Essays about: "Permaculture"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 47 essays containing the word Permaculture.

  1. 21. Civic Food : Designing for Food Citizenship in a Food System Characterized by Mutualistic Resilience

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Lukas Flynn; [2020]
    Keywords : transition design; design; systems oriented design; interaction design; design; sustainability; design for sustainability transitions; urban farming; food systems; local food; speculative; service design;

    Abstract : This thesis explored design’s role in transitioning the Swedish food system to one that is more resilient to the shocks caused by climate change and in the context of the project duration, COVID-19. The project’s central question was: What does food citizenship look like in a resilient food system, and what design process is necessary to facilitate such a solution? The project collaborated with a local food ecosystem startup, Harvest, which has the mission to improve the local food supply chain so everyone can eat deliciously and sustainability. READ MORE

  3. 22. Starting from the ground - the transformative potential of grassroots movements towards sustainability : Imagining and practicing permaculture at Kosters Trädgårdar, Sweden

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Sue Schmit; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Sustainable Development Goals; green societal transformations; grassroots movements; citizen-led transformations; permaculture; Kosters Trädgårdar; Permakultur; Kosters Trädgårdar; hållbar utveckling; Sydkoster;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the transformative potential of grassroots movements for sustainability and thus asks how citizen-led initiatives can contribute the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda. In focus is the permaculture movement and its efforts to promote small-scale farming in balance with ecological systems and principles. READ MORE

  4. 23. Boundaries of Knowledge : Foreign-Local Knowledge Exchange through Community Cooperation in Rural Guatemala

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Johan Blad; [2019]
    Keywords : foreign-local knowledge exchange; social learning systems; agriculture; community; Guatemala;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the learning process between foreign and local knowledge in a community of organic farmers by the name Atitlán Organics in Tzununa, rural Guatemala. Foreign settlers with formal education and contemporary farming experience work alongside indigenous local Guatemalan farmers in this community, which also takes on international volunteer workers. READ MORE

  5. 24. Paradoxical Permaculture? : the mainstreaming of permaculture in Sweden. An analysis of discursive practices in the niche-regime interaction

    University essay from SLU/Swedish Biodiversity Centre

    Author : Guy Finkill; [2019]
    Keywords : permaculture; strategic niche management; social movement; food production regime;

    Abstract : Permaculture purportedly offers a range of solutions to the negative externalities that arise from the dominant processes of monoculture crop cultivation and industrialised food production. This thesis identifies the discursive practices used by Swedish permaculturists to communicate and promote the advantages of permaculture over the incumbent industrial food production regime. READ MORE

  6. 25. Benefits and challenges of practicing permaculture : – the perspectives of both immigrants and indigenous people

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Globala studier

    Author : Johanna Jerner; Anna Bitic; [2019]
    Keywords : Permaculture; Guatemala;

    Abstract : Modern agricultural production is being intensified worldwide and is often based on monoculture cultivation and the use of chemical pesticides. In Guatemala, the access to land suitable for farming is limited and many people struggle with land acquisition, malnutrition and discrimination. READ MORE