Essays about: "permaculture"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 47 essays containing the word permaculture.
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21. Civic Food : Designing for Food Citizenship in a Food System Characterized by Mutualistic Resilience
University essay from Umeå universitet/Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitetAbstract : 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
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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 fakultetenAbstract : 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
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23. Boundaries of Knowledge : Foreign-Local Knowledge Exchange through Community Cooperation in Rural Guatemala
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionenAbstract : 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
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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 CentreAbstract : 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
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25. Benefits and challenges of practicing permaculture : – the perspectives of both immigrants and indigenous people
University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Globala studierAbstract : 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