Permaculture The Documentary: How it started

[@alisonburgess345]

My family lived next door to the Mollisons in Hobart. Bill used to walk up the drive and talk over his ideas with my parents quite often..

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

FlowerGrower Smith wow, was this at his early property?

[@alisonburgess345]

Yes I guess so - I was about 3 or 4 so it would have been 1964 ish.. I used to play with his kids according to mum.

[@ericmatt2368]

gives me goosebumps whenever I watch this...the Creator has a perfect plan and wants humans to follow that plan...permaculture is the human conveyance of that plan and it is beautiful...thank you so much for sharing your mind with the world. I have a nascent 4 acre permaculture food forest I started developing in March 2019 in SE Kansas and for me it is heaven on Earth

[@bashful228]

Did the Creator want most of our land cleared for Ag? Did she want 8 billion people, 20 billion?

[@nothingimportant1125]

Wish I have land even just 1 acre

[@amechelb]

@bashful28 obviously that’s not what believes he follows if he is a steward of a permaculture forest 🙄 do not know anything about permaculture?

[@godvsevolution2816]

@@bashful228 He knows everyone's heart

[@ericmatt2368]

@@nothingimportant1125 I wish that for you as well

[@aemagana3152]

Thank you for giving Bill his due! Also, for years I have used "Change Your Mind, Change The World" for our permaculture design course flyers.

[@billwilson175]

If the rest of the documentary follows along as well as you did this segment it will be a wonderful addition to awakening others to the world of permaculture. Much gratitude to you for this work. I made a donation.

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

Bill Wilson thanks for the kind Words and donating! I don’t plan to disappoint ;)

[@softie4070]

This video was assigned to watch as part of a farm skills class, now I want to go watch the rest of the documentary too!

[@thierryfabricepignolet6586]

Merci pour le sous-titrage en français!

[@permaculturebushman5793]

Beautiful ❤️ thank you for showing how a silenced ego, lead to a deeper innerstanding of the design you and Bill put together. Thanks to the both of you many of us are awakening to our true life's purpose as the gardeners and care takers of this beautiful land we are lucky enough to born onto and into ❤️🌱 Permaculture, lead the way ❤️

[@PermacultureHomestead]

well done, thanks spreading the love. Holmgren knew these principles shouldn't have been branded and sold but given freely. Thanks for the continued motivation, David, Bill and Geoff Lawton.

[@TapoNothFarm]

Very exciting, we need a film like this.

[@rodneyperry7940]

He always gives such credit to Mollison, but Mollison seemed to forget about him. A deeply humble human being.

[@heatherthorpe2784]

At last!!! I have known this for many years but so much bitterness has occurred by different factions taking sides. I wish Bill was alive to see this

[@lasobaranch9994]

i came to know about permaculture only a year ago, working on produce more from 1 hectare here in mexico, what are those factions you talk about?

[@amendfuse4276]

Referring to the 2 camps of people who say that either Bill or David started Permaculture and the other made little to no actual contribution, instead of knowing that it was a joint effort between both parties.

[@davideforesti7556]

Mostly Middle Class Wealthy people debating on metaphysics. Farmers don’t lose their time on this but try to figure out what works and what doesn’t. The Permaculture movement need to connect more with the agriculture sector, we need tools and knowledge sharing in between the most vulnerable and resource lacking sector of the population worldwide. Farmers! PC movement get on the ground please..

[@risanaomi4958]

WOW so well shot so awesome to have great film makers on such an important subject.

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

Risa Craig thanks! Great to hear you enjoyed it so far

[@miruspeg]

You have excelled yourself Craig! Very proud of you my friend. This is such an important story to tell. Hope the donations start pouring in, so the next chapter can be produced.Namaste xxxxx

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

Thanks Peggy! Great to hear you enjoyed it and for your generous support to help complete this chapter! Looking forward to it - Watch this space :)

[@ThePermacultureStudent]

Well done mates!! I need to have you back on the podcast/show: that interview got lost ages ago. Can't wait for this documentary to be finished.

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

Hey Matt, thanks mate!! Oh, sure that sounds cool. We are itching to get back out and continue shooting. Feel free to email us if I want to chat more. [e-mail]

[@a.nobodys.nobody]

Did it ever get finished?

[@MAndre-gk6ye]

So truthful, what talent to tell the real stories. Thank you so much.

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

Thank you and great to hear you enjoyed the film

[@kellytyson2156]

I'm crying right now. Remembering how Bill change my way of thinking after watching his talk on earth worms. I'm 26. I saw it went I was 18. I will always remember him.

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

That would have been quite an experience - lucky you got a chance to meet him.

[@conorkendrew8401]

this is the best video I've ever seen, thank you. We are going to do this!

[@zalayuvrajsinh5043]

काले वर्षतु पर्जन्य पृथिवी शस्यशालीनि। देशोयं क्षोभरहितो मानवा सन्तु निर्भया ।। Love from India.

[@davidhursthouse8555]

@DogsGoWoofProductions thank you, this is a wonderful little doco. A little feedback: the text is never on screen long enough to read all of it - I suggest trying to keep the text on screen for a few seconds longer

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Nice work! I'm really glad to see this footage captured.

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

Thanks Pete, there's more to come!

[@PermacultureResearchPH]

Wonderful and inspiring work! can't wait for the full documentary.

[@calinradulescupro8390]

Briliant. I'm a student of the online PDC with Geoff Lawton, this is so useful to understand how it all began. Great work !

[@wetry5877]

Isnt Geoff the one who lives in the middle east now?

[@boringopr4369]

Thank you for sharing this information I learned about permaculture thru several videos of Pete kanaris;the videos I viewed where film in Costa Rica permaculture there is big at the same time there's a guy in Costa Rica that was doing permaculture I think for over 40 years and he didn't even know it the men had an understanding of how nature works;I my self have plans of starting my own permaculture in Honduras and teach the Honduran people about permaculture I hope to get started in January 2020 I currently live in Los Angeles getting my affairs together before I make the big jump great video it's nice to know where permaculture have its origins thank you👍 ✌peace✌

[@daichimax]

Good Teaser! Beautiful Photography & Editing. I 'm interest it to see this documentary.

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

Max Daichi thanks you, great to hear u enjoyed it. U can help by sharing and donating if u would like to support the film.

[@cazjohnston9655]

Thankyou for bringing permaculture to the world

[@julieknight8668]

Love this film ! I have spread the word and passion for permaculture for a decade . I’m waiting for my course to begin! Thanks for this film . ☺️☺️

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

Thank you, so glad to hear you enjoyed it and best of luck with your studies! 🌱

[@TITAN0402]

Beautiful man so much love and respect for you appreciating Bill like this, you’re both a credit to this world and I’m so passionate about wanting to do something about this freakin mess we’re all in atm, but I feel stuck and broken and I don’t know what to do anymore. Peace.

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

TITAN0402 I’m sorry to hear. I understand ur predicament and the reason I am creating this film is to give hope and solutions for ppl to use for an uncertain future, so hang in there

[@mathisrobinson9042]

plant something, my friend

[@TITAN0402]

FaithBasedWorks yeah I plan on it almost everyday I think I’m just struggling aha but way to proud to ask for help. Time is precious. Just guna trodge on till I find the light again it’s like a walk in the dark right now. Thanks though for the reminder means allot.

[@sergiopamplona]

Hey. David Homegrown, as the subtitles put it at the end, is a great and appropriate nickname, hehe. Loved this tasty preview. Great job, folks!!

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

oh wow, thank for picking that up. I better fix that, even though it is a great nickname

[@reforest4fertility]

@@DogsGoWoofProductions Please leave it. Mistakes "often" are made as a lesson to everyone who learns of it, ideally, not just the maker/"perpetrator".

[@buddingnaturalist]

Finally watched this- greetings from Victoria Australia!

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

Hey there, thanks for watching and Heey!

[@Permacultureprinciples]

This is amazing. Well done Craig.

[@ligbzd837]

Very well put together. The message was short but inspiring!

[@nicolasgrosle3014]

Magnifique, j'en ai déjà des frissons juste avec ce cour métrage. J'ai hâte de voir le film en entier. Un grand merci pour ce beau projet.

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

Merci pour les mots gentils. c'est fantastique d'entendre que vous l'avez apprécié. J'ai hâte de partager plus bientôt, une fois que covid sera de nouveau ok

[@anthonyburke5656]

Thanks, I had wondered, but remember the overwintering in the shed in Tassie.

[@ailtonpinheirosantos4106]

Congratulations for the work. It is an impressive way of recognizing the importance of permaculture. thanks. greetings from Brazil. If possible add subtitles in Portuguese.

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

Ailton Pinheiro Santos it’s possible to translate the subtitles if you would be interested in creating Portuguese subs, let me Know

[@leeoleary3321]

Cool film. I cant wait to see the rest of your movie

[@AudioPervert1]

Permaculture as we know it in India, has existed for decades or perhaps more ... Just that it did not have a title as such. Just like growing food crops without Monsanto was a option back then ...

[@chaitanyatalegaonkar8629]

Taking credit for ancient civilizational knowledge isnt new to west.

[@lillyinthepond]

I see that too, but can also be thankfull for the movement because I ccan re-learn the concepts based on our ancient wisdom that we lost where I live. I am going theough a re-membering proces.

[@briangrantackert1732]

So what yo? The west created new wonders albeit atrocities.

[@srl123-u7z]

Spark of inspiration in my body 💥💥💥thats what you did to me🤩

[@MrX-st4kk]

Please release it soon!!!

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

With the country back in lock-down from corona-virus, unfortunately shooting has been suspended as one of the critical components of the film, but luckily we are resuming shooting in a few months of two side stories that can be shot in my home state, so we will have updates coming soon! I am sorry for the delay, but please be patient. Good things are coming!

[@MrX-st4kk]

I understand, this pandemic caught all of us with the guard down, but this documentary will be something awesome and will be released in the perfect moment in history...youll see.

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

@@MrX-st4kk Thank you. I really appreciate your support. Despite the set-back, this film will definitely be released.

[@MistyMeadowsPermacultureFarm]

Awesome! I support this project. ❤️

[@ErikRothFfM]

Great, thank you very much.

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

Thank you for watching. Great to hear you enjoyed the film

[@jamesalanstephensmith7930]

Looking to permaculture in Maine! Thank You.

[@NenadMaljkovic]

Mollison's statement starting at 5:09 was recorded in 2005 during International Permaculture Convergence in Motovun, Croatia :)

[@hilly2777]

Beautiful camera work, but the music should have been toned down a bit. 😖

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

Thank you for the feedback :)

[@davidprocter3578]

I have to say there were a lot of folk thinking along very similar lines from at least the mid sixties, David and Bill may have given it a name a direction and gathered many ideas together, But were not the first, maybe though the most important.

[@PermacultureHaven]

Awesome! Great work!

[@soniarose1387]

Loved this video! Thanks 🙏

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

SoniaRose / thank you, great to hear you enjoyed the snippet

[@mikejackson5461]

Like you often find with a great mentor, the student becomes more than the mentor. I know this is a 'long bow'. The meeting of 2 great intellects. How lucky are we. A remarkable meeting of two minds that grew off each other. I will have a go and say that I think that David was the more technical of the two. Anyway, and not surprisingly, Permaculture is still one ethos but like any good tree it has a huge amount of diverse branches.

[@monles2352]

Your channel should have more subscribers!! Wonderful!!

[@judgetato]

Nice work, Tagari!

[@JB-yg3ew]

Great video thanks!

[@deepaklaishramte7931]

Tears just rolled down my cheeks. Sounds crazy......but for once just close your eyes and think about the mother nature 🌿🍃 your heart will be filled with love for the 🌿🍃. We are already so greedy that we forgot to give something to our mother earth in return for her gifts.

[@ThePermacultureStudent]

SUPERB WORK!!!

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

Matt Powers - The Permaculture Student cheers Matt, great to hear from you

[@ThePermacultureStudent]

@@DogsGoWoofProductions I need to have you all back on the podcast but now youtube show: that footage got lost in the moves somehow!

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

Matt Powers - The Permaculture Student sounds great, I’m keen

[@RickLarsonPermacultureDesigner]

Keep that kind of video work going.

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

Will Do Rick! Thanks!

[@danutabartnik6821]

Dziekuje za filmik i za tłumaczenie.

[@k.zamangaduhlian8706]

Great men giving living ideas to new generation. Prouddd and indebted to them

[@1permacultur]

from Siberian Permaculture Society with love

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

Тимофей Кинжеев nice to hear from you

[@rato179]

Riqueza é isso mesmo... PERMACULTURA É O CAMINHO

[@patrickperrin4832]

Thanks a lot! But the music is too heavy...

[@aaronvallejo8220]

I was waiting for the climax the whole time wanting to hear this inspirational music....kzbin.info/www/bejne/eF7QanRuor5gi5I

[@thesurvivalist.]

Permaculture is The Most High’s way!

[@junlefruitessantjalbausant263]

Nice video brother I Am watching your videos from India

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

Hey, thanks for watching. That's great to hear all the way from India!

[@NehaSingh-kx5xe]

Great job brother

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

Thanks Neha!

[@festivalcinevoces]

has the documentary come out already?

[@priscilafernanda2583]

Que lugar bonito!

[@jameskendrew9201]

What you are doing is amazing, thank you! Such an intelligent movement (Permaculture) needs the best quality platforms of explanation and you are providing this, exceptional man your talking to there.....

[@rlntsfi567]

Amazing👏🍃

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

Thank you

[@babeabang]

Thank you Bill and David, both are my true heroes👍

[@arianahurunui]

This is not a new concept even in the 1970's, a lot of indigenous cultures plant and grow as nature has for eons. Bringing it to a world of the forgotten is what has been done, and for this thank you very much.

[@aaronvallejo8220]

Time to regenerate our planet and grow permaculture all over this beautiful planet! Renewables, diverse fruit trees, swales, rebuild soil, worms, beetles and bugs, high insulation, electric vehicles all of it...now!

[@felixwald8996]

What´s the name of the book? Great film and man, now we just have to find a way that all people have access to a piece of land like that again.

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

Thanks. The name of the first book published is Permaculture One. The newest is about retrofitting your house - called Retrosuburbia, which is a great resource if u don’t have the land or live in suburbia

[@jim92atyahoo]

the amazon rainforest is the best example of permaculture

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

I agree, it’s a great ecosystem to take inspiration from, but although it is super complex, that is a tropical climate and only found at the equator, so there are limits to what can be achieved from modelling off that particular ecosystem in somewhere say arid or in the Mediterranean for example, where more emphasis on water conservation and storing is necessary. But it sure is nature at her finest! 🌿

[@genesis204]

Bravo

[@Challender]

music to loud. Great information

[@dinosaur0073]

Great people always left great system, Godbless them. Permaculture is powerful tool. One continue drop of water is enough to make big changes in soil in long run. 😎👍

[@olsim1730]

Great clip, tone down the music an will be even better

[@MediaFilter]

@3:01 "No! Don't touch me! I'm just a bunny!"

[@nicolasmyna2467]

Love from France

[@absoluteveracity8165]

Permaculture came from all the ancient indigenous agricultural cultures and community’s of the world.

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

Yes, it is. Check out our online film Permaculture Ethics, which goes into this. :)

[@modsa8901]

Great. Can do without the "dramatic" far too load background (???) music (noise!)

[@momdoan]

I like that tool, what is it called?

[@jacobsandoval2988]

Bill Mollison

[@samlair3342]

A doable approach to making our world a better place to live. Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action. Also search: ‘drawdown solutions’ OR ‘samslair blogspot drawdown solutions’

[@WorldCitizen9]

… You, who are on the road Must have a code that you can live by And so, become yourself Because the past is just a goodbye … Teach your children well Their father's hell did slowly go by And feed them on your dreams The one they pick's the one you'll know by

[@joaovox]

It all started with "agriculture" in academia/"modern scientific culture" recognized only as "modern agriculture" and for a moment forgetting about "indigenous sustainable agriculture systems", as not being part of "agriculture"/"science". From this "permaculture" would/could be a "scientific attempt" or effort, that could have become part of Hard Science Research, with empathy for indigenous systems?

[@joaovox]

@@davidsmith9189 what permaculture teachers "have to teach" to local cultures that have been stable for 1000's of years outside the globalized economy? what reality you mean?

[@ina-m.klawikowski9119]

❤️

[@HFTLMate]

awesome

[@gerardorohlfs5260]

No Subtitles in Spanish ??

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

If you would like to contribute subtitles, they can be added

[@dushyantjat7517]

Wow

[@BobJawo-b9r]

Hi

[@BobJawo-b9r]

Hi how are you doing

[@odinbriem9183]

If I wanna Persue permaculture should I go to college or no, please somebody give me some opinion

[@elie_playz_roblox4931]

rest in peace bill

[@aloevera7422]

If nature grows fertility as forests why does our agriculture grow fertility as annual monocropping? ... and when corporate ownership of annuals, fertilizers, and pesticides are corps who benefit from the opposite of sustainability. Go for absolute abundance

[@chaitanyatalegaonkar8629]

Permaculture is ancient. ALL major Indian civilizations did water harvesting and bio organic farming back then.

[@dobindobs7977]

Who wants Permanent -Culture?....Not me!....Lets have a rebrand!

[@lamtehforester4561]

In my place we call it "Lampoh".

[@replica1052]

(when every living cell holds an ocean within water wants to flow slow )

[@wes4192]

Bill did kind of run off with the idea and benefit from what was David's idea. I get that David didn't want the glory but Bill surely did.

[@papapetad]

When you listen to Bill, there is no sense of egocentrism, just pure enthusiasm. He didn't want glory. He just wanted the world to know about it. Big difference.

[@wes4192]

@@papapetad maybe he settled into later in life, but in the 80s and 90s he enjoyed the celebrity and trappings. The lady across the street from me was having an affair with him in the 90s and said that he had women all over the world.

[@papapetad]

@@wes4192 So what? Seeing where he came from it's understandable. He doesn't exactly have any false pretenses in his videos. He's a bold character with a passion. Who are we to judge when his character is very much what led to the mass diffusion of the permaculture movement?

[@wes4192]

@@papapetad People talk about him like he's Christ. The idea of permaculture is good but he was a kind of a Weinsteinlike bloke..from what I heard.

[@papapetad]

@@wes4192 Screw the gossipers and fanboys alike. This is about the movement, not his bedtime portfolio. I don't see any need in bringing hollywood bullshit into this.

[@AndresRamirez77]

I am permaculture

[@tharkinn]

me siento discrminado jajaja

[@a.nobodys.nobody]

I'm not sure i follow: trappers didnt trap the rabbits cause they had no incentive to, but they farmed them?

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

The rabbit trappers didn’t have an incentive to stop the rabbits, because they were being paid to catch them. So, they started farming them so they could catch more rabbits.

[@a.nobodys.nobody]

@@DogsGoWoofProductions ah, got it. Thank you for explaining that.

[@engineer9528]

It LOOKS diverse, yea. But that is where the advantages end. You can do it as a vet gardener at old age in your back yard for happiness, sure. But to support the whole family if I work non agriculture related field ? And all of us - billions of people? To me it looks like let us build our own small power plants instead of having one centralized. Ok, it is doable, but at what cost? Go and learn what EFFICIENCY means!

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

Thanks for taking time to comment. The thing that I think gets lost and that is in part because this is only the backstory and not the full film, but permaculture is about replicating nature’s systems not gardening. There is nothing else that exists that is as efficient as nature’s systems. Unfortunately, all centralised systems require energy input from external resources which means they require loads more energy to function. And, if energy that is not exchanged within a closed loop system will always require more energy and resources while also producing waste, which if not used, is finite and unsustainable. So it makes sense to harness the most sustainable system we know, nature. And that starts with learning about the land and looking after it - which if you look at energy for us to survive, that starts with food production.

[@engineer9528]

@@DogsGoWoofProductions I honor your opinion and I don’t want to force anyone to accept my opinion on this topic. Buy let me explain it a bit closer. There is an endless amount of different movements in this world we are living and therefore it would take forever to dive into them and argue. It is not necessary, because it is only important to be aware of the main and absolute goal people are existing and living: they are living for their Creator God who has created them to believe in Him, do His purposeful works and inherit eternal life to be with Him for eternity. One part of those God’s works we are to do, is our daily job for our bread (including gardening/agriculture): *Gen 1: 3 17-19 (NASB): “[..] In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life. 18Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the plants of the field; 19By the sweat of your face You will eat bread,[..]” So we are to work hard for our bread and it is not designed for us not to work so that nature provides for us without our labour. There is a term “Entropy” in physics which basically means the amount of a mess or disorder. According to the 2nd law of thermodynamics - in any isolated system entropy tends to increase and never decrease. Every process, without the external input, tends to become more chaotic: temperature of the water in a thermos goes down if not heated, your room tends to become more dirty if not tidied up and so on. So without the labour (also gardening/agriculture) of the people, everything only tends to be more messy and chaotic in this world. One more important thing - everything in this world is created FOR people not vice versa. *Psalm 8: 5-8 (NASB): “5Yet You have made him a little lower than God, And You crown him with glory and majesty! 6You make him to rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, 7All sheep and oxen, And also the beasts of the field, 8The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.” And *Heb 2: 8 (NASB): “You have put all things in subjection under his feet.” For in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing that is not subject to him.“ So nature is created by God for people, not people for nature and created not in the way that it provides bread for itself, without us working. Without work all that remains is just a jungle that will not provide bread for people. Talking about centralization here - it is a way to increase efficiency, even if it also has some downside. It is better through division of labor to have an 8 hour working day as we have today and have spare time for our families and other good works than work from light to light on our own just for the daily bread. Finally, It is because of the evilness of people why the power tends to concentrate in the hands of less and less people who are getting richer while the majority lives in poverty even while working hard. Those people will answer for their evil works and choices on the day of God’s judgement.

[@DogsGoWoofProductions]

Interesting. I appreciate the some of points you raised in the conversation and I although I disagree with some of these things, I think one of the most important things you raised was about how the poor people suffer in these centralised economies and from my experience growing your own food at home for just taking an hour a week away from other work, I was able to grow all my veggies - that freedom and fulfilment is priceless and the best thing about it is, anyone can do it. The sun shines, water rains and plants will grow, without having to ask for permission from those higher people, and that to me is the most empowering and positive work I’ve done that has given back in so many ways. But, it has been interesting and I value your thoughts, so thanks for the discussion and I wish you all the best. 🌱