{"id":5177,"date":"2020-11-12T15:49:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T14:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labrugueradepubol.com\/?p=5177"},"modified":"2021-11-22T19:11:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T18:11:29","slug":"permaculture-learning-in-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labrugueradepubol.com\/permaculture-learning-in-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Permaculture learning in lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"
As many countries around the world have just entered their second lockdown, and Catalonia is in what the Generalitat calls semi-lockdown, we thought we would reflect on our experience from the first time round, earlier this year, and what we learned and how we adjusted here at La Bruguera. There was a lot of Permaculture <\/strong>learning in lockdown here.<\/p>\n Some of you will have heard of Permaculture \u2013 a holistically-minded and hands-on design approach to food production and sustainable living. Some of you will have heard us talk about it here at La Bruguera. Books about Permaculture have been in our library as a family for 15 years, and Mike included it in his lectures when he taught at various universities in London, trying to help architecture students think differently, understanding the complex nature of the various systems that sustain human life on earth, and the earth itself, and produce designs which worked with <\/em>nature, not against it.<\/p>\n During the COVID-19 crisis here in Catalonia in spring 2019, a lot of permaculture learning in lockdown happened at La Bruguera. Our guest dining room and the massive forest garden became school for little Frances, with teaching being rotated between Mike, Michelle and Arlene – Mike\u2019s mum who was in lockdown with us.\u00a0 Unlike many of you, and many more around the world, we had very little other than a lack of social interaction to complain about. We were thankful for the giant, natural embrace in which La Bruguera held us during those tough spring months.<\/p>\n We also had a lot more time to read, think, observe, and consider what was around us, than we would have had in a normal spring season. At this point the Permaculture books started to come off the shelves and became part of the Adult or “Further” Education which took place during lockdown.<\/p>\n\u201cPermaculture (perma<\/strong>nent agriculture<\/strong>) is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the diversity, stability and resilience of natural ecosystems. It is the harmonious integration of landscape and people, providing their food, energy, shelter, and other material and non-material needs in a sustainable way.\u201d<\/h5>\n
Bill Mollison, Permaculture: A Designer\u2019s Manual (1988)<\/h5>\n