per·ma·cul·ture - /ˈpərməˌkəlCHər/ - originally meaning simply a permanent agriculture but now indicating permanent culture focused on living in accord with the natural world;
"Permaculture is a philosophy of working with rather than against nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thoughtless action; of looking at systems in all their functions rather than asking only one yield of them..." ~Bill Mollison