Permaculture: A Student's Guide to the Theory and Practice of Ecovillage Design
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Permaculture: A Student's Guide to the Theory and Practice of Ecovillage Design
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Overview
This invaluable source book brings together everything students on such courses need to know about ecovillage design. Starting with a historical survey of the tradition of intentional community, the book also covers topics ranging from the size of community, gardening and farming, building and technology, to economics, and tools for helping communities to grow and develop.
Additionally, the book features a number of richly-observed Ecovillage case-studies with photographs, alongside lots of tips for facilitators and self-study groups.
This comprehensive book will also be of interest to those wishing to contribute to the founding and building of Ecovillage communities for a sustainable future.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781782501862 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Floris Books |
| Publication date: | 05/21/2015 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 256 |
| File size: | 20 MB |
| Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |
| Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Author's Foreword 13
Guest Preface by Kosha Joubert: Ecovillages in a Time of Transition 17
Chapter 1 Ecovillages 23
Intentional communities in the distant past 24
Pythagoreans 24
Monasticism 26
The recent past 28
Ecovillages today 31
Community profile: Hurdal Ecovillage 35
Starting group work 36
Tips for facilitators and groups 36
Hopi Poem 37
Some suggestions for groups 37
Introduction session (simple) 38
Introduction session (with pictures) 38
Getting to know your names 39
What to write on? 40
A Permaculture song 41
Fruit salad 42
Cosmic circle 42
Vision workshop 43
The ball game 44
Chapter 2 Permaculture Tools 47
Permaculture definitions 48
Biomimicry 51
Permaculture principles 52
Design as a divine art 53
Permaculture in the world 55
Transition towns 58
The changing face of Permaculture 59
Community profile: Earthaven 62
Tips for facilitators and groups 64
Permaculture principles 64
Chapter 3 The Size of Communities 67
Size of Ecoviliages 67
Privacy and integration 68
Greenfield or retrofitting 70
Community as organism 72
Community profile: Auroville by Ann Ellsie Morger 75
Tips for facilitators and groups 77
Whole community 77
Chapter 4 Farming 79
Small scale farmers 79
Forest farming 82
Community Supported Agriculture 84
Velwell Orchard 87
Farming in cities 87
Organic Bhutan 90
Biodynamic farming 90
The agricultural spectrum 92
Community profile: Solborg 93
Tips for facilitators and groups 95
Make your own companion plant groups 95
Chapter 5 Gardening, Soil and Plants 97
Soil architecture 97
Compost 99
Biochar 103
Nitrogen fixing in organic agriculture 103
What plants do with soil 104
Plant genetics - breeding or modification? 106
Plant communities 108
Food forests and forest gardens 110
Rotation HO
Garden Schedule 112
Garden design 114
Community profile: Lotan 115
Tips for facilitators and groups 117
Backcasting 117
Chapter 6 House Design 119
Design strategies and techniques 119
Permaculture zoning 122
Site planning 124
Energy and heating 126
Passive and active houses 128
Design values 130
Community profile: Lancaster Co-housing, Forgebank 131
Tips for facilitators and groups 134
Brainstorming and wild design 134
Chapter 7 Building 137
Materials 137
Stone 138
Earth 139
Bricks and blocks, tiles and pottery 141
Glass 142
Metals 142
Umber 143
Grass and stuff 144
Straw bales (SB) 144
Natural fibres 146
Paints 147
Junk, recycling and earthships 148
Plastics 149
A checklist of materials for sustainable building 150
Deeper considerations 150
Community profile: Friland 151
Tips for facilitators and groups 153
Solar tracking exercise 153
Chapter 8 Energy and Technology 155
Critique of nuclear with emphasis on Fukushima 155
Solar power 156
Falling water 158
Wind generators 159
A total system 162
Geological heat 162
Bio energy 163
Wood 163
Fuel pities of wood 165
Manure 166
Biogas 166
A word of warning about Biofuels 167
Unconventional energy sources 168
Carbon capture and storage 169
Bioregions 171
Community profile: Solheimar 173
Tips for facilitators and groups 175
Create a bigregion 175
Chapter 9 Water 177
Water on earth 177
Looking after our precious water 178
The magic of water 180
Uses of water 181
A few Permaculture principles 182
Landscapes and key lines 183
Wastewater 185
Flowforms 186
Natural water treatment technology 189
Rootzone treatment 189
A word of warning 191
Community profile: Vidaråsen 192
Tips for facilitators and groups 194
An exercise in swale construction 194
Chapter 10 Alternative Economics 197
The myth of progress 198
Economic background 199
Natural economics 201
Measuring economics 203
Ethical banking 204
Biblical economics 205
Islamic economics 206
Different kinds of money 207
Threefolding and peace work 207
LETS and other trading systems 209
Citizen's wage 211
Eight forms of capital 211
Community profile: Damanhur 213
Tips for facilitators and groups 216
Create an alternative currency 216
Chapter 11 How Groups Develop 219
Course lifecycles 219
Making decisions 221
Tools for better meetings 222
Listening exercise 222
Go arounds 222
Popcorn 222
Every one speaks first 223
Speaking from yourself 223
Consensus 223
Why consensus 224
The process of consensus 225
Consensus tasks 226
Open Space Technology 227
Typical meeting process 228
Conflict resolution 229
Active hope 231
Rudolf Steiner's words 232
Community profile: Svanholm 233
Tips for facilitators and groups 234
Evaluations 234
Chapter 12 Crises and Solutions 237
Mass extinctions in the past 237
Climate change 238
Peak Oil 239
Design solutions 243
Ecovillage profile auditing 245
Environmental footprint analysis 248
The Pachamama Alliance Symposium 249
From Zone 00 to Zone 5 250
Community profile: EcoMe 251
Appendix 1 Dragon Dreaming: Its power and promise for ecovillages John Croft Kosha Joubert 255
Appendix 2 The Ecovillage Design Mandala Kosha Joubert Robin Alfred 259
Appendix 3 Transition to Resilience Robin Alfred Kosha Joubert 265
Follow up and Further Reading 269
Index 277