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The Permaculture Research Digest has summaries of newly published permaculture-related research. All items are hyper-linked to the original publication.
The 'January 2013' archive contains 60 items published in 2012.
Items marked with a # have restricted public access, although abstracts are freely available.
This thesis is a
study of perceptions of sustainable development and whether permaculture
contributes to sustainable development in Malawi. A qualitative, ethnographic case study approach was employed, using
semi-structured interviews, in-field observation and permaculture
document analysis. Research revealed perceptions of sustainable
development were very similar to perceptions of permaculture, suggesting
that most people saw permaculture as significantly contributing to
their understanding of sustainable development. A key finding was
involvement in permaculture arose from a plurality of instrumental goals
and identification with social movement values, which in turn
influenced perceptions of sustainable development.
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