You won't get cooperation out of a hierarchical system. You get enforced directions from the top, and nothing I know of can run like that.
Bill MollisonWhy is it that we don't build human settlements that will feed themselves, and fuel themselves, and catch their own water, when any human settlement could do that easily? When it's a trivial thing to do?
Bill MollisonWe have to let nature put what's left together, and see what it can come up with to save our ass.
Bill MollisonPermaculture is something with a million heads. It's a way of thinking which is already loose, and you can't put a way of thinking back in the box.
Bill MollisonToo often, the pastoralist blames the weeds and seeks a chemical rather than a management solution; too seldom do we find an approach combining the sensible utilisation of grasshoppers and grubs as a valuable dried-protein supplement for fish or food pellets, and a combination of soil conditioning, slashing, and de-stocking or re-seeding to restore species balance.
Bill Mollison