NTU girl explores a life in permaculture

Walking into Jianguo Weekend Flower Market, one is greeted with an aromatic herb stall. For what reason would a newly graduated girl want to become part of a sustainable farming community in Mount Yangming and tax her mind and body for the mere necessities of life? Yu-xin (愉欣) went to Mount Yangming to learn the concepts of permaculture.

Permaculture is a system of design principles for sustainable living that integrates many areas of knowledge, including primitive ecology, horticulture, agriculture and even house building; today, the permaculture lifestyle is proving attractive to many young people. At the same time, permaculture stresses the concepts of caring for the Earth, caring for people and the sharing resources fairly, in what is a radical new way of thinking for the 21st century.

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走進建國花市，映入眼簾的是一處香草攤位。是什麼原因，讓一個大學剛畢業的女孩，來到陽明山上，住在講究永續生活設計的農場裡，為了柴米油鹽醬醋茶勞心勞力？她是畢業於台大的愉欣，來到陽明山上學習樸門的理念。

樸門是把原生態、園藝和農業及許多不同領域知識相結合，進行永續生活設計，甚至連房子都嘗試自己蓋，這種生活理念吸引不少年輕人投入。同時樸門照顧地球、關懷人以及資源公平分享的理念，帶給我們不一樣的思考方向。

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