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Coastal Plains Permaculture

What is Permaculture?

Permaculture is an ethics based design system for creating sustainable and abundant communities. Permaculture is the combined words of 'permanent culture' or 'permanent agriculture,' and based on the idea that we all need food to survive. Bill Mollison and David Holmgren developed the concept of Permaculture in the early 1970's in response to the environmental degradation and resource complications that were gripping the world at that time. With the growing awareness of the converging crises of resource depletion, species extinction and climate change, Permaculture has once again surfaced as a possible solution to these twenty-first century challenges.

Permaculture is based on the ethics: care for humans, care for the Earth, share the surplus, and every being has intrinsic value. A set of principles guides the design process, which may incorporate such elements as renewable energy, green building, agriculture, aquaculture, water harvesting, and vermiculture, to name a few. No two designs are identical as each one is tailored to the unique features of the property and living styles of the owners.

Permaculture Design for The Seaside Neighborhood School
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Services offered

  • Permaculture design for your property. No lot too small. Your design can be as simple as something sketched on a napkin or generated with computer aided design. To keep the project manageable, the design can be divided into phases of implementation.
  • Instruction. Coastal Plains Permaculture offers Introduction to Permaculture workshops throughout the year. This is a 5 hour course covering the basic principles and ethics of Permaculture and is credited toward a future 72 hour Permaculture Design Course with Coastal Plains Permaculture. Minimum class size of 15 individuals. Contact us to schedule a course for your private group. Read what others are saying about our course.
  • Food Garden. Coastal Plains Permaculture will be offering the installation and maintenance of your own personal food garden in 2009. Check back for details.
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