What is Permaculture?

~ It is a design system for human settlement based on context.

~ Guided by the native ecology, we design our built environments for stewardship of our resources.

~ Permaculture design strives to meet human needs locally while caring for the other species and neighboring communities.

~ We begin with a thoughtful site analysis. We determine the unique climatic considerations, resources, limiting factors, to guide meeting the needs of inhabitants onsite.

Resilience is recognizing our interdependance.

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Bill Mollison

David Holmgren & Sue Dennet Rosemary Morrow & Robyn Francis

Masanobu Fukuoka

They paved Paradise and put up a Parking Lot……

HEPA,Ha Tinh Province,

Vietnam

Know your Climate:Hardiness zone: 8b (15 - 20 degrees F)

Average high temp. in summer: 77 degreesAverage low temp. in winter: 38 degrees

Record High Temp. = 107 FRecord Low Temp. = - 3 F

Average first frost: October 18

Average last frost: April 26

Portland, OR Jan    Feb   March   April May June July August Sept Oct Nov DecHigh Temp: 45 51 56 60 67 74 78 80 74 62 52 45Low Temp: 34 37 38 41 47 52 56 56 52 44 38 34 Precip.: 5.4 3.9 3.6 2.4 2.1 1.5 .6 1.1 1.8 2.7 5.3 6.1

Annual Rainfall: 37.5”

Zones of Use

List Elements

Assemble based on beneficial relationships

* 1 in 4 children do not have enough to eat. * Many individuals who struggle with hunger are working and not homeless. * More than 2 million rural households experience food insecurity.* Hunger is increasing at an alarming rate in America.

Source: Feeding America: http://feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america.aspx

Design From Patterns to Details

Bunny Love Carrots, New Cuyama, CA

Design happens within a context

Many climate experts – from officials at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization to sustainable environmentalist and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai – agree that allowing farmland to revert to its natural grassy or wooded states is the easiest and most direct way to slow climate change.

Permaculture Design provides ecosystem functions.

From the Permaculture Designers Manual by Bill Mollison

Analog Species provide design clues

Consider native food webs to enhance ecosystem

functions

Plants Provide Diverse Yields and Services:

~ Food~ Medicine~ Cut Flowers~ Habitat for wildlife~ Repels pests~ Nutrients in soil~ Makes soil more receptive~ Nitrogen Fixation ~ Mulch~ Fiber~ Fuel~ Weed Suppression

System Establishment Guild

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Mutual Support Guild

Resource Partitioning Guild

Multiple elements for a single function

Diverse soil building strategies are critical to support our gardens through

the drought of the summer

Local Water Filtration Strategies

Put in my own water catchment shot

Multiple functions for single elements

Case Study: My Home, Portland, ORtypical and easily replicable

One year later...The lawn is a vague memory...

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Two Years Later, we can get lost in the landscape

6.18.2014

Site Analysis

Zone Analysis

Current Conceptual Map

Principle of Cyclic Opportunity: every cyclic event increases the opportunity for yield. To increase cycling is to increase yield.

Zone 2: Fruit Trees, Berries,Perennials

Zone 2: Field Crops

Zone 1: Annual Vegetable Production

Zone 2: Field Crops, Compost

Zone 2: Fruit Trees, Berries, Rabbits, Chickens

Zone 1: Annual Vegetables, Gathering Space, Container Gardens

Abundance and resilience don’t come from how many elements you have in the

system….

Interrelationships between the

elements leads to abundance and

resilience.

Permaculture for International Development

Turning Problems into Solutions

Thank You!

For further information, visit permaculturerising.com

or email: marisha.permaculturerising@gmail.com

My next workshop: Saturday, October 22:

Food Forest Workshop at Nana Cardoons Forest Grove, OR