<div class="page large-header article green CUST_font_112 pid_123828 page-123828"> <div class="background"> </div> <article> <header> <div class="container"> <h1> Permaculture Ethics </h1> <div class="summary"> <p><strong>Care for the Earth, Care for the People, Share the Abundance (Fair Share)</strong></p> </div> <p class="byline">Deb S. Hart-Serafini</p> </div><!--container--> </header> <section> <div class="container"> <img src="/imageLibrary/nature-sunset-person-woman.jpg" class="main_image"> <p>The ethics underlie everything we do. While permaculture is a design science, it has an ethical underpinning that guides our designs. Everything we do incorporates a commitment to restore the earth to a better state, to care about how our actions affect that state. For example, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ricestreetcommunitygarden/" target="_blank">Rice Street Community Garden</a> demonstrates that commitment by practicing organic gardening throughout the Garden. </p><p isrender="true">Permaculture also incorporates a commitment to care for the people into its designs. This is often inherent in the community and collaborative nature of permaculture projects. While <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ricestreetcommunitygarden/" isrender="true" target="_blank">Rice Street Community Garden</a> has not labeled itself as a "permaculture" garden, this element is present in the active volunteerism that supports it. </p><p isrender="true">The third ethic that guides permaculture is to share the abundance or fair share. That sharing restores our social permaculture or interconnectedness when we share with others. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ricestreetcommunitygarden/" target="_blank" isrender="true">Rice Street Community Garden</a> shares its abundant harvest with local food banks like <a href="http://www.breadoflifetc.org/home0.aspx" target="_blank">Bread of Life</a>.</p> </div><!--container--> </section> </article> </div><!-- page-->