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mountaintop removal coal mining, etc.], or for particular land use strategies such as urban sprawl, I do not believe it to be irreconcilable. It might conversly be argued that, we are already seeing the beginning of the breakdown of nature's support systems [for the production of clean air, fresh water, and healthy soils], if current trends continue [of population growth, climate change, etc] we must fundamentally change the way in which we view human interaction with the environment, we must move away from being apart from the natural world and toward an active participation in it. The projects introduced on this page represent examples of proposals for the implementation of permaculture-based site design in two micro-watershed homesteads in the mountainous regions of western North Carolina. Produced under the auspices of Mountain Works Sustainable Development, Inc. the documents propose site-specific considerations for implementing permaculture principals ranging from, but not limited to: GIS analysis, restorative forestry practices, earthwork installation + rainwater management, organic gardening, animal-assisted agriculture, on-site energy production, establishment of wildlife habitat + silvic gardens, and promotion of sustainable + natural building techniques. The goals are to educate the client[s] as to the importance of a comprehensive approach to permaculture design, to establish a systematic plan that is specific to the economic and ecological needs of both the client and the ecosystem, and to implement said plan in a fashion that fosters and sustains the health and productivity of the system [as a whole] well into the future.