In his definitive work on Permaculture Design, Bill Mollison promotes an understanding of the role of pattern in nature, and outlines hundreds of techniques and strategies appropriate for designing sustainable human settlement.

This is the textbook and curriculum for the 72-hour Permaculture Design Certificate course, which is taught world-wide. Written for teachers, students and designers, the Manual follows on and greatly enlarges on the introductory texts, Permaculture One (1978) and Permaculture Two (1979).

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Concepts and Themes in Design
3. Methods of Design
4. Pattern Understanding
5. Climatic Factors
6. Trees and Their Energy Transactions
7. Water
8. Soils – a living element, recycling.
9. Earthworking and Earth Resources
10. The Humid Tropics
11. Dryland Strategies
12. Humid Cool to Cold Climates
13. Aquaculture
14. The Strategies of an Alternative Global Nation