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Path to Permaculture: Delvin’s Story

Path to Permaculture: Delvin’s Story

Just join with one or two friends to make your way in the confusion. Others will follow and learn” – Bill Mollison

Observing my life and the world around me, it’s easy to see how little I know about the systems that I live in. How could I have done elementary school and high school without learning the simple skills of gardening, plumbing or motorcycle maintenance? How could I know more about history and literature than about the names and functions of weeds that have grown around every home I have ever lived in?

Jason GerhardtPath to Permaculture: Delvin’s Story
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Founding a Journey Through Permaculture

Founding a Journey Through Permaculture

I came to permaculture, in a very convoluted way, through my friend Ali Sharif, (a late renowned permaculture activist and organizer, working in Mozambique, Africa).   We became friends when I was helping him find a small farm to purchase, and later to remodel an old adobe house.

One day Ali asked me to watch his place while he went to a training program called permaculture. Ali didn’t make clear what this training was all about, and I agreed to take care of his home.

Scott PittmanFounding a Journey Through Permaculture
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An Unlikely Journey to Permaculture: we all have a story, and why it matters

An Unlikely Journey to Permaculture: we all have a story, and why it matters

A couple years ago I had a conversation with a woman who started a phenomenal affordable housing program in Utah using education and natural building as her means. I asked about the story of how she got there. Was she in construction? Was she an educator? She was a mortgage officer for a bank. She got tired of turning people down who didn’t qualify for a home loan due to low income, and knew personally what it was like to not have a consistent home as a child growing up in Cincinnati.

Jason GerhardtAn Unlikely Journey to Permaculture: we all have a story, and why it matters
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