Business Permaculture Class on Jan 26

Greenspaces, apparently a green entrepeneurial shared space (like The Hive or Carbon Space, but for green businesses), is having an open house on Jan 26. Part of it will be a 30 minute presentation about Permaculture and business.

Business Permaculture Class with Adam Brock of Wild Green Yonder. Learn about the fundamentals of permaculture, a system of design based on patterns of nature, and see how it can apply to make your business grow.

More details about the open house here.

Permaculture priniciples for business

Just read an interesting post about how you can apply Holmgren's 12 design principles to create a sustainable business.

This is an interesting exercise, but the issue I have with it is that while these are great guiding principles, actual application is harder. Just for instance, he says "Internalize your costs". What does that mean? Does it mean that you should provide a living wage for all employees? Health insurance? Buy carbon offsets? Realize what effect your business has on the greater world?

It's a bit unclear. Still, a good starting point, because permaculture really needs to grow beyond landscape design and teaching--the two careers to which a PC certificate really seems to lead folks.

Permaculture businesses around the metro area

The ReDirect Guide, an online and offline directory of businesses and information forcues on healthy and sustainable lifestyles, has a section on permaculture businesses. If you're looking for permaculture consulting or just want to ask a question about it, feel free to consult one of these companies.