Communities Directory: Barking Frogs Permaculture Center

Forming Formed: 1997 Established: 1988

Barking Frogs Permaculture Center

Sparr, Florida,

United States

The major thrust of Barking Frogs Permaculture Center is permaculture.

Permaculture design brings our lives back into participation with the Earth. Permaculturists and other environmentalists warn of global destruction unless we learn to live with the Earth rather than continuing to prey upon her. Permaculture trusts that the Earth shows us solutions to halt the destruction of the biosphere while sustaining ourselves in wholesome and fulfilling ways.

Permaculture design integrates people into nature's design for the bioregion as a whole so that it is respected, enhanced, and strengthened. People receive shelter, energy, food, water, income, community, and aesthetic as well as spiritual fulfillment as part of the permaculture design, all within a balanced biological community. Permaculture-design students learn to make practical recommendations to develop the natural potential of a site. They also learn to identify the source and availability of every resource required to implement the permaculture design. A timetable for orchestrating the unfolding of the design and using each stage of implementation to prepare for the next helps to assure practical and efficient results. Thus the design integrates the goals of the Earth and the people in that place.

Contact:

PO Box 52
Sparr, Florida 32192-0052 United States

Former/Other Names: Yankee Permaculture, Elfin Permaculture

Last Updated:3/13/2005

Visitors Not Accepted

Population Adult Members: 2 Open to new adults: Yes Open to new children: No	Government Decision Making: By consensus :: Other (by the individual involved where we have specific projects for which that individual is mainly responsible.) Identified Leader: No Leadership Core Group: Yes	Labor and Money Financial Style: Members have independent finances Financial Style: Other (As we are a married couple, we share all income. Additional participants are expected to be economically self-reliant, though we are happy to provide resources under out present control (e.g. expertise, land) for them to develop profit sharing businesses. The goal is, that to the extent that we get community members, we want to develop enterprises according to the permaculture "commonworks" model. Meanwhile, people who use resources are expected to maintain them and take responsibility for them, including replacement if depleted or damaged through negligence, etc.)
Land and Buildings Rural Area: 16 acres (6.5 hectares) Land Owned By: Individual community member(s) Number of Residences: 1.5	Food, etc. Percentage of Food Grown: 6-20% Share Community Meals: Nearly all dinners Dietary Choice or Restrictions: Diet is up to each individual Dietary Practice: Omnivorous Alcohol Use: Used occasionally Tobacco Use: Prohibited

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