Permaculture in the margins: realizing Central European regeneration

Permaculture in the margins: realizing Central European regeneration

As the adverse effects of intensive, high-input food production are made increasingly obvious, alternatives are ubiquitous; these localized alternatives can also be a model for resistance, creating space for the negotiation of 'progress', particularly in marginal and peripheral places. Usi...

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Main Author: A. June Brawner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Arizona Libraries 2015-12-01
Series:Journal of Political Ecology
Online Access:https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/JPE/article/view/21117
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spelling doaj-e80f269a44e54e15b339c36517d5cd1b2020-11-25T00:28:29ZengUniversity of Arizona LibrariesJournal of Political Ecology1073-04512015-12-0122142944410.2458/v22i1.2111720551Permaculture in the margins: realizing Central European regenerationA. June Brawner0University of Georgia, USAAs the adverse effects of intensive, high-input food production are made increasingly obvious, alternatives are ubiquitous; these localized alternatives can also be a model for resistance, creating space for the negotiation of 'progress', particularly in marginal and peripheral places. Using an international permaculture site in rural Bulgaria as a case study, this article explores the permaculture 'web of mutually beneficial relationships' that are both social and ecological, informing a model for sustainable livelihoods in a transformational time. Introducing the work of permaculture co-founder Bill Mollison to the rural postsocialist transition studies of Stahl, Cellarius, and others, permaculture inspires progress re-defined through subsistence and creative response to change. Keywords: permaculture, food systems, sustainable development, Postsocialist Europehttps://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/JPE/article/view/21117
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description As the adverse effects of intensive, high-input food production are made increasingly obvious, alternatives are ubiquitous; these localized alternatives can also be a model for resistance, creating space for the negotiation of 'progress', particularly in marginal and peripheral places. Using an international permaculture site in rural Bulgaria as a case study, this article explores the permaculture 'web of mutually beneficial relationships' that are both social and ecological, informing a model for sustainable livelihoods in a transformational time. Introducing the work of permaculture co-founder Bill Mollison to the rural postsocialist transition studies of Stahl, Cellarius, and others, permaculture inspires progress re-defined through subsistence and creative response to change. Keywords: permaculture, food systems, sustainable development, Postsocialist Europe
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