Permaculture Playing Cards

The Permaculture Playing Cards was a project that was conceived by Paul Wheaton of Permies.com. Paul and graphic designer Alexander Ojeda worked for several months selecting topics and graphics for the cards. They then used KickStarter to fund printing the initial run of the cards.

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Presentations
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Description[edit]

54 Permaculture Playing Cards, each filled with permaculture ecology concepts. They include People, Plants, Ideas, Animals, Techniques, and more. Permies created these cards to deliver the bigger picture of Permaculture through a beautifully crafted small package. Whether you are using the cards as a fun way to brush up on your Permaculture education or giving them as a gift for a friend, these Bicycle quality playing cards deliver the information required for a healthy future for the entire planet. These cards are derived from generations wisdom and knowledge. Sold by Steam Freight Trading Company, produced by Paul Wheaton at Permies.[1]

* Made in the USA
* Educational
* Bicycle quality cards
* Provides the big picture of Permaculture in a small package
* For all ages

Contains the following card topics:

Apple trees, Beyond compost, Bamboo, Bees, Black locust, Bugs, Weeds, Funguses, and Microorganisms, Cast iron, Chickens, Comfrey, Compost and Compost tea, Dandelion, Desert greening, Diatomaceous earth, Dry outhouses, Food as medicine, Food preservation and Food storage, Fungi, Sepp Holzer, Hugelkultur, HUSP, Electric tractor, Food forest, Masanobu Fookuoka, Greywater, Honey bees, Irrigation, Ben Law, Livestock guardian dogs, Art Ludwig, Replacing irrigation with Permaculture, Mason bees, Bill Mollison, Mulberry, Mullein, Natural swimming pool, Mike Oehler, Paddock-shift system, Dean Pain, Urine and gardening, Pigs, Polyculture, Rhubarb, Rocket mass heater, Rumford fireplace, Allan Savory, Willie Smits, Solar dehydrator, Stinging nettles, Ruth Stout, Sunchokes, TEFA \- Textured food all-year round, The Man Who Planted Trees, Wildcrafting, Wofati, Wind and berms

Created by the larger-than-life character Paul Wheaton, nicknamed by Geoff Lawton as the 'Duke of Permaculture'. Paul is a member of the TSP Expert Council and a leader in the world of Permaculture. He runs the largest permaculture forum at permies.com where they discuss "all things permaculture". Paul has written numerous articles at his blog richsoil.com. These articles include such topics as use of diatomaceous earth as an insect killer, rational grazing plans for chickens, wofati structures, and an homage to Sepp Holzer. He has published hundreds of Permaculture podcasts and videos. Paul is a Master Gardener, permaculture designer and a java software engineer. He has ran several successful KickStarter campaigns including one for Permaculture Playing Cards. Paul received his PDC in 2005. He has visited hundreds of farms and sites using permaculture principles over the years resulting a wealth of permaculture knowledge.

## Presentations[edit]

An entertaining and informative, but very high level of all things Paul Wheaton has interest in that have been put into the Permaculture Playing Cards. Well worth your time to watch. See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vZPTPIHO8w

## See also[edit]

v • d • e

Permaculture Design Science - "Permanent Culture" - "Permanent Agriculture"

Water|

Aquaponics \- Aquaculture ponds • barren land recovery • Berm • Bioswale • Earth works • Greywater • Hugelkultur • Irrigation • Replacing irrigation with Permaculture • Natural swimming pool • Desert greening• Rainwater harvesting • Swales on contour • Water conservation

Soil Building|

Chop and drop mulching • Compost • Compost tea • Composting toilet • Cover crop • Diatomaceous earth • Desert greening• Hugelkultur • Humanure • Humus • Nitrogen fixation • No tilling • Sheet mulching • Soil survey• Urine and gardening

Techniques|

Biodiversity • Bio-mimicry • Cast iron • Conservation vs. environmentalism • Contour • Edge effect • Electric tractor • Food as medicine • Food preservation • Food storage • Function stacking • Holistic management • HUSP • Interplanting • Keyhole bed • Microclimate • Natural building • recycling • Renewable energy • Rocket mass heater • Rumford fireplace • Solar dehydrator • TEFA \- Textured food all-year round • Wildcrafting • Wofati • Zones •

People|

Jason Akers (The Self-Sufficient Gardener) • Martin Crawford (Creating a Forest Garden) • Alan Enzo • Ben Falk (The Resilient Farm and Homestead) • Sepp Holzer (Sepp Holzer’s Permaculture) • Masanobu Fookuoka (The One-Straw Revolution) • Toby Hemenway (Gaia's Garden) • David Holmgren (Permaculture - Principles and Pathways beyond Sustainability) • Ben Law (The Woodland Way) • Geoff Lawton (Permaculture Research Institute) • Art Ludwig • Bill Mollison (Founder Permaculture - A Designers Manual) • Mike Oehler • Dean Pain • Joel Salatin (You Can Farm) • Allan Savory (Holistic Management Handbook - Healthy Land, Healthy Profits) • Christopher Shein • Mark Shepard (Restoration Agriculture - Real-World Permaculture for Farmers) • Darby Simpson • Willie Smits • Jack Spirko (PermaEthos) • Ruth Stout • Eric Toensmeier (Edible Forest Gardens) • Josiah Wallingford • Paul Wheaton (Permies.com / Permaculture Playing Cards) • Bill Wilson • Marjory Wildcraft (Food Production Systems for a Backyard or Small Farm)

Animals in permaculture|

Bees • Chickens • Chicken tractor • Free range • Fungi • Honey bees • Livestock guardian dogs • Managed intensive rotational grazing (mob grazing) • Mason bees • Paddock-shift system • Pigs • Pollinators • Rotational grazing

Plants in Permaculture|

Apple tree • Bamboo • Black locust • Close-grown crops • Comfrey • Companion planting • Dandelion • Food forest • Herb spiral • Intercropping • Leguminous plant • Mulberry • Mullein • Perennial plants • Plant guild • Pioneer species • Polyculture • Rhubarb • Stinging nettles • Sunchokes • Support species • Tree planting

## References[edit]

1. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Permies-Permaculture-Playing-Cards/dp/B00FIFGQLO/ref= accessed January 25, 2014

## External links[edit]

* Permaculture Playing Cards on Amazon.com
* Paul Wheaton Bio on RichSoil.com
* Permies.com Official Website
* Paul Wheaton YouTube Channel
* Paul Wheaton at Permaculture Voices