Permaculture is more than just the latest buzzword; it offers positive solutions for many of the environmental and social challenges confronting us. And nowhere are those remedies more needed and desired than in our cities. The Permaculture City provides a new way of thinking about urban living; with practical examples for creating abundant food; energy security; close-knit communities; local and meaningful livelihoods; and sustainable policies in our cities and towns. The same nature-based approach that works so beautifully for growing foodmdash;connecting the pieces of the landscape together in harmonious waysmdash;applies perfectly to many of our other needs. Toby Hemenway; one of the leading practitioners and teachers of permaculture design; illuminates a new way forward through examples of edge-pushing innovations; along with a deeply holistic conceptual framework for our cities; towns; and suburbs. The Permaculture City begins in the garden but takes what we have learned there and applies it to a much broader range of human experience; wersquo;re not just gardening plants but people; neighborhoods; and even cultures. Hemenway lays out how permaculture design can help towndwellers solve the challenges of meeting our needs for food; water; shelter; energy; community; and livelihood in sustainable; resilient ways. Readers will find new information on designing the urban home garden and strategies for gardening in community; rethinking our water and energy systems; learning the difference between a ldquo;jobrdquo; and a ldquo;livelihood;rdquo; and the importance of placemaking and an empowered community. This important book documents the rise of a new sophistication; depth; and diversity in the approaches and thinking of permaculture designers and practitioners. Understanding nature can do more than improve how we grow; make; or consume things; it can also teach us how to cooperate; make decisions; and arrive at good solutions.
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