Ethics and Permaculture

"Ethics, also called moral philosophy, the discipline concerned with what is morally good and bad and morally right and wrong. The term is also applied to any system or theory of moral values or principles." This definition comes from the Encyclopedia Brittanica 

I have stated in an earlier post,  climate change is human-caused. As the problem is the solution and human behaviour is the problem, then, human behaviour must change if we are to slow down, reverse and repair the damage climate change has wrought.

How do we achieve this goal? Well, for me, I started with changing myself. One of the most important steps I took back in 1999 was to take an Introduction to permaculture course and the full Permaculture Design Certificate Course. I will explore how permaculture came into being in a future post. Today I will begin a discussion of the three permaculture ethics.

A code of ethics is essential to developing a right livelihood. 

Something to ponder, do no harm, a good place to begin. Is it possible to do no harm? What do you think?

Ethics is concerned with what is morally good and bad and morally right and wrong.

The three ethics of permaculture are:

1-Care for People
2- Care for the Earth
3- Fair Shares.

I will on Thursday go into greater detail of the three, starting with Fair Shares.