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By taking the time to engage with nature we can design solutions that suit our particular situation. In permaculture, this means creating observation-based designs for efficient energy and resource flow.

Ensure that you are getting truly useful rewards as part of the work you are doing. This principle encourages the growth of food crops, timber, or other products within a permaculture system.

We need to discourage inappropriate activity to ensure that systems can continue to function well. This involves adapting and regulating systems based on performance feedback.

Small and slow systems are easier to maintain than big ones, making better use of local resources and producing more sustainable outcomes. Think small garden plots, local nurseries, and community initiatives.

The interface between things is where the most interesting events take place, the most productive, diverse, and valuable. This includes edge planting in gardens and utilizing boundary spaces effectively.

By stepping back, we can observe patterns in nature and society. These patterns can form the backbone of our designs, with the details filled in as we go. Examples include keyline design or the use of fractal patterns for efficient space utilization.

Diversity reduces vulnerability to a variety of threats and takes advantage of the unique nature of the environment in which it resides. In permaculture, this includes the cultivation of diverse crop varieties and animal species, and the use of diverse financial and social investments.

By valuing and making use of all the resources that are available to us, nothing goes to waste. Composting, reusing, and recycling are all applications of this principle in permaculture.

We can have a positive impact on inevitable change by carefully observing and then intervening at the right time. Permaculture teaches us to embrace change and use it to our advantage, such as succession planting and adapting to climate variations.

By putting the right things in the right place, relationships develop between those things and they work together to support each other. This involves interplanting in gardens, creating beneficial animal relationships, and building supportive social communities.

Develop systems that collect resources when abundant, and use them in times of need. This applies to harvesting rainwater, storing solar energy, or preserving food.