单词 | permaculture |
释义 | permaculturen. Originally Australian. The development or maintenance of an artificial ecosystem intended to be self-sustaining and to satisfy the living requirements of its inhabitants, esp. by the use of renewable resources. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > [noun] > development or maintenance of ecosystem permaculture1978 1978 B. C. Mollison & D. Holmgren Permaculture 1 i. 1/1 Permaculture is a word we have coined for an integrated, evolving system of perennial or self-perpetuating plant and animal species useful to man. It is, in essence, a complete agricultural ecosystem. 1980 Express (Austral.) 2 July 6/5 A member of the Tagari Permaculture Community, Mr. Earl Saxon is in Queensland right now meeting with people and groups interested in Permaculture. 1995 Guardian 22 Mar. (Society section) 5/4 The 50-hectare farm uses permaculture techniques to produce a wide variety of fruits and vegetables as well as pigs, chickens, ducks and rabbits. 1998 Town & Country Planning 67 192/4 Milton Keynes Borough Council has supported the installation of a solar photovoltaic powered irrigation pump in a demonstration permaculture garden. 2001 Kindred Spirit Summer 20/1 Many eco-communities and permaculture projects are still being refused planning permission. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1978 |
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