Healing Quest: Permaculture

We examine this program, developed in Australia, that's based on the belief that healing our planet may be crucial to healing ourselves. It's a belief that's attracted tens of thousands of supporters around the world. We see it put into practice in Hawaii.

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[HooDaBabba]

Communes tend to isolate themselves and in the long run, any society that isolates themselves and avoids cooperation with others is likely to find out that they are not going to be sustainable. Communes tend to be more exclusive, whereas communities interact with their neighbors. Permaculture is aimed at being inclusive and still has nothing to do with mysticism, yoga, or dancing, not that those things might not be nice...I'm just saying they have little (if anything) to do with permaculture.

[TonyKaku]

HooDaBabba, your words are precisely on the mark. Permaculture is a design science for creating sustainable human environments. Bill Mollison consciously kept and keeps religion and spirituality out of it to avoid isolating anyone.

[eph5121]

BEWARE of this is new age 'mother earth' worship man, it's paganism in disguise !!

[manonidyble]

I have had a few good laughs reading these comments, personally I would love Bill Moyer to do a Docu.I agree, I was cringing while watching the Rasta muffin's spiraling around, bless their hearts . The science of Permaculture is mind boggling to me,I am deeply fascinated and excited by the endless possibility's. "PERMACULTURE" IT"S A REVOLUTION!!!!!

[X3P3R1S3N]

Also your comments where disrespectful to Haitian Culture, your ignorance is showing so you may want to Xamine Your Zenophobia, you sound like a bigot. These people are doing good work. If you do not want to be involved in a religous or spiritual permaculture than don't, you have plenty of secular permaculture organizations to choose from. Do as you will, but IMHO if you cannot see something divine in the patterns of nature studied in permaculture than you may just have your head up your! ass

[X3P3R1S3N]

@ all you haters, By All Means Do What Thou Wilt, If you do not want to take part in a religious or spiritual permaculture project than there are plenty of completely secular permaculture projects and venues available. Have some respect there are those of us who prize our spirituality and value our ecosystem and love food, We have the liberty and capability to practice any religion and to organize as we choose, we love our whole being and we love permaculture and We Are Here To Stay.

[X3P3R1S3N]

@ all you haters, By All Means Do What Thou Wilt, If you do not want to take part in a religious permaculture than there are plenty of completely secular permaculture projects and venues available, there are those of us who value our spirituality and ecosystem and love food, we have the liberty and capability to practice any religion and to organize as we choose, we value permaculture and We Are Here To Stay.

[MasterVeggie]

Ya, your KILLING the permaculture movement with the hippie voodoo. We don't need to steer people away by spiritually dancing and participating in so called "healing"tribal activities.We need to steer towards SOLUTIONS people are WILLING to cooperate in achieving. Its a science and so far we've even gotten that wrong. Too each his own, just don't involve the spiritual voodoo with the real factors of crop production and ecologically conscience living.

[funkyvisionful]

I isn't disagreein wit its central tennent: that humans can ensure their own health only by joining with nature to foster healthy enviroments i's agreein...

[damocsell]

@focarman89

yep i agree also permaculture makes total sense but the wacko hippy approach

is slowing its adoption down so many of these permaculture learning centers are dependant on free or "pay for the privaledge to work" labor.

I want to see somebody actually compete on the free market with permaculture principles

[MrNobodyNothing]

Humans must remember that ALL Biological Life, unless I missed something, IS CARBON BASED. The myth of carbon as a toxin might be laughable if HUMANS understood their connection to Carbon as "LIFE"s Backbone" to quote Wikipedia.

Love IS Zero Point Source Energy. : )

Peace and Love