The metaphor and reality of crutches
As i transition from using crutches, I am curious about the metaphor of crutches in my life and which ones are useful or not.
Enjoying and surrendering to pausing
I’m in bed with a broken leg – a period of embodied and enforced pause and pattern disruption. Kinda annoying it has to be said, as it is right at the beginning of my scheduled 3 month window for slowing down, pausing, reflecting and writing, so I don’t really feel like I needed a broken Read More
Working Towards Zero
#WorkingTowardsZero #safetyculture Any statistic above zero for sexual violence is too much. Can we imagine a world where the statistic is zero? Can we proactively work towards zero? After a week of feeling challenged and awakened by the many voices calling #metoo, there is a feeling in the air, a question lurking of what can Read More
Ourselves as leaders
Some people are looking to our nation’s leaders to get us out of the mess we are in, waiting for them to take action and show us what we need to do. Maybe they will, maybe they won’t. (It’s looking increasingly likely that they won’t!) Either way we can’t wait for them and avoid the Read More
Rest in peace Bill Mollison and big thanks
It’s the end of an era with the passing away of Bill Mollison, co-founder of permaculture. It’s up to us now to follow in his footsteps and be courageous, bold, outspoken, practical and visionary. When an elder dies it is a real wake up call to the next generation – we are now the ones Read More
The end of our first season at Applewood North
It’s the end of August, September is on the horizon and although we still hope for hot, sunny days they are now considered a bonus. Me and my family have completed our first season at Applewood North and it has been an extraordinary adventure. Over 50 people have sat around our hearth, and shared stories, Read More
Cultural Emergence opportunities post Brexit
When I was writing People and Permaculture I had a mindmap, which had ‘any topic’ in the middle and all the tools of permaculture thinking branching off. When starting to write about a subject I would write it in the middle and see what connected with the permaculture thinking. I have now added other tools Read More
A deep sigh, and a commitment on Brexit day
My last post a few days ago was about why I wanted to stay in the EU. Now just a few days later and I have to shift my thinking, firstly traveling through feelings of shock, disappointment, disbelief. There seems to have been such an outpouring of similar emotions and collective grief all over my Read More
Why I want to stay in the EU
I don’t usually get too involved in politics, although having said that everything we do could be interpreted as a political act, from the language we use to what we buy. Even growing our own food can be seen as a deeply political act. I feel drawn to write this as I want to use Read More
Regenerative Arm Movement Design
Introduction This design began formally in January 2016. I have had RSI –Repetitive Strain Injury in my right arm on and off since 2011. Inspired by a design by one of my diploma apprentices, Nam Taylor, I decided to give it some permaculture design input. It felt like it was time to really address one Read More