Making positive change in the world – even in your world – is hard. Even the smallest idea for action may make us hesitate, leave it for someone else or second guess our right or capability to give it a go and learn from what happens next and build. Hearing a conversation today about choice, […]
In our community groups, communication is key to our common success. Little things like saying hello, admiring someone’s beans or just smiling or nodding with a little eye contact can change someone’s day, especially if they feel isolated or lonely. We are all busy – too busy sometimes to read emails and newsletters that other […]
Showing my kitchen and household systems to our ‘intro to permaculture’ course participants is a bit nerve-wracking – it’s easy to wonder how judgemental people might be about hygiene, aesthetics, choices and detritus left by a shared household in the kitchen and ‘oh how pure are my principles’ for what is in the fridge and […]
The more I listen to and read about designers talk about design as a process, the clearer it is to me that we work best from frameworks – the bigger perspectives and patterns. Having more frameworks (by that I mean theories grounded in truth/evidence) to draw on, gives you more edge and depth as a […]
Herewith a list of credible resources to support living well **updated from time to time** one integrated planet: https://app.thebrain.com/embed/71dd0656-6db7-47b8-89a6-1f2074bfbc28 https://www.freepermaculture.com/digitalpermaculture/
URBAN DESIGN 11 Tropical climate Climate zone 1 – High humidity summer, warm winter South east facing balcony ~2.5 x6m rectangle- one corner (SW) is shaded in the afternoon from building shadows, 2 aircon outlets facing onto balcony (Balcony facing aircon outlet not used in summer) Rental No budget to allocate, no transport – relies […]
I have been filling my head up with noise. Mainly to avoid thoughts. Podcasts, netflix, work worries, family worries, end of earth worries. I have been filling my life with a virtual existence outweighing the real physical sense of place. Now I have stopped. mostly except for a few meetings and tech issues to fix […]
What is meant by the word – scale? Scale is a provocative word. If you are a citrus grower, you don’t want scale. To some, scale (as in ‘increasing the scale of a project, idea or activity’) means commodifying it for capitalism, selling out. Scale has been co-opted as word in entrepreneur and innovation circles […]
Permaculture educator training 2023 Each day had its own challenge and surprise for how I interact with others. How we affect, prompt and provoke each other towards a new greatness. I felt drained at times. I was equally energised and educated. I admired those who do this teaching gig for a job and I also […]
A post to map out what I am up to in 2023. The things I do when I am not doing paid work, with my family, horse or gardening, painting or having a quiet moment in the sunroom… Active Now redesigning my orchard areas for spring abundance reading speculative futures Johanna Hoffman and […]