What is Permaculture?
[[File:Entrance to Food Forest area at Wishtree Permaculture Centre - geograph.org.uk - 5560073.jpg|thumb|Entrance to Food Forest area at Wishtree Permaculture Centre.]] '''Permaculture''' is a way of managing [[land]] and designing communities by learning from [[nature]]. It copies natural patterns to get the most benefits with the least waste and energy. It promotes natural way of [[farming]] instead of modern [[Industry|industrial]] methods. The term 'Permaculture' was created by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Digital Library Of The Commons|url=https://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/handle/10535/7956|access-date=2023-12-04|website=dlc.dlib.indiana.edu}}</ref> Critics say that permaculture doesn't have a clear definition and lacks a [[scientific]] basis and does not address real-world issues.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Accounts|date=2021-03-11|title=Permaculture for Sceptics|url=https://www.permaculturenews.org/2021/03/11/permaculture-for-sceptics/|access-date=2023-11-30|website=The Permaculture Research Institute|language=en-US|archive-date=2023-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002181422/https://www.permaculturenews.org/2021/03/11/permaculture-for-sceptics/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Peter Harper.|date=2003|title=A Critique of Permaculture: Cleaning out the stables|url=http://academia-danubiana.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2.12.09.01_HARPER-A-critique-of-permaculture.pdf|access-date=30 November 2023|website=Academia-danubiana.net.|archive-date=17 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017010122/http://academia-danubiana.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2.12.09.01_HARPER-A-critique-of-permaculture.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> == Foundational ethics == Permaculture is guided by three foundational ethics:<ref>{{Cite book|title=Permaculture: a designers' manual|url=https://archive.org/details/lbg.631.584.mol.3540|last=Mollison|first=Bill|date=2004|publisher=Tagari|isbn=978-0-908228-01-0|edition=2.|location=Tyalgum}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|tit