“In 1978, I entered Tohoku University, into the Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Technology.” TechnologyUniversityDepartmentFacultyEngineeringElectricalElectrical Engineering Author:Koichi Tanaka
“The Faculty of Technology of Tohoku University is renowned for its tradition of practical studies.” TechnologyStudyTraditionUniversityPracticalsFacultyRenowned Author:Koichi Tanaka
“My grandmother valued even the smallest of things.” GrandmotherSmallestMy Grandmother Author:Koichi Tanaka
“From my father, I learned the importance of working sincerely at things to which I had committed myself, and to persevere untiringly even in the face of little progress.” LittlesFacesFatherProgressImportanceCommittedSincerelyPersevere Author:Koichi Tanaka
“Sitting at our back doorsteps, all we need to live a good life lies about us. Sun, wind, people, buildings, stones, sea, birds and plants surround us. Cooperation with all these things brings harmony, opposition to them brings disaster and chaos.” PeopleNeedsLyingSunSeaBuildingWindBirdSittingStonesHarmonyPlantChaosDisasterOppositionSurroundGood LifeCooperationPermacultureDoorstepSea Birds Author:Bill Mollison
“Stupidity is an attempt to iron out all differences, and not to use them or value them creatively.” UseValuesDifferencesStupidityIronPermaculture Author:Bill Mollison
“Most biologists, (says Vogel, 1981) seem to have heard of the boundary layer, but they have a fuzzy notion that it is a discrete region, rather than the discrete notion that it is a fuzzy region.” SeemsHeardNotionBoundariesRegionsLayersBiologistFuzzyDiscrete Author:Bill Mollison
“There is no more time-wasting process than that of believing people will act, and then finding that they will not.” PeopleBelieveProcessFindingsMore TimeWasting Time Author:Bill Mollison
“It’s a revolution. But it’s the sort of revolution that no one will notice. It might get a little shadier. Buildings might function better. You might have less money to earn because your food is all around you and you don’t have any energy costs. Giant amounts of money might be freed up in society so that we can provide for ourselves better. So it’s a revolution. But permaculture is anti-political. There is no room for politicians or administrators or priests. And there are no laws either. The only ethics we obey are: care of the earth, care of people, and reinvestment in those ends.” PeopleLittlesEndsMightCareEarthLawPoliticalEnergyRoomsBuildingRevolutionAmountPoliticianCostEthicsFunctionGiantsPriestsPermacultureAdministratorsAnti Political Author:Bill Mollison
“We're only truly secure when we can look out our kitchen window and see our food growing and our friends working nearby.” LooksGrowingWindowSecureKitchen Author:Bill Mollison