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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.Creatively use and respond to change+12.Creatively 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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