Nature Quote by Juliana Birnbaum Fox

Permaculture is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems. It is the…

— Bill Mollison

Permaculture offers a radical approach to food production and urban renewal, water, energy and pollution. It integrates ecology, landscape, organic gardening, architecture and agro-forestry…

— Bill Mollison

The end result of the adoption of permaculture strategies in any country or region will be to dramatically reduce the area of the agricultural…

— Bill Mollison

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

Permaculture is a design system for creating sustainable human environments...Permaculture uses the inherent qualities of plants and animals combined with the natural characteristics of…

— Bill Mollison

Permaculture creates a cultivated ecology, which is designed to produce more human and animal food than is generally found in nature.

— Bill Mollison

The permaculture's whole principle of having to work with nature, rather than fight against it, is not just an ethical restraint. It's also about…

— David Holmgren

A land ethic...reflects the existence of an ecological conscience, and this in turn reflects a conviction of individual responsibility for the health of the…

— Aldo Leopold

Good stewardship of the environment is not just a personal responsibility, it is a public value... Our duty is to use the land well,…

— George W. Bush

Permaculture principles focus on thoughtful designs for small-scale intensive systems which are labor efficient and which use biological resources instead of fossil fuels. Designs…

— Bill Mollison

Conservation is ethically sound. It is rooted in our love of the land, our respect for the rights of others, our devotion to the…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

It is our duty to preserve huge tracts of land in something resembling its native condition. The biological interactions necessary to insure the continuities…

— William Kittredge