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Sustainability is a word bandied about a lot by corporations who wish to “greenwash” their operations. Unfortunately, any operation using a finite resource can – by definition – not be considered sustainable, no matter how pretty it’s dressed up.
To be truly sustainable, the components of a system must produce more energy than they consume and be able to maintain and replace themselves over the course of the system’s lifetime. That can only be achieved by careful and thoughtful design.
That is where Permaculture comes in.
My PDC at PermEco only officially starts tomorrow (probably today, Aussie time!), but I have already watched the video lectures for the whole day 1. Tom Kendall does a superb job in explaining some of the key principles that I have had trouble with for years. For someone who has admitted that he’s not very good at teaching, he’s very, very good at teaching!
He mentioned something that actually got my thoughts going. Apparently, many students who have completed a PDC go home just to quit their “conventional” jobs and then go into Permaculture full-time. I have a sneaky suspicion that I may be one of them.
The year 2020 was a nightmare for many people, but I am beginning to see how it could also have been an eye-opener for some of us (20/20 vision). People’s priorities got shaken up big-time. I don’t have much debt, but am actively working towards getting rid of what little I have. After that, I shall probably also get rid of my job. That would not be a hardship. Not even on Mondays.
There are a few things that people need to not only survive but to thrive: clean air, clean water, clean, healthy food, and solid relationships. Tom quipped that many people kill themselves for 50 weeks out of the year, just to spend 2 weeks getting those four things. The question was asked why people don’t live like that all through the year. My unsolicited opinion is that most of them simply don’t know better. They are fed the dogma of the “modern lifestyle” and most of them have no idea that any alternatives exist!
After almost 45 years, I have finally found my tribe. Literally. Here are a bunch of people who think like me, without being all hippy about it. Well… some of them are, but they are in the minority!
Don’t know how much time I will get to blog in the next few weeks, but I shall definitely endeavor to keep you informed of my progress.
