From PIW

Contents 1 Permaculture Ethics 1.1 Care of the Earth 1.2 Care of People 1.3 Setting Limits to Population and Consumption 2 A Policy of Responsibility (to relinquish power)

[edit] Permaculture Ethics

The guiding ethics of permaculture can be summarized as: From Mollison 1990

[edit] Care of the Earth

Provision for all life systems to continue and multiply

There are three concurrent and parallel responses:

1. Care for surviving natural assemblages
2. Rehabilitate degraded or eroded land
3. Create our own complex living environment

[edit] Care of People

Provision for people to access those resources necessary to their existence

[edit] Setting Limits to Population and Consumption

By governing our own needs, we can set resources aside to further the above principles

[edit] A Policy of Responsibility (to relinquish power)

The role of beneficial authority is to return function and responsibilty to life and to people; if successful, no further authority is needed. The role of successful design is to create a self-managed system.