8 People and Permaculture - Looby Macnamara

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Table of Contents

• People and Permaculture
• Design Web
• Next steps map
• Design web anchor points
• Vision
• Helps
• Limits
• Patterns
• Ideas
• Principles
• Integration
• Action
• Momentum
• Appreciation
• Reflection
• Pause
• Design Web Questions
• Principles

People and Permaculture

social Permaculture

Book

Design Web

Vision - allow yourself to dream and create goals
Helps - identify the things that are going to help
Limits - identify the things that might block your path or keep it small or slow it down

Patterns - identify the helpful and unhelpful patterns
Ideas - gather inspiration
Principles - look through the lens of each one

Itegration - bring it all together
Action - make a plan for getting things done
Momentum - how to keep going

Appreciation - foscus on things to be thankful for
Reflection - evaluate progress
Pause - incorporate times of rest and rejuvenation

Next steps map

Vision: helps integration limits
Helps: action momentum pause
Limits: helps patterns integration
patterns: appreciation momentum ideas
Ideas: vision integration appreciation
principles: ideas action momentum
integration: ideas action momentum
Action: helps limits pause
momentum: limits vision pauses
Appreciation: momentum helps action
reflection: vision patterns action
Pause: ideas helps vision

Design web anchor points

Vision

Opportunities

• provides direction like the north star
• focus on where we want to be and not have to think about how to get there
• vision ignites hope

How

• guided visualisations
• give timescale for the vision: one, five, ten years
• tell a story of the place you would like to be

Helps

Opportunities

• we can overcome our modesty and value what we have. Our internal resources include our skills, knowledge and abilities, our stamina, courage, kindness and joy. Our sense of humour and thoughtfulness can see us through challenging times.
• connecting with the reasons why we want change provides incentives
• Highlighting our motivations shows us where our passions and enthusiasms are. This is where the enrgy is that we can work and flow with.

How

• Skills audit
• we can think about the abilities we have in each of the multiple intelligences.
• identifiy transferable skills from other areas of life.

Limits

Opportunities

• A chance to recognise energy leaks, concersn, emotional ties and individual and cultural beliefs.
• Acknowledging these influences allows us to design around them, otherwise they are like hidden wires tripping us up or holding us back.
• Highlighting potential problems allows us to begin putting strategies in place in case they happen.
• The Limits in our design may be things that are pulling us off route. this gives us a chance to say "no" because we are saying "yes" to something else.

How

• Honesty and awareness are foundations of this anchor point
• Recognizing the edges of our comfort zones and the resistance that there may be to moving out of it.
• interruption-free space to talk is valuable

Patterns

Opportunities

• This anchor point represents and edge in the design between what is and what could be. What old patterns would we like to let go of and what new ones would we like to create in our lives?
• We can take a long view of the patterns at play, encouraging us to solve the problem from a bigger perspective. Instead of just finding solution to fit the current situation , we seek ones that will endure.
• The patterns of procrastination and arguments we want to avoid.

How

• in our lives we use a multitude of tools and methods. can we transfer ways of working and thinking into a new situation?
• We can take patterns from scientific research, spiritual wisdom, time management, parenting strategies, organisational structues, ... to give us ideas

Ideas

Opportunities

• This anchor point captures the sparks of inspiration, seeds of ideas and glimpses of solutions. They do not need to be fully formed or well thought through.
• We are invited to think beyond the mundane and obvious, to move out of our old habits and discover new things. The ideas can be silly, wacky and ambitious.
• Every voice can be heard and all ideas captured. Ideas that pop into your head when you are in other stages can be held here.

How

• The ideas may come through research or from bouncing off other people
• free yourself from any screening or analyis of ideas
• mind mapping
• use random stimuli around you

Principles

Opportunities

• They can be used to generate more ideas or to analyse existing ideas.
• We can use them to help us with our action plans or to question our needs
• the principles will help us to root the ideas we want and discard inappropriate courses of action

How

• use them as a way of choosing between options
• pick one at random and see what it stimulates
• use the self-reclection questions for each princple on pages 19-25

Integration

Opportunities

• We are finding wayys of how to reach our vision and designing the pathway there
• we firstly reuiq the functions or the needs - what are we actually trying to achieve with the design? what are the key themes and priorities? Breaking it down into manageable and usable chuunks.
• We can create flows of energy between the systems so they can enhance

How

• The first step is to gather up all the information we have so far and process it into something usable
• In this anchor point we move to making decisions
• Find at least three ways of meeting each of the functions, designing backups into our system - multiple elements for important functions
• For each system think of three needs that it can meet - many yields for each function
• Draw a web to make and examine the links and flows between systems. How do the inputs and outputs of one system relate to another?

Action

Opportunities

• We can gain clarity over what we have to put in and what we are hoping to get out.
• Our inputs include the time needed and any resources such as skills, materials, money and information
• What are the yields we are expecting to get out of the actions? And what is the timescale for these yields?
• This is a chance to set up a pattern of success by creating achievable action plans. Expressing when things need to happen will soon highlight clashes or overburdens.
• There is a balance to be had between incremental changes and shocking the system into a new equilibrium. Incremental changes are usually more effective in the long-term; howerver there are circumstances where it is appropriate to make big jumps

How

• From having done the input and output analysis on each of the systems it is easier to make decisions on what the priorities and commitments are going to be. A useful principle is minimum effort for maximum effect. What small things can we do that will have big effects? These are beneficial places to start.
• We might start to identify dependencies, things that we have to do before we can do something else.
• We can use post-it notes on a timeline as a flexible planning tool.
• The key here is to create a plan of action that is achievable, realistic, engaging, adaptable, motivating and easy to follow.

Momentum

Opportunities

• We are not just carrying out one action hoping for change, we are creating new ways of being and building systems that become part of the fabric of our lives
• At first when we exercise our muscles can be sore. Likewise starting anything new can be a strain at first and we need strategies for pushing us through the physical or psychological resistance to change
• As we gain momentum things become easier and our capacities increase. Like a swing we can go higher and higher. We can utilise the momentum for other changes within the design for future designgs.
• keeping it fun and engaging for everyone builds momentum

How

• Sometimes we will start something and then realise that we need to take a step sideways or backwards before we can properly start, akin to weeding and preparing the ground before planting.
• Have clear aims, create milestones to navigate with and celebrate progress made.
• The new systems to put in place may require daily, weekly, seasonal and yearly maintenance. Identifying thse up front will ensure that you dont take on more than you can maintain. make your commitments realistic.
• sustaining momentum requires keepin to the agreements you make with yourself and others

Appreciation

Opportunities

• It is imporatant to recognise and vlaue the efforts that have been made by everyone involved and appreciate the support and resources we have used from outside of our system, both human and natural. Taking time to show our gratitude opens up our hearts as well as our minds.
• appreciation is a need within all of us; meeting this need is motivating and stimulating
• We can celebrate our yields. Perhabs there have been unexpected ripples of our actions and bubbles of joy to share

How

• celebrations can be planned in advance. mark achievements. remind us of the journey we have embarked upon
• We can write messages of appreciation to ourselves, family or group members
• Harvest festivals are a traditional waay of sharing our yields and giving thanks. perhaps we can find a way of adapting this idea to the yields we gain

Reflection

Opportunities

• Focus on the periphery can give us as much information as paying attention to the centre
• identify and invite feedback from other sources
• evaluate our successes and challenges; what has worked well, what has been challenging and what needs tweaking

How

• We can create specific times and routes for formal feedback, using methods such as PMI and Six Thinking Hats.
• Keeping a journal allows informal reflections to be recorded
• reflect on the process of designing for future designs
• create open-ended questions to ask everyone involved

Pause

Opportunities

• This anchor point is important to recharge batteries
• building in times of rest and rejuvenation is beneficial for self-care and nurturing relationships
• if you are feeling overwhelmed, low in nergy or feel you are getting little out for the effort you are putting in, then it is time to pause

How

• Here the pause is a conscious break. Time to refresh with a cup of tea, walk, fresh air or game. Healthy energisers to reinvigorate us.
• Times of celebration with group members
• Times of no structure, times to just be and see what emerges

Design Web Questions

VISION
Allow yourself to dream and create goals

• What is my ideal?
• What are the abundances i would like to create in my life?
• What are my wildest dreams?

HELPS
identify the things that are going to help

• What are my motivations for changing?
• What resources do i have within me?
• What external resources are available?

LIMITS
identify what blocks the path, what might keep it small or slow it down

• What is holding me back?
• What are my limiting factors?
• Why would i do not want to change?
• What concerns do i have?

PATTERNS
identify helpful and unhelpful patterns

• What are the current patterns of thinking, behaving and interacting?
• What spirals of erosion can i identify?
• What would a spiral of abundance look like?
• What patterns from nature, other people or different activities could help within my design?
• What patterns of success from another area of my life can i translate into my design?

IDEAS
gather inspirations

• What creative, adventurous, wild and wacky ideas do i have?
• What big, little, practical, routine ideas do i have?
• What seeds of ideas do i have?

PRINCIPLES
look through the lens of each one

• If i look through the lens of each principle what do i see?
• What does it tell me about my current state?
• What ideas does it give me about the direction i want to go in and how to i get there?

INTEGRATION
bring it all together

• How can i integrate the information already gathered?
• What are my needs within the design?
• What systems could be put in place to meet those needs?
• What elements would each system be composed of?

ACTION
make a plan for getting things done

• What am i going to do and when?
• What resources do i need?
• What yields and benefits am i going to get?

MOMENTUM
consider how to keep going

• How am i going to maintain momentum?
• How am i going to build and increase momentum?
• What support might i need to keep moving towards my vision?

APPRECIATION
focus on things to be thankful for

• What can i appreciate about myself?
• What can i appreciate about other people and the world around me?
• How do i feel supported at the moment?

REFLECTION
evaluate progress

• What is the current situation?
• What is going well?
• What is challenging?

PAUSE
incorporate time for rest and rejuvenation

• How can i recharge my batteries?
• How can i make times of rest and quet a built-in part of my design?
• How can i rejuvenate myself?

Principles

Observe and Interact

• What do i observe around me and with other people?
• What do i see or feel in myself, what is my body feeling, what is my intuition saying
• what can i change?

Catch and store energy

• what gives me energy?
• am i making best use of my current energy levels and opportunities?
• what activity would best suit this niche of time and space?
• is my energy flowing or blocked?

Obtain a yield

• What are the yields available?
• am i currently harvesting them?
• are there other yields that could become available?

Apply self-regulation and accept feedback

• Where am i receiving feedback from e.g. my body, others, written, verbal?
• how can i monitor my progress?
• what is working well?
• what is not working so well?
• what can i appreciate about myself?

Use and value renewable resources and services

• where can i meet my needs with renewable resources?
• what can i create?
• where can i cut down my consumption of non-renewable resources?

Produce no waste

• where is my time being wasted?
• how can i prevent this?
• what needs maintaining in my life?

Design from patterns to details

• what are the patterns at play here?
• what are the useful patterns and what would i like to change?
• am i getting lost in the details and not paying attention to the bigger picture?

Integrate rather than segregate

• are there aspects of my life i can bring together?
• which of my friends could i introduce to each other?
• are there different aspects of my community that i could help bring together?

use small and slow solutions

• is there a small step in the right direction i could take today?
• where am i likely to trip up if i go too fast?

use and value diversity

• how many roles do i have?
• can i create a diversity of activities
• what areas of my life would benefit from more diversity

use and value edges and the marginal

• where are the edges of my comfort zone?
• how can i expand these limits?
• how can i reach out to people on the edges of society?

creatively use and respond to change

• how can i use the change for my advantage?
• where and how am i resisting change?
• what gifts did the last big change in my life give me?
• what do i vision for my future?

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