(Started on a Summer’s Saturday afternoon on the couch) Jan 2023 and a continuing exploration with my thoughts and understanding of paradigms…. The beginning… In response to a SM conversation on ‘Donella Meadows list of interventions in systems’. (Maxed out on the word count for the response!) This is the thought trail on designing interventions […]
purpose – an awakening of a way to be in the world, to live by our gifts From ‘find your why’ (Senek) to ‘you don’t have a purpose’ (Sanford), no wonder many of us (or maybe just me?) get confused at times, and would rather numb our brains and hearts just to manage our day […]
A quick survey by Permaculture. Link to the survey Why I want to know…. I recently trialled this survey at a workshop with some happy Australian volunteers to understand where their money went on food purchases and maybe start to challenge themselves how they could do it differently. It was an interesting activity and I […]
I could be watching netflix until 1 am instead I am imagining possible futures with some really cool people in Europe and South America. I just finished an intro to speculative design with this mob – J. Paul Neeley and the school of critical design. Wondering how to apply into regenerative systems and permaculture projects […]
Starting with why? why would I need a mission statement to grow some veggies for my family? There is a concept called ‘bounded applicability’ which means something similar to ‘horses for courses’. The right method for the right situation or context or the importance of understanding the limits that any tool, technology or method has. […]
Yesterday my daughter applied to renew her passport. In a fit of hope and optimism after years of repeated set backs, she put on a mask for the photo that will capture her life experience so far. She suffered through the detail of the process to enable an aspiration that has been two decades in […]
https://bra.in/8qVPgJ This link will take you to a public brain developed by WorkSmith (c)2022. A visual collection of all the positive ways I (and others) think will nurture and protect our planet and all that it contains to thrive as beings living well within the system. This project was inspired by the desire to integrate […]
Digital As the owner of the Permaculture. app., I manage the design and usability of the interface. I curate content. I build user engagement and community. I develop strategy for future placement. Design and Management projects- intranets, Share Point, Web Strategy Start Up – Co-operative Enterprise – Strategic Partner Strategy design Workshop facilitation to map […]