The Ethics of Permaculture
The ethics of permaculture are three-fold, one being that we design by care for the earth. We take into consideration how our everyday decisions can help us do things that will not damage the planet.
The second ethic is to care for people. So, we design for the care of people.
The third ethic is to share your surplus. Your surplus can be anything. It could be knowledge, it could be seeds, or it could be you have a pond on your property where people can come jump in your swimming hole.
The irony of the United States is that it is the wealthiest, most abundant culture in the history of humankind and we’re taught to have a scarcity mindset, so that we’re consumers rather than citizens.
Western Marketing Culture
In the Western culture, primarily the United States, we’ve been taught to not share, we’ve been taught to get your own and hold on to it and not just give your surplus away. We’ve been taught that that’s bad, almost, even in core marketing.
Take potato chips, this is the joke. The potato chip motto is “get your own bag,” basically outright stating don’t share your potato chips. That’s insane, right? When you get the big bag and share, all your friends will like it too. We want to get to that place of abundance so that we don’t have a scarcity mindset.
Consulting + Design
Our clients are diverse. We work with everyone from a small backyard in an urban setting to give them an edible landscape where they can grow some vegetables and a couple fruit trees, and maybe have three chickens, all the way to, 1000-acre agroforestry projects in Central America.
Public Speaking
Getting an audience is a privilege. Being able to stand up in front of an audience and share a message of hope is a privilege. And we really enjoy doing it! We’ve spoken at green conferences, permaculture conferences, art conferences, Rotary Clubs, and more.
Permaculture Courses
Permaculture teachers are bound by the international standard curriculum, which holds the test of time. We really enjoy teaching permaculture, for us, it’s not enough anymore to just teach that curriculum, climate change must be taken into consideration.