The Permaculture Student 1

Matt Powers’ work presents the essence of permaculture design in creative and engaging ways for young people. It is a valuable contribution towards a kinder, wiser and more ecologically balanced future for all our children. Bravo!”

               — maddy harland, editor and co-founder of permaculture magazine 

“when i look at this book i cannot help but fantasize about this book getting in front of millions of kids. what fruit will we see in the generations to come due to these beautiful seeds being planted so early?”

              - paul wheaton, permies.com

"matt powers has focused his permaculture energy and enthusiasm on a critical audience, the children of the world, with the permaculture message that there are positive solutions to the world's problems and we can all engage in a meaningful life with an abundant future. this crucial commendable work which has been developed exceptionally well should be whole-heartedly supported.”

             - geoff lawton, geofflawton.com

"this book fills a gaping niche in permaculture education--it addresses the basics without being

overwhelming, and i will use it to teach my children.”

               - neal spackman, twovisionspermaculture.com

“the permaculture student - what wonderful thoughts come to mind of children learning and reading about permaculture at a young age. their young minds as sponges to absorb the knowledge get excited about gardening, growing their own food and about complex environmental issues that are embarrassingly simple to fix. it is an exciting thought that future children could carry the design thinking of permaculture from school through into their adult lives with this book. this book is detailed enough for a good base start on the subject of permaculture yet still simple enough to read for a younger audience. now all we need to do is to get every school to start using it.”

              - danial lawton, permaculturetools.com

“matt powers’ book draws heavily on bill mollisons’ manual and as such, the curriculum is reliable and comprehensive. it stands in many ways as a text book of applied science for environmental repair. teachers can use it to learn permaculture, and smart students will read it avidly. there is room for teachers to add specialised local knowledge. as an equal partner with an environmental, or natural, science curriculum it provides understanding of human impacts, positive and negative, ...

Matt Powers teaches permaculture and regenerative gardening and farming to families, youth, schools, and adults all over the world through his online courses, videos, and books, which are now being used on all continents (except for Antartica.) Translations of his books are already available in Spanish, Polish, and Arabic with French and Italian coming soon. As an experienced educator with a masters degree in Education, Matt went from teaching high school students to teaching high school teachers and administrators to teaching districts and appearing at universities and conferences all over America and online, teaching permaculture and sustainable, regenerative skills and thinking. Matt provides daily inspirational and regenerative content online and is one of the most-followed permaculture teachers online with over 30,000 Twitter followers and tens of thousands of followers in his many Facebook groups and pages ranging in topics from permaculture education to entrepreneurship to gardening to fungi & more.

1. introduction

2. nature

3. permaculture design

4. permaculture and the future

5. index