Terry Leahy – 2015 (first written 2010)
Below is the opening paragraphs for “Permaculture, Food Security & Development Projects” by Terry Leahy.
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I have just spent the last three years working on a book on food security and Permaculture (Permaculture Strategy for the South African Villages). Despite this, I was a bit at a loss when asked to write about the particular relevance of permaculture to development projects. I mean surely all of us who are into permaculture believe that it is the most appropriate strategy for any setting. What makes it so special for development work?
I think of permaculture as best considered as a sub branch of the environmental movement – as sustainable agriculture and settlement design guided by permaculture ethics. But more than this, in permaculture writings we can find a fairly clear idea of what is sustainable agriculture, sharpened lately by concerns about peak oil and climate change.
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