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... > social science subjects > sociology > anthropology > geography/geology > biogeography > permaculture
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permaculture  

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  • Permaculture is an adaptive, integrated, and holistic design science providing a symbiotic relationship between modern and indigenous cultures specific to a permanent place within ecological systems. The word permaculture was first used in the mid 1970s by Bill Mollison, an Australian ecologist, and his student David Holmgren. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Permaculture]

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