DEFINITION
"Permaculture is an ecological design system for sustainability in all aspects of human endeavor. It teaches us how build natural homes, grow our own food, restore diminished landscapes and ecosystems, catch rainwater, build communities and much more...Everything should serve multiple functions by design - road channels cooling winds towards a house; water tank casts its shade to create comfortable microclimate nearby; rain gutter drains towards a fruit tree."
(Permaculture Institute, http://www.greeninfrastructurewiki.com/page/Permaculture).

AKA
Sustainable living, Bill Mollison

RELATED FUNCTION
Permaculture is focused significantly on sustainable food production among many other functions.

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
how is its performance measured? what are the criteria for its design or planning?

ILLUSTRATION
a diagram or drawing that demonstrates the basic pattern or concept

CASE STUDIES
Sustainable Settings Site in Colorado


ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Permaculture Institute
International Permaculture Resources
Books:
Introduction to Permaculture. 1991. By Bill Mollison and Reny Mia Slay. Tagari Publishers, Tyalgum, Australia. 198 p.

Permaculture One: A Perennial Agriculture for Human Settlements, 3rd Edition. 1987. By Bill Mollison and David Holmgren. Tagari Publishers, Tyalgum, New South Wales, Australia. 127 p.

Permaculture Two: A Practical Design for Town and Country in Permanent Agriculture. 1979. By Bill Mollison. Tagari Press, Stanley, Australia. 150 p.

Permaculture: A Designer's Manual. 1988. By Bill Mollison. Tagari Publications, Tyalgum, Australia. 576 p.