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Keyline design is a landscaping technique of maximizing the beneficial use of the water resources of a tract of land. The "keyline" is a specific topographic feature related to the natural flow of water on the tract. Keyline design is a system of principles and techniques of developing rural and urban landscapes to optimize use of their water ...
Andrew Millison [1] is a Permaculture designer, instructor, and documentary videographer based out of the Pacific Northwest of the United States of America. He has been an instructor in the Horticulture Department at Oregon State University (OSU) since 2009 where he founded OSU Permaculture Design [2] which runs the premiere online university Permaculture program in the world.
His Keyline principles or concepts (Keyline Design) have been adopted by farm owners in almost every country in the world. Yeomans' Keyline concepts are now part of the curriculum of many sustainable agriculture courses in colleges and universities across the world. His ideas have also been a key factor in the development of permaculture design.
Permaculture design is founded in replicating or imitating natural patterns found in ecosystems because these solutions have emerged through evolution over thousands of years and have proven to be effective. As a result, the implementation of permaculture design will vary widely depending on the region of the Earth it is located in.
Principles and Pathways offers twelve key permaculture design principles, each explained in separate chapters. It is regarded as a major landmark in permaculture literature, especially as the seminal work, Bill Mollison's Permaculture: A Designer's Manual (1988) was published fifteen years previously and has never been revised. [10]
[1] [2] Based in Vermont, Falk owns Whole Systems Design, a landscape and infrastructure studio in Moretown. [3] [4] [5] The firm has conducted landscape planning for the Island School in the Bahamas, and the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut. [6] [7] [8] Falk has pioneered the cultivation of rice in cold climate agricultural settings. [9] [10]
Paul Wheaton is an American permaculture author, [2] [3] [4] master gardener, [4] software engineer, [3] [4] [5] and disciple of the natural agriculturist Sepp Holzer. [4] He is known for writing his book, "Building a Better World in Your Backyard", founding Permies, the largest website devoted to permaculture, [3] as well as for creating and publishing articles, videos, and podcasts on the ...