I've been studying permaculture for about 7 years now starting with Toby Hemenway's "Gaia's Garden." I work for the local County government and got interested when a group of local permaculturists (Permaculture Now! - Jenny Pell) came to my office looking for a place they could start a school. Now I'm actively promoting permaculture every chance I get to change the current "culture" to "permaculture." I finally have an oppotunity to develop my own urban site with the purchase of my first house with quarter acre lot last year. I'm very excited and energized about the possiblities, challenges, process and of course, the produce!