Permaculture is not the movement of sustainability and it is not the philosophy behind it; it is the problem-solving approach the movement and the philosophy can use to meet their goals and design a world in which human needs are… — Toby Hemenway Copy Share Image
Yet soil is miraculous. It is where the dead are brought back to life. Here, in the thin earthy boundary between inanimate rock and the planet's green carpet, lifeless minerals are weathered from stones or decomposed from organic debris. Plants… — Toby Hemenway Copy Share Image
Permaculture is not the movement of sustainability and it is not the philosophy behind it; it is the problem-solving approach the movement and the… — Toby Hemenway Copy Share Image
“The average yard is both an ecological and agricultural desert. The prime offender is short-mown grass, which offers no habitat and nothing for people… — Toby Hemenway Copy Share Image
Vegetarians may be appalled, but much of gardening is actually raising animals: the tiny ones under the earth's surface — Toby Hemenway Copy Share Image
I like to talk about the idea of "design without design," where... we're creating the conditions for the things that we want to see… — Toby Hemenway Copy Share Image
When you are doing work of value, people will support you in a variety of ways, not just money. — Toby Hemenway Copy Share Image
Permaculture gives us a toolkit for moving from a culture of fear and scarcity to one of love and abundance — Toby Hemenway Copy Share Image
Yet soil is miraculous. It is where the dead are brought back to life. Here, in the thin earthy boundary between inanimate rock and… — Toby Hemenway Copy Share Image
The plants we've chosen will collect and cycle Earth's minerals, water, and air; shade the soil and renew it with leafy mulch; and yield… — Toby Hemenway Copy Share Image
I’m going to argue here that the most accurate and least muddled way to think of permaculture is as a design approach, and that… — Toby Hemenway Copy Share Image
