Definitions For Permaculture

Noun

PERMACULTURE. (countable and uncountable, plural PERMACULTUREs) (agriculture) Any system of sustainable agriculture that renews natural resources and enriches local ecosystems. from 1978 The design, installation and maintenance of indefinitely sustainable human communities set in balanced ecologies, both urban and rural.

Derived terms

permacultural permaculturalist permaculturist

Translations

Finnish: permakulttuuri French: permaculture, f German: Permakultur, f Italian: permacultura, f Maori: ahutoitū Polish: permakultura, f Portuguese: permacultura, f Romanian: permacultură, f Swedish: permakultur, c Turkish: permakültür Welsh: paramaethu, m

Etymology

permanent, agriculture, coined by {{w, bill mollison}} and {{w, david holmgren}} in 1978. for a long time bill mollison claimed to have copyrighted the word; this was never the case, as copyright law is not applicable to single words.{{cite-web