Accurate Quote by Toby Hemenway

Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thoughtless labor; and of…

— Bill Mollison

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

I'm certain I don't know what permaculture is. That's what I like about it - it's not dogmatic. But you've got to say it's…

— Bill Mollison

Permaculture is something with a million heads. It's a way of thinking which is already loose, and you can't put a way of thinking…

— Bill Mollison

“One of the most important things about permaculture is that it is founded on a series of principles that can be applied to any…

— Juliana Birnbaum Fox

Permaculture challenges what we're doing and thinking - and to that extent it's sedition.

— Bill Mollison

The worst thing about permaculture is that it's extremely successful, but it has no center, and no hierarchy.

— Bill Mollison

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

Your own imagination as to the true ability of the permaculture design system, you need to trust the system and stick to main frame…

— Geoff Lawton

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

“I think there has always been a strong crossover between the household- and community-level design in permaculture. From the beginnings of permaculture in the…

— Juliana Birnbaum Fox

“In fact, most of us see perseverance as a distinctly uncreative approach, the sort of strategy that people with mediocre ideas are forced to…

— Jonah Lehrer