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Chapter 1
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INTRODUCTION
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1.1
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PERMACU‘LTURE DESIGN
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PHILOSOPHY
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Although ilirs book is .boui design n rr nlw zlmul
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values and erhies, and sboye all ebour a seine ol
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pemlul luponsibllily ior eanh are, l have wnheii ul
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nines in ihe lirsi person, io indiesre lhsi ii is noi a
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delached, impersonil, or even unbiased diseuineni
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Every book or publiesrioii has-III eurhor, and whii ihai
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aiiihor chooses io wnie sborii ir subject-we, (or rhai
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person dlmva deeerounes ihe sirbiedv oonienr, and ihe
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values axyrtsed or onuned lain nor dehdizd lioin,
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bui hsye been passionaoely nyolyed wiih «his earrh,
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and so heiein gee .s hm! vi on or whar l ilunlr an be
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senieyed by anyone.
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The sad .eiliry is ihsr we oie in danger ol penshmg
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rroin our own siupidily and lick oi persona|
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iesponsibilicy m liie u we beeoine exoner beause ol
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ismis beyond our eonnol, ihen we can a| leesi die
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wllh pride or ourselyes, our in (male i inese in wlueh
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we perish by our own inaeiion mails nonsense olonr
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clamsmmmmmd inoriiliey
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There is ioo inueh eoniernporary eoidenee of
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mka‘lul disssrer which appals ine, and n dimfld
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ingluen you, loo oiir wnsurnpiiye lilesiyle has led us
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io ihe very brink oi annihilation. We have expanded
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our rlghr ro live on rhe eerih lo an enrirlerneni ie
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eonouer ihe earth, yet "monerois- oi nshire alwsyr
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lose. To aeeuoiulsre wealrh, power, or lend beyond
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ones needs in I hinired world is no be iriily iinownsil,
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be ii a: enindiyidusl, an iieu‘ruoon, or a mumdhte.
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Wha| we haye done, we can undn, l'heie is no longer
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nine lo wnsie nor any need to seeiirnulaie oiore
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eyidenee ni diusreis; ihe iiine (or serion is here. l
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deeply believe rhaz purple ere ihe only enoesl reeooree
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needed by people we ourselves, ii we orginise oiir
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rialenrs. are suuieienr m eaeh oiher. What is more, we
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wul eiiher survive rogerher, or none oi us will survlve
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To righi beiween ourselves is as srupid ind wasieiiil as
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ir is or righi during inner oi naiursl disaslers, when
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everyone-s eoopersuon is oiial.
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A peison oi eoiirage ioday ir a perron of pate, the
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minus: we need is io reruse aulhorily end in eeeepi
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only personnlly responsible decisions Lilre wer,
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gmwlh at any cool is on nuiinoded 2nd diseredued
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eoneepr h is ouv |wrs whieli sie being laid to wasre,
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WM! is worse, ir is our ehildren-s world wlueh is being
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desnoyed. lr is ihereioie our only possible d
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wlihhold ill supporr lor desoiienye sysieins, and to
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rease |u invesi our lures in our own sniilhilarnin
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Wm
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The amy awed declsml is In ialio urban-unruly Vol oor
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own exisiom and mm Mow mnflmn.
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In. it now.
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Mosr flunkmg people would egree rhai we have
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ni—rioed 2k iinal and "revocable decisions |hi| will
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abolish or eiisisrn lile on rhis earth We esn eiiher
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igioie rhe niadnm or uneonoolled indusmal growth
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ind derenee spendln; lhsil is in srnnll ones, or large
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anemones, eroding liie forms every dsy, or olre ihe
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peih ro liie and 5urwival.
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lnioroiaiion ind hurnrniiy, serenee and
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undcmanding, are in iransirion, long 350, we began
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by wondering oisinly eboui whar is rnosr disieni.
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asrrononiy ind nlm|osy were our anciuu pre~
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oeeupeirons. We plngmd, oullenie by niillenia, oo
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eniirnerarin, ihe wonders m' earih. Fus| by mmmg
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things, rhen by megommg more and more ieeenrly
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by dmdlng how ihey rumion md win! wnrk ihey do
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wrihin and wiihoui iheinselyes, This zna|ysi5 has
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rerulied in ihe deyelopnienr or diileieni sciences,
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disciplines ind iedoiologes, .s welrer oi ham: and ihe
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sundmng nl pans; s proliiereiion or speeoalisrs, end a
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eonseouenr mahllfly ro loiesee xesuhi or ro dzshgn
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in|zgn|zd sysieois.
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The pieseisr suit rhiii in emphasis is on how uie
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paris Ime‘licl, how ihey wmk rogeilier wiiii eieh orher,
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