/perma/ - Permaculture

>>7
I got into permaculture because my econ teacher in high school was a permy homesteader. I ended up taking a PDC that he taught this past summer.

I'd consider myself a beginner when it comes to technique. This past growing season I sheet-mulched a small section of my backyard and started a food garden, which has yielded good crops of greens, squash and potatoes. Next year I'd like expand to perhaps twice the size of my previous plot and grow more staples.

I have a great deal of interest in the ethics and principles of permaculture, and try to apply them to most every aspect of my life, including cooking, fashion, traditional games and computers.

I'm also well into P2P, which I like to think of as online permaculture.

I lived in an intentional community for a while, where people were practicing various techniques. Besides that I was interested in this sort of thing anyway, but I have very few resources to experiment with.

>>17
Anon, what was living in an intentional community like? Did it run fairly smoothly? And could I ask what country it was in?

>>18
Well it was like living with anyone. People got annoyed with each other and had cliques. (There were about 50 of us, from infants to elderly people). Plus alot of highly individualistic people, so you get alot of clashing methods of doing things. Despite that stuff it was nice. Most everyone has similar political, spiritual, etc. mindsets, most everyone is willing to compromise and work together, people cook big meals for each other, decide things by voting, practice alot of techniques to prevent violence and intolerance, people understood to give you space if you asked for it, help each other with their children etc.

If you're particular about things that you own getting lost or broken (like tools or bicycles)…don't let people borrow them, hide that kind of stuff.

This was in the U.S.

>>19
Where in the us.
Anarchist here.
I'm attracted to permaculture because I see it as an important avenue for maximizing individual autonomy. I want to get involved in projects to bring an easy, sustainable permaculture living to people so they can live their life with more freedom from oppressive institutions.