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PePa - Draft Collective Statement from the permaculture movement in regards to Palestine
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It may or may not be used to draw up a final collective statement
from the permaculture movement in regards to Palestine.
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Draft Collective Statement from the permaculture movement in regards to Palestine
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A statement titled “Defending Life Against Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing, and Aggression”
has emerged, linked to the IPCC 2024 and circulating as a petition.
It shares strong values with the Statement PePa is shaping. - 07 August 2025.
Analysis: https://justpaste.it/pepa-d1
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From the Zoom meeting 31st of July 2025:
Can a collective statement from the permaculture movement be made?
Addressed. Agreement to draft a collective statement; steps: mailing list,
drafting post-meeting. Time mark 10:30–10:32 in the transcript.
Inspiring documents:
Solidarity With Front-line Struggles: https://earthactivisttraining.org/solidarity_2024/
Climate Change Statement: http://www.permacultureclimatechange.org/
US Elections Statement: https://pina.in/solidarity-statement/
📣 Permaculture & Palestine: A Collective Statement in Progress
This document is part of an evolving effort by members of the global permaculture community to
respond to the ongoing genocide and ecocide in Palestine. Rooted in permaculture’s core ethics—
Earth Care, People Care, and Fair Share—it seeks to offer a clear ethical position, a practical
call to action, and a space for reflection and collaboration.
It is presented in three parts:
1️./ Collaborative Working Draft (CWD)
This is the heart of the document—a shared draft open to feedback and refinement. You’ll find clear
statements of position, calls for solidarity, and ethical framing grounded in permaculture principles.
Throughout the text, you’ll see [Q1–Q6] markers linking to companion questions that invite deeper
reflection.
2️./ Reflection Questions
A set of guiding questions aligned with the draft’s sections. They are offered as tools for group
discussion, self-reflection, or curriculum development.
3️./ “Looks Final” Version
A clean, reader-ready version of the statement without editorial notes or question markers. This can
be used for sharing, quoting, or proposing for endorsement once the content is agreed upon.
Part 1️- Collaborative Working Draft (CWD)
Permaculture & Palestine Statement
Collaborative Working Draft v1.1
🌍 Permaculture & Palestine:
Ethics in Action
A Collaborative Working Draft for Community Feedback
Version 1.1 – August 2025
I. In the Face of Genocide and Ecocide, We Speak
We, members of the global permaculture movement, raise our voices in solidarity
with the people of Palestine—especially those in Gaza and the West Bank—who
are enduring deliberate destruction of life, land, and livelihood. Entire
neighborhoods have been flattened, seed banks erased, water systems
destroyed. This is not only a humanitarian catastrophe. It is a systemic assault
on ecosystems, ancestral farming practices, and food sovereignty. What is
unfolding is both genocide and ecocide.
On 31 July 2025, Israeli forces demolished the Seed Multiplication Unit of
the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) in Hebron—one of
Palestine’s most important indigenous seed banks. Bulldozers crushed tools,
seeds, and decades of community-based food sovereignty efforts. This was not
collateral damage. It was a calculated act of ecological erasure.
Destroying a national seed bank is the destruction of memory,
resistance, and regeneration.
📎 Press Release PDF – UAWC, 31 July 2025
🔎 See: [Q1]
II. Our Ethics Demand Response
Permaculture is not neutral. It is rooted in three interdependent ethics:
· Earth Care: Gaza's environment—its soil, water, trees, and
ecosystems—is being poisoned and bulldozed.
· People Care: Families are starving under siege. Children are denied food,
water, and shelter.
· Fair Share: The global imbalance of power and hoarded resources
violates this ethic every day.
Our ethics call us to reject any system—military, economic, colonial—that profits
from destruction and denies people access to land, water, and autonomy.
🔎 See: [Q2]
III. We Denounce the Weaponization of Land and Agriculture
We reject the use of permaculture or ecological language to greenwash
oppression. No garden justifies apartheid. No regenerative project should be
built on stolen land.
We call on permaculture farms, projects, and educators—especially in Israel
and occupied Palestine—to examine their role and position:
· Are they on confiscated land?
· Do they employ displaced labor?
· Do they challenge or reinforce settler structures?
We honor the courage of those—Israeli, Palestinian, and international—who resist these injustices.
🔎 See: [Q3]
IV. What We Can Do: A Call to Action
We urge all members of the permaculture community—individuals, teachers,
organizations—to:
1. Sign and circulate this statement.
2. Support grassroots initiatives led by Palestinians, especially:
· Seed saving and food growing
· Water harvesting and ecological rebuilding
· Trauma-informed, land-based healing programs
1. Join working groups to develop:
· Training for displaced persons (Tunisia, Egypt, etc.)
· Resource kits for “permaculture with no resources”
· Safe houses, seed exchanges, and solidarity funds
3. Organize internal reflections:
· On ethical inconsistencies within permaculture
· On how settler-colonialism, racism, and land injustice operate in our own regions
🔎 See: [Q4]
V. An Invitation to Go Deeper
If you are new to permaculture:
This moment is a doorway. Our design tools, ethics, and community practices
can be used for rebuilding what has been destroyed—from the ground up.
Permaculture is not a brand. It is a commitment to regenerative relationship:
with soil, water, people, and power.
If you are an experienced practitioner:
Ask yourself—how can your work be part of dismantling structures of violence,
and not just surviving within them?
If you represent an organization:
Endorse this statement. Share your plans. Let us build a network rooted in
ethics, action, and integrity.
🔎 See: [Q5]
VI. Toward a Regenerative Future for All
We call upon all who care for the Earth and its peoples to stand with Palestine.
To grow food, to heal land, to resist injustice.
To plant seeds now that will feed future generations—freely, fairly, and in peace.
Signed,
[Names of individuals and organizations to be collected]
🔎 See: [Q6]
📝 Attribution for Press Release & Documentation
Press Release:
“Israeli Forces Demolish Seed Multiplication Unit of UAWC’s Seed Bank in Hebron”
Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) – Palestine – 31 July 2025
📄 Destruction of Hebron Seedbank - UAWC 31 July 2025
Part 2 – Reflection Questions
Reflection Questions for the Collaborative Working Draft
The following questions accompany the Collaborative Working Draft and correspond to the
[Q1–Q6] markers throughout the text.
They are offered as prompts for deeper reflection, dialogue, and alignment—whether you're reading
alone, in a group, or preparing to take action.
These questions are not required to endorse the statement, but are part of a wider intention to
keep permaculture rooted in ethics, critical thought, and regenerative practice.
These questions accompany the Collaborative Working Draft: “Permaculture & Palestine:
Ethics in Action.” They are meant to invite deeper reflection, facilitate discussion, and guide alignment with
permaculture ethics.
🔎 Q1 – In the Face of Genocide and Ecocide
Do we name ecocide and genocide when we see it—or do we wait until history makes it safe?
What role should permaculturists play in exposing and responding to systemic violence against
people and ecosystems?
🔎 Q2 – Our Ethics Demand Response
How do Earth Care, People Care, and Fair Share apply to Palestine—and to our own regions?
Are we willing to apply permaculture ethics consistently, even when it becomes politically
uncomfortable?
🔎 Q3 – Weaponization of Land and Agriculture
Can permaculture be part of the solution if it avoids confronting colonialism and occupation?
What responsibilities do permaculture farms, educators, and networks have when located in
contexts of systemic injustice?
🔎 Q4 – A Call to Action
Which of these actions could you or your organization take in the next 30 days?
What prevents us from acting, and what would make meaningful action more accessible?
🔎 Q5 – An Invitation to Go Deeper
What would it mean for you to align more deeply with the ethics of permaculture right now?
Where do you see gaps between intention and practice in your permaculture work?
🔎 Q6 – Toward a Regenerative Future
Will you sign, share, and help plant the seeds of solidarity?
What does it mean to design not just gardens, but relationships—and resistance?
Part 3 – “Looks Final” Version
A clean presentation of the draft statement for reading, quoting, or sharing.
This version removes internal references (e.g. Q markers or collaborative notes) and presents the
statement as it might appear once finalized and endorsed. It is offered here to support clarity of
communication, outreach, and public visibility.
If you are reading this for the first time, we encourage you to return to Parts 1 and 2 to explore the
ethical framing and invitation to reflect or contribute.
1️./ Collaborative Working Draft (CWD)
🌍 Permaculture & Palestine: Ethics in Action
A collective statement from the global permaculture community
I. In the Face of Genocide and Ecocide, We Speak
We, members of the global permaculture movement, raise our voices in solidarity with the people
of Palestine—especially those in Gaza and the West Bank—who are enduring deliberate destruction
of life, land, and livelihood. Entire neighborhoods have been flattened, seed banks erased, water
systems destroyed. This is not only a humanitarian catastrophe. It is a systemic assault on
ecosystems, ancestral farming practices, and food sovereignty.
What is unfolding is both genocide and ecocide.
On 31 July 2025, Israeli forces demolished the Seed Multiplication Unit of the Union of Agricultural
Work Committees (UAWC) in Hebron—one of Palestine’s most important indigenous seed banks.
Bulldozers crushed tools, seeds, and decades of community-based food sovereignty efforts. This
was not collateral damage. It was a calculated act of ecological erasure.
Destroying a national seed bank is the destruction of memory, resistance, and regeneration.
II. Our Ethics Demand Response
Permaculture is not neutral. It is rooted in three interdependent ethics:
· Earth Care: Gaza's environment—its soil, water, trees, and ecosystems—is being poisoned and bulldozed.
· People Care: Families are starving under siege. Children are denied food, water, and shelter.
· Fair Share: The global imbalance of power and hoarded resources violates this ethic every day.
Our ethics call us to reject any system—military, economic, colonial—that profits from destruction
and denies people access to land, water, and autonomy.
III. We Denounce the Weaponization of Land and Agriculture
We reject the use of permaculture or ecological language to greenwash oppression.
No garden justifies apartheid. No regenerative project should be built on stolen land.
We call on permaculture farms, projects, and educators—especially in Israel and occupied
Palestine—to examine their role and position:
· Are they on confiscated land?
· Do they employ displaced labor?
· Do they challenge or reinforce settler structures?
We honor the courage of those—Israeli, Palestinian, and international—who resist these injustices.
IV. What We Can Do: A Call to Action
We urge all members of the permaculture community—individuals, teachers, organizations—to:
1./ Sign and circulate this statement.
2./ Support grassroots initiatives led by Palestinians, especially:
· Seed saving and food growing
· Water harvesting and ecological rebuilding
· Trauma-informed, land-based healing programs
Join working groups to develop:
· Training for displaced persons (e.g. in Tunisia, Egypt)
· Resource kits for “permaculture with no resources”
· Safe houses, seed exchanges, and solidarity funds
Organize internal reflections:
· On ethical inconsistencies within permaculture
· On how settler-colonialism, racism, and land injustice operate in our own regions
V. An Invitation to Go Deeper
If you are new to permaculture:
This moment is a doorway. Our design tools, ethics, and community practices can be used for
rebuilding what has been destroyed—from the ground up. Permaculture is not a brand. It is a
commitment to regenerative relationship: with soil, water, people, and power.
If you are an experienced practitioner:
Ask yourself—how can your work be part of dismantling structures of violence, and not just
surviving within them?
If you represent an organization:
Endorse this statement. Share your plans. Let us build a network rooted in ethics, action, and
integrity.
VI. Toward a Regenerative Future for All
We call upon all who care for the Earth and its peoples to stand with Palestine.
To grow food, to heal land, to resist injustice.
To plant seeds now that will feed future generations—freely, fairly, and in peace.
Signed,
[Names of individuals and organizations will be added upon endorsement]
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Invitation to work on this collaborative statement:
https://justpaste.it/pepa-in
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A statement titled “Defending Life Against Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing, and Aggression”
has emerged, linked to the IPCC 2024 and circulating as a petition.
It shares strong values with the Statement PePa is shaping.
Analysis: https://justpaste.it/pepa-d1
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Saja Statement, IH Statement & IPCC Petition compared: https://justpaste.it/pepa-s-3c
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