Human permaculture

Global warming, economic crisis, rampant urbanization... A growing number of people are becoming aware that a change in behavior is inevitable, both individually and collectively. But how can we align our lifestyles with the planet's available resources? How can we prepare to live without fossil fuels? Human permaculture offers the keys to addressing this delicate period of transition.
Permaculture is a systemic approach that allows for the creation of viable ecosystems inspired by the laws of nature. Mainly considered in its agricultural application for the past forty years, it is considered here in its broadest sense: today, pioneers of change aspire to transform their lives in all its dimensions. Human permaculture therefore concerns not only agriculture, but also culture, including the economy, habitat, and relationships between individuals.
This handbook, richly illustrated by Marie Quilvin, is packed with information and inspiring examples to rediscover our deep connection to nature and adopt a more ethical, less predatory lifestyle. It offers tools and fun exercises to stimulate our creativity, discover our personal niche, create united work teams, establish permaculture designs, and (re)discover our vital connections with water, soil, and the forest. A chapter devoted to food also teaches us how to feed ourselves with algae and insects—an immense nutritional potential for the future.
Unique in the French-speaking world, Human Permaculture is designed to guide us step by step through this Transition and help us put our talents to work for our environment. It's high time we anticipated change rather than endure it!
Dear readers, I am sure that you will share the feeling I have when discovering the richness and vast potential of this concept of permaculture. I hope you will take all the pleasure I felt when discovering it. There is no doubt that this book will achieve the success it deserves. Enjoy your journey into the world of permaculture, so different from ours and yet so easily accessible to all those who, like all of us, wish to work now towards the emergence of a new world.

- Jean-Marie Pelt, extract from the preface