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Permaculture Design and AI

In watching the current obsession with AI, I felt that it’s time to finally share my thoughts about using AI from a Permaculture perspective. Spoiler: I don’t like it. So why post a video at all? Does it really matter if you use AI or not? What does it have Read more…

By Matt, 1 monthNovember 2, 2025 ago
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Trees are Sanctuaries

“Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life… When we are stricken and cannot bear our lives any longer, then Read more…

By Matt, 3 yearsJanuary 8, 2023 ago
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We don't use AI in our Permaculture Designs. Wondering why? Watch our video on Permaculture and AI.


Permaculture is deeply indebted to the rooted generational wisdom of the indigenous peoples of the lands where we work, live, and heal. We grow gratefully in the shade of the seed breeders, the land tenders, the song and story keepers, and all those who knew how to be harmony to the great music of earth.
 
We remember that great areas of the land we tend were already tended with work and wisdom for thousands of years. The presence of the wild food and medicine plants we benefit from were encouraged by the practices and presence of the ancestral peoples of these lands.
 
If you are inspired to support our local indigenous peoples, please consider giving to the Occaneechi Saponi, the Haliwa Saponi, the Tutelo Saponi, the Cherokee, the Lumbee, and the other indigenous wisdom keepers of this land that feeds and shelters us.
 
 


 
 
Silver Branch Permaculture
Centered in Chapel Hill, NC and Floyd, VA
Teaching in NC and VA
PO Box 474
Floyd, VA 24091
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