Short Documentary

I took a permaculture design course at Esalen last year.  Loved it.

Most of our population has no idea what permaculture means-- even the Blogger spell check cannot identify the word.

I cannot explain it as well as this 48 minute film by an English gal who puts it all into current context.

The film is not exactly Avatar in effects or pacing-- the word permaculture is not even used until 30 minutes in.  But Rebecca does a good job sharing her journey in perspective from film maker to bewildered farm heiress to farmer of the future.

The film introduces concepts of food forests, ordered chaos and using protracted and thoughtful observation (PATO) to design less labor and fuel intensive systems that can yield more produce than conventional farming.

Watch this short film and see --remember if you are a permie-- the joy of discovering the crazy abundance that working with nature yields.  While people critical of the environmental and energy state of the world can paint a pretty bleak picture permaculturists in contrast show another way that leaves people not just hopeful but excited.

Check it out and share it.




 ( Credit: I got the link form Mike Ruppert's Facebook page.)


Some other Permaculture info links:

http://permacultureprinciples.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture

http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/perma.html


The Film http://www.viddler.com/explore/PermaScience/videos/4/