permaculture: cooperation, climate change and peak debt
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Permaculture: Cooperation, Climate Change and Peak DebtTRANSCRIPT
Permaculture Cooperation Climate Change amp Peak Debt
Transition to Permaculture through Cooperation
ldquoPermaculture is more than a gardening systemrdquo
Bill Mollison
3 Ethics
bull Earth Care
bull Fair Share
bull People Care
ldquoperennial polyculture vs annual monoculturerdquo
ContextState of the local amp global
Global Change
ldquoGlobal Change and the Earth System A Planet Under Pressurerdquo
US Environment Concerns Gallup
httpwwwgallupcompoll126560Americans-Global-Warming-Concerns-
Continue-Dropaspx
Upper Hunter Valley Environment
httpwwwhvrfcomaupagesdesignlinksuploadedUpperHunterEn
vironmentalAttitudesPaper2008-09v2_000pdf
Corporate Climate Coup
bull David F Noble historian of science
bull Corporate Denial Campaign Greenhouse Mafia
bull Corporate Climate Traders Carbon Finance
bull Climate Justice Movement Klimaforum Via Campesina Permaculture networks Transition Network etc
httpwwwzcommunicationsorgthe-corporate-climate-coup-by-david-f-noble
httppermaculturetvs=corporate+climate+coup
System Planet Earthbull Neo-liberal globalisation
bull Multinational Corporations
bull Industrial Mass-Consumerism
bull Financial ldquoMarketsrdquo ldquoFree Traderdquo ldquoFree Marketsrdquo
bull World Trade Organisation International Monetary Fund
bull World Bank (Carbon Finance)
bull United Nations (Security Council UNESCO IPCC IAKTD etc)
Anthropocene
httpoceanworldtamueduresourcesoceanography-bookanthropocenehtm
httpwwweoearthorgarticleAnthropogenic_biomes
Geoengineering
bull We are doing it now
bull But badly
bull Lots of BIG ScienceBig TechBIG Business schemes ie mirrors in space algae in ocean artificial or GMO trees
bull The best means to take C02 out of the air is not technical means but trees (and soil)
bull Industrial Biochar ConsortiumhttponlinewsjcomarticleSB1000142405297020477130457418152
2575503150html
Human Welfare and Ecological Footprints
Limits to Growth
bull Peak Population
bull Peak Oil
bull Peak Coal
bull Peak Soil
bull Peak Water
bull Peak Moment
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Limits_to_Growth
Environmental Refugees
httpwwwagassessmentorg
Wilderness 10 more than 48 hrs
Travel time to major cities A global map of Accessibility
Conservation Refugees
ldquoindigenous tribal peoples like endangered species are being driven to extinction Their languages are swiftly dying and were losing a huge resource in their invaluable knowledge derived from millennia in their respective homelands Environmentalists determined to preserve biological systems and entities should now be equally driven to preserve aboriginal culturesrdquo
Conservation Refugees
Peak DebtDebt-based economies
What is Peak Debt
bull Hubbert Peak in debt
bull Economies from individuals households national economies
bull Point where the ability to repay to interestfees etc beyond the income of the debtor
httpwwwinvestopediacomtermsppeak-debtasp
Plutonomy
bull Ajay Kapur 2006 global strategist Citigroup defined six factors create and maintain plutonomy1 business-friendly government and tax policies
2 increasingly complex financial systems
3 control of the rule of law
4 globalization
5 technology changes
6 patent protection
httpblogswsjcomwealth20070108plutonomics
httpwwwsourcewatchorgindexphptitle=Plutonomy
Tax Havens
bull Too many tax havens
bull Used by corporations amp individuals to avoid paying any tax
bull International elite profit from the global local but never pay back except in philantro-capitalism
bull Fund drugs crime slavery war profiteering specualation
bull Mainstream and accessible
Shadow Banking
bull ldquothe whole alphabet soup of levered up non-bank investment conduits vehicles and structuresrdquo
bull June 2008 speech US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner then President and CEO of the NY Federal Reserve Bank described the growing importance of the shadow banking system lending through the shadow banking system slightly exceeded lending via the traditional banking system based on outstanding balances
httpenwikipediaorgwikiShadow_banking_system
Only the Super Rich Can Save Us
bull Ralph Nader ldquonovelrdquo
bull At best calling-out the plutocrats to share some load
bull At worst a sell-out fantasy
httponlythesuperrichorg
Financialisation
bull Financialisation vs Investment
bull of finance in real production has declined
bull of finance in speculation has increased
bull Financialisation of household mortgages
bull Financialisation of atmosphere under carbon trading (ETS etc)
bull Financialisation of ecosystems
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
ldquoPermaculture is more than a gardening systemrdquo
Bill Mollison
3 Ethics
bull Earth Care
bull Fair Share
bull People Care
ldquoperennial polyculture vs annual monoculturerdquo
ContextState of the local amp global
Global Change
ldquoGlobal Change and the Earth System A Planet Under Pressurerdquo
US Environment Concerns Gallup
httpwwwgallupcompoll126560Americans-Global-Warming-Concerns-
Continue-Dropaspx
Upper Hunter Valley Environment
httpwwwhvrfcomaupagesdesignlinksuploadedUpperHunterEn
vironmentalAttitudesPaper2008-09v2_000pdf
Corporate Climate Coup
bull David F Noble historian of science
bull Corporate Denial Campaign Greenhouse Mafia
bull Corporate Climate Traders Carbon Finance
bull Climate Justice Movement Klimaforum Via Campesina Permaculture networks Transition Network etc
httpwwwzcommunicationsorgthe-corporate-climate-coup-by-david-f-noble
httppermaculturetvs=corporate+climate+coup
System Planet Earthbull Neo-liberal globalisation
bull Multinational Corporations
bull Industrial Mass-Consumerism
bull Financial ldquoMarketsrdquo ldquoFree Traderdquo ldquoFree Marketsrdquo
bull World Trade Organisation International Monetary Fund
bull World Bank (Carbon Finance)
bull United Nations (Security Council UNESCO IPCC IAKTD etc)
Anthropocene
httpoceanworldtamueduresourcesoceanography-bookanthropocenehtm
httpwwweoearthorgarticleAnthropogenic_biomes
Geoengineering
bull We are doing it now
bull But badly
bull Lots of BIG ScienceBig TechBIG Business schemes ie mirrors in space algae in ocean artificial or GMO trees
bull The best means to take C02 out of the air is not technical means but trees (and soil)
bull Industrial Biochar ConsortiumhttponlinewsjcomarticleSB1000142405297020477130457418152
2575503150html
Human Welfare and Ecological Footprints
Limits to Growth
bull Peak Population
bull Peak Oil
bull Peak Coal
bull Peak Soil
bull Peak Water
bull Peak Moment
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Limits_to_Growth
Environmental Refugees
httpwwwagassessmentorg
Wilderness 10 more than 48 hrs
Travel time to major cities A global map of Accessibility
Conservation Refugees
ldquoindigenous tribal peoples like endangered species are being driven to extinction Their languages are swiftly dying and were losing a huge resource in their invaluable knowledge derived from millennia in their respective homelands Environmentalists determined to preserve biological systems and entities should now be equally driven to preserve aboriginal culturesrdquo
Conservation Refugees
Peak DebtDebt-based economies
What is Peak Debt
bull Hubbert Peak in debt
bull Economies from individuals households national economies
bull Point where the ability to repay to interestfees etc beyond the income of the debtor
httpwwwinvestopediacomtermsppeak-debtasp
Plutonomy
bull Ajay Kapur 2006 global strategist Citigroup defined six factors create and maintain plutonomy1 business-friendly government and tax policies
2 increasingly complex financial systems
3 control of the rule of law
4 globalization
5 technology changes
6 patent protection
httpblogswsjcomwealth20070108plutonomics
httpwwwsourcewatchorgindexphptitle=Plutonomy
Tax Havens
bull Too many tax havens
bull Used by corporations amp individuals to avoid paying any tax
bull International elite profit from the global local but never pay back except in philantro-capitalism
bull Fund drugs crime slavery war profiteering specualation
bull Mainstream and accessible
Shadow Banking
bull ldquothe whole alphabet soup of levered up non-bank investment conduits vehicles and structuresrdquo
bull June 2008 speech US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner then President and CEO of the NY Federal Reserve Bank described the growing importance of the shadow banking system lending through the shadow banking system slightly exceeded lending via the traditional banking system based on outstanding balances
httpenwikipediaorgwikiShadow_banking_system
Only the Super Rich Can Save Us
bull Ralph Nader ldquonovelrdquo
bull At best calling-out the plutocrats to share some load
bull At worst a sell-out fantasy
httponlythesuperrichorg
Financialisation
bull Financialisation vs Investment
bull of finance in real production has declined
bull of finance in speculation has increased
bull Financialisation of household mortgages
bull Financialisation of atmosphere under carbon trading (ETS etc)
bull Financialisation of ecosystems
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
3 Ethics
bull Earth Care
bull Fair Share
bull People Care
ldquoperennial polyculture vs annual monoculturerdquo
ContextState of the local amp global
Global Change
ldquoGlobal Change and the Earth System A Planet Under Pressurerdquo
US Environment Concerns Gallup
httpwwwgallupcompoll126560Americans-Global-Warming-Concerns-
Continue-Dropaspx
Upper Hunter Valley Environment
httpwwwhvrfcomaupagesdesignlinksuploadedUpperHunterEn
vironmentalAttitudesPaper2008-09v2_000pdf
Corporate Climate Coup
bull David F Noble historian of science
bull Corporate Denial Campaign Greenhouse Mafia
bull Corporate Climate Traders Carbon Finance
bull Climate Justice Movement Klimaforum Via Campesina Permaculture networks Transition Network etc
httpwwwzcommunicationsorgthe-corporate-climate-coup-by-david-f-noble
httppermaculturetvs=corporate+climate+coup
System Planet Earthbull Neo-liberal globalisation
bull Multinational Corporations
bull Industrial Mass-Consumerism
bull Financial ldquoMarketsrdquo ldquoFree Traderdquo ldquoFree Marketsrdquo
bull World Trade Organisation International Monetary Fund
bull World Bank (Carbon Finance)
bull United Nations (Security Council UNESCO IPCC IAKTD etc)
Anthropocene
httpoceanworldtamueduresourcesoceanography-bookanthropocenehtm
httpwwweoearthorgarticleAnthropogenic_biomes
Geoengineering
bull We are doing it now
bull But badly
bull Lots of BIG ScienceBig TechBIG Business schemes ie mirrors in space algae in ocean artificial or GMO trees
bull The best means to take C02 out of the air is not technical means but trees (and soil)
bull Industrial Biochar ConsortiumhttponlinewsjcomarticleSB1000142405297020477130457418152
2575503150html
Human Welfare and Ecological Footprints
Limits to Growth
bull Peak Population
bull Peak Oil
bull Peak Coal
bull Peak Soil
bull Peak Water
bull Peak Moment
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Limits_to_Growth
Environmental Refugees
httpwwwagassessmentorg
Wilderness 10 more than 48 hrs
Travel time to major cities A global map of Accessibility
Conservation Refugees
ldquoindigenous tribal peoples like endangered species are being driven to extinction Their languages are swiftly dying and were losing a huge resource in their invaluable knowledge derived from millennia in their respective homelands Environmentalists determined to preserve biological systems and entities should now be equally driven to preserve aboriginal culturesrdquo
Conservation Refugees
Peak DebtDebt-based economies
What is Peak Debt
bull Hubbert Peak in debt
bull Economies from individuals households national economies
bull Point where the ability to repay to interestfees etc beyond the income of the debtor
httpwwwinvestopediacomtermsppeak-debtasp
Plutonomy
bull Ajay Kapur 2006 global strategist Citigroup defined six factors create and maintain plutonomy1 business-friendly government and tax policies
2 increasingly complex financial systems
3 control of the rule of law
4 globalization
5 technology changes
6 patent protection
httpblogswsjcomwealth20070108plutonomics
httpwwwsourcewatchorgindexphptitle=Plutonomy
Tax Havens
bull Too many tax havens
bull Used by corporations amp individuals to avoid paying any tax
bull International elite profit from the global local but never pay back except in philantro-capitalism
bull Fund drugs crime slavery war profiteering specualation
bull Mainstream and accessible
Shadow Banking
bull ldquothe whole alphabet soup of levered up non-bank investment conduits vehicles and structuresrdquo
bull June 2008 speech US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner then President and CEO of the NY Federal Reserve Bank described the growing importance of the shadow banking system lending through the shadow banking system slightly exceeded lending via the traditional banking system based on outstanding balances
httpenwikipediaorgwikiShadow_banking_system
Only the Super Rich Can Save Us
bull Ralph Nader ldquonovelrdquo
bull At best calling-out the plutocrats to share some load
bull At worst a sell-out fantasy
httponlythesuperrichorg
Financialisation
bull Financialisation vs Investment
bull of finance in real production has declined
bull of finance in speculation has increased
bull Financialisation of household mortgages
bull Financialisation of atmosphere under carbon trading (ETS etc)
bull Financialisation of ecosystems
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
ldquoperennial polyculture vs annual monoculturerdquo
ContextState of the local amp global
Global Change
ldquoGlobal Change and the Earth System A Planet Under Pressurerdquo
US Environment Concerns Gallup
httpwwwgallupcompoll126560Americans-Global-Warming-Concerns-
Continue-Dropaspx
Upper Hunter Valley Environment
httpwwwhvrfcomaupagesdesignlinksuploadedUpperHunterEn
vironmentalAttitudesPaper2008-09v2_000pdf
Corporate Climate Coup
bull David F Noble historian of science
bull Corporate Denial Campaign Greenhouse Mafia
bull Corporate Climate Traders Carbon Finance
bull Climate Justice Movement Klimaforum Via Campesina Permaculture networks Transition Network etc
httpwwwzcommunicationsorgthe-corporate-climate-coup-by-david-f-noble
httppermaculturetvs=corporate+climate+coup
System Planet Earthbull Neo-liberal globalisation
bull Multinational Corporations
bull Industrial Mass-Consumerism
bull Financial ldquoMarketsrdquo ldquoFree Traderdquo ldquoFree Marketsrdquo
bull World Trade Organisation International Monetary Fund
bull World Bank (Carbon Finance)
bull United Nations (Security Council UNESCO IPCC IAKTD etc)
Anthropocene
httpoceanworldtamueduresourcesoceanography-bookanthropocenehtm
httpwwweoearthorgarticleAnthropogenic_biomes
Geoengineering
bull We are doing it now
bull But badly
bull Lots of BIG ScienceBig TechBIG Business schemes ie mirrors in space algae in ocean artificial or GMO trees
bull The best means to take C02 out of the air is not technical means but trees (and soil)
bull Industrial Biochar ConsortiumhttponlinewsjcomarticleSB1000142405297020477130457418152
2575503150html
Human Welfare and Ecological Footprints
Limits to Growth
bull Peak Population
bull Peak Oil
bull Peak Coal
bull Peak Soil
bull Peak Water
bull Peak Moment
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Limits_to_Growth
Environmental Refugees
httpwwwagassessmentorg
Wilderness 10 more than 48 hrs
Travel time to major cities A global map of Accessibility
Conservation Refugees
ldquoindigenous tribal peoples like endangered species are being driven to extinction Their languages are swiftly dying and were losing a huge resource in their invaluable knowledge derived from millennia in their respective homelands Environmentalists determined to preserve biological systems and entities should now be equally driven to preserve aboriginal culturesrdquo
Conservation Refugees
Peak DebtDebt-based economies
What is Peak Debt
bull Hubbert Peak in debt
bull Economies from individuals households national economies
bull Point where the ability to repay to interestfees etc beyond the income of the debtor
httpwwwinvestopediacomtermsppeak-debtasp
Plutonomy
bull Ajay Kapur 2006 global strategist Citigroup defined six factors create and maintain plutonomy1 business-friendly government and tax policies
2 increasingly complex financial systems
3 control of the rule of law
4 globalization
5 technology changes
6 patent protection
httpblogswsjcomwealth20070108plutonomics
httpwwwsourcewatchorgindexphptitle=Plutonomy
Tax Havens
bull Too many tax havens
bull Used by corporations amp individuals to avoid paying any tax
bull International elite profit from the global local but never pay back except in philantro-capitalism
bull Fund drugs crime slavery war profiteering specualation
bull Mainstream and accessible
Shadow Banking
bull ldquothe whole alphabet soup of levered up non-bank investment conduits vehicles and structuresrdquo
bull June 2008 speech US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner then President and CEO of the NY Federal Reserve Bank described the growing importance of the shadow banking system lending through the shadow banking system slightly exceeded lending via the traditional banking system based on outstanding balances
httpenwikipediaorgwikiShadow_banking_system
Only the Super Rich Can Save Us
bull Ralph Nader ldquonovelrdquo
bull At best calling-out the plutocrats to share some load
bull At worst a sell-out fantasy
httponlythesuperrichorg
Financialisation
bull Financialisation vs Investment
bull of finance in real production has declined
bull of finance in speculation has increased
bull Financialisation of household mortgages
bull Financialisation of atmosphere under carbon trading (ETS etc)
bull Financialisation of ecosystems
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
ContextState of the local amp global
Global Change
ldquoGlobal Change and the Earth System A Planet Under Pressurerdquo
US Environment Concerns Gallup
httpwwwgallupcompoll126560Americans-Global-Warming-Concerns-
Continue-Dropaspx
Upper Hunter Valley Environment
httpwwwhvrfcomaupagesdesignlinksuploadedUpperHunterEn
vironmentalAttitudesPaper2008-09v2_000pdf
Corporate Climate Coup
bull David F Noble historian of science
bull Corporate Denial Campaign Greenhouse Mafia
bull Corporate Climate Traders Carbon Finance
bull Climate Justice Movement Klimaforum Via Campesina Permaculture networks Transition Network etc
httpwwwzcommunicationsorgthe-corporate-climate-coup-by-david-f-noble
httppermaculturetvs=corporate+climate+coup
System Planet Earthbull Neo-liberal globalisation
bull Multinational Corporations
bull Industrial Mass-Consumerism
bull Financial ldquoMarketsrdquo ldquoFree Traderdquo ldquoFree Marketsrdquo
bull World Trade Organisation International Monetary Fund
bull World Bank (Carbon Finance)
bull United Nations (Security Council UNESCO IPCC IAKTD etc)
Anthropocene
httpoceanworldtamueduresourcesoceanography-bookanthropocenehtm
httpwwweoearthorgarticleAnthropogenic_biomes
Geoengineering
bull We are doing it now
bull But badly
bull Lots of BIG ScienceBig TechBIG Business schemes ie mirrors in space algae in ocean artificial or GMO trees
bull The best means to take C02 out of the air is not technical means but trees (and soil)
bull Industrial Biochar ConsortiumhttponlinewsjcomarticleSB1000142405297020477130457418152
2575503150html
Human Welfare and Ecological Footprints
Limits to Growth
bull Peak Population
bull Peak Oil
bull Peak Coal
bull Peak Soil
bull Peak Water
bull Peak Moment
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Limits_to_Growth
Environmental Refugees
httpwwwagassessmentorg
Wilderness 10 more than 48 hrs
Travel time to major cities A global map of Accessibility
Conservation Refugees
ldquoindigenous tribal peoples like endangered species are being driven to extinction Their languages are swiftly dying and were losing a huge resource in their invaluable knowledge derived from millennia in their respective homelands Environmentalists determined to preserve biological systems and entities should now be equally driven to preserve aboriginal culturesrdquo
Conservation Refugees
Peak DebtDebt-based economies
What is Peak Debt
bull Hubbert Peak in debt
bull Economies from individuals households national economies
bull Point where the ability to repay to interestfees etc beyond the income of the debtor
httpwwwinvestopediacomtermsppeak-debtasp
Plutonomy
bull Ajay Kapur 2006 global strategist Citigroup defined six factors create and maintain plutonomy1 business-friendly government and tax policies
2 increasingly complex financial systems
3 control of the rule of law
4 globalization
5 technology changes
6 patent protection
httpblogswsjcomwealth20070108plutonomics
httpwwwsourcewatchorgindexphptitle=Plutonomy
Tax Havens
bull Too many tax havens
bull Used by corporations amp individuals to avoid paying any tax
bull International elite profit from the global local but never pay back except in philantro-capitalism
bull Fund drugs crime slavery war profiteering specualation
bull Mainstream and accessible
Shadow Banking
bull ldquothe whole alphabet soup of levered up non-bank investment conduits vehicles and structuresrdquo
bull June 2008 speech US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner then President and CEO of the NY Federal Reserve Bank described the growing importance of the shadow banking system lending through the shadow banking system slightly exceeded lending via the traditional banking system based on outstanding balances
httpenwikipediaorgwikiShadow_banking_system
Only the Super Rich Can Save Us
bull Ralph Nader ldquonovelrdquo
bull At best calling-out the plutocrats to share some load
bull At worst a sell-out fantasy
httponlythesuperrichorg
Financialisation
bull Financialisation vs Investment
bull of finance in real production has declined
bull of finance in speculation has increased
bull Financialisation of household mortgages
bull Financialisation of atmosphere under carbon trading (ETS etc)
bull Financialisation of ecosystems
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Global Change
ldquoGlobal Change and the Earth System A Planet Under Pressurerdquo
US Environment Concerns Gallup
httpwwwgallupcompoll126560Americans-Global-Warming-Concerns-
Continue-Dropaspx
Upper Hunter Valley Environment
httpwwwhvrfcomaupagesdesignlinksuploadedUpperHunterEn
vironmentalAttitudesPaper2008-09v2_000pdf
Corporate Climate Coup
bull David F Noble historian of science
bull Corporate Denial Campaign Greenhouse Mafia
bull Corporate Climate Traders Carbon Finance
bull Climate Justice Movement Klimaforum Via Campesina Permaculture networks Transition Network etc
httpwwwzcommunicationsorgthe-corporate-climate-coup-by-david-f-noble
httppermaculturetvs=corporate+climate+coup
System Planet Earthbull Neo-liberal globalisation
bull Multinational Corporations
bull Industrial Mass-Consumerism
bull Financial ldquoMarketsrdquo ldquoFree Traderdquo ldquoFree Marketsrdquo
bull World Trade Organisation International Monetary Fund
bull World Bank (Carbon Finance)
bull United Nations (Security Council UNESCO IPCC IAKTD etc)
Anthropocene
httpoceanworldtamueduresourcesoceanography-bookanthropocenehtm
httpwwweoearthorgarticleAnthropogenic_biomes
Geoengineering
bull We are doing it now
bull But badly
bull Lots of BIG ScienceBig TechBIG Business schemes ie mirrors in space algae in ocean artificial or GMO trees
bull The best means to take C02 out of the air is not technical means but trees (and soil)
bull Industrial Biochar ConsortiumhttponlinewsjcomarticleSB1000142405297020477130457418152
2575503150html
Human Welfare and Ecological Footprints
Limits to Growth
bull Peak Population
bull Peak Oil
bull Peak Coal
bull Peak Soil
bull Peak Water
bull Peak Moment
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Limits_to_Growth
Environmental Refugees
httpwwwagassessmentorg
Wilderness 10 more than 48 hrs
Travel time to major cities A global map of Accessibility
Conservation Refugees
ldquoindigenous tribal peoples like endangered species are being driven to extinction Their languages are swiftly dying and were losing a huge resource in their invaluable knowledge derived from millennia in their respective homelands Environmentalists determined to preserve biological systems and entities should now be equally driven to preserve aboriginal culturesrdquo
Conservation Refugees
Peak DebtDebt-based economies
What is Peak Debt
bull Hubbert Peak in debt
bull Economies from individuals households national economies
bull Point where the ability to repay to interestfees etc beyond the income of the debtor
httpwwwinvestopediacomtermsppeak-debtasp
Plutonomy
bull Ajay Kapur 2006 global strategist Citigroup defined six factors create and maintain plutonomy1 business-friendly government and tax policies
2 increasingly complex financial systems
3 control of the rule of law
4 globalization
5 technology changes
6 patent protection
httpblogswsjcomwealth20070108plutonomics
httpwwwsourcewatchorgindexphptitle=Plutonomy
Tax Havens
bull Too many tax havens
bull Used by corporations amp individuals to avoid paying any tax
bull International elite profit from the global local but never pay back except in philantro-capitalism
bull Fund drugs crime slavery war profiteering specualation
bull Mainstream and accessible
Shadow Banking
bull ldquothe whole alphabet soup of levered up non-bank investment conduits vehicles and structuresrdquo
bull June 2008 speech US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner then President and CEO of the NY Federal Reserve Bank described the growing importance of the shadow banking system lending through the shadow banking system slightly exceeded lending via the traditional banking system based on outstanding balances
httpenwikipediaorgwikiShadow_banking_system
Only the Super Rich Can Save Us
bull Ralph Nader ldquonovelrdquo
bull At best calling-out the plutocrats to share some load
bull At worst a sell-out fantasy
httponlythesuperrichorg
Financialisation
bull Financialisation vs Investment
bull of finance in real production has declined
bull of finance in speculation has increased
bull Financialisation of household mortgages
bull Financialisation of atmosphere under carbon trading (ETS etc)
bull Financialisation of ecosystems
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
US Environment Concerns Gallup
httpwwwgallupcompoll126560Americans-Global-Warming-Concerns-
Continue-Dropaspx
Upper Hunter Valley Environment
httpwwwhvrfcomaupagesdesignlinksuploadedUpperHunterEn
vironmentalAttitudesPaper2008-09v2_000pdf
Corporate Climate Coup
bull David F Noble historian of science
bull Corporate Denial Campaign Greenhouse Mafia
bull Corporate Climate Traders Carbon Finance
bull Climate Justice Movement Klimaforum Via Campesina Permaculture networks Transition Network etc
httpwwwzcommunicationsorgthe-corporate-climate-coup-by-david-f-noble
httppermaculturetvs=corporate+climate+coup
System Planet Earthbull Neo-liberal globalisation
bull Multinational Corporations
bull Industrial Mass-Consumerism
bull Financial ldquoMarketsrdquo ldquoFree Traderdquo ldquoFree Marketsrdquo
bull World Trade Organisation International Monetary Fund
bull World Bank (Carbon Finance)
bull United Nations (Security Council UNESCO IPCC IAKTD etc)
Anthropocene
httpoceanworldtamueduresourcesoceanography-bookanthropocenehtm
httpwwweoearthorgarticleAnthropogenic_biomes
Geoengineering
bull We are doing it now
bull But badly
bull Lots of BIG ScienceBig TechBIG Business schemes ie mirrors in space algae in ocean artificial or GMO trees
bull The best means to take C02 out of the air is not technical means but trees (and soil)
bull Industrial Biochar ConsortiumhttponlinewsjcomarticleSB1000142405297020477130457418152
2575503150html
Human Welfare and Ecological Footprints
Limits to Growth
bull Peak Population
bull Peak Oil
bull Peak Coal
bull Peak Soil
bull Peak Water
bull Peak Moment
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Limits_to_Growth
Environmental Refugees
httpwwwagassessmentorg
Wilderness 10 more than 48 hrs
Travel time to major cities A global map of Accessibility
Conservation Refugees
ldquoindigenous tribal peoples like endangered species are being driven to extinction Their languages are swiftly dying and were losing a huge resource in their invaluable knowledge derived from millennia in their respective homelands Environmentalists determined to preserve biological systems and entities should now be equally driven to preserve aboriginal culturesrdquo
Conservation Refugees
Peak DebtDebt-based economies
What is Peak Debt
bull Hubbert Peak in debt
bull Economies from individuals households national economies
bull Point where the ability to repay to interestfees etc beyond the income of the debtor
httpwwwinvestopediacomtermsppeak-debtasp
Plutonomy
bull Ajay Kapur 2006 global strategist Citigroup defined six factors create and maintain plutonomy1 business-friendly government and tax policies
2 increasingly complex financial systems
3 control of the rule of law
4 globalization
5 technology changes
6 patent protection
httpblogswsjcomwealth20070108plutonomics
httpwwwsourcewatchorgindexphptitle=Plutonomy
Tax Havens
bull Too many tax havens
bull Used by corporations amp individuals to avoid paying any tax
bull International elite profit from the global local but never pay back except in philantro-capitalism
bull Fund drugs crime slavery war profiteering specualation
bull Mainstream and accessible
Shadow Banking
bull ldquothe whole alphabet soup of levered up non-bank investment conduits vehicles and structuresrdquo
bull June 2008 speech US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner then President and CEO of the NY Federal Reserve Bank described the growing importance of the shadow banking system lending through the shadow banking system slightly exceeded lending via the traditional banking system based on outstanding balances
httpenwikipediaorgwikiShadow_banking_system
Only the Super Rich Can Save Us
bull Ralph Nader ldquonovelrdquo
bull At best calling-out the plutocrats to share some load
bull At worst a sell-out fantasy
httponlythesuperrichorg
Financialisation
bull Financialisation vs Investment
bull of finance in real production has declined
bull of finance in speculation has increased
bull Financialisation of household mortgages
bull Financialisation of atmosphere under carbon trading (ETS etc)
bull Financialisation of ecosystems
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Upper Hunter Valley Environment
httpwwwhvrfcomaupagesdesignlinksuploadedUpperHunterEn
vironmentalAttitudesPaper2008-09v2_000pdf
Corporate Climate Coup
bull David F Noble historian of science
bull Corporate Denial Campaign Greenhouse Mafia
bull Corporate Climate Traders Carbon Finance
bull Climate Justice Movement Klimaforum Via Campesina Permaculture networks Transition Network etc
httpwwwzcommunicationsorgthe-corporate-climate-coup-by-david-f-noble
httppermaculturetvs=corporate+climate+coup
System Planet Earthbull Neo-liberal globalisation
bull Multinational Corporations
bull Industrial Mass-Consumerism
bull Financial ldquoMarketsrdquo ldquoFree Traderdquo ldquoFree Marketsrdquo
bull World Trade Organisation International Monetary Fund
bull World Bank (Carbon Finance)
bull United Nations (Security Council UNESCO IPCC IAKTD etc)
Anthropocene
httpoceanworldtamueduresourcesoceanography-bookanthropocenehtm
httpwwweoearthorgarticleAnthropogenic_biomes
Geoengineering
bull We are doing it now
bull But badly
bull Lots of BIG ScienceBig TechBIG Business schemes ie mirrors in space algae in ocean artificial or GMO trees
bull The best means to take C02 out of the air is not technical means but trees (and soil)
bull Industrial Biochar ConsortiumhttponlinewsjcomarticleSB1000142405297020477130457418152
2575503150html
Human Welfare and Ecological Footprints
Limits to Growth
bull Peak Population
bull Peak Oil
bull Peak Coal
bull Peak Soil
bull Peak Water
bull Peak Moment
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Limits_to_Growth
Environmental Refugees
httpwwwagassessmentorg
Wilderness 10 more than 48 hrs
Travel time to major cities A global map of Accessibility
Conservation Refugees
ldquoindigenous tribal peoples like endangered species are being driven to extinction Their languages are swiftly dying and were losing a huge resource in their invaluable knowledge derived from millennia in their respective homelands Environmentalists determined to preserve biological systems and entities should now be equally driven to preserve aboriginal culturesrdquo
Conservation Refugees
Peak DebtDebt-based economies
What is Peak Debt
bull Hubbert Peak in debt
bull Economies from individuals households national economies
bull Point where the ability to repay to interestfees etc beyond the income of the debtor
httpwwwinvestopediacomtermsppeak-debtasp
Plutonomy
bull Ajay Kapur 2006 global strategist Citigroup defined six factors create and maintain plutonomy1 business-friendly government and tax policies
2 increasingly complex financial systems
3 control of the rule of law
4 globalization
5 technology changes
6 patent protection
httpblogswsjcomwealth20070108plutonomics
httpwwwsourcewatchorgindexphptitle=Plutonomy
Tax Havens
bull Too many tax havens
bull Used by corporations amp individuals to avoid paying any tax
bull International elite profit from the global local but never pay back except in philantro-capitalism
bull Fund drugs crime slavery war profiteering specualation
bull Mainstream and accessible
Shadow Banking
bull ldquothe whole alphabet soup of levered up non-bank investment conduits vehicles and structuresrdquo
bull June 2008 speech US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner then President and CEO of the NY Federal Reserve Bank described the growing importance of the shadow banking system lending through the shadow banking system slightly exceeded lending via the traditional banking system based on outstanding balances
httpenwikipediaorgwikiShadow_banking_system
Only the Super Rich Can Save Us
bull Ralph Nader ldquonovelrdquo
bull At best calling-out the plutocrats to share some load
bull At worst a sell-out fantasy
httponlythesuperrichorg
Financialisation
bull Financialisation vs Investment
bull of finance in real production has declined
bull of finance in speculation has increased
bull Financialisation of household mortgages
bull Financialisation of atmosphere under carbon trading (ETS etc)
bull Financialisation of ecosystems
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Corporate Climate Coup
bull David F Noble historian of science
bull Corporate Denial Campaign Greenhouse Mafia
bull Corporate Climate Traders Carbon Finance
bull Climate Justice Movement Klimaforum Via Campesina Permaculture networks Transition Network etc
httpwwwzcommunicationsorgthe-corporate-climate-coup-by-david-f-noble
httppermaculturetvs=corporate+climate+coup
System Planet Earthbull Neo-liberal globalisation
bull Multinational Corporations
bull Industrial Mass-Consumerism
bull Financial ldquoMarketsrdquo ldquoFree Traderdquo ldquoFree Marketsrdquo
bull World Trade Organisation International Monetary Fund
bull World Bank (Carbon Finance)
bull United Nations (Security Council UNESCO IPCC IAKTD etc)
Anthropocene
httpoceanworldtamueduresourcesoceanography-bookanthropocenehtm
httpwwweoearthorgarticleAnthropogenic_biomes
Geoengineering
bull We are doing it now
bull But badly
bull Lots of BIG ScienceBig TechBIG Business schemes ie mirrors in space algae in ocean artificial or GMO trees
bull The best means to take C02 out of the air is not technical means but trees (and soil)
bull Industrial Biochar ConsortiumhttponlinewsjcomarticleSB1000142405297020477130457418152
2575503150html
Human Welfare and Ecological Footprints
Limits to Growth
bull Peak Population
bull Peak Oil
bull Peak Coal
bull Peak Soil
bull Peak Water
bull Peak Moment
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Limits_to_Growth
Environmental Refugees
httpwwwagassessmentorg
Wilderness 10 more than 48 hrs
Travel time to major cities A global map of Accessibility
Conservation Refugees
ldquoindigenous tribal peoples like endangered species are being driven to extinction Their languages are swiftly dying and were losing a huge resource in their invaluable knowledge derived from millennia in their respective homelands Environmentalists determined to preserve biological systems and entities should now be equally driven to preserve aboriginal culturesrdquo
Conservation Refugees
Peak DebtDebt-based economies
What is Peak Debt
bull Hubbert Peak in debt
bull Economies from individuals households national economies
bull Point where the ability to repay to interestfees etc beyond the income of the debtor
httpwwwinvestopediacomtermsppeak-debtasp
Plutonomy
bull Ajay Kapur 2006 global strategist Citigroup defined six factors create and maintain plutonomy1 business-friendly government and tax policies
2 increasingly complex financial systems
3 control of the rule of law
4 globalization
5 technology changes
6 patent protection
httpblogswsjcomwealth20070108plutonomics
httpwwwsourcewatchorgindexphptitle=Plutonomy
Tax Havens
bull Too many tax havens
bull Used by corporations amp individuals to avoid paying any tax
bull International elite profit from the global local but never pay back except in philantro-capitalism
bull Fund drugs crime slavery war profiteering specualation
bull Mainstream and accessible
Shadow Banking
bull ldquothe whole alphabet soup of levered up non-bank investment conduits vehicles and structuresrdquo
bull June 2008 speech US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner then President and CEO of the NY Federal Reserve Bank described the growing importance of the shadow banking system lending through the shadow banking system slightly exceeded lending via the traditional banking system based on outstanding balances
httpenwikipediaorgwikiShadow_banking_system
Only the Super Rich Can Save Us
bull Ralph Nader ldquonovelrdquo
bull At best calling-out the plutocrats to share some load
bull At worst a sell-out fantasy
httponlythesuperrichorg
Financialisation
bull Financialisation vs Investment
bull of finance in real production has declined
bull of finance in speculation has increased
bull Financialisation of household mortgages
bull Financialisation of atmosphere under carbon trading (ETS etc)
bull Financialisation of ecosystems
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
System Planet Earthbull Neo-liberal globalisation
bull Multinational Corporations
bull Industrial Mass-Consumerism
bull Financial ldquoMarketsrdquo ldquoFree Traderdquo ldquoFree Marketsrdquo
bull World Trade Organisation International Monetary Fund
bull World Bank (Carbon Finance)
bull United Nations (Security Council UNESCO IPCC IAKTD etc)
Anthropocene
httpoceanworldtamueduresourcesoceanography-bookanthropocenehtm
httpwwweoearthorgarticleAnthropogenic_biomes
Geoengineering
bull We are doing it now
bull But badly
bull Lots of BIG ScienceBig TechBIG Business schemes ie mirrors in space algae in ocean artificial or GMO trees
bull The best means to take C02 out of the air is not technical means but trees (and soil)
bull Industrial Biochar ConsortiumhttponlinewsjcomarticleSB1000142405297020477130457418152
2575503150html
Human Welfare and Ecological Footprints
Limits to Growth
bull Peak Population
bull Peak Oil
bull Peak Coal
bull Peak Soil
bull Peak Water
bull Peak Moment
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Limits_to_Growth
Environmental Refugees
httpwwwagassessmentorg
Wilderness 10 more than 48 hrs
Travel time to major cities A global map of Accessibility
Conservation Refugees
ldquoindigenous tribal peoples like endangered species are being driven to extinction Their languages are swiftly dying and were losing a huge resource in their invaluable knowledge derived from millennia in their respective homelands Environmentalists determined to preserve biological systems and entities should now be equally driven to preserve aboriginal culturesrdquo
Conservation Refugees
Peak DebtDebt-based economies
What is Peak Debt
bull Hubbert Peak in debt
bull Economies from individuals households national economies
bull Point where the ability to repay to interestfees etc beyond the income of the debtor
httpwwwinvestopediacomtermsppeak-debtasp
Plutonomy
bull Ajay Kapur 2006 global strategist Citigroup defined six factors create and maintain plutonomy1 business-friendly government and tax policies
2 increasingly complex financial systems
3 control of the rule of law
4 globalization
5 technology changes
6 patent protection
httpblogswsjcomwealth20070108plutonomics
httpwwwsourcewatchorgindexphptitle=Plutonomy
Tax Havens
bull Too many tax havens
bull Used by corporations amp individuals to avoid paying any tax
bull International elite profit from the global local but never pay back except in philantro-capitalism
bull Fund drugs crime slavery war profiteering specualation
bull Mainstream and accessible
Shadow Banking
bull ldquothe whole alphabet soup of levered up non-bank investment conduits vehicles and structuresrdquo
bull June 2008 speech US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner then President and CEO of the NY Federal Reserve Bank described the growing importance of the shadow banking system lending through the shadow banking system slightly exceeded lending via the traditional banking system based on outstanding balances
httpenwikipediaorgwikiShadow_banking_system
Only the Super Rich Can Save Us
bull Ralph Nader ldquonovelrdquo
bull At best calling-out the plutocrats to share some load
bull At worst a sell-out fantasy
httponlythesuperrichorg
Financialisation
bull Financialisation vs Investment
bull of finance in real production has declined
bull of finance in speculation has increased
bull Financialisation of household mortgages
bull Financialisation of atmosphere under carbon trading (ETS etc)
bull Financialisation of ecosystems
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Anthropocene
httpoceanworldtamueduresourcesoceanography-bookanthropocenehtm
httpwwweoearthorgarticleAnthropogenic_biomes
Geoengineering
bull We are doing it now
bull But badly
bull Lots of BIG ScienceBig TechBIG Business schemes ie mirrors in space algae in ocean artificial or GMO trees
bull The best means to take C02 out of the air is not technical means but trees (and soil)
bull Industrial Biochar ConsortiumhttponlinewsjcomarticleSB1000142405297020477130457418152
2575503150html
Human Welfare and Ecological Footprints
Limits to Growth
bull Peak Population
bull Peak Oil
bull Peak Coal
bull Peak Soil
bull Peak Water
bull Peak Moment
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Limits_to_Growth
Environmental Refugees
httpwwwagassessmentorg
Wilderness 10 more than 48 hrs
Travel time to major cities A global map of Accessibility
Conservation Refugees
ldquoindigenous tribal peoples like endangered species are being driven to extinction Their languages are swiftly dying and were losing a huge resource in their invaluable knowledge derived from millennia in their respective homelands Environmentalists determined to preserve biological systems and entities should now be equally driven to preserve aboriginal culturesrdquo
Conservation Refugees
Peak DebtDebt-based economies
What is Peak Debt
bull Hubbert Peak in debt
bull Economies from individuals households national economies
bull Point where the ability to repay to interestfees etc beyond the income of the debtor
httpwwwinvestopediacomtermsppeak-debtasp
Plutonomy
bull Ajay Kapur 2006 global strategist Citigroup defined six factors create and maintain plutonomy1 business-friendly government and tax policies
2 increasingly complex financial systems
3 control of the rule of law
4 globalization
5 technology changes
6 patent protection
httpblogswsjcomwealth20070108plutonomics
httpwwwsourcewatchorgindexphptitle=Plutonomy
Tax Havens
bull Too many tax havens
bull Used by corporations amp individuals to avoid paying any tax
bull International elite profit from the global local but never pay back except in philantro-capitalism
bull Fund drugs crime slavery war profiteering specualation
bull Mainstream and accessible
Shadow Banking
bull ldquothe whole alphabet soup of levered up non-bank investment conduits vehicles and structuresrdquo
bull June 2008 speech US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner then President and CEO of the NY Federal Reserve Bank described the growing importance of the shadow banking system lending through the shadow banking system slightly exceeded lending via the traditional banking system based on outstanding balances
httpenwikipediaorgwikiShadow_banking_system
Only the Super Rich Can Save Us
bull Ralph Nader ldquonovelrdquo
bull At best calling-out the plutocrats to share some load
bull At worst a sell-out fantasy
httponlythesuperrichorg
Financialisation
bull Financialisation vs Investment
bull of finance in real production has declined
bull of finance in speculation has increased
bull Financialisation of household mortgages
bull Financialisation of atmosphere under carbon trading (ETS etc)
bull Financialisation of ecosystems
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Geoengineering
bull We are doing it now
bull But badly
bull Lots of BIG ScienceBig TechBIG Business schemes ie mirrors in space algae in ocean artificial or GMO trees
bull The best means to take C02 out of the air is not technical means but trees (and soil)
bull Industrial Biochar ConsortiumhttponlinewsjcomarticleSB1000142405297020477130457418152
2575503150html
Human Welfare and Ecological Footprints
Limits to Growth
bull Peak Population
bull Peak Oil
bull Peak Coal
bull Peak Soil
bull Peak Water
bull Peak Moment
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Limits_to_Growth
Environmental Refugees
httpwwwagassessmentorg
Wilderness 10 more than 48 hrs
Travel time to major cities A global map of Accessibility
Conservation Refugees
ldquoindigenous tribal peoples like endangered species are being driven to extinction Their languages are swiftly dying and were losing a huge resource in their invaluable knowledge derived from millennia in their respective homelands Environmentalists determined to preserve biological systems and entities should now be equally driven to preserve aboriginal culturesrdquo
Conservation Refugees
Peak DebtDebt-based economies
What is Peak Debt
bull Hubbert Peak in debt
bull Economies from individuals households national economies
bull Point where the ability to repay to interestfees etc beyond the income of the debtor
httpwwwinvestopediacomtermsppeak-debtasp
Plutonomy
bull Ajay Kapur 2006 global strategist Citigroup defined six factors create and maintain plutonomy1 business-friendly government and tax policies
2 increasingly complex financial systems
3 control of the rule of law
4 globalization
5 technology changes
6 patent protection
httpblogswsjcomwealth20070108plutonomics
httpwwwsourcewatchorgindexphptitle=Plutonomy
Tax Havens
bull Too many tax havens
bull Used by corporations amp individuals to avoid paying any tax
bull International elite profit from the global local but never pay back except in philantro-capitalism
bull Fund drugs crime slavery war profiteering specualation
bull Mainstream and accessible
Shadow Banking
bull ldquothe whole alphabet soup of levered up non-bank investment conduits vehicles and structuresrdquo
bull June 2008 speech US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner then President and CEO of the NY Federal Reserve Bank described the growing importance of the shadow banking system lending through the shadow banking system slightly exceeded lending via the traditional banking system based on outstanding balances
httpenwikipediaorgwikiShadow_banking_system
Only the Super Rich Can Save Us
bull Ralph Nader ldquonovelrdquo
bull At best calling-out the plutocrats to share some load
bull At worst a sell-out fantasy
httponlythesuperrichorg
Financialisation
bull Financialisation vs Investment
bull of finance in real production has declined
bull of finance in speculation has increased
bull Financialisation of household mortgages
bull Financialisation of atmosphere under carbon trading (ETS etc)
bull Financialisation of ecosystems
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Human Welfare and Ecological Footprints
Limits to Growth
bull Peak Population
bull Peak Oil
bull Peak Coal
bull Peak Soil
bull Peak Water
bull Peak Moment
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Limits_to_Growth
Environmental Refugees
httpwwwagassessmentorg
Wilderness 10 more than 48 hrs
Travel time to major cities A global map of Accessibility
Conservation Refugees
ldquoindigenous tribal peoples like endangered species are being driven to extinction Their languages are swiftly dying and were losing a huge resource in their invaluable knowledge derived from millennia in their respective homelands Environmentalists determined to preserve biological systems and entities should now be equally driven to preserve aboriginal culturesrdquo
Conservation Refugees
Peak DebtDebt-based economies
What is Peak Debt
bull Hubbert Peak in debt
bull Economies from individuals households national economies
bull Point where the ability to repay to interestfees etc beyond the income of the debtor
httpwwwinvestopediacomtermsppeak-debtasp
Plutonomy
bull Ajay Kapur 2006 global strategist Citigroup defined six factors create and maintain plutonomy1 business-friendly government and tax policies
2 increasingly complex financial systems
3 control of the rule of law
4 globalization
5 technology changes
6 patent protection
httpblogswsjcomwealth20070108plutonomics
httpwwwsourcewatchorgindexphptitle=Plutonomy
Tax Havens
bull Too many tax havens
bull Used by corporations amp individuals to avoid paying any tax
bull International elite profit from the global local but never pay back except in philantro-capitalism
bull Fund drugs crime slavery war profiteering specualation
bull Mainstream and accessible
Shadow Banking
bull ldquothe whole alphabet soup of levered up non-bank investment conduits vehicles and structuresrdquo
bull June 2008 speech US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner then President and CEO of the NY Federal Reserve Bank described the growing importance of the shadow banking system lending through the shadow banking system slightly exceeded lending via the traditional banking system based on outstanding balances
httpenwikipediaorgwikiShadow_banking_system
Only the Super Rich Can Save Us
bull Ralph Nader ldquonovelrdquo
bull At best calling-out the plutocrats to share some load
bull At worst a sell-out fantasy
httponlythesuperrichorg
Financialisation
bull Financialisation vs Investment
bull of finance in real production has declined
bull of finance in speculation has increased
bull Financialisation of household mortgages
bull Financialisation of atmosphere under carbon trading (ETS etc)
bull Financialisation of ecosystems
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Limits to Growth
bull Peak Population
bull Peak Oil
bull Peak Coal
bull Peak Soil
bull Peak Water
bull Peak Moment
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Limits_to_Growth
Environmental Refugees
httpwwwagassessmentorg
Wilderness 10 more than 48 hrs
Travel time to major cities A global map of Accessibility
Conservation Refugees
ldquoindigenous tribal peoples like endangered species are being driven to extinction Their languages are swiftly dying and were losing a huge resource in their invaluable knowledge derived from millennia in their respective homelands Environmentalists determined to preserve biological systems and entities should now be equally driven to preserve aboriginal culturesrdquo
Conservation Refugees
Peak DebtDebt-based economies
What is Peak Debt
bull Hubbert Peak in debt
bull Economies from individuals households national economies
bull Point where the ability to repay to interestfees etc beyond the income of the debtor
httpwwwinvestopediacomtermsppeak-debtasp
Plutonomy
bull Ajay Kapur 2006 global strategist Citigroup defined six factors create and maintain plutonomy1 business-friendly government and tax policies
2 increasingly complex financial systems
3 control of the rule of law
4 globalization
5 technology changes
6 patent protection
httpblogswsjcomwealth20070108plutonomics
httpwwwsourcewatchorgindexphptitle=Plutonomy
Tax Havens
bull Too many tax havens
bull Used by corporations amp individuals to avoid paying any tax
bull International elite profit from the global local but never pay back except in philantro-capitalism
bull Fund drugs crime slavery war profiteering specualation
bull Mainstream and accessible
Shadow Banking
bull ldquothe whole alphabet soup of levered up non-bank investment conduits vehicles and structuresrdquo
bull June 2008 speech US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner then President and CEO of the NY Federal Reserve Bank described the growing importance of the shadow banking system lending through the shadow banking system slightly exceeded lending via the traditional banking system based on outstanding balances
httpenwikipediaorgwikiShadow_banking_system
Only the Super Rich Can Save Us
bull Ralph Nader ldquonovelrdquo
bull At best calling-out the plutocrats to share some load
bull At worst a sell-out fantasy
httponlythesuperrichorg
Financialisation
bull Financialisation vs Investment
bull of finance in real production has declined
bull of finance in speculation has increased
bull Financialisation of household mortgages
bull Financialisation of atmosphere under carbon trading (ETS etc)
bull Financialisation of ecosystems
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Environmental Refugees
httpwwwagassessmentorg
Wilderness 10 more than 48 hrs
Travel time to major cities A global map of Accessibility
Conservation Refugees
ldquoindigenous tribal peoples like endangered species are being driven to extinction Their languages are swiftly dying and were losing a huge resource in their invaluable knowledge derived from millennia in their respective homelands Environmentalists determined to preserve biological systems and entities should now be equally driven to preserve aboriginal culturesrdquo
Conservation Refugees
Peak DebtDebt-based economies
What is Peak Debt
bull Hubbert Peak in debt
bull Economies from individuals households national economies
bull Point where the ability to repay to interestfees etc beyond the income of the debtor
httpwwwinvestopediacomtermsppeak-debtasp
Plutonomy
bull Ajay Kapur 2006 global strategist Citigroup defined six factors create and maintain plutonomy1 business-friendly government and tax policies
2 increasingly complex financial systems
3 control of the rule of law
4 globalization
5 technology changes
6 patent protection
httpblogswsjcomwealth20070108plutonomics
httpwwwsourcewatchorgindexphptitle=Plutonomy
Tax Havens
bull Too many tax havens
bull Used by corporations amp individuals to avoid paying any tax
bull International elite profit from the global local but never pay back except in philantro-capitalism
bull Fund drugs crime slavery war profiteering specualation
bull Mainstream and accessible
Shadow Banking
bull ldquothe whole alphabet soup of levered up non-bank investment conduits vehicles and structuresrdquo
bull June 2008 speech US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner then President and CEO of the NY Federal Reserve Bank described the growing importance of the shadow banking system lending through the shadow banking system slightly exceeded lending via the traditional banking system based on outstanding balances
httpenwikipediaorgwikiShadow_banking_system
Only the Super Rich Can Save Us
bull Ralph Nader ldquonovelrdquo
bull At best calling-out the plutocrats to share some load
bull At worst a sell-out fantasy
httponlythesuperrichorg
Financialisation
bull Financialisation vs Investment
bull of finance in real production has declined
bull of finance in speculation has increased
bull Financialisation of household mortgages
bull Financialisation of atmosphere under carbon trading (ETS etc)
bull Financialisation of ecosystems
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Wilderness 10 more than 48 hrs
Travel time to major cities A global map of Accessibility
Conservation Refugees
ldquoindigenous tribal peoples like endangered species are being driven to extinction Their languages are swiftly dying and were losing a huge resource in their invaluable knowledge derived from millennia in their respective homelands Environmentalists determined to preserve biological systems and entities should now be equally driven to preserve aboriginal culturesrdquo
Conservation Refugees
Peak DebtDebt-based economies
What is Peak Debt
bull Hubbert Peak in debt
bull Economies from individuals households national economies
bull Point where the ability to repay to interestfees etc beyond the income of the debtor
httpwwwinvestopediacomtermsppeak-debtasp
Plutonomy
bull Ajay Kapur 2006 global strategist Citigroup defined six factors create and maintain plutonomy1 business-friendly government and tax policies
2 increasingly complex financial systems
3 control of the rule of law
4 globalization
5 technology changes
6 patent protection
httpblogswsjcomwealth20070108plutonomics
httpwwwsourcewatchorgindexphptitle=Plutonomy
Tax Havens
bull Too many tax havens
bull Used by corporations amp individuals to avoid paying any tax
bull International elite profit from the global local but never pay back except in philantro-capitalism
bull Fund drugs crime slavery war profiteering specualation
bull Mainstream and accessible
Shadow Banking
bull ldquothe whole alphabet soup of levered up non-bank investment conduits vehicles and structuresrdquo
bull June 2008 speech US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner then President and CEO of the NY Federal Reserve Bank described the growing importance of the shadow banking system lending through the shadow banking system slightly exceeded lending via the traditional banking system based on outstanding balances
httpenwikipediaorgwikiShadow_banking_system
Only the Super Rich Can Save Us
bull Ralph Nader ldquonovelrdquo
bull At best calling-out the plutocrats to share some load
bull At worst a sell-out fantasy
httponlythesuperrichorg
Financialisation
bull Financialisation vs Investment
bull of finance in real production has declined
bull of finance in speculation has increased
bull Financialisation of household mortgages
bull Financialisation of atmosphere under carbon trading (ETS etc)
bull Financialisation of ecosystems
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Conservation Refugees
ldquoindigenous tribal peoples like endangered species are being driven to extinction Their languages are swiftly dying and were losing a huge resource in their invaluable knowledge derived from millennia in their respective homelands Environmentalists determined to preserve biological systems and entities should now be equally driven to preserve aboriginal culturesrdquo
Conservation Refugees
Peak DebtDebt-based economies
What is Peak Debt
bull Hubbert Peak in debt
bull Economies from individuals households national economies
bull Point where the ability to repay to interestfees etc beyond the income of the debtor
httpwwwinvestopediacomtermsppeak-debtasp
Plutonomy
bull Ajay Kapur 2006 global strategist Citigroup defined six factors create and maintain plutonomy1 business-friendly government and tax policies
2 increasingly complex financial systems
3 control of the rule of law
4 globalization
5 technology changes
6 patent protection
httpblogswsjcomwealth20070108plutonomics
httpwwwsourcewatchorgindexphptitle=Plutonomy
Tax Havens
bull Too many tax havens
bull Used by corporations amp individuals to avoid paying any tax
bull International elite profit from the global local but never pay back except in philantro-capitalism
bull Fund drugs crime slavery war profiteering specualation
bull Mainstream and accessible
Shadow Banking
bull ldquothe whole alphabet soup of levered up non-bank investment conduits vehicles and structuresrdquo
bull June 2008 speech US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner then President and CEO of the NY Federal Reserve Bank described the growing importance of the shadow banking system lending through the shadow banking system slightly exceeded lending via the traditional banking system based on outstanding balances
httpenwikipediaorgwikiShadow_banking_system
Only the Super Rich Can Save Us
bull Ralph Nader ldquonovelrdquo
bull At best calling-out the plutocrats to share some load
bull At worst a sell-out fantasy
httponlythesuperrichorg
Financialisation
bull Financialisation vs Investment
bull of finance in real production has declined
bull of finance in speculation has increased
bull Financialisation of household mortgages
bull Financialisation of atmosphere under carbon trading (ETS etc)
bull Financialisation of ecosystems
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Peak DebtDebt-based economies
What is Peak Debt
bull Hubbert Peak in debt
bull Economies from individuals households national economies
bull Point where the ability to repay to interestfees etc beyond the income of the debtor
httpwwwinvestopediacomtermsppeak-debtasp
Plutonomy
bull Ajay Kapur 2006 global strategist Citigroup defined six factors create and maintain plutonomy1 business-friendly government and tax policies
2 increasingly complex financial systems
3 control of the rule of law
4 globalization
5 technology changes
6 patent protection
httpblogswsjcomwealth20070108plutonomics
httpwwwsourcewatchorgindexphptitle=Plutonomy
Tax Havens
bull Too many tax havens
bull Used by corporations amp individuals to avoid paying any tax
bull International elite profit from the global local but never pay back except in philantro-capitalism
bull Fund drugs crime slavery war profiteering specualation
bull Mainstream and accessible
Shadow Banking
bull ldquothe whole alphabet soup of levered up non-bank investment conduits vehicles and structuresrdquo
bull June 2008 speech US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner then President and CEO of the NY Federal Reserve Bank described the growing importance of the shadow banking system lending through the shadow banking system slightly exceeded lending via the traditional banking system based on outstanding balances
httpenwikipediaorgwikiShadow_banking_system
Only the Super Rich Can Save Us
bull Ralph Nader ldquonovelrdquo
bull At best calling-out the plutocrats to share some load
bull At worst a sell-out fantasy
httponlythesuperrichorg
Financialisation
bull Financialisation vs Investment
bull of finance in real production has declined
bull of finance in speculation has increased
bull Financialisation of household mortgages
bull Financialisation of atmosphere under carbon trading (ETS etc)
bull Financialisation of ecosystems
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
What is Peak Debt
bull Hubbert Peak in debt
bull Economies from individuals households national economies
bull Point where the ability to repay to interestfees etc beyond the income of the debtor
httpwwwinvestopediacomtermsppeak-debtasp
Plutonomy
bull Ajay Kapur 2006 global strategist Citigroup defined six factors create and maintain plutonomy1 business-friendly government and tax policies
2 increasingly complex financial systems
3 control of the rule of law
4 globalization
5 technology changes
6 patent protection
httpblogswsjcomwealth20070108plutonomics
httpwwwsourcewatchorgindexphptitle=Plutonomy
Tax Havens
bull Too many tax havens
bull Used by corporations amp individuals to avoid paying any tax
bull International elite profit from the global local but never pay back except in philantro-capitalism
bull Fund drugs crime slavery war profiteering specualation
bull Mainstream and accessible
Shadow Banking
bull ldquothe whole alphabet soup of levered up non-bank investment conduits vehicles and structuresrdquo
bull June 2008 speech US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner then President and CEO of the NY Federal Reserve Bank described the growing importance of the shadow banking system lending through the shadow banking system slightly exceeded lending via the traditional banking system based on outstanding balances
httpenwikipediaorgwikiShadow_banking_system
Only the Super Rich Can Save Us
bull Ralph Nader ldquonovelrdquo
bull At best calling-out the plutocrats to share some load
bull At worst a sell-out fantasy
httponlythesuperrichorg
Financialisation
bull Financialisation vs Investment
bull of finance in real production has declined
bull of finance in speculation has increased
bull Financialisation of household mortgages
bull Financialisation of atmosphere under carbon trading (ETS etc)
bull Financialisation of ecosystems
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Plutonomy
bull Ajay Kapur 2006 global strategist Citigroup defined six factors create and maintain plutonomy1 business-friendly government and tax policies
2 increasingly complex financial systems
3 control of the rule of law
4 globalization
5 technology changes
6 patent protection
httpblogswsjcomwealth20070108plutonomics
httpwwwsourcewatchorgindexphptitle=Plutonomy
Tax Havens
bull Too many tax havens
bull Used by corporations amp individuals to avoid paying any tax
bull International elite profit from the global local but never pay back except in philantro-capitalism
bull Fund drugs crime slavery war profiteering specualation
bull Mainstream and accessible
Shadow Banking
bull ldquothe whole alphabet soup of levered up non-bank investment conduits vehicles and structuresrdquo
bull June 2008 speech US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner then President and CEO of the NY Federal Reserve Bank described the growing importance of the shadow banking system lending through the shadow banking system slightly exceeded lending via the traditional banking system based on outstanding balances
httpenwikipediaorgwikiShadow_banking_system
Only the Super Rich Can Save Us
bull Ralph Nader ldquonovelrdquo
bull At best calling-out the plutocrats to share some load
bull At worst a sell-out fantasy
httponlythesuperrichorg
Financialisation
bull Financialisation vs Investment
bull of finance in real production has declined
bull of finance in speculation has increased
bull Financialisation of household mortgages
bull Financialisation of atmosphere under carbon trading (ETS etc)
bull Financialisation of ecosystems
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Tax Havens
bull Too many tax havens
bull Used by corporations amp individuals to avoid paying any tax
bull International elite profit from the global local but never pay back except in philantro-capitalism
bull Fund drugs crime slavery war profiteering specualation
bull Mainstream and accessible
Shadow Banking
bull ldquothe whole alphabet soup of levered up non-bank investment conduits vehicles and structuresrdquo
bull June 2008 speech US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner then President and CEO of the NY Federal Reserve Bank described the growing importance of the shadow banking system lending through the shadow banking system slightly exceeded lending via the traditional banking system based on outstanding balances
httpenwikipediaorgwikiShadow_banking_system
Only the Super Rich Can Save Us
bull Ralph Nader ldquonovelrdquo
bull At best calling-out the plutocrats to share some load
bull At worst a sell-out fantasy
httponlythesuperrichorg
Financialisation
bull Financialisation vs Investment
bull of finance in real production has declined
bull of finance in speculation has increased
bull Financialisation of household mortgages
bull Financialisation of atmosphere under carbon trading (ETS etc)
bull Financialisation of ecosystems
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Shadow Banking
bull ldquothe whole alphabet soup of levered up non-bank investment conduits vehicles and structuresrdquo
bull June 2008 speech US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner then President and CEO of the NY Federal Reserve Bank described the growing importance of the shadow banking system lending through the shadow banking system slightly exceeded lending via the traditional banking system based on outstanding balances
httpenwikipediaorgwikiShadow_banking_system
Only the Super Rich Can Save Us
bull Ralph Nader ldquonovelrdquo
bull At best calling-out the plutocrats to share some load
bull At worst a sell-out fantasy
httponlythesuperrichorg
Financialisation
bull Financialisation vs Investment
bull of finance in real production has declined
bull of finance in speculation has increased
bull Financialisation of household mortgages
bull Financialisation of atmosphere under carbon trading (ETS etc)
bull Financialisation of ecosystems
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Only the Super Rich Can Save Us
bull Ralph Nader ldquonovelrdquo
bull At best calling-out the plutocrats to share some load
bull At worst a sell-out fantasy
httponlythesuperrichorg
Financialisation
bull Financialisation vs Investment
bull of finance in real production has declined
bull of finance in speculation has increased
bull Financialisation of household mortgages
bull Financialisation of atmosphere under carbon trading (ETS etc)
bull Financialisation of ecosystems
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Financialisation
bull Financialisation vs Investment
bull of finance in real production has declined
bull of finance in speculation has increased
bull Financialisation of household mortgages
bull Financialisation of atmosphere under carbon trading (ETS etc)
bull Financialisation of ecosystems
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Capitalism vs Corporatocracy
bull Free markets for the poor socialism for the rich
bull ldquoGeorge Bush started as a social conservative and ended as a conservative socialistrdquo
bull Ronald Reagan create the biggest government in US history that continues
httpbusharchivefroomkincomBL2008101701408_pfhtm
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
War and other Luxuries
bull Luxury economy fashionable consumption
bull Created wants vs real needs
bull War is the ultimate luxury item
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Disaster Capitalism
bull Naomi Klein author ldquoNo Logordquo ldquoShock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalismrdquo
bull Iraq AfPak New Orleans Russia
bull Complex of military private security and logistics contractors
bull More private military (mercenaries) in AfPak than in Iraq under Bush
bull Foreign Aid
bull Now Haiti
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
FuturesWhat could we expect
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Revenge of Gaia
bull Environmental War Economy
bull Miitarization of climate change Disaster Capitalism Green Zones
bull Mega-cities wilderness ldquocountrysiderdquo
bull Sudden violent climate change amp megadeath mass-extinction with probable world war (resource wars environmental refugees)
bull Gaia Bible and a New Eden
bull James Lovelock ldquoRevenge of Gaiardquo
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
McGaiabull Carbon farming (ldquosoftrdquo organics)
bull Genetically modified organisms + ldquoorganicsrdquo
bull Second Green Revolution
bull Corporate industrial perennial polyculture
bull Corporations Employees and Consumers vs cooperative farmer amp industrial ecology
bull Social genetic and geo-engineering
bull Push advertising
Tomorrowrsquos Table Organic Farming Genetics and the Future of Food
httpwwwrandorgpubsoccasional_papers2007RAND_OP179pdf
McGaia
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Re-Generative Gaia
Coevolution NOT Competition Commons amp Cooperative based
bull Democratic Carbon
bull Planetary permaforestry
bull Global energy convergance
ndash Global North Energy Descent
ndash Global South Energy Ascent
bull 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change
bull Small Organic Farmers Cooling the Planet
bull Ag Assessment IAKTD
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
PermacultureState of the movement
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Permaculture
bull ldquopermanent agriculturerdquobull ldquopermanent culturerdquobull Utopian idealbull Open global design
systembull Sustainability frameworkbull Social movementbull International networkbull Accredited Permaculture
Training (AUS)bull FarmReady (AUS)
Mollison Holmgren Cran (APC9)
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Permaculture Movement
bull Klimaforum09 Copenhagen
bull IPC9 Africa
bull APC10 Cairns
bull 4000 sites (Ethan Roland)
bull 500 institutes (Tony Andersen)
bull Transition Movement
bull Education via schools technical colleges universities (global)
bull Subsidies for farmers (AUS)
Bill Mollison ldquoSenior Australian of the Year 2010 ndash National Finalistrdquo
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
System Change Not Climate Change
bull Klimaforum09 slogan
bull ldquowe donrsquot work for climate change we work for systems changerdquo
bull Klimaforum Declaration delivered by El Salvadorian (former Australian immigre) Juan
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Planetary Permaculture
bull Democratic Industrial Ecology
bull Nested Common Pool Resources
bull Democratic Work amp Communities
bull Planetary Permaforestry (global ecological agriculture)
bull Perennial Polyculture
bull Social peer-peer cooperative coeveolution
bull Open manufacturing amp food
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Transition
bull The Rocky Road to Real Transition
bull Combination of Resilience amp Resistance Strategies
bull New Sustainability Paradigm
bull Democratic Participation in Ongoing Planetary Design
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Permaculture 3 Ethics amp 12 Principles
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
3 Ethics
bullEarth Care
bullFair Share
bullPeople Care
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Holmgrenrsquos 12 Design Principles
1 Observe and interact2 Catch and store energy3 Obtain a yield4 Apply self-regulation and accept feedback5 Use and value renewable resources and services6 Produce no waste7 Design from patterns to details8 Integrate rather than segregate9 Use small and slow solutions10 Use and value diversity11 Use edges and value the marginal12 Creatively use and respond to changehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPermacultureHolmgren27s_12_design_principles
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Permaculture Flower
httppermacultureprinciplescomflowerphp
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Home Gardens
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Community Gardens
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Sustainable Homes Armidale
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Transition Towns Armidale
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Village Homes Davis
httpwwwvillagehomesdavisorg
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
LA BotanicPermacultureOrganics
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Permaculture Guilds amp Groups
httpwwwpermaculture-sforg
httpwww18thandrhodeislandorg
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Accredited Permaculture Training
httppermaculturecomauonline
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Seed Savers Networks
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Farmers Markets
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Mandela Foods worker-coop Oakland
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Free PermacultureRiverside Church Manhattan
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Street Culture
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Prince Charles Permaculture Patron
bull ldquoWhat is so deeply impressive is the practical way in which the Institute demonstrates how genuine sustainability can be achieved by applying the principles it has developedrdquo
bull HRH Prince Charles
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Permablitz
bull started April 2006 as collaboration between permaculture students and a South American community group in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne Australia
bull 40 permablitzesbull international reputation
successful tool fast-tracking suburbs towards sustainability
PermaBlitz
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Urban Food
bull Wall Street Journal
bull Gates Foundation
bull Detroit
bull US Social Forum
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Broad-Acre Permaculture
bull Darren Doherty
bull Fellow travellers
bull Natural Sequence Farming of Peter Andrews
bull Allan Yeomans of Keyline
bull Agroecology
bull Sustainable Agriculture
bull Ecological Agriculture
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Carbon Farming
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Keyline and Carbon Farming
Fusion Farms VIC
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Commonwealth Policy
bull Liberal-National Policy
bull Labor Party Policy
bull Carbon Sequestration Payments to Farmers for Soil and Plant (Ecology)
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Regenerative Agriculture
bull Joe Salatin
bull Darren Doherty
bull others
bull AUSNZ
bull FarmReady
bull Milkwood Felix etc
httpwwwregenagcom
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Organic Farming
bull International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ldquorelies on ecological processes rather than the use of inputsrdquo
bull Oceania with some 121 million hectares has more than one third of the land being farmed organically most of which is in Australia
Vital Signs Organic Agriculture
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Organic vs GMO Farming
bull More than three times as much land is devoted to genetically modified crops than organics
bull Less than 1 percent of the worldrsquos agricultural land is now managed organically3
Vitalsigns WorldWatch Organic Agriculturehttpwwwagassessmentorg
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Related Movements
Concurrent movements
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Natural Sequence Farming
bull Peter Andrewsbull Australian Story (most popular ever)bull Of Droughts and Flooding Rains bull Right As Rain
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Major-General Jeffery amp Peter Andrews
ldquoMajor-General Jeffery hopes that within a decade a third of Australias farmers - and eventually all - will have stopped using artificial fertilisers dramatically boosted vegetation species substantially reduced or ceased irrigation and adopted a more holistic natural approach to farm managementrdquo
2009 Sydney Morning Herald
Image Carbon Coalition
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Natural Sequence Farming Principles
bull Natural sequences can be harnessed
bull A farming system founded on working with nature
bull Maximum natural outcomes with minimum financial and manufactured inputs
bull NSF can be applied to Grazing
bull NSF can be applied to Agriculture
bull Sustainable Landscape Outcomes under Natural Sequence Farming
httpwwwnsfarmingcomPrinciplesprinciples2html
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
World HQ Transition Movement
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Transition Towns Totnes
bull Transition Towns movement has evolved into Transition Movement
bull Transition Initiatives exist in rural areas villages towns and cities
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
(Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Schumacher College
httppermaculturetvphotos-of-totnes-of-transition-towns-totnes-fame
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Transition Culture
bull ldquoTransition is determinedly inclusive and non-blaming arguing that a successful transition through peak oil and climate change will by necessity be about a bringing together of individuals and organisations rather than a continued fracturing and antagonisingrdquo
Transition Culture response to Trapese
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
The Rocky Road to a Real Transition
bull ldquoOne of the aspects of their critique of Transition is that it shies away from directly confronting what they see as being the enemy Their starting point can be summed up in the sentence ldquoit is fundamentally important to identify and name the cenemies in the battle to make a real Transitionrdquordquo
bull Transition Culture response to Trapese
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Next Generaration Permaculture
bull Urban amp Rural Foodbull Town Planning (TTT)bull Cities (TTT)bull Organisations bull Manufacturing bull Government bull Politics bull Trade bull Education bull Barter
httpwwwsymbiosisdkindustrial-symbiosisaspx
Institutions Sectors Systems amp Industries
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Copenhagen Denmark
Klimaforum09 the Peoples Summit
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Climate Circus Copenhagen
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Sustainability Market
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Climate social circuit
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Permakultur Denmark stall
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Cuban permaculture
httppermaculturetvcuba-permaculture-power-roberto-perez-climate-change-before-peak-oil
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Narsana Indian permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindia-permaculture-pioneer-narsanna-koppula-of-aranya
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Walter IPC9 Organiser
httppermaculturetvafrica-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Padma India water permaculture pioneer
httppermaculturetvindian-permaculture-report-klimaforum09
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Brazilian permaculture
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
41 Copenhagen commuters cycle
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Klimaforum09
bull ldquodoes not just work for climate change it works for systems changerdquo
bull a forum where activists start working with grassroots
bull network for activistsgrassroots
bull practical actions meet radical actions
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Permaforestry
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Planetary Permaculture Strategy
A Practical Strategy for Climate Change
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Tony Andersen 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Planetary Permaculture ldquo10 000 Treesrdquo Strategy
Permaculture
Climate change
Carbon sink in ecology trees mostly soil
More 10000 TREES person lifetime
Less 1 TON CO2 person year
Failing UN Climate Conference process
Parallel activistgrassroots conference Klimaforum
International permaculture network
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
2 Aspects of 10 000 Trees
Planetary Permaforestry
10 000 Trees per person
Global re-afforestation project
Perennial polyculture
Agroecology
Food sovereignty
Ecological agriculture
Global Energy Descent
1 ton C02 quota per person per year
100 Euro Carbon tax after 1st ton
100 Euro tax pays for planetary permaforestry
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Permaforestry
carbon tax spent on perennial polyculture (permaculture) style forestry programs
perennial polyculture and soil become carbon sinks
local permaculture groups implement 10 000 trees program expanding existing permaculture institutes from a few hundred into the 10s of thousands
if 5000-7000 trees can be planted per person in the next 25 years we can stablise extreme climate change
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Soil amp Tree Carbon Sinks
best means to take C02 (GHG) from the atmosphere is not technical means it is trees
Most carbon is sequestered (trapped) in soil partly in trees
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Cooperationmore powerful than competition
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Informal Cooperation
bull Movements
bull Informal economy
bull Community economics
bull Household sector
bull Gift economy
bull Barter economy
bull Clubs
bull Associations
bull Special Events
bull Church
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Formal Cooperation
bull Incorporated Cooperatives
bull Mutual Societies
bull Building Societies
bull Incorporated Associations
bull Industrial amp Provident Societies
bull Consumer Cooperatives
bull Producer Cooperatives
bull Housing Cooperatives
bull Rural Cooperatives
bull Worker Cooperatives
bull Marketing Cooperatives
bull Social Cooperatives
bull School Cooperatives
bull Hybrid Cooperatives
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Cooperation
bull Mutualism is an interaction between two or more species where both species derive a mutual benefit
bull Similar interactions within a species are known as co-operation
bull mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation
Wikipedia Biological_interaction
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Lynn Margulis
bull Theory of symbiotic relationships driving evolution
bull ldquo believes that proponents of the standard theory wallow in their zoological capitalistic competitive cost-benefit interpretation of Darwinrdquo
bull Cooperation is greater than competition - coevolution
bull Gaia Theory colloborationwith James Lovelock
bull Endosymbiosis Symbiogensis
httpwwwgeoumassedufacultymargulis
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Elinor Ostrom
bull Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 for her analysis of economic governance especially the commonsldquo
Photo Arizona State University
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Nobel for Ostrom on Commons
bull ldquoby showing how common resourcesmdashforests fisheries oil fieldsor grazing lands can be managed successfully by the people who use them rather than by governments or private companiesrdquo Ostromrsquos work in this regard challenged conventional wisdom showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization rdquo
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Ostrom
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Commons
Old Commonsbull Fisheriesbull Forestsbull Atmospherebull Grazing lands
New Commonsbull Internetbull Knowledgebull Wikipedia
httpwwwindianaedu~iascp
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Donella Mathews
bullLimits to Growth 1972
bull12 Leverage Points to
Intervene in a System
bullSystems Thinking A
Primer
bullSustainability Institute
bullGlobal Village Report
(if the world was 100
people)
httpenwikipediaorgwikiDonella_Meadows
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
12 Leverage Points (12-9)
bull 12 Constants parameters numbers (such as subsidies taxes standards)
bull 11 The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks relative to their flows
bull 10 Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network population age structures)
bull 9 Length of delays relative to the rate of system changes
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
12 Leverage Points (8-5)
bull 8 Strength of negative feedback loops relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
bull 7 Gain around driving positive feedback loops
bull 6 Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
bull 5 Rules of the system (such as incentives punishment constraints)
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
12 Leverage Points (4-1)
bull 4 Power to add change evolve or self-organize system structure
bull 3 Goal of the system
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm that the system mdash its goals structure rules delays parameters mdasharises out of
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Peer to Peer Foundation
httpp2pfoundationnetThe_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Homebrew Industrial Revolution
httphomebrewindustrialrevolutionwordpresscom
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Riversimple
httpwwwriversimplecom
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Open Source Ecology
bull Open Source Ecology use permacultureand digital fabrication together to evolve to freedom
httpwwwopenfarmtechorgindexphpMain_Page
httpopenfarmtechorgweblog
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
OpenFarm Tech
httpopenfarmtechorgindexphptitle=LifeTrac
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Farmer to Farmer Movement
Juan N Rojas Presidente Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Global Sustainability Corps
httpglobalsustainabilitycorpsorg
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Permaculture America Latina
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Social Movements
bull Permaculture Movementbull Carbon Farmingbull Organic Gardening amp Farming Movementbull Keyline amp Natural Sequence Farmingbull Environmental Movementbull Transition Movementbull Climate (Global) Justice Movementbull Social Justice Movementbull Cooperative Movementbull Indigenous amp Peasant Movementsbull Open-source amp Free Culture Movement
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
CooperativesWhy not the default
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Cooperatives vs Corporations
Corporations
bull Dominant human institution
bull Any industry
bull Tyrannical
bull Wage Slave
bull Manager Surveillance
bull Agency Problems
bull Legal amplification
bull State subsidies
Cooperatives
bull Damaged human institution
bull Any Industry
bull Democratic
bull Member-owner
bull Worker-Management
bull Capitalisation Problems
bull Legal deprecation
bull State dis-incentives
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
International Cooperative Alliance
httpwwwicacoopcoopstatisticshtml
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Statement of Cooperative Identity
1 Voluntary and Open Membership
2 Democratic Member Control
3 Member Economic Participation
4 Autonomy and Independence
5 Education Training and Information
6 Co-operation among Co-operatives
7 Concern for Community
httpwwwicacoopcoopprincipleshtml
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
The Co-operative Group UK
bull UK consumer cooperativebull Hybrid consumer societybull Direct descendent of
Rochdale Pioneersbull 45 million membersbull 123 000 employeesbull food travel banking
insurance pharmacy funeral legal services investments online shop electrical and beds (trains)
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Totnes Pound
httptotnestransitionnetworkorgtotnespoundhomehowitworks
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Mondragon
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Mondragon Cooperative
bull Mondragon Cooperative largest worker-cooperative in world
bull 120 worker-cooperatives
bull 100 000 plus worker-owners
bull Global enterprise
bull Started by Catholic priest
bull Global corporation making consumer goods
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
COOPERATIVES WITHIN
MONDRAGON
bullINDUSTRIAL 87
bullCREDIT 1
bullCONSUMER 1
bullAGRICULTURAL 4
bullEDUCATION 8
bullRESEARCH 13
bullSERVICES 6
bullTOTAL 120 cooperatives
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SALES 9638M 10406M 11859M 13390 M
euros16 300 M
euro
INTERNATIONAL
SALES BY
INDUSTRIES
2555M 2699M 54 57 58
INVESTMENT 836M 784M 1081M 1243 M
euros2 800 M euro
PERSONNEL 68625 70884 78455 83601 100 000
NET PROFITS 411M 502M 545M 677 M
euros792 M euro
MONDRAGON CO-OPERATIVES
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Mondragon Cooperative
MANAGEMENT
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
A
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
B
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
C
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
D
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
E
ACCOUNTING
AUDITORSWATCHDOG
COMMITEE
SUPREME BOARDGENERAL
ASSEMBLY
RUNNING BOARD
GOVERNING
COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDGENERAL
MANAGER
SOCIAL COUNCIL ADVISING BOARD
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Structure in MONDRAGONCONGRESS
Permanent Council
Training and Research Centres
FIN
AN
CIA
L G
RO
UP
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Automotive
Components
Construction
Industrial Equipment
Domestic Appliances
Engineering and Capital Goods
Machine-Tools
GENERAL COUNCIL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Mondragon Framework
COOPCOOP
COOP
COOPCOOP
COOP COOP
EDUCATIONALFINANCIAL
SOCIAL
MIKEL LEZAMIZ wwwmondragoncoop
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (RampD)
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Mondragon Coop Tour
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Arrasate
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Arrasate
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Caja Laboral
Caja Laboralrsquos profit after tax for 2009 came to 565 million euros which is 438 down on the figure posted in 2008
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Fagor
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Mondragon Grafitti
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Grafitti artists Mondragon
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Basque Independence
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Save the Nature
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Emilia-Romagna
httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Worker Cooperative Employment
CreditUnion
Grassroots Support for Worker Cooperatives
EntrepreneurialActivities
StartupExpandWorker Coops
Established Worker Cooperatives
Deposits Deposits
Loans
Brent EmersonMike Leung
Worker Coop Credit UnionProposal
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Permaculture Credit Union
bull The Permaculture Credit Union pools the financial resources of people who believe in the ethics of Permaculture - care of the earth care of people and reinvestment of surplus for the betterment of both We apply those resources to earth-friendly and socially responsible loans and investments
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Radical Routes
bull Radical Routes is a network of radical co-ops whose members are committed to working for positive social change The network is made up mainly of housing co-ops of various sizes (none with more than 16 members) a few workers co-ops and a couple of social centres
httpwwwradicalroutesorguk
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Rootstock
bull Rootstock is the ethical investment arm of Radical Routes By investing your money in Rootstock you can financially support the setting up of grassroots co-operative projects enabling people to take control of their own housing work and social life
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Green Worker Cooperatives
bull GREEN WORKER COOPERATIVES is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx
httpgreenworkercoop
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
New Economics Cooperatives
bull Former head of New Economics Foundation now head of Cooperative Group
bull Interested in new economy cooperatives such as open-source software communities
bull Co-op Fortnight
bull Transition Movement links
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
UK Cooperatives
bull Tories Policy to allowfacilitate public service agencies to ldquoprivatiserdquo and become worker-cooperatives or employee-owned agencies within a service network
bull UK Labour Party to make ldquomutualismrdquo a key to election staretgy platform etc
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
SuggestionsWhat can be done
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Community Development Cooperatives
bull ldquoSet up the many simple cooperatives enabling all the unemployed homeless bored retired people to get into the community gardens etc that would enable them to start producing many of the basic things they need Can we set up co-ops to run a bakery bike repair shop home help service insulating operation clothes making and repairing operationhellip rdquo Dr Ted Trainerhttppacific-edgeinfothe-trainer-papers-1
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
New Commons Design Principles
Ostrom identifies eight ldquodesign principlesrdquo of stable local common pool resource management [4]
1 Clearly defined boundaries2 Local rules for giving and taking of commons3 Collective decision-making process4 Effective monitoring accountable to users5 Scale of sanctions for violating resource community rules6 Conflict resolution cheap and easy to access7 Self-determination of community recognized by higher-level
authorities8 organization in the form of multiple layers of nested
enterprises with small local commons at the base level
Source Wikipedia
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Democratic Carbon
bull What would happen if we made the entire Carbon Cycle democratic Not political but democratic Not just the science but the industry too the business of energy (oil gas) and agriculture (food and fibre)
httpgaiapermaculturecomprojectsclimatewarblog20091130democratic-carbon-carbon-dictatorship-the-climate-circus
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Permaculture Credit Unions
bull Why not a PCU in every town
bull If farmers get carbon credits why not households
bull Can local credit unions establish special funds
httpwwwaustralianethicalcomau
httpwwwpcuonlineorg
httpwwwmalenycucomau
httpwwwrootstockorguk
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Rural Broad Acre Permaculture Coop
bull A broad-acre and rural permaculture cooperative
bull Technical financial legal assistance for members
bull Pool resources for Keyline Earthworks perennial polyculture
httpwwwpermacultureusaorg20091203sustainable-land-management-course
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Rights of Nature
bull Ecosystems have rights
bull People have rights as part of ecosystems
bull Ecuadors Constitution
bull Bolivia holding climate summit in April to declare a Universal Declaration of Natural Rights
ldquoSuits brought to enforce those rights shall be filed in the name of the natural communities or ecosystem whose rights have been violatedrdquo
httpwwwceldforgOrdinancesRightsofNatureOrdinancetabid133Defaultaspx
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Cooperative Development
bull Cooperative reform and resurgence in UK (Tories amp Labor) Australia (NSW leading)
bull Change Cooperatives have to adapt or die
bull Challenge The modern global economy is hard
bull Capital To grow and compete co-opsneed funds and laws financing innovations
bull Clusters Clustering cooperative development increases synergy solidarity and reciprocity
Derived httpwwwcooperativegrocercooparticlesindexphpid=623
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Industrial Symbiosis
httpwwweoearthorgarticleKalundborg_Denmark
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Climate Change 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Carbon Tax Carbon Price
bull 11 Buffers Carbon Sequestration
bull 10 Structures Carbon Sink (10k Trees)
bull 9 Delays Energy Descent Global North
bull 8 Negative Feedback Climate Movement Environmental Protection Agencies Natures Rights Litigation
bull 7 Positive feedback Carbon Farming Permaforestry
bull 6 Information flow Democratic government science amp media independent internet
bull 5 System Rules Emissions Standards Pollution Laws Polluter Pays Rights of Nature
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Climate Justice (10k Trees)
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Planetary Permaculture
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Great Transition
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Peak Debt 12 Leverage Points
bull 12 Constants Corporate Tax Tobin Tax
bull 11 Buffers Capital Reserves
bull 10 Structures Social Finance
bull 9 Delays Less Consumption Slow Money
bull 8 Negative Feedback Tobin Tax Financial Regulation
bull 7 Positive feedback Credit Unions Mutuals
bull 6 Information flow Total Cost Ownership of Debt
bull 5 System Rules Usury Laws Regulations
bull 4 Power Change Close Tax Havens Shutdown Shadow Banking
bull 3 Goal Democratic Finance
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Hierarchy of Needs
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Human and Ecological Growth
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Planet Permaculture 12 Leverages
bull 12 Constants Permaculture Index
bull 11 Buffers Permaculture Free Zones
bull 10 Structures Permaculture Commons
bull 8 Negative Feedback Popular Inquiries Citizen Juries
bull 9 Delays Long termism
bull 8 Negative feedback Permaculture planning laws amp regulations
bull 7 Positive feedback Democratic Permaculture Networks
bull 6 Information flow Media Ecology
bull 5 System Rules Permaculture Law
bull 4 Power Change Direct amp Radical Democracy
bull 3 Goal Planet Permaculture
bull 2 Mindset or paradigm Regenerative Gaia
bull 1 Power to transcend paradigms Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
EventsWhat can be done
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Coop Fortnight UK
httpwwwthereisanalternativecoop
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
APC10 - Australasian PermacultureConvergence
bull Cairns September 2010
bull Practical pathways to stepping up permaculturelearning in local communities around Australasia
bull Well learn whats working effectively and why
httpapc10org
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Fair Share Festival Newcastle
TBD Coming soonpossibly
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Permaculture Cooperative
Transition to Permaculture via Cooperation
Products
bull PermacultureTV ndash videos
bull NewsPermacultureCoop - news
bull PermacultureGroups ndash groups
Planned
bull Permaculturacoop ndash Spanish ampPortugese
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV
Contacts
bull Nicholas Roberts amp Kirstie Stramler
bull Permaculture Cooperative
bull permaculturecoopgmailcom
bull Newspermaculturecoop
bull PermacultureGroupsorg
bull wwwPermacultureTV