Friedhelm Weiss

Friedhelm Weiss lives together with his wife Agatha and several animals in an old farmhouse in beautiful Rhineland.

For more than 50 years, he has oriented his life around the principles of permaculture. He has been working for many years on adjusting his own environment, particularly his house and land, to conform with the philosophy of permaculture.

Today, Friedhelm Weiss lives completely self-sufficiently and in harmony with the nature around him. He has reduced his footprint as much as he can in order to use as little of the world's limited resources as possible. He is not reliant upon external energy, food or water supplies but produces everything he needs on his own land.

In his books, he wants to share the theoretical and practical knowledge that he has gained over many years on the subject with the widest range of readers possible. He cannot change anything alone but if only a little of his philosophy of permaculture is practised by the broad public, he has done his part in improving the relationship between people and nature for many years to come.