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Meaning of permaculture | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Any system of sustainable agriculture that renews natural resources and enriches local ecosystems.
    countable, uncountable
  2. The design, installation and maintenance of indefinitely sustainable human communities set in balanced ecologies, both urban and rural.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Cymraeg paramaethu
Deutsch Permakultur
Suomi permakulttuuri
Français permaculture
Italiano permacultura
Polski permakultura
Português permacultura

Examples

“in a world where there are competing ends for the use of natural resources, and particularly energy forms, the aim of permaculture is to create productive systems which are ecologically sound and ecologically viable, provide for their own […]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

permaculturist permacunt permadeath permadiaper permafrost permafrown

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