What is Permaculture Design - Gardening, Homesteading, or Sustainable Living?

Permaculture design focuses on how nature solves problems and spatial relationships. It uses protocols derived from natural patterns to design various solutions.

While permaculture design is often associated with gardening, it is actually about decision making and problem solving. The garden is used as a metaphor to understand and apply permaculture principles to everything else.

By defaulting to asking "how would nature do it?", permaculture design leads us to less toxic and wasteful products. This results in decisions that are better for the planet and ourselves, allowing us to take charge of our resource base.

Yes, permaculture design can be used in any discipline, service, or skill. It can be applied to anything and everything, allowing for sustainable and regenerative practices in various fields.

You use permaculture in what you do, just like you use architecture in building a house. Permaculture is a tool and mindset that can be applied to enhance any aspect of life or work.