrobiodiversity
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Strengthen and
enliven local culture
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Create thriving
local economies
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Value indigenous
knowledge
Distribute the
surplus
The Wilder Institute
team works mostly in the Pacific Northwest, Central America, and
Hawai'i, and collaborates extensively with a dynamic network of
permaculturalists throughout the world.
Their mission is to:
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Teach and practice
sustainable design
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Promote
intergenerational skill-sharing
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Develop and showcase
appropriate technologies
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Support local
economies and self-sufficiency initiatives
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Create a network of
permaculture plant nurseries
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Eat delicious
locally grown food with friends and neighbors
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Consume less, share
more, and have fun!
"Conscious permaculture
design reweaves the web of fertile and sophisticated landscapes
where humans, plants, animals, and our collective spirits belong and
are welcome."
Yuriko Bullock
"I was raised in
post-war Japan and allowed to play like a boy when young, by my
parents who had lost two sons during the war. This gave me the
freedom to get dirty exploring the creeks, woods and seacoast of my
town. I took an interest in gardening at a very young age and to
this day can spend hours a day working with plants. I have spent
much of my life preparing food for large numbers of people; growing
up in my family's birthing clinic, meals were regularly prepared for
the twenty or so patients, live-in nurses and my family. I have
studied macrobiotic, vegan, and several ethnic styles of cooking,
including of course Japanese. I currently use my cooking skills in
my catering business on Orcas Island."
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