David Holmgren speaks with Adam Fenderson

David Holmgren, co-originator of the permaculture concept and Author of Permaculture: Principals and Pathways Beyond Sustainability, speaks with Adam Fenderson from www.energybulletin.net about permaculture and its role in an energy constrained world.

Video Interview
Q1. Can you tell us a little bit about permaculture, and your roll in its development? (2:18)
Q2. What do you mean by the term 'energy peak'? (2:09)
Q3. What role does your vision of permaculture play in that scenario? (1:07)
Q4. Did permaculture leave the awareness of the energy peak for a while? (4:03)
Q5. What response are you getting within the broader environmental movement to these issues? (2:40)
Q6. How can fossil fuels be used appropriately? (1:17)
Q7. What problems are there with industrial agriculture? (5:19)
Q8. What legacy does this leave and are there ways to reduce the damage? (4:23)
Q9. So are you envisioning a labour intensive type of farming to maintain anything like the yields we get today? (1:26)
Q10. What do you see as the future of suburbia? (6:35)
Q11. What threats do you foresee to the spread of the principles of permaculture? (3:44)
Q12. Can you tell us about energy accounting and Odum's concept of eMergy? (6:53)
Q13. Can you talk about Odum's system ecology and the type of insights that delivers? (4:26)
Q14. So what do you think the um... world... might look in 20-30 years? (9:44)
Q15. Do you see any positive outcomes for the world's middle classes? (2:11)
Q16. What about dis-connection from the land, and what does this imply for our reconnecting? (5:35)
Q17. What do you think about the die-off scenarios? (5:51)