Permaculture for Science, Energy, and the

Environment

Rob Kaiser, Deliberate Living Systems, LLC

LinkedIn – www.linkedin.com/in/robkaiser

www.deliberatelivingsystems.com

Why am I here?

• Invited to speak about Sustainability

Specifically…

Permaculture for Science, Energy, and The Environment

• Sustainability within the Agriculture Sector• Sustainable vs. Regenerative• Permaculture

• The Basics of Permaculture– Why Permaculture?– History of Permaculture– Permaculture for Science, Energy, and The Environment

• Resources / How To Obtain the Presentation• Questions & Answers

Let’s talk SUSTAINABILITY

What does SUSTAINABILITY mean to me?

What does “Sustainability” mean?

• Look at the word• Break it down

“In more general terms, sustainability is the

endurance of systems and processes.”

•Social•Economic•Environmental

Three Pillars of Sustainability

What does “Agriculture” mean?

• Look at the word• Break it down

“[Agriculture] has sharply increased yields from

cultivation, but at the same time have caused

widespread ecological damage and negative human health effects.”

“[Agriculture] has sharply increased yields from

cultivation, but at the same time have caused

widespread ecological damage and negative human health effects.”

Sustainability Regenerative

Sustainability Regenerative

Permaculture

Permaculture for Science, Energy, and The Environment

• Sustainability within the Agriculture Sector• Sustainable vs. Regenerative• Permaculture

• The Basics of Permaculture– Why Permaculture?– History of Permaculture– Permaculture for Science, Energy, and The Environment

• Resources / How To Obtain the Presentation• Questions & Answers

Three Pillars of Sustainability

What are we working to sustain?

•Societal•Economical•Environmental

Three Types of World Problems

Three Pillars of Sustainability

What

isPermaculture?

Permaculture

“…A PHILOSOPHY OF WORKING WITH,

RATHER THAN AGAINST NATURE…”

- Bill Mollison

The Basicsof

Permaculture

“Permaculture is a design science, inspired by nature and guided by ethics…”

Ethics Principles Strategies Techniques

Two Primary Aspects of Permaculture

• Design Science • How the system is designed to function after observation

and imitation of nature and principles of efficiency

• Strategies / Techniques• The methods and techniques utilized to achieve results are

site specific and vary according to goals and objectives

Strategies and

Techniques…(Permaculture Applied)

Thank you!

Deliberate Living Systems, LLC – Permaculture Design & Consultation

www.deliberatelivingsystems.com Phone: (330) 648-3506

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