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Geoff Lawton: The Importance of Establishing Self-Replicating Dryland Permaculture Demonstration Sites (IPC10 Presentation – Video)


Geoff Lawton speaking at the Tenth International Permaculture Conference
(IPC10), Amman, Jordan, September 2011

After an unintentionally extended lunch break during the IPC10 conference day (dragging 130 hungry people away from their stimulating lunchtime conversations is not an easy task!), Geoff kindly cut his post-lunch talk short so as to put subsequent speakers back on schedule. In the short time left for him, Geoff talked about the great need for training an army of permaculture warriors who can help set up self-replicating permaculture demonstration and education sites worldwide, and shared some of our efforts to help facilitate this. Included in the talk was mention of www.permacultureglobal.com (the Worldwide Permaculture Network), which enables permaculturists to literally put themselves on the map, and network and support each other in many ways — including attracting students and consultancies, donations (for aid projects) and which facilitates and encourages knowledge (and even seed!) transfers between people and sites worldwide. It’s a system that effectively levels the playing field, empowering a new generation of permaculture teachers and consultants to come up through the older growth, break through the canopy, and help us drive permaculture concepts deep into the minds of mainstream citizenry.

Click play below to see Geoff’s talk:

3 Comments

  1. We understand this need that Geoof is talking about, and we are currently training and empowering students from local highschools and people of the region (Guanajuato; Mex.), to develop green roofs, bio intensive cultivation on public spaces, abandoned lots, and house backyards, organizing barter organic markets and more.

    We believe that the most efective revolution is the one made by pacific, well organized, well trained (you may say jedi style permaculturists) special forces that can adapt, re-adapt and develop spaces for self food, water and energy production. We would like to tell Geoff thar Mexican permaculturists and others around the globe wont surrender until that task is done and functioning with the speed and force that is necesary, using knowledge and love as main weapons.

    Thanks Geoff, Thanks Bill, Thanks Fukuoka for your teachings and example.

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