Students of Geoff’s Online Permaculture Design Course have question-and-answer sessions where Geoff fields a number of questions every week and answers them via videos. This question was pulled from the 2021 collection. For an in-depth dive into all things permaculture, check out the free Masterclass - www.discoverpermaculture.com
Question
What does it mean to have enough surplus to maintain and replace the system over its lifetime? If the system is a closed-loop system where nothing is lost (except water and the sun's heat, which are replaced naturally) we will never get more than comes in right? Are we simply forcing the rest of the system to also bear the weight of myself as a human manager of the system or does this diverse and balanced system need to produce even surplus in spite of being a closed system? When Geoff says "you need to link up to living systems" to create surplus does he mean linking up in some special way? Wouldn't I still have to bring in unsustainable inputs if I am trading part of the surplus as outputs?
Key Takeaways
You can get much more than a system starts with because plants and animals produce offspring: that’s vegetables, trees, and animals. Natural systems produce surpluses naturally, and that energy is banked in the soil, the base resource. With permaculture designs, you want to align systems together with productive/convenient components that might not occur naturally but behave as if they were conceived that way. The sunlight will continually give the energy necessary to create the living systems we have facilitated with design. Then, the living systems can produce more than is needed to support themselves.
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Geoff is a world-renowned permaculture consultant, designer, and teacher that has established demonstration sites that function as education centers in all the world's major climates. Geoff has dedicated his life to spreading permaculture design across the globe and inspiring people to take care of the earth, each other, and to return the surplus.
About Permaculture:
Permaculture is conscious, intentional design in which diverse, stable and resilient ecosystems are assimilated to help people provide their food, energy, shelter, and other needs in a sustainable way, abusing neither the planet nor the humans relying on it. Permaculture focuses on a variety of topics, including agriculture, forestry, water harvesting, renewable energy, eco-building, waste management, animal systems, economics, technology, & community development.
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18 авг 2024