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Self-Sufficiency
The state of not requiring any outside aid, support, or (in hardline cases) interaction, for survival. Self reliance.
Sustainability
Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Permaculture
Permaculture is the design of human living spaces around environmental principles.
Permaculture is not an end or destination, but rather a means or road leading towards sustainable and ecologically sound ways to meet human needs.
Permaculture uses thoughtful observation rather than mindless labor. It uses cunning not resources. It works to slow the rate of increase of entropy (disorder). It turns waste to resources problems into assets. Permaculturists treat every situation differently work parallel to nature not at right angles to it. They care for the earth, care for people, give away surplus, and always pick up hitch-hikers.
Inspiration
- "The only ethical decision is to take responsibility for our own existence and that of our children."
- "Cooperation, not competition, is the very basis of future survival and of existing life systems."
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