The Transition Town movement adopts the principles of something called 'permaculture', which is all "about creating sustainable human habitats by following nature's patterns. It uses diversity, stability and resilience of natural ecosystems to provide a framework and guidance for people to develop their own sustainable solutions to the problems facing their world, on a local, national or global scale. It is based on the philosophy of co-operation with nature and caring for the earth and its people." - permaculture.org.uk

Permaculture presentation to view and download