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Bill Mollison - Source: permacultureprinciples.com "Use the principle that white reflects, dark absorbs, heat. Plant shrubs and trees needing heat and light in front of white-painted walls."

“The planting of trees can assuredly increase local precipitation, and can help reverse the effects of dryland soil salting. There is evidence everywhere, in literature and in the field, that the great

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“In houses, design so that you use light and radiation to best effect, particularly in temperate climates. Particular use should be made of the thermosiphon effect of heat, so that heat sources are placed

Bill Mollison - Source: permacultureprinciples.com "When planning windbreaks, consider: Trees that give multiple function, e.g. mulch (Casuarina), bee nectar (dogwood), sugar pods for animals (carob,

Bill Mollison - Source: permacultureprinciples.com "Ascertain the general "hardiness" zone for plants and animals. This is based on temperature, with frost being the limiting factor. Make

Bill Mollison - Source: permacultureprinciples.com "Approximately every 100 m of altitude is equivalent to 1° of latitude, so that a variety of plants can be grown if the property contains hills and

Bill Mollison - Picture Source "Rice, for example, yields 4-5 times better in temperate areas than in tropical ones, although up to three crops per year in the tropics helps to increase local yields

Bill Mollison - Source: permacultureprinciples.com "A bird's-eye view of centralized and disempowered societies will reveal a strictly rectilinear network of streets, farms, and property boundaries.