cultural engine
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to make an ethical choice -- to take responsibility
for our actions on the planet & for future generations
a Human Health Movementeverybody wins
honoring natural expressions
observation
accept feedback
redundancy
functionality
community
LIFE
resiliency
union
connection
sharingaccumulation
practice teaches
co-creation
created by nature works(wearenatureworking.org)
diversity
collect & store energy
functional interconnection
integrate rather than segregate
the problem is the solution
use edges, value the marginal
use & value diversity
operate in zones of great leverage
all hands to work --simple machinery design from patterns
to details
no waste -- only food
more alchemical than the capacity to simply sustain, both permaculture & the planet foster the development
of self-supporting systems that grow in their own fertility, creativity & possibility
clean water, clean air, & healthy soil
whole-systems thinking
inspiration, excitement, connection & fun
Prime Directive:
Themes:
Principles:
Beyond Sustainable:
(an integral piece of)
(that yields)
(utilizing these)
Earth CarePeople Care
Resource Share
Ethics:
a quality of life that makes more of itself possible
the root & fruit of permaculture
nature’s original instructions
... and regeneration ?
to design & engineer an ethical & elegant descent from the peaksof oil, population, & resources
that we now face
Goal:
an art & science of employing life in service of itself
what is permaculture ?
what’s permaculture again?
(y)our integrated approach to a safer, saner world
(driven by these)
(with a)
(and at least one clear)
(one that is)
a vision of abundance
a design methodology
Earth-centered human culture
a network; a community
a synthesis of disciplines
applied common sense
a toolbox for regenerative living
So,
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CULTURAL ENGINE-- Philadelphia --
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Vision
Themes
Goals
Streams
ProjectsProgram Elements
Program Yields
Future
Summary
CONTENTS
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Cultural Engines empower communities to serve themselves,
by cultivating visionary local leadership;
creating pathways to access the unique & essential gifts in everyone;
& by driving a wider cultural paradigm-shift forward.
(one of abundance)
VISION
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THEMES
Share what you have been given
for the benefit of all.(activities)
- Family Investment -
- Urban Reclamation -
- Regenerative Enterprise -
- Growing Community & Food -
(practices)
- Work w/nature spirits -
- Transparency -
- Co-Creation -
(ancient)
- Follow your Heart -
- Recognize & Gather existing
Indigenous Wisdom -
- Affluence & Abundance
is a Natural State of Being -
(larger baskets)
- Gardens that Heal -
- Living Systems -
- Gift Culture -
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PATH:
- We feel the love, joy & nourishment inherent in this work.- We grow together a culture & practice of permaculture
& regeneration.- We affirm life in all its expressions & forms.- We link & weave our efforts to other home spaces --
& to our greater web of connected communities.- We plant seeds & watch them grow.- We heal & collaborate.- We build & grow connected, loving human community.
PRACTICES:
- We utilize our core gifts & discover new ones.- We transcend binary fields.- We express our honest appreciation of the service of allwho serve.- We face our unknown fates with loving abandon.- We co-create whatever unfolds.- We engage in myriad forms of union.- We create wealth & add value to all realms of capital.- We model our family after commonalities of earth-centered cultures across the world & across time.
GOALSTEAM:
- We find happiness in sharing more of our lives & works together.- We help one another to fulfill individual & collective goals.- We find vital engagement & collective collaboration.- We push our growing edges & support all in that practice.- We help one other create wealth & celebrate the success of all.- We self-organize into nested, whole units of commitment & responsibility- We practice clear, open communication & honesty.- We question practices & directives -- & agitate for evolution.- We feel our unity beneath our awesome diversity.- We create & offer safe spaces to explore our individual & collective human experiences.
INCLUSION:
- We practice Radical Inclusivity & Radical Hospitality.- We honor, embrace & utilize each of our unique talents & skills.
WHAT ELSE? WHAT ARE YOURS?
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STREAMS
Permaculture
Nature Connection
D.I.O. (do it ourselves)
Radical Queer
Living Systems Architecture
Local
Yoga
Food
Ecosystem Design
Foraging
8 Shields
Life Design
‘the work that reconnects’
Regenerative Economies
Gardens
(Contexts)
(Practices)Regenerative
Enterprise
(Realms)
(Disciplines)
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PROJECTS
Community Supported Kitchen
Radical Cultivation of an Urban Lot
Two Public Eventsin the Summer & Fall
mapping
design
harvesting
plantingtending
cooking
sharing
sharing abundance
sharing skills
sharing selves
feeding
sharing vision
eating
loving
growing
sharing excitement
celebrating
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PROGRAM COMPOSITION
EXPLORING REGENERATIONContextualization. Goal Setting.
GAIA STORYFlows. Strategies. Consciousness. Patterning.
Elements : EARTH & WATERSustenance & Support. Fluidity & Adaptation. Food. Culture. Physicality. Gender. Sexuality.
Elements : WIND & FIREExpression, Breath, & Open Systems. Passion & Spirit Connection.
Language & Spirit.
LIFE DESIGNCo-Created Exploration. Conscious Application of the Patterns
& Principles of Healthy Ecologies in Our Lives Together.
COMMUNITY / NEW CULTUREExplorations & Case Studies in Contemporary Indigenous Cultures.
BIRTH, LIFE, DEATH, RENEWAL, TRANSITIONPatterns Distillation. Learnings Harvest.
Application of Pattern Languages.
REGENERATION CURRICULUM
GARDEN TEAMS
KITCHEN TEAMS
EVENT TEAMS
SUPPORT STRUCTURES
(Participants remain at choice about which areas
on which they may focus)
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YIELDS OF PROGRAM
- an established regenerative practice -
- our unique & essential qualities amplified with the strength, harmony, & grace of the
natural world coursing through us -
- greater personal & communal health -
- delicious food -
- finding our unique
contemporary indigenous -
- healthy soil -
- seeding an empire of regenerative industry -
C.E.
C.E.
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FUTURE
This is a training program.
Beautiful performance wherein positions one to occupy a position on crews doing this work -- adding value to naturally abundant sources of beauty & productivity --
in any of a growing number of international landed communities (currently) in:
Peru, Sicily, Costa Rica, Italy, Philadelphia, & Lesvos.
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SUMMARY
• Cultural Engine weaves a container in which we may develop core leadership skills, as we learn to bring the work of regeneration to all of our Home communities.
• The program begins June 3rd -- & will run until November.
• Participants will learn hard skills in building, permaculture, organic gardening, community event production, & environmental education -- & remain at choice about areas of focus.
• The installation of a food system & the creation of a Community Supported Kitchen at the Starship Lollipop are the program’s feature projects -- alongside the creation of two seasonal celebration events.
• Graduates emerge inspired, broadly-skilled, de facto community leaders, & comprise a troupe of social entrepreneurs.
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Union
Community
Diversity
Sharing
Functionality
Practice Teaches
LIFE
Resiliency
Co-Creation
Honor Natural Expressions
Everyone Wins
Connection
Slow Accumulation
Nesting Systems(fractals)
Themes of Regeneration
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Union
Community
Diversity
Sharing
Functionality
Practice Teaches
LIFE
Resiliency
Co-Creation
Honor Natural Expressions
Everyone Wins
Connection
Slow Accumulation
Nesting Systems(fractals)
Social / Invisible Structures
Open SourceEverything
Team(work)
Release
Choice - to PushEnvelope
Team(building)(Ecosystem)Building
Integrity
PRACTICE
A New Culture
AcceptFeedback
Use Edges, Value the Marginal
Find Points of Leverage
Themes + Needs
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(what if the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle grew & developed relationships over time?)
Niche Analysis & Ecosystem Design
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Where are you now?And how are you growing?
What are your Needs, Yields, Core Behaviors, and
Intrinsic Strengths?
Personal Niche Analysis
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Rancho Mastatal -- Costa RicaThe Before
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Rancho Mastatal The ‘a little later’
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Washington Park -- Hudson County, NJa Permaculture Learning Garden
(The Before )Tuesday, May 15, 12
a little later...
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The Starship Lollipop -- West PhiladelphiaThe Before
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The Starship Lollipop -- West Philadelphia
We will see -- & we will build it together.
a little later....
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& from just one..
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.. we grow a mycelial network of living systems.
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Thank You
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