What is permaculture?
- Earth Care - provision for all life systems to continue and multiply
- People Care - provision for people to access those resources necessary to their existence
- Fair Shares - by governing our own needs, we can set resources aside to promote the above principles
Permaculture was developed in the mid-1970’s by two Australian ecologists, Bill Mollison and David Holmgren. Their idea
was to create stable agricultural processes which did not poison the land and reduce biodiversity.
The Offshoots project is in keeping with these principles. We have solar- and wind-powered buildings, a kiln for making our own
charcoal, a wildlife pond and reed bed, compost toilet, cob building with oven, organic vegetable production, tree nursery,
community composting project, backyard demonstration and bee keeping.
The Offshoots project is a community project: it is managed not only by Groundwork Pennine Lancashire but also by its own
committee, which comprises local people who are all actively involved with the project. It tries to involve everybody from the
whole community, either through the composting project, as visitors to the site, as volunteers, or through colleges and schools
running training courses - the Offshoots project is for people of all ages and all abilities.
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