permaculture
English
Etymology
Blend of permanent + agriculture, coined by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in 1978.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: per‧ma‧cul‧ture
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Noun
permaculture (countable and uncountable, plural permacultures)
- (agriculture) Any system of sustainable agriculture that renews natural resources and enriches local ecosystems.
- The design, installation and maintenance of indefinitely sustainable human communities set in balanced ecologies, both urban and rural.
Translations
agriculture that renews natural resources and enriches local ecosystems
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French
Etymology
perma- + -culture.
Noun
permaculture f (plural permacultures)
Further reading
- “permaculture” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
permaculture f
- plural of permacultura
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