kathryn marsh wrote:
[Kent Jared]:
> > I ask for simple opinions on the following from all who wish to
> >debate. Why a difference PC Vs DE?
> > *PC=Permaculture &
> >DE=Deep Ecology If DE is looking for oneness with all, why is it not
> >merging with PC? If merged, would it be correct to be Deeply
> >Integrated Perminant Culture & Ecology?
> >
> > *DIP
> >C = Deeply integrated permanent culture
> >
> > DIP E = Deeply
> >integrated Permanent Ecology
>
> Perhaps because permaculture, by insisting on copyrighting its name and
> clinging tight to the manual and approved instructors cuts itself off from
> the evolutionary nature of deep ecology - its an instruction book not a
> movement
I think deep ecology also wouldn't embrace the term "permanent" applied to culture
or ecology. It fits with a definition of permaculture in the context of integrated
*agriculture* and *cultured* ecology, but the idea of "permanent culture and
ecology" denies the notion, which I think is central to deep ecology, that the Earth
is in constant flux and change is the only constant. Nothing in ecology, or human
culture either, can ever be "permanent" in a way that implies "unchanging." Does
permaculture say anything about wilderness, or the wild? This is integral to deep
ecology.
I see deep ecology as a philosophy, permaculture as a practice. Permaculture is
being one of the many ways that a deep ecological philosophy can be lived. Other
ways include bioregionalism, voluntary simplicity, sustainable economics, grassroots
democracy, celebration of diversity (as contrasted with "tolerance") and
Earth-centered spirituality.
Betsy
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Betsy Barnum
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