Bill Mollison

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Birth Date:
04.05.1928
Death date:
24.09.2016
Length of life:
88
Days since birth:
35028
Years since birth:
95
Days since death:
2743
Years since death:
7
Person's maiden name:
Bruce Charles Mollison
Extra names:
Bill Mollison, Bruce Charles Mollison
Categories:
Scientist, Teacher, lecturer
Nationality:
 australian
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Bruce Charles "Bill" Mollison (4 May 1928 – 24 September 2016) was an Australian researcher, author, scientist, teacher, and biologist. Considered to be the "father of permaculture" (although Joseph Russell Smith was the first to write about a system of permanent agriculture in a book entitled Tree Crops, published in 1929, and also a book from 1910 entitled Breeding and Use of Tree Crops). Permaculture is an integrated system of design which Mollison co-developed with David Holmgren, and it encompasses not only agriculture, horticulture, architecture, and ecology, but also economic systems, land access strategies, and legal systems for businesses and communities. In 1978, Mollison collaborated with Holmgren and they wrote a book called Permaculture One. Mollison founded The Permaculture Institute in Tasmania, and created a training system to train others under the umbrella of Permaculture. Mollison's system of train the trainer has taught thousands of people how to grow food and be sustainable using the Permaculture method.

He received the Right Livelihood Award in 1981 with Patrick van Rensburg. Mollison died on 24 September 2016, aged 88.

Bibliography

  • Permaculture One: A Perennial Agriculture for Human Settlements (with David Holmgren, Trasworld Publishers, 1978) ISBN 978-0-938240-00-6
  • Permaculture Two: Practical Design for Town and Country in Permanent Agriculture (Tagari Publications, 1979)
  • Permaculture – A Designer's Manual (1988) ISBN 978-0-908228-01-0
  • Introduction to Permaculture (1991, Revised 1997) ISBN 978-0-908228-08-9
  • The Permaculture Book of Ferment and Human Nutrition (1993, Revised 2011) ISBN 978-0-908228-06-5
  • Travels in Dreams: An Autobiography (1996) ISBN 978-0-908228-11-9

Articles

Mollison, Bill (15–21 September 1978). "The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka – book review". Nation Review. p. 18.

 

Source: wikipedia.org

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