I was not sure where to post this but anyway. Tributes are flowing from around the world for the Tasmanian man who co-founded the global permaculture movement. Bruce Charles "Bill" Mollison — known as the "father of permaculture" — died on Saturday in Hobart, aged 88. His system advocated agricultural ecosystems that were sustainable and self-sufficient. Mr Mollison rose to prominence after publishing Permaculture One with David Holmgren in 1974. The book advocated a system "working with, rather than against nature" when producing food, and favoured cultivating species suited for local conditions. He founded the Permaculture Institute in 1978, his ideas influencing hundreds of thousands students worldwide. Well-known horticulturalist and former ABC Gardening Australia host Peter Cundall described permaculture as "an all-encompassing method of actually living without in anyway disrupting the environment". "It was the way of the future, and this is why it became so exciting," he said. "The greatest contribution Bill made was as an outstanding marketer and a brilliant public speaker. "So he not only toured different parts of Australia, but then went overseas and went to Africa, India and other places." Mr Cundall said the biologist helped grow Tasmania's reputation as the birthplace of the environmental movement. "Tasmania is in many ways unique because it started this whole business of trying to live within our environment without destroying it," he said. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-26/tributes-flow-in-for-permaculture-father-bill-mollison/7878118
