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An alternative path - permaculture visions as a response to Denmark’s industrial agriculture

Aarup, Tine Louise LU (2025) In Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science MESM02 20251
LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
Abstract
In Denmark food production is dominantly influenced by industrial agriculture, which has been increasingly scrutinized for its negative environmental impacts making it evident that alternative food systems must be explored. This could, for example, be permaculture which guides people to live in harmony with nature. This thesis investigates what eight Danish permaculture practitioners wish to change about industrial agriculture, and how they envision opposing this through their future gardens. To ensure that the visions are desirable and viable Erik Olin Wright’s theory of Real Utopias is utilized. Through the research it is found that industrial agriculture is prioritized in Danmark limiting alternative food systems like permaculture. The... (More)
In Denmark food production is dominantly influenced by industrial agriculture, which has been increasingly scrutinized for its negative environmental impacts making it evident that alternative food systems must be explored. This could, for example, be permaculture which guides people to live in harmony with nature. This thesis investigates what eight Danish permaculture practitioners wish to change about industrial agriculture, and how they envision opposing this through their future gardens. To ensure that the visions are desirable and viable Erik Olin Wright’s theory of Real Utopias is utilized. Through the research it is found that industrial agriculture is prioritized in Danmark limiting alternative food systems like permaculture. The permaculture practitioners envision opposing this by spreading knowledge, prioritizing well-being over profit-generation, creating local communities, increasing their food production, and expanding their land. This presents permaculture as a possible local alternative to industrial agriculture. (Less)
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author
Aarup, Tine Louise LU
supervisor
organization
course
MESM02 20251
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Sustainability Science, system critique, transdisciplinary, alternative future, Real Utopias
publication/series
Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science
report number
2025:010
language
English
id
9191585
date added to LUP
2025-06-03 10:09:36
date last changed
2025-06-03 10:09:36
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  abstract     = {{In Denmark food production is dominantly influenced by industrial agriculture, which has been increasingly scrutinized for its negative environmental impacts making it evident that alternative food systems must be explored. This could, for example, be permaculture which guides people to live in harmony with nature. This thesis investigates what eight Danish permaculture practitioners wish to change about industrial agriculture, and how they envision opposing this through their future gardens. To ensure that the visions are desirable and viable Erik Olin Wright’s theory of Real Utopias is utilized. Through the research it is found that industrial agriculture is prioritized in Danmark limiting alternative food systems like permaculture. The permaculture practitioners envision opposing this by spreading knowledge, prioritizing well-being over profit-generation, creating local communities, increasing their food production, and expanding their land. This presents permaculture as a possible local alternative to industrial agriculture.}},
  author       = {{Aarup, Tine Louise}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science}},
  title        = {{An alternative path - permaculture visions as a response to Denmark’s industrial agriculture}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}