permaculture design principles – Bottom Up Permaculture

Permaculture Design Basics: Utilize and Respond to Change

Change is an inevitable part of working with living systems, but permaculture design empowers us to embrace change as the seed of new opportunities!

Permaculture Design Basics: Value Edges and Transitional Spaces

Edges offer opportunities to pack diversity and interaction into a system. Learn about the 11th principle of permaculture design: Value Edges and Transitional Spaces!

Permaculture Design Basics: Utilize Diversity

Diversity builds resilience and adaptability within systems. The 10th Permaculture Design Principle reminds us to utilize this as a force for creating more sustainable systems!

Permaculture Design Basics: Favor Slow and Small Interventions

Systems thinking lends a helpful insight into why slow, small interventions are often more effective and sustainable than large, dramatic changes. Read this article on the 9th principle of permaculture design: favor slow and small interventions!