The idea is not complicated, but the term permaculture (permanent agriculture) is most likely unfamiliar to most people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Energy Bulletin -] Reference

And it's not only the soil that matters in permaculture, but what is grown in it as well.    From Wordnik.com.  [Danielle Nierenberg: Don't Sweep Away Crop Diversity] Reference

For today, the important thing about permaculture is that you create/encourage a system that can maintain itself almost indefinitely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Apollo's Daughter :: March 27th, 2009] Reference

Aschylus don't use the phrase "permaculture" - neither do Page, Torcellini and Kettler, for that matter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ars Technica]

They came up with the idea of permaculture as a permanent form of agriculture and culture.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Red and Black] Reference

As a partial answer, there is a field known as permaculture that offers a powerful system of sustainable design.    From Wordnik.com.  [GreenBiz.com Green Business News] Reference

Rob Hopkins was teaching a college-level class in permaculture, which is a set of design tools for working with nature.    From Wordnik.com.  [Energy Bulletin -] Reference

She said the Wildlands Trust was promoting permaculture, which is permanent agricultural systems free of pesticides and fertiliser.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The word "permaculture" comes to mind as possibly being in its name.    From Wordnik.com.  [Water supply] Reference

It's very "permaculture" to forage olives from ornamental olive trees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dove's Eye View:] Reference

David Holmgren, one of the original coiners of the "permaculture" term as it is now used, has articulated.    From Wordnik.com.  [GreenBiz.com Green Business News] Reference

The guide espouses "permaculture," getting people to include edibles in their gardens and to become more aware of the food cycle.    From Wordnik.com.  [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference

Ellen Page talking about permaculture on Ellen Degeneres.    From Wordnik.com.  [Linda Buzzell: What the Heck Is Permaculture?] Reference

Learn about permaculture and creating local and gift economies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anthony Anderson: And the Financial Experts Say...] Reference

But what the heck IS permaculture, besides peeing into a bucket?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Linda Buzzell: What the Heck Is Permaculture?] Reference

I asked Patrick Whitefield, Britain's leading expert in permaculture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stan Goff: It's Not Rocket Science: Land Productivity, Food Rights] Reference

Jhamel Robinson showed off the permaculture garden behind the building.    From Wordnik.com.  [Billy Parish: Young, Green, and Out of Work] Reference

Require all residents to take a two-week Ellen Page style permaculture course?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ben Zolno: Suburb Sprawls Sustainability] Reference

Here are a few resources for those who would like to learn more about permaculture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Linda Buzzell: What the Heck Is Permaculture?] Reference

Ed, there can be some confusion between terms like "sustainable" and "permaculture.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Spot-On: The Myth of Sustainability] Reference

Kevin, there can be some confusion between terms like "sustainable" and "permaculture.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Spot-On: The Myth of Sustainability] Reference

There are frequent permaculture workshops at community gardens, and field trips to farms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kerry Trueman: Young Agrarians: Digging The Future] Reference

I work two jobs, I'm attending university, and I am developing a backyard permaculture garden.    From Wordnik.com.  [I Mean You.] Reference

And he will be leading a permaculture design course in Eugene Oregon the last two weeks of July.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Different Stripe:] Reference

In permaculture a Zoning system is utilised as planning design base and is divided into 6 zones.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference

Again, permaculture can be used for good effect almost anywhere, at low cost with a high benefit.    From Wordnik.com.  [A. Siegel: Change. Obama Can Change the Path of Climate Change] Reference

They are engaged with local permaculture practitioners, and are earning food through a work-share CSA.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing] Reference

Comparatively, the lobby for alternative energy, permaculture, rail, and other solutions is a tiny speck.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chris Nelder: Beyond Carbon Legislation: Energy Transition] Reference

I would like the Kachere garden to become a classroom of permaculture, in turn providing the kids with nourishment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mia Kirshner: Lessons In Falling: Growing Up In Malawi Prison] Reference

There we spent an afternoon with Govinda Sharma, who has built a permaculture farm using environmentally sound techniques.    From Wordnik.com.  [Laurence Leamer: Nepal's Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Concrete and Chemical Fertilizer] Reference

"In permaculture, ethics and design principles are used to help us make good decisions for the people and the environment.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Linda Buzzell: What the Heck Is Permaculture?] Reference

Using permaculture thinking, I asked myself if the way I was getting my exercise made any sense, economically or environmentally.    From Wordnik.com.  [Linda Buzzell: The Absurdity of Modern Exercise] Reference

They will see permaculture farms and projects that are virtual gardens of Eden, potential models of a new kind of green revolution.    From Wordnik.com.  [Laurence Leamer: Rajeev Goyal Listens to the Villagers of Nepal] Reference

"Greening the Desert:" an amazing video of how permaculturist Geoff Lawton turned pure desert into a lush oasis using permaculture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Linda Buzzell: What the Heck Is Permaculture?] Reference

"Obtain a Yield" is one of the 12 principles of permaculture, an Australian ecological design system that is gaining fans around the globe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Linda Buzzell: The Absurdity of Modern Exercise] Reference