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Re: permaculture questions
> i am about to start my second year in college at american university
> majoring in a major that has nothing to do with ecology. anyway, i've
> been reading about permaculture and it all sounds so very interesting.
> however, i'm not even going to be able to come into any land to begin
> working on for at least a couple of years (my dad is moving-he found
some
> cheap land somewhere, and lots of it)
> the point is: until then, what can i read/do now? what should i be
> familiar with before i take a permaculture course? do i have to use
> animals? if so, do i have to kill them? (i'm vegetarian, i dont look
> forward to having to kill the animals)
> thank you very much for any advice you can provide i appreciate it.
> email me at fg4840a@american.edu
> peace forbes
I'll send you a reading list by direct email. Meanwhile, it is perfectly
reasonable to be a vegetarian while practicing permaculture. It is a bit
more work, because you can't get all the multiple functions from wild
animals that you can from domestic animals. So you do that bit. But the
amount of food one needs is easily produced anyway--no problem.
We can lead a workshop at your Dad's place where the participants work out
a design for it. This works very well. You'll find that the reading falls
into place better once you attend the workshop and experience the design
process.
For Mother Earth, Dan Hemenway, Yankee Permaculture Publications (since
1982), Elfin Permaculture workshops, lectures, Permaculture Design
Courses, consulting and permaculture designs (since 1981), and The Forest
Ecosystem Food Network.
If its not in your food chain, you're not thinking.
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