David Mollison

Permaculture is a word originally coined by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in the mid 1970's to describe an integrated, evolving system of perennial or self-perpetuating plant and animal species useful to man consciously designed landscapes which mimic the patterns and relationships found in nature, while yielding an abundance of food, fibre and energy for provision of local needs.

In the1960's and 70's Bill Mollison, and later with David Holmgren, developed the concepts of permaculture, (derived from the words "permanent" "agriculture" and "culture,"). In 1978 the seminal work "Permaculture One" was written, with "Permaculture Two" to follow a year later. By 1981 the graduates of the first permaculture workshop set...

What is permaculture? Permaculture is an ethically based, nature inspired design system for creating sustainable human environments. It was in the 1970s when Bill Mollison and David Holmgren spurred by their mutual concerns for the effects.;

David Holmgren, co-originator (with Bill Mollison) of the permaculture concept, talks about the need to move beyond the lulling hope that 'green tech' breakthroughs will allow world-wide 'sustainable consumption' to the recognition that dwindling oil supplies inevitably mean a mandatory 'energy descent' for human civilization across the planet.

This movement was based on the book, “Permaculture, A Designers Manual” written by Bill Mollison and published in 1988.“Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability” by David Holmgren, published in 2003, served as the ...

Jones (USA), Barbara Klemm (D) , Petra Köhle & Nicolas Vermot Petit-Outhenin (CH), David LaChapelle (USA), Eva Leitolf (D), Armin Linke (D), Gustav Metzger (GB), James Mollison (I), Simon Norfolk (GB), Peter Piller (D), Elodie Pong (CH), Paul Qaysi (USA ...