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Switch to a Use and value renewable Produce no Design from patterns Integrate rather bicycle resources and services waste to details than segregate Bicycles are the most energy efficient way to travel. A cycle lane or path is less intensive to create, and can carry five times as many people as a road twice as wide. If enough people switch from polluting transport modes to a bicycle Use small and Use and value Use edges and Creatively use (a zero emission form when in use), there is slow solutions diversity value the marginal and respond to potential for reduced carbon emissions and change improved air quality in our towns and cities. The bicycle is also of huge importance in reducing noise pollution and Photo © Organiclea increasing our health. Harvest Some examples of rainwater A permaculture design can help us how permaculture harvest and use rainwater in the garden and the home. can help you around Rainwater is commonly harvested by collecting from the roof guttering into barrels or the home and garden tanks. There is no need to use mains water for car washing or garden plants, in addition to it being free, rainwater is chemical free which is Retrofit better for plant health and soil conditions. your house for Use to irrigate your vegetable beds, efficiency forest garden or container garden. “Permaculture is a We can make better use of the facilities we've already got, adapting to be more efficient with design system for human our resources. A well insulated home reduces habitats which work with energy consumption and cuts down on carbon emissions linked to global climate change. Do nature rather than against what you can where you are, it. It is modelled on natural learn new skills, and implement living systems, and makes the ideas you have. use of both traditional skills and modern science. It focuses on solutions rather than problems, and shows how we can take charge of our lives to build a better future.” Patrick Whitefield, Permaculture In a Nutshell.

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