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    A PROJECT OF GREEN WAVE

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      • SO WHAT IS PERMACULTURE?

        Permaculture was originally a word made up of the two words ‘permanent’ and ‘agriculture’ but has more recently been defined as how we set up a sustainable and regenerative ‘permanent culture’.

         

        There are three basic ethical tenets for this systems thinking model:

         

        1.  Care for the planet.
        2. Care for people.
        3. Fair share.

         

        This system was coined by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in Australia. They were directly inspired by their Aboriginal neighbors by observing their living practices. The "permaculture movement" has been steadily growing since the 1970's. Every year more and more people all around the world are inspired to get involved and create positive change for their homes or local communities by implementing permaculture ethics and principles.

         

        Although we are calling our project "Permaculture Pinup", we may create content or educate people about other systems we feel are permaculture-related. One thing we want to impress upon those who find us is that permaculture is not only about "farming". Food design is very important as we all have to eat. However, we will strive to create content that will explain how permaculture system design can be infused into all situations.

      • TURNING YOUR HEAD

        TOWARD A FLUID AND CHEEKY SPIN ON PERMACULTURE EDUCATION

        Artwork by @Ainhararahnia

        PRINCIPLE 1

        OBSERVE AND INTERACT

        Before designing a system, observe what is happening naturally first...

        PRINCIPLE 2

        CATCH AND STORE ENERGY

        Recognizing sources of energy within your system and utilizing it at optimal times or places or learning to capture future storage.

        PRINCIPLE 3

        OBTAIN A YIELD

        Quoting a Jamaican friend, Stephen Brooks said at the 2020 Envision Festival, "If you plan right, all you do is sow". Create a system whereby you achieve usable yields for food, medicine, or perhaps artistic supplies.

        PRINCIPLE 4

        APPLY SELF-REGULATION AND ACCEPT FEEDBACK

        Set up systems to monitor your efforts and take feedback from the system other contributors or environmental constituents. Other than human beings may have something to teach you too.

        PRINCIPLE 5

        USE AND VALUE RENEWABLE RESOURCES AND SERVICES

        Regeneration comes through the active strategy to honor Nature and not bring the design to a place of degenerative extractive practice. Use resources that are renewable and seeks ways to ensure they stay this way.

        PRINCIPLE 6

        PRODUCE NO WASTE

        Creating a system whereby you produce no waste is an important goal. Nature is remarkable at reusing everything. However, also being able to utilize the waste that may be created can be applied to principle 6 as well as recognizing waste systems outside your direct design that may be obtained for your use might apply.

        PRINCIPLE 7

        DESIGN FROM PATTERNS TO DETAILS

        Patterns may be recognized from Principle 1 in the observation for your system design but they may also come from employing imaginative strategies in participation with your local natural environment.

        PRINCIPLE 8

        INTEGRATE RATHER THAN SEGREGATE

        When there's a lot to do (such as tending to a large harvest), think about integrating divisions. As David Holmgren says in the 2002 Permaculture : Principles and Pathways beyond Sustainability,

        "Many hands make light work".

        PRINCIPLE 9

        USE SMALL AND SLOW SOLUTIONS

        Small and slow here refers to incremental. Patience. Run fast through an unknown trajectory and you may be more prone to trip. Move through at a cautious pace and navigate zenfully and most productively. Remember, large things fall hard and there is that fable about a turtle winning a race.

        PRINCIPLE 10

        USE AND VALUE DIVERSITY

        Our current economic, and extending to food systems, merit and reward monocultural system design. Often this leads to extraction beyond sustainability meaning long term degradation to the system. We want regeneration and part of that design means we value diversity of what we use and choose to yield.

        PRINCIPLE 11

        USE EDGES AND VALUE THE MARGINAL

        Principles 11 and 9 can overlap as there is an appreciation for using "edges" and the "marginal" which might include small, often overlooked, details or inputs. Marginals may be considered part of diversity as using edges and marginals may make for unique yields or pathways.

        PRINCIPLE 12

        CREATIVELY USE AND RESPOND TO CHANGE

        The only things constant in life is change and therefore, we should be prepared for it in that we expect it. When change comes it is not a shock but an interesting surprise that allows us the opportunity to exercise our imagination and revisit, perhaps all the permaculture principles - especially principle 1.

      About Us

       

      Using our talents to creatively educate all performer-folk-inclined

      of a better world

      through permaculture design.

       

      Yes, fae, mermaid, pinup, dancers, belly and burlesque aficionados - this was made for you ;)

      Resources

      • GREEN WAVE
      • The Bloom Network
      • Rancho Delicioso
      • Permaculture Action Network
      • NuMundo

      Contact Us

       

      This is an eco-art project by Green Wave, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

      www.greenwave.eco

      © EARTH DAY * April 22nd, 2020 * Yellow Spectral Seed 24* Time 13:20

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