Teaching the Anthropocene

June 30, 2018 Permaculture

The challenge: Take a Living Smart class through the story of the Anthropocene. A rough lesson plan…

Gladwell’s three roles in spreading ideas

June 25, 2018 Citizen journalism

Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point, defines the three roles important to the spread of ideas…

THE STRUCTURE OF PERMACULTURE — understanding the network

June 21, 2018 Permaculture

Networks are a pattern in nature and they are the pattern that permaculture has assumed in Australia and elsewhere. Networks are how permaculture grew into what it is…

EnSpiral’s path to decentralised organisations: a workshop

June 6, 2018 Journal

How do we make better decisions in organisations? How do we restructure our organisations to create civil workplaces and better interpersonal relations? This was the focus of Patterns…

APC14 — impressions of a permaculture convergence

June 4, 2018 Permaculture

What did participants think of Australasian Permaculture Convergence 14 in Canberra? What are their next steps in permaculture? That's what I asked them in this series of video…

APC14 — informative and convivial

June 3, 2018 Permaculture

Describing the 14th Australasian Permaculture Convergence as convivial and informative doesn't do it justice. Neither do photographs, but they are all I can offer…