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Permaculture Eden

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Commenced:	01/07/2004
Submitted:	06/09/2012
Last updated:	07/10/2015
Location:	Le Bois de Grammont, Lourdoueix Saint Michel, Centre, FR
Phone:	0254064523
Website:	www.permacultureeden.com
Climate zone:	Warm Temperate

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Permaculture Eden

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Rural, Residential, Commercial, Demonstration, Educational

Project Summary

Permaculture Eden is a demonstration site designed for the purpose of education by example.

Project Description

Permaculture Eden is home to Steve & Fiona Hanson who have developed a 5 hectare site for demonstration and education. The project offers access to the public of a sustainable possibility for the future demonstrating how we can both live well and build eco systems at the same time; this is in stark contrast to our present paradigm which enslaves whole societies for wages and debt and degrades all our eco systems.

The mission of Permaculture Eden is to perpetuate simple, economical and purposeful living. Permaculture Eden encourages and supports individual and collective efforts to live sustainably into the future. Guided by the principles of kindness, respect and compassion in relationships with natural and human communities, Permaculture Eden promotes active participation in the advancement of creative integration of the life of the mind, body and spirit, and deliberate choice in living responsibly and harmoniously
in an increasingly complicated world. Permaculture Eden seeks to attain this mission through:

Development & conservation of Permaculture Eden as an inspirational example of conscientious and thoughtful living in harmony with nature.
Sharing the philosophy underlying the "good life" practices at Permaculture Eden to encourage a diverse audience to apply this philosophy in their own distinct environments and life circumstances.
Offering visiting fellowships and educational programs on Permaculture
self-supporting and sustainable living at Permaculture Eden.
Serving as a resource and network for Permaculturist’s
self-supporters, gardeners, and students of simple and sustainable living.
Practicing right living and following simple living principles, in all pursuits, so that Permaculture Eden itself models what it seeks to promote.

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