What is Permaculture All About?

Engineers have cracked the code in genetic engineering as it changes food as we know it, and how we grow it. Who wouldn’t want a big red Apple that packs a punch with every bite? Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) can do it for you, but at what cost? In a Farmer’s perfect world, having zero implications towards their product is a good day in the office. But this type of farming can have damaging side effects.

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Monoculture vs. Permaculture.

When discussing various flaws within the agricultural industry, Monoculture and overpopulation are heavily disputed topics and mentioned regularly. Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton are pioneers for long-term solutions through Permaculture – which in simple words ‘harmonic farming.’ Commercial farming requires various chemicals to maintain crop succession. Permaculture farm designs intend to replicate the ways of nature by incorporating companion planting and other techniques. This way, human involvement requires minimal effort to allow nature to adapt, survive, and thrive. How do farmers or enthusiasts go about this? As we said there are 12 principles, but just three that can help kickstart your new sustainable way of life.

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Observe & Interact

Understand your environment and observe the natural patterns. Instead of learning how to manipulate your environment, learn how to work with it.

Obtain a yield

This means designing a system that produces something useful. This can befood, but also other things such as protection, and refuge, even shade. This is up to the designers , but the goal is to understand the best outcome your environment gives you.

Self regulate & accept feedback

Self-regulation is key. The secret is to produce the required amount without compromising space or wellbeing, both yours and the environment. It sounds hard but it is the most long term plan for a successful production.

The Wisdom Segment

I Sewage treatment is a process where pollutants in municipal wastewater obtained from household sewage are removed. This can also be referred to as wastewater management. This process produces a by-product called sewage sludge, a semi-solid waste. But this sludge must undergo further processes to make it suitable for safe disposal.

II The process starts with primary treatment, followed by secondary and tertiary. During the primary treatment or the first filtration, the water passes through a bar screen which blocks any solid materials. These are directly disposed of in dumpsters and moved into landfill. Fats and grease are also removed during this process.

III The primary process also includes removing other liquids by holding the load in a quiescent basin where solids remain on the bottom and floating liquids are either discharged or subjected to secondary treatment. In the secondary treatment, all suspended biological substances are removed. In tertiary treatment, the water is ejected into an ecosystem.

IV Residential, commercial, institutional, and other industrial establishments generate sewage. This includes waste liquid from baths, sinks, and toilets. Separation of household waste from greywater and blackwater has been developed by means of drainage. However, in many areas, sewage also includes waste from industrial and commercial facilities.

V Many people know the terms sewage treatment plant or wastewater station. These are decentralized systems where sewage treatment is carried out. As an alternative, a centralized system has a network of pipes and pump stations that collect and transport sewage to a municipal treatment plant.

VI Whether centralized or decentralized, sewage treatment always involves dealing with fat and grease. These elements are removed when the sewage passes through a small tank where the fat floats on the surface and is collected by skimmers. Air blowers in the tanks base are also used to turn the fat to froth, making it easier to skim out.