David Holmgren on Permaculture and Reading Landscape 

Thanks David for this honest and heartfelt conversation about reading the land. As social beings which you mention, one way of reading is with a group. As you mention, we all have skills, when we prepare a small group to walk and talk to the land, different aspects can quite naturally present themselves to the diverse capacities of a group; particularly a group immersed in and empathetic feeling; sort of herd mentality at work for humans. I have had some wonderful experiences of shared perception with groups where no one is the leader but we are all part of the land organism.. Regards Pete

Mesmorising listening to David, there's not a word wasted

Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I love this person, I'm so thankful to the god that is over all things for the good work that David is doing through his righteous desire to build a healthier society and to establish our longevity on the earth. I pray that God will continue to give them hidden insight and understanding so that all people will be blessed.

Quality reflections delivered with clarity, I highly recommend Holmgren's books.

Brilliant. Thank you! David Holmgren a living example of the adaptability and diversity of permaculture at its best. Mind, heart and continuous learning and growing with design

and I thought, "food forest" was just a bullshit trendy term for a home garden! Mollison was an absolute legend now my new hero.

permaculture is the way to live and is the solution of the world,i like it

Words to live by. Thanks for posting this.

Australia needs to listen to her best people, when I was there I learned that man belongs to the earth and not vice versa, a most valuble lesson in life.

I love this man!

Fascinating, thanks for sharing

Ordered Scenarios, and now looking to obtain a copy of the Regrarians Handbook. Well on the way . . .

Soooo great! Do you have a resource for where I can study details on how to read landscapes and begin designing? I know it can be an in-depth study, and you guys are working hard getting the info presented. Just wondering about some current resources so I can begin on our land. 🙏 🌏

I practice the Chuck Norris permaculture, i stare at the land and the land tell me what to do by itself.

Maybe a strong connection? ID SAY SO!

Interesting interview. We probably need a new term for “fossil fuels”; as it’s a misnomer meant to imply it’s a limited resource of great scarcity (and thus over-inflated in price considering its the second most abundant liquid on the planet next to water.). Holmgren is correct when he says “we have this limitless power from fossil energy” (excluding the word fossil). Fact is...they find petroleum, and dig for it, at depths double that of where any fossils are found, and in places where NO fossils have been found! It’s not really derived from fossils...that’s the myth meant to jack up prices based on scarcity! Great marketing ploy, but not truthful. Holmgren has some rich insight worth delving deeper into.

Weve been farming since we got off the ark. It isnt a new subject. It big business (greed) and industrialization that has created the problem.

"How did people actually grow food or gather from the environment", actually indigenous people relied on hunting (Aboriginals 70% calories from animals). Permaculture people need to recognise the importance of meat for human nutrition. Lets not beat around the bush. Let the vegan types evolve by themselves.

I stress that everyone should read Thiaoouba Prophecy. Plants do listen! I know

Evolution cringe. Total cognitive dissonance to see these interdependent systems with feedback loops, derivitive effects, etc. and then chock it up to random chance. We're not monkeys. Period. Otherwise these teachings are pretty good