I have written a pretty good (I think its good) introductory article to
Permaculture.
The idea is to share it with people who do not know anything about
Permaculture.
It purposefully does NOT include the following:
-anything about spirituality or religion, or souls, or "energy"
-anything not supported by pretty good evidence
-anything about the three ethics, or philosophy
-anything about capitalism, communism, racism, colonialism, decolonialism, feminism, misogyny, consumerism, etc.
Its pretty close to Paul's approach: Just give people the really cool and practical parts of
Permaculture.
However I have included descriptions of aspects of
Permaculture Design which I really like: "Edge Effect", "The Problem Is The Solution", "Zones", etc.
I have solved the difficult problem of answering "What Is Permaculture?" by dividing Permaculture into three parts and talking about them separately.
I have divided Permaculture into...
Permaculture Design (the process to designing efficient and ecological farms),
Permaculture Techniques (
RMH, Swales, Food forests,
polyculture, etc), and
The Permaculture Movement (the collection of people and groups who associate themselves with Permaculture).
I have also included a big list of resources about Permaculture which I have personally found useful.
You can read the full article, and share it with your friends, here:
http://sheldonfrith.com/2015/12/30/an-introduction-to-permaculture-for-the-uninitiated/