Permaculture: Producing food without destroying the planet

Agriculture accounts for 17 percent of worldwide CO2 emissions. But what if there were a way to produce it without harming the planet? The idea is called permaculture – growing vegetables in a circular, self-sustaining system, without artificial pesticides or fertilizer.

We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.

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Read More:

Permaculture methods and principles:
https://permacultureprinciples.com/resources/free-downloads/

Scientific evidence for permaculture methods:
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/9/3218

Scalability and commercial possibilities for permaculture:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13165-020-00281-8

Permaculture projects worldwide:
https://permacultureglobal.org/

Special thanks to: Simin Fadaee, Immo Fiebrig, Narsanna Koppula, Julius Reiff and Sabine Zikeli for background interviews.

0:00 Intro
1:02 Farming the permaculture way
2:02 What is permaculture?
3:05 Design and water management
4:39 Building up the soil
5:22 Polyculture, habitats and pesticides
7:21 Permaculture worldwide
8:04 The future of permaculture
10:44 Conclusion

Reporter: Kiyo Dörrer
Camera & Video Editor: Henning Goll
Supervising Editor: Joanna Gottschalk