permaculture

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

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