The following book on permaculture is the same as the copy we handed out to you that we will be looking at together. Here it is online for you to read at your leisure.

 

permaculture_beginners_guide_extract

 

In the video below permaculture is presented as a rap poem. You may want to make a presentation like this too!

 

SOIL

 

The soil is made of several layers:

 

 

Here is a short video showing the layers of soil

 

 

This video shows how soil is originally formed:

 

 

This next video from the discovery channel looks at soil in more depth. Make yourself comfortable and enjoy:

Based on the videos and readings in your ecology and permaculture studies try out the following quiz:

 

http://wps.pearsoned.ca/ca_school_ist7-8preview/99/25479/6522653.cw/content/