permaculture
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- Background
- History
- Foundational ethics
- Theory
- Design principles
- Guilds
- Zones
- Edge effect
- Common practices
- Hügelkultur
- Sheet mulching
- No-till gardening
- Cropping practices
- Rainwater harvesting
- Compost production
- Economising on space
- Domesticated animals
- Fruit trees
- Applications
- Agroforestry
- Forest gardens
- Suburban and urban permaculture
- Marine systems
- Grazing
- Natural building
- Issues
- Intellectual property
- Definition
- Methodology
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
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Permaculture is an approach to land management and settlement design that adopts arrangements observed in flourishing natural ecosystems. It includes a set of design principles derived using whole-systems thinking. It applies these principles in fields such as regenerative agriculture, town planning, rewilding, and community resilience. The term was coined in 1978 by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, who formulated the concept in opposition to modern industrialized methods, instead adopting a more traditional or "natural" approach to agriculture.