There was still some simmering tension in today's class on Permaculture, but I think everyone has learned from yesterday and when some things started to grate members of the group everyone was a bit more open about mentioning it. Still not perfect, but a step in the right direction anyway. I found permaculture very interesting, especially when learning about the different zoning that you can do when allowing an area of land to develop. Permanent Agriculture or Permaculture is about building up the land and soil, rather than constantly ploughing and tilling, working with nature rather than against it. It was a surprise to hear that not all permaculture is organic, and that there are varying degrees of pragmatism throughout the permaculture ethos. It was definitely something I will delve deeper into when looking at site layouts, especially with zone and sector planning. We also covered a little about something called 'thinking contact' which was an attempt to get us to allow the basic idea of permaculture to flow into other aspects of our lives which I felt that while it was helpful, given the short time frame it perhaps would have been better to focus on design principles. But the interest is there now, so I will definitely read up on it.
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