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Books and Web Site Update



This email is to  keep you up to date with progress on the awaited 
publication of my book Permaculture: Principles & Pathways To 
Sustainability.

Following discussions with professional editor and permaculture 
activist Janet MacKensie, we have decided to rework the structure of 
the book to focus directly on the principles. The Collected Writings 
1978-2000 which were originally part of the book are being 
progressively made available via  our website.

A new Collected Writings  page 
http://www.spacountry.net.au/holmgren/CollWrit.html has been added to 
our web site with a brief introductory paragraph about 26 articles in 
chronological order.   The first eight articles are now available as 
downloadable pdf files.  These download quickly and are easily read 
on any computer system using Acrobat Reader. If you don't have this 
on your system it is downloadable free from  http://www.adobe.com

By making these articles available on the web site we hope to 
stimulate further exploration and application of permaculture 
concepts and provide access to some of the ideas and thinking which 
has contributed to the book.

For a more specific summary of the book, I  draw your attention to 
"The Essence of Permaculture" which  readable on the web site at 
http://www.spacountry.net.au/holmgren/PCprins.html.  This article is 
key extracts from the book and has been updated from an earlier 
version on the web site.  This can be printed from browser. The 
downloadable pdf version included original design principle icons 
which were done for us by graphic artist Richard Telford.

For those of you interested in the weeds/landcare/stream management 
debate, a recent report I did  to the local landcare group is up on 
their web site complete with colour photos and plans at 
http://www.daylesford.net.au/landcare/ and click the Spring Ck 
Project button
Also our What's On page has been expanded from notice about our 
house, garden & Spring Ck tours to include notice of my speaking and 
teaching engagements with links to organisers.

Also some of you may not be aware that our large format book Hepburn 
Permaculture Gardens is back is print and available from us. In the 
USA Chelsea Green is now our distributor and will have stock of the 
book by December.

Work on the book is progressing but we are no longer making promises 
about publication dates.

And for those of you in Victoria we are continuing to thin the forest 
at Fryers Forest Eco-village and have durable bush poles, posts and 
flitches available for sale. See our price list and technical 
information at http://www.spacountry.net.au/holmgren/FFtimber.html


David Holmgren
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David Holmgren & Su Dennett
Holmgren Design Services
Hepburn Permaculture Gardens
16 Fourteenth St,
Hepburn. 3461.
Australia.
Ph/fax 0353483636
Email holmgren@netconnect.com.au
Website http://www.spacountry.net.au/holmgren
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