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toc =Goal : An Open-Source Permaculture Designer Manual= This is a wiki-based collective open-source //Permaculture Designer Manual//, that anyone can enrich with his learning and experience of permaculture. Free for all, gardeners, designers, farmers, activists, teachers, and students as well as all curious can apply this knowledge in their own projects and community (see topics below). We also aim to connect people and information, and facilitate exchanges about permaculture, sustainability, environmentalism, organic gardening and farming. In this wiki-based free manual, "permaculture" is considered in its largest meaning, mainly as an agricultural base for human habitats, but also including other aspects of life : construction, energy, manufacturing, economy, community organization. Permaculture could greatly help people in today world crisis but unfortunately permaculture knowledge is mainly available through copyrighted materials (e.g. books, dvds and Permaculture Design Courses). People from third world, who would benefit the most from permaculture, has rarely access to fund raising and cannot pay by themselves. The motivation of this project is to free this knowledge and make it accessible to anyone, free for copy, in line with all opensource initiatives - notably Wikipedia and Appropedia. Several similar open source permaculture wiki already exist, e.g. permaculture.wikia.com, or are under project, and this project aim to join the collective effort. We use creative commons licence, which allows to exchange or integrate our content in other wikis, such as appropedia.org, on later stages. Compared with other initiatives, **this wiki has a specific focus on addressing the chapters of the encyclopedic Bill Mollison's "Permaculture Designer Manuel".** //**About us -**Initiators, and main contributors for now, in this wiki, we are permaculture autodidact learners (except a PDC for Lina), and engaging in permaculture projects anywhere we can, and we started a permaculture farm project in Tunisia in june 2012. From different backgrounds, i.e. garden design and computer research, we turned to studying, building and documenting permaculture projects since 2011. We may not be the life long permaculture experts that should be behind such encyclopedic entreprise. We are normal people, like you probably are, and do what we can at our level to get the world better for everyone. We hope that you will join our wiki-based permaculture manual and help give together the best for all. - (Koro & Lina, May 2012)// 

=Topics in Focus=

I - Introduction : When Permaculture Save The World

 * ===Problem : End of Growth===
 * Prior World Conception: Agriculture and Industry History
 * Current Situation : Ecological, Energetic and Economic Crisis (Peak Oil - Energy return on Investment )
 * ===**Current Limitations**===
 * Conventional and Organic Agriculture
 * Scientific Agriculture and Natural Sciences
 * Paradigm Shift Needed from Linear to Non-linear
 * ===Permaculture, A Synergetic Response===
 * Central Concepts
 * Origin and History
 * Principle and Strategy Sets
 * ===**Benefits**===
 * Economical, Ecological and Social/Ethical
 * Comparison with industrial/conventional and organic
 * ===**Summary**===
 * self-cultivation better people - Grounding a permanent world

**II - Analysis : How It Works**

 * ===**Generic**===
 * Element Inputs and outputs
 * Flows
 * Patterns
 * ===Ecosystems Structures and Concepts===
 * Spatial : Layers, Guilds and Niches
 * Temporal: Succession
 * Soil Life
 * Flows and Cycles: Water, Energy
 * Human and Animal Centered Zones
 * ===**Ecosystem Configurations**===
 * Urbanity / Density : Urban life, Rural home
 * Climate : Desertic, Mediterranean, Temperate, Tropical
 * Local Conditions : Coast & Island, Salt
 * ===**Ecosystem Elements**===
 * Element Needs (Light, Water, Nutrition),
 * Element Functions : Green manure, Dynamic Accumulator, Natural pest control, Structure, Soil Conditionner
 * Natural forces : Sun (light, heat), Rain, Wind, Fire, Earth (gravity)
 * Plants and Energy Transaction: Vegetables, Cereals, Trees, Algae
 * Animals : Poultry, Livestock, Wild life, Fish
 * Rhizosphere: Worms, Mushrooms & Fungi (Decomposers, Symbiotic and Parasitic), Bacteria

**III - Design Methodologies : Decide What To Do**

 * ===Prepare for Design===
 * Overall Goal
 * Process : Collecting information, Analysis, Site Planning, Establishment, Maintenance and Monitoring, Design Evaluation
 * Tools : Field tools, Survey, Drawing
 * ===Design Strategies and Perspectives===
 * Choice of Elements: Plants, Animals, Soils, Mushrooms & Fungi
 * Design Type : Incremental
 * Stacking in Space and Time
 * ===**Design Main Methods**===
 * Use of Natural Forces : Light, Water, Wind, Ground
 * Application of Concepts or a Master Pattern : Layers, Succession, Niche, Guilds, Soil building, Flows(Water, Nutrient), Zones, Edges
 * Connecting characteristics of components by listing
 * Adopting lessons learnt from nature
 * Extending Flow Diagrams
 * Expanding on direct observations of a site
 * Selection of options or pathways based on decisions
 * Following map overlays
 * Assessing the results of random assemblies
 * Zoning of information and ethics
 * ===**Planning Maintenance**===
 * Goal Assesment
 * Design Functionality
 * Monitor and Control
 * Ecosystem maintenance : Harvest, Preserve, Propagate

**IV - Designs and Techniques : What Productive Systems To Build**
 
 * ===Farming and Natural Production===
 * Tree Crops: Edible Forest Garden
 * Herbaceous: Raised Beds, Herb Spiral
 * Fauna: Micro-livestock
 * Soil: Composting, Vermi-composting, Sheet Mulching, Instant Garden
 * Natural Forces: Shade Management, Wind, Fire, Earth, Water (Ponds and Dams, Swales, Waterways, Terraces, Earthwork)
 * ===**Specific Contexts and Environments**===
 * Climates: Dry land, Humid land, Cool Climate
 * Urban Settlement: Gardens & Backyard, Vertical Gardens, Balconies & Windows
 * Rural Property
 * Schools & Campus
 * ===Home and Human Habitation===
 * Zones Elements
 * Eco-Construction
 * ===Sustainable Technology===
 * Generate Power: Solar Power (Light, Heat, Mechanic, Electricity), Wind turbines, Compost Heat
 * Use Power: Pumping water, Heating, Cooking,
 * Manufacturing: Food Processing, Open Source Ecology
 * Workshop technology
 * Transportation
 * ===Community Organization===
 * Local Initiatives: Guerilla Gardening, Urban Farming, PermaBlitz, Basket Scheme, Garden Share Scheme, Transition Initiative
 * Community Rules: Common Food, Turn Taking, Decision Meeting
 * Broad Organization :
 * Direct and Inclusive Democracy, Open Government, Occupy, Indignados, Tahrir Square
 * Local Money, Alternative Finance, Fund Raising or Not
 * Non-Violent Political Action, Psychological Relience, Honest Relations

V - Community and Case Studies

 * ===Case Studies===
 * ===**Organizations**===
 * ===**Economics**===
 * **Gift Economy**
 * **Local/Alternative Currencies**
 * **Permaculture Business Plan for Farms and Homes**
 * **Permaculture Products Distribution Systems**
 * ===Current Community===
 * **Physical Sites**
 * **People**
 * **Online Resources**
 * **Offline Books and DVDs**

VI - Plant Tables & Annexes

 * ===Plant Species by Layer===
 * ===Plants characterstics===