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Permaculture
A genre that focuses on sustainable gardening using permaculture principles.
![An Agricultural Testament [Paperback] (Author) Sir Albert Howard by Albert Howard](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1697868258l/159739729._SX98_.jpg "An Agricultural Testament [Paperback] (Author) Sir Albert Howard by Albert Howard")
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Capitalism is great at facilitating the maximization of production — regarding efficiency only as it effects the profit of the producer and the profit of the buyer in any given transaction. But permaculture economics is great at facilitating the maximization of productivity — regarding efficiency more holistically and measuring according to multiplicative value effects.
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― Principles of a Permaculture Economy
― Principles of a Permaculture Economy
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Digging in the dirt and shoveling manure in the corral is not going to strip off the layers of armor the first day or the second day or even the twelfth. But over time, they're part of something that they start from scratch and see through to the end. How often have they had the chance to do that? To feel like they created something? Especially something that could help keep another human being alive?
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― Grace from the Garden: Changing the World One Garden at a Time
― Grace from the Garden: Changing the World One Garden at a Time
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