Permaculture: A Practical Guide for a Sustainable Future by Bill Mollison

Permaculture

A Practical Guide for a Sustainable Future

by Bill Mollison

Island Press, 1990, [First Edition], ISBN 1559630485, colour photographic plates, black and white drawings, illustrations and diagrams, hardcover with photographic boards

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, minor foxing to introductory pages and endpapers, minor rubbing to covers (see photographs)

“Permaculture: A Practical Guide for a Sustainable Future – Mollison’s most recent book – brings together the latest thinking and should be the standard reference for years to come.  It is a step-by-step working manual that provides a dozen design methods replete with map overlays, flow diagrams, and component, zone, and sector analysis.
Chapters include: “Methods of Design”, “Climatic Factors,” “Trees and Their Energy Transactions,” “Water, Soils, Earth working and Earth Resources,” “The Humid Tropics,” “Aquaculture,” and “Strategies of an Alternative Global Nation.”