The term, Permaculture, was coined by Bill Mollison, an Australian scientist, research professor, and author, who borrowed the concept from the book title, Tree Crops, a Permanent Agriculture, written in 1929 by Virginian, J. Russell Smith, a geographer, conservationist, and Wharton School of Business economics professor.A culture can not survive without a permanent, or sustaining, form of agriculture. written by Patricia Ceglia, Permaculture Designer and Instructor We can al