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Principles

1. Observe and Interact

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"

2. Catch and Store Energy

"Make hay while the sun shines"

3. Obtain a Yield

"You can't work on an empty stomach"

4. Apply Self-regulation and Accept Feedback

"We reap what we sow"

5. Use and Value Renewable Resources and Services

"Let nature take its course"

6. Produce no Waste

"Waste not want not", "A stitch in time saves nine"

7. Design from Patterns to Details

"Can't see the woods for the trees"

8. Integrate rather than Segregate

"Many hands make light work"

9. Use Small and Slow Solutions

"The bigger they are the harder they fall", "Slow and steady wins the race"

10. Use and Value Diversity

"Don't put all your eggs in one basket"

11. Use Edges and Value the Marginal

"Dont' think you are on the right track just because it is a well beaten path"

12. Creatively Use and Respond to Change

"Vision is not seeing things as they are, but as they will be"

Opportunities

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Bustan Qaraaqa seeks two Permaculture Interns 3 days 12 hours
Speaker sought: "Economics and permaculture" 4 days 15 hours
Permaculture speaker wanted in Warwick 4 days 21 hours
Permaculture interns at Bustan Qaraaqa, Palestinian West Bank 1 week 1 day
Permaculture designer needed - Hampshire GU26 2 weeks 2 days
Only for the brave...or.. 3 weeks 18 hours
Live in Gardeners Wanted at Althaea Herbal Healing Garden 4 weeks 1 day
Sustainable Resilience Foundation seek volunteers 6 weeks 3 days
Land Share Opportunity in Pembrokeshire 7 weeks 2 days
Land Share in Anglesey 7 weeks 2 days
Get involved with the London Permaculture Festival 2012 8 weeks 15 hours
Can you give an intro to permaculture talk in Devon? 8 weeks 17 hours
Want to live in a tower in Scotland? 8 weeks 17 hours
Old nursery site in Southwark 8 weeks 18 hours
Ecovillage permaculture designer needed 8 weeks 18 hours
Paid-for training at Sieben Linden 8 weeks 19 hours
Opportunity to be part of a Conscious Community 8 weeks 1 day
intentional community looking for new residents -Scotland 8 weeks 2 days

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