- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Permaculture Design Principles
- Chapter 3: Design Process
- Chapter 4: Pattern Understanding
- Chapter 5: Climatic Factors
- Chapter 6: Trees and their Energy Transactions
- Chapter 7: Water
- Chapter 8: Soils
- Chapter 9: Earth Working and Earth Resources
- Chapter 10: The Humid Tropics
- Chapter 11: Dryland Strategies
- Chapter 12: Humid Cool to Cold Climates
- Chapter 13: Aquaculture
- Chapter 14: The Strategies of an Alternative Global Nation
- Natural Building
- Fermentation
- Animal Systems
- Appropriate Technology