By Michael Pilarski, Friends of the Trees Society, 2009

So what is permaculture? What makes it different from: organic gardening? organic farming? sustainable agriculture? ecological agriculture? bio-dynamic farming? regeneration farming? forest gardening? Holistic Resource Management HRM? ecosystem restoration? sustainability? or natural building?

Michael Pilarski – January 6, 2009

I am in the process of traveling by train from the West Coast to the East Coast and back again. Here is a report on my east-bound trip. I spend most of the daylight hours observing the landscapes I pass through. In much of them I observe paradise lost and think about how permaculture could help make these areas more productive again. From west to east here are the major eco-regions I passed through with some observations and suggestions.

Northern Rocky Mountains.