#48 Penny Livingston: Expanding Permaculture Literacy for Resilience and Regeneration

That there’s a growing interest in permaculture and expanding ecological literacy.

That permaculture “is a solution-based design system… rooted in observing natural ecosystems and how we can design our human settlements to have the same level of stability and resiliency.”

That conventional civil engineering is turning to permaculture solutions now.

That studying permaculture will help decision-makers to understand community economics and boost local resilience.

That a deconstructionist involves looking at a problem backwards, “to arrive at the systemic core cause and not just treating the symptoms.”

That a focus on regeneration is needed, not just sustainability. “We have to start giving back more than what we take, because we've been working on a deficit.”