Bill Mollison
“Permanent agriculture” & “Permanent culture”
“a culture cannot survive long without a sustainable agricultural base
and land use ethics”
1
Learn how to plant, not just an orchard, but also, basic crops (maize, cassava, etc.) and trees (fruit-growing, native, woody);
2
Create a bond with some land, be it your own or a relative, a project, a community garden, etc. Get involved with the people who live there, take it slow and look for ways to spend more time in the countryside that in the city, learning to plant, build, treat organic waste and take care of oneself in nature;
3
Develop practical skills (cooking, carpentry, machinery repair, food processing, sewing etc.). Teach these skills to children, friends and neighbors...
4
Look for a mutual support group where people take care of each other, produce basic products collectively, such as natural hygiene products, natural remedies such as syrups and herbal tinctures, food processing, such as preserved foods and fermented.
5
Simplify your life now, freeing up more space and time. Discover everything you can do without money, walking, exercises, manual skills and body arts, socializing with loved ones, gardening.
6
Detach yourself from the logic of consuming more and more. Opt for handcrafted products that last a long time, made by small producers, social enterprises and solidarity economic enterprises. Exchange, give and receive gifts for sentimental value instead of for financial value;
7
Exchange, store, multiply and disseminate native seeds produced by non-GM for popular and family agriculture.
8
Recognize that life will be much better after! We are only in transition. "Our creativity is the limit of the system"