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 Permaculture is a wholehearted adaptation to the ecological realities of decline and offers us a graceful and ethical descent. The process for providing for people's needs within ecological limits requires a cultural revolution. We appear to have little time to achieve ths revolution and in this context, the idea of simple set of guiding //design principles// which have wide, universal application is attractive. The following principles are slogans which act as a checklist when considering complex options for design and evolution of ecological support systems. Permaculture is a wholehearted adaptation to the ecological realities of decline and offers us a graceful and ethical descent. The process for providing for people's needs within ecological limits requires a cultural revolution. We appear to have little time to achieve ths revolution and in this context, the idea of simple set of guiding //design principles// which have wide, universal application is attractive. The following principles are slogans which act as a checklist when considering complex options for design and evolution of ecological support systems.
-1.Observe and Interact +  1.Observe and Interact 
-2.Catch and store energy +  2.Catch and store energy 
-3.Obtain a yield +  3.Obtain a yield 
-4.Apply self-regulation and accept feedback +  4.Apply self-regulation and accept feedback 
-5.Use and value renewable resources and services +  5.Use and value renewable resources and services 
-6.Produce no waste +  6.Produce no waste 
-7.Design from patterns to details +  7.Design from patterns to details 
-8.Integrate rather than segregate +  8.Integrate rather than segregate 
-9.Use small and slow solutions +  9.Use small and slow solutions 
-10.Use and value diversity +  10.Use and value diversity 
-11.Use edges and value the marginal +  11.Use edges and value the marginal 
-12.Creatiively use and respond to change+  12.Creatiively use and respond to change
  
 Now, in a situation of descent, //ethics// become indispensable and through their culturally evolved systemic nature lead us to create a more inclusive view of who and what constitutes "us". The three broad maxims or principles which cover these are given below:  Now, in a situation of descent, //ethics// become indispensable and through their culturally evolved systemic nature lead us to create a more inclusive view of who and what constitutes "us". The three broad maxims or principles which cover these are given below: 
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   * //comparison of the expected and the achieved results//   * //comparison of the expected and the achieved results//
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   * //suggestions and comments on the research process and its results//   * //suggestions and comments on the research process and its results//
   * //description and suggestions around the collaboration process (if applicable)//   * //description and suggestions around the collaboration process (if applicable)//
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