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Building Your Permaculture Property

A Five-Step Process to Design and Develop Land
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Building Your Permaculture Property provides a practical guide for anyone interested in creating a sustainable living space. Through step-by-step processes, the authors explain how to apply permaculture principles to design and develop your land. The book focuses on helping readers make informed decisions, while fostering a connection between the landscape and the people who care for it.
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You might enjoy this book if you’re aspiring to create a sustainable and self-reliant homestead. It offers practical guidance for anyone interested in integrating permaculture principles with personal development, making it an ideal choice for those eager to align their living space with their values and goals.

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Building Your Permaculture Property combines an engineer and a farmer's professional and practical experience in ecological consulting and regenerative agriculture to lead you - the land steward - through a clear five-step process to design and develop a resilient and abundant property anywhere in the world.

The best person to design the property of your dreams is you. This book gives you the tools to succeed.

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The best person to design the property of your dreams is you. Building Your Permaculture Property gives you the tools to succeed.

Building Your Permaculture Property offers a revolutionary holistic method to overcome overwhelm in the complex process of resilient land design. It distills the authors' decades of experience as engineers, farmers, educators, and consultants into a five-step process complete with principles, practices, templates, and workflow tools to help you:

  • Clarify your vision, values, and resources.
  • Diagnose your land and resources for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
  • Design your land and resources to meet your vision and values.
  • Implement the right design to enhance your strengths and improve your weakest resource.
  • Establish benchmarks to monitor the sustainability and success of your development.

When designing a regenerative permaculture property, many land stewards suffer from option paralysis, a lack of integrated holistic design, fruitless trial-and-error attempts, wasted money, and the frustration that results from too much information and no context.

Building Your Permaculture Property is the essential guide for anyone looking to cut through the noise and establish an ecologically regenerative, financially sustainable, enjoyable, and thriving permaculture property, anywhere in the world.

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Building Your Permaculture Property is highly praised for being an essential guide in permaculture design, offering a structured process from conception to realization. The authors' experiences and insights provide readers with practical tools and design systems to create resilient and regenerative properties. With its integration of philosophy, digital tools, and real-world examples, the book is seen as a valuable resource for both beginners and experienced designers aiming to harmonize human intent with ecological integrity.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780865719378

Publisher: New Society Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 May 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: New Society Publishers

Illustration: 100 Illustrations, color

Contributors:

  • Foreword by Geoff Lawton

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 680g

Pages: 248

About the Author

Rob Avis, PEng, is co-owner and operator of Adaptive Habitat, a leading-edge property design firm for resilient homes, acreages, and farms, and Verge Permaculture, a globally recognized award-winning education business described by Geoff Lawton as "one of North America's premier permaculture design and education companies." Co-author of Essential Rainwater Harvesting, Rob has been professionally involved in project management, ecological design, and sustainable technologies since 2005. He lives in Alberta, Canada.

Takota Coen is a permaculture educator and co-owner of Coen Farm-an award-winning 250-acre permaculture farm that produces nutrient-dense raw-milk-fed pork, grass-fed beef, pastured eggs, forest garden berries, and herbal teas. Takota is a second-generation organic farmer and holds two Permaculture Design Certificates from the Permaculture Research Institute, two Holistic Management Certificates from Holistic Management International, and a Red Seal Journeyman Certificate for Carpentry. He lives near Edmonton, Alberta.

Michelle Avis, PEng, is co-owner and operator of Adaptive Habitat, a leading-edge property design firm for resilient homes, acreages, and farms, and Verge Permaculture, a globally recognized award-winning education business described by Geoff Lawton as "one of North America's premier permaculture design and education companies." Co-author of Essential Rainwater Harvesting, Michelle has over a decade of experience in project management, ecological design, and sustainable technologies. She lives in Alberta, Canada.

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