We started today with exploring culture. I liked the analogy from family therapy that one participant shared, of our culture being the water in the goldfish bowl we swim around in. We accept this as the way things are. It is only when we either stick our heads out of the bowl and get to Read More
We started the course this evening with a sharing of our ‘rivers of life’. Before the course people spent some time preparing a visual representation of their journey through life, showing significant events and turning points. For my river I found lots of old photos and was reminded of significant people, friends and family who Read More
While writing ‘People and Permaculture’ I asked many people for their hope for humanity. What’s your highest vision? If we were free from fear and limitations what is the journey for humanity our hearts would like to participate in? On one of my courses we wrote all of our visions on a big roll of Read More
Rob Hopkins, co-founder of Transition movement interviewed me via skype, about the connection between people and permaculture and transition.
The goal of permaculture is to create harmony with ourselves, between people and with the planet. “The central aim of permaculture is to reduce our ecological impact. Or more precisely to turn our negative ecological impact into a positive one.” Patrick Whitefield Bill Mollison and David Holmgren first coined the word in the 1970s in Read More