Permaculture for Beginners: Knowledge and Basics of Permaculture

Permaculture for Beginners

Knowledge and Basics of Permaculture

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©2020, Friedhelm Weiss

Published by Expertengruppe Verlag

The contents of this book have been written with great care. However, we cannot guarantee the accuracy, comprehensiveness and topicality of the subject matter. The contents of the book represent the personal experiences and opinions of the author. No legal responsibility or liability will be accepted for damages caused by counter-productive practices or errors of the reader. There is also no guarantee of success. The author, therefore, does not accept responsibility for lack of success, using the methods described in this book.

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Permaculture for Beginners

Knowledge and Basics of Permaculture

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Published by Expertengruppe Verlag

Table of contents

About the author

Preface

What is permaculture?

Looking after planet earth

Sharing our surpluses

How does permaculture work?

Watching and interacting

Generating and storing energy

Achieving a yield

Self regulating and Responding

Using renewable resources

Avoid producing waste

Design of patterns to the smallest detail

Integrate not separate

Set yourself small, slow solutions

Utilisation and diversity

Use the marginal boundaries

Be creative to make significant changes

Practical examples of the use of permaculture

Natural building

Choosing suitable building materials

Recycling of grey water

Composting

The permaculture garden – Zones and Sectors

Conclusion

Did you enjoy my book?

Book Recommendations

Disclaimer

About the author

Friedhelm Weiss lives together with his wife Agatha and several animals in an old farmhouse in beautiful Rhineland.

For more than 50 years, he has oriented his life around the principles of permaculture. He has been working for many years on adjusting his own environment, particularly his house and land, to conform with the philosophy of permaculture.

Today, Friedhelm Weiss lives completely self-sufficiently and in harmony with the nature around him. He has reduced his footprint as much as he can in order to use as little of the world's limited resources as possible. He is not reliant upon external energy, food or water supplies but produces everything he needs on his own land.

In his books, he wants to share the theoretical and practical knowledge that he has gained over many years on the subject with the widest range of readers possible. He cannot change anything alone but if only a little of his philosophy of permaculture is practised by the broad public, he has done his part in improving the relationship between people and nature for many years to come.

Preface

Permaculture is a concept for providing sustainable, long-term environmental cycles and is rooted in the observation of nature and its natural patterns. It is both a science and an art of biomimicry. Biomimicry is a science which is based on the observation of nature and which develops solutions for mankind. Nature is the ultimate architect which continues to develop in this complex universe. This is very important for us, our planet and our homes. Without the universe, we would not be able to live on Earth.

Nature is not only beautiful but is also shockingly efficient