Permaculture: top down thinking and bottom up action for ecosystem health and action on climate change Presentation to the All Party Parliamentary l Climate Change Group l 6th December 2016 l Andy Goldring l @andygoldring l CEO, Permaculture Association l www.permaculture.org.uk
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Permaculture:top down thinking and bottom up action for ecosystem health and
action on climate change
Presentation to the All Party Parliamentary l Climate Change Groupl 6th December 2016
l Andy Goldringl @andygoldring l CEO, Permaculture Associationl www.permaculture.org.uk
The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think.
Gregory Bateson
l www.permaculture.org.uk
l www.permaculture.org.uk
Permaculture = learning to think and act like an ecosystem
Top down thinking = strategic systems thinking
Ethics - Principles – Design(then ACTION)
Ethics
Earth CarePeople CareFair Shares
= one planet living
Ecological principles
Design
The Permaculture Association supports people to learn about and use permaculture in the UK
and internationally.
Bottom up action
Inkpot, Lincolnshire Ragmans Lane Farm, Gloucestershire
Tap O'Noth, Scotland
Many hundreds of projects (farm, school, park, business, etc)in the UK and 10,000+ across 130+ countries globally.
= eco-jobs, sustainable produce,biodiversity and carbon sequestration
Meet Eric Toensmeir- he's done the maths...
l www.permaculture.org.uk
l www.permaculture.org.uk
Carbon Farming knowns
Sequestration rates and lifetime SOC rates for many techniques and practices
The polycultures can have much higher Land Equivalent Ratios than monocultures(and greater resilience to pests, disease and climate variability) = more crop per unit area
Tree based polycultures have the greatest sequestration rates
Heterogeneous landscapes (diverse & 'patchy') are best for wildlife
The French (and others) are investing heavily in agroforestry
Prince Charles, Baroness Scotland (Secretary general of the Commonwealth), and many others at Cop21 & 22 are putting Carbon Farming at the centre of their adaptation plans.
Lal estimates that agriculture, forestry, and ecosystem restoration can reduce atmospheric CO2 by 50ppm