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Action Action LearningLearning

An important directive of PC: be PRO-ACTIVEAction = TO DO things (not worry so much about making mistakes) - quite uncomfortable for people trained to be passive (consumers)

One way of LISTENING in an active way is by drawing MIND MAPS... & we advise that you start NOW to listen & make notes in this way

Multi-function as Art in your surroundings

an important suggestion:!! MAKE mind maps of all these conferences!

& let your artist out ...* PLAY with

them *

? ? ? ? ? ? An important directive of PC: be PRO-ACTIVEIt is also much more active if you ask LOTS of QUESTIONS > helps to make connections(you can ask them in the chat or make notes > then transfer to your blog)

? ? ? ? ? ? leave spaces

in your mind maps

Action Action LearningLearning

Module 1 * Part 1Module 1 * Part 1Why are we Why are we (as humans)(as humans)

so slow in learning so slow in learning about Sustainability?about Sustainability?

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ProposalsProposals

We have a tendency to ask the wrong questions (don’t question assumptions)

Why are we (as humans) so slow in learning about Sustainability?Why are we (as humans) so slow in learning about Sustainability?

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the wrong questionsthe wrong questions(or limited questions)(or limited questions)

eg. ?

a good a good permaculture permaculture

designerdesigner(& a good learner, scientist, (& a good learner, scientist,

etc.)etc.)asks different TYPES of questionsasks a lot MORE questionsquestions assumptions, continuouslyquestions simplistic answers

thinkOUTSIDEthe box

Sustainability?

We think in a linear way, in a sistemic Universe

... & we are often fooled by appearances ...

ProposalsProposalsWhy are we (as humans) so slow in learning about Sustainability?Why are we (as humans) so slow in learning about Sustainability?

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the Destructo-Cultural cup of tea

recursos poluciónconsumo

Graham Burnett “Intro to PC”

resources pollutionconsume

Permaculture Designers develop the ability to SEE PATTERNS

the Destructo-Cultural cup of tea

PermaCulture IS a systemic science,

therefore it is very good TRAINING in thinking in this way

the Perma-Cultural cup of tea

Graham Burnett “Intro to PC”

resources

pollution

prosume

other resources

appropiatetechnology

Perma-Cultural Planet

the Perma-Cultural cup of tea

Dana MeadowsDana Meadows

“Thinking in Systems, a primer”

you can meet her in our e-

Book

the Mother of PermaCulture

“A system is a series of inter-connected elements

organized in a coherent wayin order to achieve something.”

ElementsInterconnectio

nsPurpose

Bill MollisonBill Mollison“Design is the connection between things.It is not the water, the chicken or the tree.It is how the water, the chicken & the tree are connected.

It is the opposite of what they teach us in school.Education looks at each thing separately & highlights them,ignoring the connections between them.

Permaculture makes the connections ...... because when you have the connections you can feed the chicken with the tree.”

Bill Mollison


nsPurpose

The Integral VisionThe Integral Vision

Purpose

Elements

Interconnections

My understandingas a Designer


nsPurpose

We do not want to understand what sustainability is

because it is totally contra-culturalat the moment

(it is very difficult for us to understand / accept the concept, including for “alternative people”)


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a little bit of history ...a little bit of history ...1972 Limits to Growth (Dana Meadows)

1974 the birth of PermaCulture

1983 the Brudtland Comission (Gro Brudtland)

1992 Local Agenda 21 (United Nations)

People Care

put Limitsto Population

& ConsumptionEarth Care

GOOD DESIGN

“fair shares”

the Ethics of

PermacultureThe

Designers Manual1988

Limits to Growth

(it is very difficult for us to understand / accept the concept, including for “alternative people”)

UN Earth Summit Rio 1992

Local Agenda 21 Humanity stands at a defining moment in history.

www.un.org

We are confronted with a perpetuation of disparities between & within nations, a worsening of poverty, hunger, ill health & illiteracy & a continuing deterioration of

the ecosystems on which we depend for our well-being.

However, integration of environment & development concerns& greater attention to them, will lead to the fulfilment of basic needs, improved living standards for all, better protected & managed ecosystems & a safer, more prosperous future.

You canfind it in

http://www.un.org/

Cumbre Mundial de Rio 1992

Agenda 21 LocalNo nation can achieve this on its own;

but together we can - in a global partnership

for sustainable development."

Sustainable development is that which satisfies the needs of the presents without affecting the ability of future generations to satisfy their own needs. (United Nations, Bruntdland Comission)

1. United Nations, Bruntdland Comission

Sustainable development is that which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to satisfy their own

needs.

It has two key concepts:a) The concept of "needs", in particular the

basic needs of the poor of the world, to which we need to give priority

&

b) The idea of “limits" imposed by the state of technology & social organization & the capacity of

the environment.

in order to meet present & future needs.

3. The Social Jump, chapter 7

The objective of the environmental policy of the social jump is to progress gradually towards human

sustainable development,

understood as the amplification of the capacities of the population, through the development of

social capital, in order to satisfy the needs of present generations,

through a prudent management of natural wealth, & at the same time

keeping open the options for the well-being of future generations.

4. Bill Mollison, Designers Manual

A system is sustainable

when it creates / stores

more energy / matter in its lifetime

than what it needs

to create & maintain itself.

A sustainable system produces all the energy & resources it needs for its maintenance & growth. The excess is “the yield”.

5. Harvest Only Sunshine

An ideal sustainable society would be one where

all the energy was obtained from the actual & direct contribution of the sun

& all non-renewable resources were recycled.

(PIRAGES, 77)

“Harvest Only Sunshine”

Ethics, Directives Ethics, Directives & Principles of & Principles of PermaculturePermaculture

Tools & Technologies

Built Environment

Earth & Nature

Management

Governance, owning of the Land

Economy & Finance

Health & Spiritual

Wellbeing

Edible Forests

Bio ArchitectureCollection & re-use of Water

Organic & Biodynamic Agriculture

Producción de semillasWoodland management

Water collection & KeylineHolistic Management

Acuatic Polyculture

Evolution of a PermacultureDesign System

Building with Natural MaterialsNative title

Cooperatives & Body corporates

Conflict Resolution

EcoVillages & CoHousing Renewable Energies

Re-use & Recycling

Social Ecology & Action Research

Participatory Art & Culture

Interpretation of the Landscape

Re-designing Education!

Bycicles & Hand-Tools

Appropiate Technologies

Culture & Education

Preventative MedicinePreventative MedicineHome-Births & Breast-Feeding

Emergy accountingEmergy accounting

Community Community AgricultureAgriculture

Fair TradeFair Trade

WWOOFWWOOF LETS

Sense of PlaceDignified Death

Yoga & other mind-body-spirit disciplines

Holistic MedicineHolistic Medicine

Self-construction

How to design for Sustainability?How to design for Sustainability?

* Según David Holmgrem

We don’t know how to learn > how to change these habits to really understand how to be Permaculture DesignersWe have learned to CUT

our connection with our selves& so with our learning abilities


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The Conventional The Conventional Education ModelEducation Model

Information& Abstract Concepts

Exercisesto

Practice

Examsor

Tests

Ocean of Cultural Models+

& of the School in particular

Education for Education for the Industrial Era the Industrial Era

3 - 6 monthsfor learning

to read, write& do

basic maths

The Hidden Curriculum

John Taylor GattoJean LiedloffMaria MontessoriPaulo Freireetc.

Iván IllichDeeschooling Society (1971)

Paulo FreirePaulo Freire

It is necessary to develop a pedagogy of the question. We are always hearing about the pedagogy of the answer. Teachers are always answering questions that the students have not asked ...

They are all speaking about Action Learning

observe natureobserve nature“you can get to see a lot just by watching”

The Action-Learning The Action-Learning CycleCycle

Formation of Abstract Concepts

Real LifeExperience

Observation ReflexionDialogue

Ocean of Cultural Models

Design Test for New Situation

Self-Regulated

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Kolb: the learning cycle

optimal learning occurs when the cycle is completed

Actuar(Alumno activo)

Reflexionar(Alumno reflexivo)

Teorizar(Alumno teórico)

Experimentar(Alumno pragmático)

Reg Revans: AA Groups

Action Reflect

TheorizeExperiment

the creation cyclethe creation cycle

“gestation”

“gestation”

the design cyclethe design cycle

Think / Reflect

Act

Observe

Design

the scientific methodthe scientific method

Pensar/Reflexionar

Actuar

Observe

Diseñar

Hypothesis

PredictionExperiment

the discovery cyclethe discovery cycle

Linear > SystemicLinear > Systemic

Teacher Student

y

lists1) ....2) ....3) ....

lots of feedback

loops

(more complex = interesting)

Student-Teachers

We think/do many things upside-down


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a kind of modern double-think (Orwell, 1984)

talks + maps

dialogues

designs

your group!

of Design

We have a tendency to ask the wrong questions (not questioning assumptions)

We think in a linear way, in a systemic UniverseWe don’t want to understand what sustainability is (big resistance)

WE CAN learn > how to change those habits (above) & to really learn how to be Permaculture Designers


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