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Permaculture in a Nutshell (Paperback)

by Patrick Whitefield (Author)

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Paperback: 84 pages
Publisher: Permanent Publications; 2nd edition (Mar 1993)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1856230031
ISBN-13: 978-1856230032
Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 0.6 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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BBC Wildlife,V16, No3

....a nobel vision...which I wholeheartedly support...includes organic gardening and farming but it also transcends them.

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Permaculture in a Nutshell is a concise and accessible introduction to the principles and practise of permaculture in temperate climates. It covers how permaculture works in the city, the country and on the farm and explores ways in which people can work together to recreate real communities.
This inspiring book clearly describes how we can live fruitfully and sustainably and is essential reading for anyone wishing to reduce their environmental impact.

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5.0 out of 5 stars a delicous nut, 15 May 2003

By	Mr. T. Carr "foolinthedeck" (Wales) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

what a great little book, when i first got it i was dissapointed by its small size, but as with many nuts - there is a whole lot of protein and other good things in a small package!!

the book is a great introduction to permaculture, perfect for the beginner who wants to know about farms, gardens, and city living and not just to specialise in one area. It has great examples and is very well written and has a great biblio at the end to give lots of info sources.

to sum up, its a great mulch from which to grow ideas!

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4.0 out of 5 stars interesting, 9 Aug 2009

By	K. Potter ":)" (UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A great basic introduction to the subject. The book is very short, but was enough to inspire me to want to learn more about permaculture and how I can apply it to my own life.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Extreme gardening with a global mission, 2 Aug 2009

By	Ian Henderson "helpmabob" (Warwickshire, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Permaculture is a small but active section of the Green movement which focusses on transforming the way we produce food by designing schemes whose key feature is the integration of woodland with food crops through "relationship placement" and the close study of microclimates so as to maximise yields and minimise labour inputs. There are places in the world (mostly the Anglo-Saxon parts of it) where permaculture has formed the basis of successful experiments in communal living and production - Crystal Springs near Brisbane and a number of farms in the UK, and one of these was the subject of a BBC Natural World programme in 2009. The author of this pamphlet, Patrick Whitefield, is keen to point out that permaculture is wider in concept and impact than simple organic food production - it requires large inputs of intelligent design, and more importantly, a transformation of people's attitudes to the planet.

So permaculture has global ambitions, in line with the rest of the Green movement. There is a global crisis (climate change, reliance on fossil fuels, industrial agricultural production). The crisis must be tackled by people thinking globally and acting locally, reducing consumption, curbing population growth, creating a smaller-scale sustainable society.

This is where "the rest of us" part company with this booklet. By all means use it as an aid to enjoyable intensive gardening with a frisson of self-sufficiency, but use Patrick Whitefield's The Earth Care Manual (Permanent Publications, 2004)if you're serious about it.

The rest of us are also a bit uneasy about going back (apparently) to a world of subsistence agriculture, where swords have all been beaten into ploughshares and the oil companies have gone out of business. Like all utopian visions, the question has to be asked "how do we get there?" Marx had a similar vision for industrial society but Lenin had to construct some unpleasant ways of getting there (whatever happened to all those kulaks?). How do you persuade people in a democracy to volunteer for the Green programme? And where's the science that says it's all technically possible?

Enjoy the gardening!

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