Introduction to PermacultureGrub, Chico

2012

www.perma-fun-K.comperma_fun_K@rocketmail.com

CONTENTSWhat is perma-fun-K?

Objectives for this chat and for the series of chats and workshops at Grub?

Contents of the chats and hands on workshops

GROUP PRESENTATION/EMOTION/WORD

CONTENTS/GRAFIC OF WHAT CONTENTS/PARTS TO TALK BOUT AND HOW LONG/BOARD

HOW: GROUP DINAMICS/ CO-CREATING CONTENTS AND VISIONS/ WORKSHOPS TO COME

HISTORY OF PERMACULTURE.. A TALE STORY.. SIGNIFICANTS FOR DESCRIBING PERMACULTURE...

WRITE DOWN WHAT EACH THINGS IS PERMACULTURE... keep it til the end..

GROUP DINAMICS: WHAT IS PERMACULTURE??/ COTTON WHEEL GAME!!

GROUP DINAMIC/ETHICS... RELATED TO THE COTTON WHEEL GAME..

GROUP DINAMICS/PRINCIPLES.. RELATED TO THE COTTON WHEEL GAME...

CAORDIC THEORY... simulated with the group..

DINAMICA ESPIRAL... simulated by the group...

NEXT STEPS: HANDS ON WORKSHOPS presentation/foto slide shows

Why??

“ I want to emphasize that we should not be expecting ourchildren to change the world. Unless we do it, our children

do not have a world to change”.Bill Mollison

"They demonstrate how permaculture can feed a growing population in an environmentally sustainable and socially

responsible manner" the UMass Permaculture Initiative 2012

Who?

● “ We have just began our work as developers. There are villages that we are developing now, but our priority is to train more designers, because we do not have enough people to cope with all that work.”

Bill Mollison

ORIGINS..Permaculture started in 1975 or 1976...

WHY DO THEY THOUGHT THEY NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING THEN?

The real systems that are beginning to fail are the soils, forests, the atmosphere, and nutrient cycles. It is we who are re- sponsible for that. We haven't evolved anywhere in the west (and I doubt very much elsewhere except in tribal areas) any sustainable systems in agriculture or forestry. We don't have a system.

● More than 64 groups the first 4 years in Australia.

WHY DO WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING NOW?

7 billion people14.8 billion hectares of land

5 hectares/person5hc x 7 billion = 35 billion hectares of land needed to feed us = unsustainable KAOS

4.100 h of arable land

ARABLE LAND??

Adequately fertile soil and sufficient rainfall capable of supporting traditional agriculture.. 41 million square km

5% protected areas= protected parks/landscapes, etc..

15 MILLION OF THE REST IS USED ACTUALLY ( FAO )

By 2050 we expect to have 9 billion people

● IF today there is about 2 billion people in the

world in poor stages of hunger and need...

● CAN WE FEED 9 BILLION PEOPLE ?? Can

we make such a radical change in a matter of

40 years???

USA

● Average water usage day/person= 1200 gallons!!!!!

● Going where?? ● How much land loss/year?● How do we loose our soil??● How many planets we need in order to keep

this up??

OUR SOILUnited States loses about 60,000 acres of wetlands each year.

400.000 acres of soil in mono crops like CORN.

10 cm soil/year in every traditional agriculture/garden/industry.

8 cm soil/year in organic gardens/industries.

LOAN of our back/front yards covers

Uses gallon water

1 billion pounds pesticides/year in our soils.

Normal septic soige tanks = N In soil ad waterlands

Our average food travels 1200 miles.

Half our gas consume is imported.

OUR WATER● Only 8% of our total water is in a constant

cycling.● Ground water consume/ only 40% safe.● 1 billion pound pesticides enter our water

sheed every year.● Consume average is 1200 gallons/day/person.● Overload of heavy metals and round 22 million

p N into our ground water.

OUR ENERGY

OUR HAPPINESS

DO WE KNOW WHAT OUR FOOTPRINT IS?

ARE OUR ECONOMY SUSTAINING US ALL?

DO WE KNOW WHAT THE REAL COST OF THINGS ARE??

ARE WE ALL FEELING SUPPORTED AND HEARD??

IS OUR CHILDREN HAPPY?

ARE WE RESILIENT ENOUGH?

● CAN WE BE OK WITHIN KAOS?

HOW FLEXIBLE CAN WE BE?

DO WE FEEL ABUNDANT?

ARE WE LIVING OUR DREAMS??

DO WE LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT

SUPPORTS US?

● HOW STRONG CAN WE ALL GET TOGETHER??

CAN WE STRETCH OUR VISION ENOUGH?

DO WE KNOW THE TOOLS AND HOW TO USE THEM?

DO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT

OUR REALITY IS?

DO WE FEEL EMPOWERED?

CAN WE TRANSFORM PAIN AND FRUSTRATION IN

SOLUTIONS?

ARE WE HAPPY?

Do we relate?

Do we learn from patterns?

WHAT DOES CAORDIC MEAN?

CAN WE MAKE USE OF THE KAOS?

EDGE

KAOS

REVOLUTION

EVOLUTION

How do we find SOLUTIONS??

DO WE UNDERSTANDWHAT MEANS TOGETHER?

What do we understand for evolution?

CAN CONTAIN/CONTROLL CHANGE?

CAN WE CONTROL CHANGE?

GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESSGNH value is proposed to be an index function of the total average per capita of the following measures:

Economic Wellness: Indicated via direct survey and statistical measurement of economic metrics such as consumer debt, average income to consumer price index ratio and income distributionEnvironmental Wellness: Indicated via direct survey and statistical measurement

of environmental metrics such as pollution, noise and traffi cPhysical Wellness: Indicated via statistical measurement of physical health

metrics such as severe illnessesMental Wellness: Indicated via direct survey and statistical measurement of mental

health metrics such as usage of antidepressants and rise or decline of psychotherapy patients

Workplace Wellness: Indicated via direct survey and statistical measurement of labor metrics such as jobless claims, job change, workplace complaints and lawsuits

Social Wellness: Indicated via direct survey and statistical measurement of social metrics such as discrimination, safety, divorce rates, complaints of domestic confl icts and family lawsuits, public lawsuits, crime rates

Political Wellness: Indicated via direct survey and statistical measurement of political metrics such as the quality of local democracy, individual freedom, and foreign confl icts

BASIC HUMAN NEEDS● 50m2 family 4 = all vegetables● 1.5hc family 4 = all food ( fruits, veg, meats,

heat, etc )● 1gallon day/person= drink● 15 gallon day/person= drink, bath, wash, and

grey water on our vegetables.● TO BE LOVED= family/community/world/unity● SHELTER● TO SHARE/TO BE KIND???

BASIC EARTH NEEDS

THE EARTH NEEDS HUMANS TO JUST

“ DO NO HARM ”

How do we change patters?

HUG?

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Definition

Integrating systems...

● Organics● Agroforestry● Integrated farming ( regenerative

agriculture.. )● Sustainable development ( alterna currencies,

green housing, education, structures, etc..)● Applied ecology/system ecology

ETHICS

Care for the earth

Care for the people

Share

PRINCIPLES

OBSERVE AND INTERACT

CATCH AND STORE ENERGY

Obtain a yield

Applying self regulating and accepting feedback

Use and value renewable resources/services

Produce no waste

Desigh from patters to details

Integrate dont segregate

Small & slow solutions

Use & value diversity

Use edges/value marginal

Be creative with change

SYNERGIES/HAPPENINGS

● Relationships created among elements by the way they are placed together; the whole becoming greater than the sum of its parts. Permaculture design therefore seeks to minimize waste, human labor, and energy input by building systems with maximal benefits between design elements to achieve a high level of synergy

WHAT REALLY MAKES IT PERMACULTURE??

NONE DIG GARDENS

NONE TIL ORCHADS

NATURAL FARMING/FUKUOKA

KEYLINE

REGENERATES

HOLISTIC MANAGEMENTS

DO WE UNDERSTEAND WHAT MEANS TOGETHER?

DO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT SUSTAINBLE MEANS??

Un sistema es sostenible

cuando crea/almacena

más energía/materia en su vida

de lo que se necesita

para crearlo y mantenerlo

(Manual del Diseñador, Bill Mollison)

 

CAN OUR FUTURE BE LIKE THIS?

SECRETS OF THE HAPPIEST/HEALTHIER/WITH ELDE

PEOPLE ON EARTH● GROW YOUR OWN FOOD● LIVE CLOSE TO NATURE● BE CLOSE TO FAMILY/FRIENDS● CELEBRATE/SHARE/MUSIC● HAVE OLDERS ROUND

= ENJOY/TAKE CARE/DO NOT HARM

Bibliography

● http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture#History● http://www.barkingfrogspermaculture.org/PDC_ALL.pdf● http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_national_happiness● http://www.wild-lab.com/courses/wetlands/research/landloss.htm● http://true-progress.com/the-earth-can-feed-clothe-and-house-12-billion-people-306.htm● http://www.sustainablescale.org/conceptualframework/understandingscale/measuringscale/e● cologicalfootprint.aspx

Bibliography

http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/●http://www.earth.columbia.edu/sitefiles/file/Sachs%20Writing/2012/World%20Happiness%20Report.pdf●http://permacultureprinciples.com/principle_12.php●http://permacultureinstitute.pbworks.com/w/page/15951502/FrontPage