'TOWARDS AN ECOLOGY OF THE SELF'

-Zone Zero Zero permaculture design notes

by Graham Burnett

"You start with your nose, then your hands, your back door, your doorstep. You get all that right, then everything is right. If all that's wrong, nothing can ever be right"

-Bill Mollison

A small booklet exploring the role of the 'personal' in permaculture design systems. The interconnected permaculture ethics of earthcare and peoplecare imply that wholeness and earth repair is not just about the wider ‘out there’ of our gardens, farms, forests and oceans, but is just as importantly to do with the ‘ecology of the self’. Paying attention to our own physical, mental, emotional and spiritual needs and development is fundamental to good 'Zone Zero Zero' design. Just as peace is not simply the absence of war, so too health is not just about being free from disease. Therefore self-care - setting up holistic mind and body systems in order to avoid sickness, depression, stress and burn-out - is a vital part of enhancing well-being and developing personal effectiveness.

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