Permaculture One: A Perennial Agriculture For Human Settlements

by Bill Mollison

Permaculture One: A Perennial Agriculture For Human Settlements presents unique strategies for creating a food-producing system specifically suited to your needs, whether you garden in your backyard or engage in full-scale farming. By carefully designing a system around functional relationships between plant and animal species you can create a stable 'cultivated ecology' suited to local conditions. The book provides a catalog of 130 trees and plants useful to a permaculture system.

Genres: Gardening, Agriculture, Nonfiction, Horticulture, How To, Nature, Reference

128 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1978

About the author

Founder and director of the Permaculture Institute, Bill was the most experienced Permaculture teacher and designe. He taught and developed projects from the Arctic through Sub-tropics and Equatorial regions of the planet. There are few countries left in the world where he has not personally planted the seeds of Permaculture. The Peoples of the Pacific, South East Asia, South Africa and seven Amazonian language groups have been inspired by and acted on his teachings, embracing Permaculture as a dynamic tool. He gave courses in the drylands and developed projects with Native Americans, Indigenous Australians, tribal women of the Deccan, Kalahari, San groups and Pima people of the Sonora. In the USA, Europe and Scandinavia, Bill lectured and helped to develop ecological designs for urban and rural properties, including many city-farms and CSA’s (Community Supported Agriculture).


Bill Mollison had been vitally concerned with the environment for over 40 years. His many roles included: scientist, naturalist and University professor. Later he became a vigorous campaigner against environmental exploitation which lead him to develop Permaculture as a positive solution.

Bill had devoted his energies towards designing sustainable systems, writing books and articles on Permaculture, and most importantly teaching.

Reviews

[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

This a great reference and a good read. The intelligence and inspiration behind it is incredible and as both a primer and a resource it is superior. The major downside is that it was written for Australians and so the plants and animals listed are not necessarily all relevant and the references to northern exposures would rather correspond to southern exposures in this hemisphere. Mr. Mollison encourages people to be observant and tailor the material to their own environment. Wise advise from an earth prophet.

[Morlock · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting read but for a historical perspective only. If you want to learn about permaculture or design your own system you should consider one of the many recent books, including Gaia's Garden. The best is to choose a book that covers subjects that are appropriate for your climate, land size, and objectives.

[Megan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read thisa as a teenager and got very excitied by the concept but I think it must have been a case of where do we start with Mollison and Holmgren

[Mariel]

interesting