[NoraSpinnor]

What if the source of our well-being, our food, shelter, energy, and happiness, wasn’t money, but the Earth itself?

Human permaculture is the act of remembering that truth. It’s the practice of living in rhythm with nature. It is gardening in a way that mirrors the resilience and balance of natural ecosystems. We observe the land. We mimic what works in the forest, the field, the fungi, and the flow of water. We let worms turn the soil. We let some weeds remain, learning that many wild plants have a purpose in the ecosystem. We let fungal networks feed the roots and receive sugars in return. Every part of the system supports every other part.

Permaculture teaches us that true abundance comes from understanding the cycles and regeneration. When we grow our own food in cooperation with the soil, respecting the microfauna and native species, we are no longer consumers. We are caretakers.

Modern humans have been on this planet for only a brief moment in its 4.5-billion-year story, yet we’ve forgotten how to live in participation with the living world. Most of our ancestors relied on their environment for food and shelter, and they had a deep connection to the Earth.

Permaculture reminds us that the Earth is not a resource; it is the source of all life on this planet. We rely on the Earth more than the Earth relies on us. It is meant to be a symbiotic relationship, but we have been neglecting our role. For humanity to live far into the future, we must become servants of the Earth again.

When we learn to listen, we find that the Earth provides us with far more than we need.

What do you do to deepen your connection to your natural environment and its seasonal cycles?

[IonianCode]

Fully in support of this initiative. I wish more organizations would take on this subject.

[Laura]

I spend time outside, as much as weather and medication interactions allow. I try to garden, but I’m not very good at it. I leave the yard alone until it gets to the point the City will get on us. Most of our yard are things that grew themselves without us touching them like passion fruit vines and grape vines. Sunflowers were popular this summer thanks to the birds dropping birdseed in random places.

[IndigoSoul111]

I failed really bad at gardening until I attended a class that taught me that certain plants had to be planted at different times, with different soil, with different light. I thought you just had to stick a seed in the soil as soon as the last freeze. Nature’s cycles matter. It seems so simple now but then it was new to me. I’ve even been getting into lunar cycles and planting.

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