Ways in which plants can modify climate and many forms of pollution are discussed. Highly productive, low-energy systems, are made clear, in this fascinating book that offers some concrete solutions for saving Mother Earth."...If there is a single claim, that I could make, in order to distinguish Permaculture from other systems of agriculture, with the notable exception of keyline concepts, it is that Permaculture is primarily a consciously designed agricultural system ... a system that combines landscape design with perennial plants and animals to make a safe and sustainable resource for town and country. A truly appropriate technology giving high yields for low energy inputs, and using only human skill and intellect to achieve a stable resource of great complexity and stability.""Permaculture Two is about design, not gardening or livestock per se but as elements in a system intended to serve man, and the ends of good ecology ... Good teachers have nothing to give but enthusiasm to learn; they cannot with the best will in the world, give their students knowledge. Thus it is ‘how’ to design, rather than designing your site which I am attempting here ...""... both individual and competitive enterprise, and ‘free’ energy have faiIed us. Society is in a mess; obesity in the west is balanced by famine in the third world. Petrol is running out yet freeways are still being built. Against such universal insanity the only response is to gather together a few friends and commence to build the alternative on a philosophy of individual responsibility for community survival.”ContentsDesign in LandscapeSoil ImprovementBroadscale TechniquesDesign for Difficult ClimatesStructuresWaterworksFree Range Poultry DesignPermaculture and Community

    

    Chapters include: Primitive Barns, Early English and Dutch Barns, Bank Barns, Experimental Barns, Victorian Barns and Modern Barns.