People & Permaculture – Principles
Observe & Interact What do I observe around me and with other people? What do I see or feel; what’s my body feeling, what’s my intuition saying? What can I change? Catch & Store Energy What gives me energy?
Activity: Bio-time Diary
Keep a diary for a week recording your energy levels on a scale of 1-10 in the morning, afternoon and evening, and the food you have for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and any snacks. You may want to add other
Activity: Time-capsule
What does people care mean to me? What people care skills do I use on a daily basis? How do I feel about myself right now? How do I feel about my connections to other people? How do I feel
Activity: Sharing Surpluses
One of the ways to develop abundance is to practice giving things away What do I have around me? What are my surpluses? Perhaps it is plant in the garden, items that you don’t need, skills, time or money. Find
Activity: Shared Edge
What edges do I share with permaculture? What are the common belief and assumptions? What skills can I bring to a more self-responsible Earth culture? Common belief are patterns we can use in our designs, the skills are valuable
Thoughts
I may be being picky hear, but I don’t like the phrase ‘The Problem is the Solution’ – it doesn’t quite work for me and sounds vaguely mystical and meaningless. I much prefer ‘The ROOT of the problem is the
Politics and Protest
Probably not surprisingly, quite a large number of Permi people are (or have been) involved in protest and trying to change things in politics that do not conform to the ethics of Earthcare/Peoplecare/Fairshare. And I myself have been involved in this (reclaim the streets, anti-capitalist
Plants & Flowers
One big realisation during the course was about how important it is to know about wildlife (plants, flowers, trees, funghi, animals) – and how little I actually DO know about this! When designing spaces, it is important to understand beneficial
Sauerkraut
My first attempt at Sauerkraut after the PDC. The main process involves creating an anaerobic process by submerging the chosen veg beneath a saline solution. The process increasing Vitamin C, B and other food enzymes as well as infusing the
Living Food
An excellent lesson by Annie Levy talked about living food, especially ‘wild fermentation’. She blogs at kitchencounterculture121.wordpress.com Living foods often contain beneficial microbes, enzymes and nutrients – often these are lost during cooking. Annie also made some interesting comments about different ‘tastes’
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