'Permaculture'

Permaculture, said Bill Mollison, the inventor of this food/farming/environmental concept, is being able to look out your backdoor and see your friends gathering food.

A permaculturist’s skills may include straw bale house building or edible forest gardening. They may have set-up a rainwater collection system on their roof, or turned their livestock fences into a food source. All this is part of a design concept that takes its cues from the workings of a healthy eco-system.

The good news is you’re probably already practicing some of permaculture’s principles.

Join host Jerry Kay, publisher of the Environmental News Network as we talk to three prominent practitioners and learn to think like a permaculturist.

This Week's Guests:
Penny Livingston Stark — Founder, Regenerative Design Institute
Dave Jacke — Author, Edible Forest Gardens
Patty Karlin — Owner, Bodega Goat Cheese

Listen:
http://www.beyondorganic.com/shows/2005/082405a.php