Permaculture TV is a project of the Media Cooperative Pilot being founded by Nicholas Roberts
Permaculture TV has two language editions English and Latino
“The only ethical decision is to take responsibility for our own existence and that of our childrenâ€
Bill Mollison, co-founder of Permaculture, 1990
“What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet. We don’t know what details of a truly sustainable future are going to be like, but we need options, we need people experimenting in all kinds of ways and permaculturists are one of the critical gangs that are doing that.â€
Dr David Suzuki geneticist, broadcaster and international environmental advocate
Contact
Nicholas Roberts email nicholas@themediasociety.org | Skype niccolor
Summary
- Permaculture.TV will work to creating educational and documentary video that will empower self-help by increasing food security and community resilience in a time of economic and ecological crisis.
- Permaculture.TV is a website that features online video’s of people making home, school and community gardens around the world.
- Permaculture.TV is a media cooperative project that uses web video technology to educate the community about grass-roots solutions to sustainability such as gardens in schools, community gardens, home gardens, healthy eating and lifestyles.
About Permaculture
Permaculture is a broad-based and holistic approach that has many applications to all aspects of life. At the heart of permaculture design and practice is a fundamental set of ‘core values’ or ethics which remain constant whatever a person’s situation, whether they are creating systems for town planning or trade; whether the land they care for is only a windowbox or an entire forest. These ‘ethics’ are often summarised as;
- Earthcare – recognising that the Earth is the source of all life (and is possibly itself a living entity- see Gaia theory) and that we recognise and respect that the Earth is our valuable home and we are a part of the Earth, not apart from it.
- Peoplecare – supporting and helping each other to change to ways of living that are not harming ourselves or the planet, and to develop healthy societies.
- Fairshare (or placing limits on consumption) - ensuring that the Earth’s limited resources are utilised in ways that are equitable and wise.
Modern thought about permaculture began with the issue of sustainable food production. It started with the belief that for people to feed themselves sustainably they need to move away from reliance on industrialised agriculture. Where industrial farms use technology powered by fossil fuels (such as gasoline, diesel and natural gas), and each farm specialises in producing high yields of a single crop, permaculture stresses the value of low inputs and diverse crops. The model for this was an abundance of small scale market and home gardens for food production, and a main issue was food miles.