permaculture

Meaning

Noun

• Any system of sustainable agriculture that renews natural resources and enriches local ecosystems.
• The design, installation and maintenance of indefinitely sustainable human communities set in balanced ecologies, both urban and rural.

Origin

• , coined by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in 1978. For a long time Bill Mollison claimed to have copyrighted the word; this was never the case, as copyright law is not applicable to single words.{{cite-web
• |date=2010-09-24
• |author=Russ Grayson
• |title=THE PERMACULTURE PAPERS — 6: Trouble and triumph in the new century
• |work=PacificEdge