There’s a book… a book that is 576 pages long.
It was first published in 1988.
Some of you may have read it, some of you maybe haven’t.
This is the definitive Permaculture design manual in print since 1988. It is the textbook and curriculum for the 72-hour Certificate course in Permaculture Design.
Written for teachers, students and designers, it follows on and greatly enlarges on the initial introductory texts, Permaculture One (1978) and Permaculture Two (1979) both of which are still in demand.
Very little of the material found in this book is reproduced from the former texts. It covers design methodologies and strategies for both urban and rural applications, describing property design and natural farming techniques.
The chapters of the Permaculture Designers’ Manual:
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Concepts and Themes in Design
- Chapter 3: Methods of Design
- Chapter 4: Pattern Understanding
- Chapter 5: Climatic Factors
- Chapter 6: Trees and their Energy Transactions
- Chapter 7: Water
- Chapter 8: Soils
- Chapter 9: Earthworks and Earth Resources
- Chapter 10: The Humid Tropics
- Chapter 11: Dryland Strategies
- Chapter 12: Humid Cool to Cold Climates
- Chapter 13: Aquaculture
- Chapter 14: The Strategies of an Alternative Global Nation
