Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thought…

- Bill Mollison

I teach self-reliance, the world's most subversive practice. I teach people how to grow their own food, which is shockingly subversive. So, yes, it’s…

- Bill Mollison

Permaculture is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of n…

- Bill Mollison

We're only truly secure when we can look out our kitchen window and see our food growing and our friends working nearby.

- Bill Mollison

There is one, and only one solution, and we have almost no time to try it. We must turn all our resources to repairing the natural world, and train a…

- Bill Mollison

Say you're working for a big overseas aid organization. You can't leave home in a Mercedes Benz, travel 80 kilometers to work in a great concrete str…

- Bill Mollison

Wealth is a deep understanding of the natural world.

- Bill Mollison

It’s a revolution. But it’s the sort of revolution that no one will notice. It might get a little shadier. Buildings might function better. You might…

- Bill Mollison

The only ethical decision is to take responsibility for our own existence and that of our children.

- Bill Mollison