PERMACULTURE : a sustainable way of life
One of the main objectives of the Kreativni vrt is to work according to ecological and sustainable principles, and thus to arise awareness and sensivity to one´s environment.
A garden is quite a small space compared with the broad land expanse on our blue planet,alright, but it is still a piece of this earth, and imagin the proportion of earth´s surface that would represent all these gardens together...
In the context of ecological threat and earth deterioration, it is thus very inportant to care for the least parcel of soil and to consider a garden as part as the whole garden of earth. (I´m not telling you about the holy paradisiac garden of Adam and Eve...Our garden is a lot more down to earth). By exploting and polluting most of of the natural area, we are fast approching the point where we need refuges for all global life forms, and a garden might be an appropriate refuge.
("cultivons notre jardin" / let us cultivate our garden as wrote VOLTAIRE in conclusion of his philosophical and satyrical novel Candide in 1759. The ecological concerns were probably not the same at that time, but gardening might also be connected with a whole way of thinking and philosophy of action).
So we are coming gradually to the point : permaculture is indeed a design system of agriculture and also a comprehensive way of life ( " maximum contemplation, minimum action. Permaculture is about thinking before you act").
Permaculture focuses on thoughtful designs for small-scale intensive systems which are labor efficient and which use biological resources instead of fossils fuels.
permaculture validates traditional knowlegde and experience but also new technologies.
It can be applied in any ecosystem, no matter how degraded.
an exemple of permaculture in practise
Principle explanation: This south facing window collects heat and light for this home in Wales, whilst the solar panel heats the water. By correct placement of the window and panel, we make use of the sun's light and heat to provide for our needs.
this exemple comes from the abundant informative web site about premaculture : http://www.permaculture.org.uk/
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