Permaculture is a bit of everything. For some it is the architecture, the other, organic farming. Some say it is a philosophy and way of life, others believe it is their only hope.
Permaculture is a design system, but the principles of engineering that remains are those of life. Earth evolved from dust and gas in the energy and made a huge hydrogen furnace known as the sun, a life system powerful enough to colonize an entire planet was born.
Mollison visited and saw a process model. Here was a system that was stable and fertile, however, became increasingly complex … and this is how it is believed Mollison own environment should be.