So, for our homework we have been asked to consider one or two of the principles. First, let’s see what David Holgrem has to say. “Principle 11: USE EDGES AND VALUE THE MARGINAL ‘Don’t think you are on the right track just because it is a well-beaten path’ …Tidal estuaries are a complex interface between [...]
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Use Edges and Value the Marginal
Posted in homework, tagged agriculture, bees, bumblebee conservation trust, bumblebees, environment, farmers, hedgerows, holgrem, land management, observations, permaculture, permaculture design course, permaculture principles, sustainability, winter on February 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Observation walk: What does it mean to be alive?
Posted in lecture notes, tagged campus., christmas, evergreens, lecture notes, life, mrs gren, observations, permaculture, permaculture design course, radiohead, veg out, winter on February 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
One of the first tasks in my first permaculture class was to divide up into groups and go on an observation walk, looking (and listening and smelling and touching…) for things that answered the question ‘What does it mean to be alive?’ Obviously something stuck from my secondary school biology lessons as my mind immediately [...]
