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Date of Publication: June 29, 2016
Year of Publication: 2016
Publication City: The Channon, New South Wales
Publisher: The Permaculture Research Institute
Author(s): Riccardo Tucci, Rhamis Kent, John D. Liu
Italian Agronomist Riccardo Tucci (tucci@world-permaculture.org), along with World Permaculture Association Executive Director Rhamis Kent, interview film-maker and ecologist John D. Liu at the Permaculture Design Certificate Course. They discussed Liu’s commitment to ecological restoration and how permaculture fits into his approach.
What I have witnessed is that degradation is caused by ignorance and greed and if we learn to live with consciousness and generosity then we can protect the remaining functional parts of the Earth and restore the degraded parts. This requires that everyone understand this and that everyone participates. If we continue believing that people are always selfish or always ignorant then we will fail. If we understand that change is inevitable and the future will not be like the past, then we have the chance to choose to do the right thing.
Knowledge is responsibility. To know that the Earth’s systems are symbiotic, living systems is to realize that it is our choice whether we will restore the Earth or whether we will continue to pretend that our interests are different that those of all living things.
Read the full interview.
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