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Bill Mollison
called the 'King' or 'Father' of Permaculture
![]() With David Holmgren he developed the concept in the mid 70’s which resulted in the book Permaculture One. Published in 1978 it was the first big compiled presentation of the permaculture concepts and the book presented permaculture as an integrated design concept. In 1979 he published Permaculture Two which focusing more on design. His practise as a Permaculture teacher advanced and resulted in Mollison’s book Permaculture – A Designers’ Manual, published in 1988 by his own publishing company Tagari Publishing. This book expands the knowledge into a complete curriculum for designing human habitats in a way that’s ecologically sound and economically viable, through the means of Permaculture. The book is considered the ‘Bible’ for studying Permaculture and is the basic compendium for the Permaculture Design Certificate course (PDC). He had a pragmatic -we've got problems so let's fix it- approach. Mollisons work is inspired by: Joseph Russell Smith (writer of Tree Crops, in which the concept of Permanent Agriculture was introduced) P.A. Yeomans (Keyline design) Masanobu Fukuoka (Natural farming) Links:
Tagari Publishers >> |
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Geoff Lawton
called 'The Crown Prince' of Permaculture
![]() Geoff Lawton is the current director of the Permaculture Research Institute in Australia. Located at Zaytuna Farm in The Channon, the PRI Australia is the intellectual headquarter of permaculture worldwide. It's mission is to ‘create world wide financially and operationally self sufficient permaculture demonstration and education sites’. He emphasizes community building and promotes a future in which mankind is 'living in permaculture abundance’. The PRI Australia website (PRI >>) is the main online portal for permaculture worldwide. He additionally created the Permaculture Global website >>, an online community for practitioners. As a renowned practitioner, teacher and promoter Lawton is seen as the modern front man of what permaculture is about and where it should go. He is the caretaker of the famous Permaculture Design Certificate course, THE standard course for becoming a certified permaculture designer by profession. Geoff Lawton initiates and guides many other courses on topics such as earthworks. Since 2013 he runs a yearly online PDC which serves thousands of students world wide. As a teacher-speaker-designer he travels around the world promoting and realizing permaculture solutions, mainly in degraded or arid landscapes, such as the Wadi Rum desert in Jordan. Together with his friend John D. Liu he gained more attention in the mainstream media with their ‘Greening the Desert’ films and philosophy. Links:
Geoff Lawton >>Permaculture Research Institute >> |
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David Holmgren
cofounder and philosopher
![]() He is an public active designer, speaker and writer. Peakoil, transition and climate change are some of his major topics of interest and he proves to be a visionairy philosopher of great influence in the permaculture world and beyond. Links:
Holmgren Design Services >>Permaculture Principles >> |
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Sepp Holzer
called the Mighty, the Glorious, the Amazing...
![]() Recently he does many projects in Russia and eastern Europe. Links:
Sepp Holzer in the USA >>Holzers Permaculture, Austria >> Krameterhof Josef Holzer, Austria >> |
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Paul Wheaton
called the 'Duke' of Permaculture
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Rich Soil >>Permies >> |
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Predecessors of Permaculture
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Joseph Russell Smith
Joseph Russell Smith was a professor of geography at Columbia University and writer of Tree Crops, A Permanent Agriculture in which he describes the value of tree crops for producing food and animal feed on sloping, marginal, and rocky soils as a sustainable alternative to annual crop agriculture.Masanobu Fukuoka
Founder of 'Natural Farming', a natural and philosophical style of farming which attempts to farm in complete accordance with the forces of nature. So no tilling, no prefabricated fertilizers, no biocides or even biological pest control. Some of his techniques are combined rice and barley cultivation and seeding with seed containing clay balls.Allthough not a permaculturist himself, his philosophy is very aligned with permculture. P.A. Yeomans
Developer of the Keyline design system. |
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