Climate Change - Don't Panic a pdf of the slideshow is here
"Permaculture: I used to be uncertain, but now I'm not so sure ..."
It is about complexity and the unique opportunities that permaculture designers have to work with it. The discussion points for IPC12 follow on from the Nordic Institute's Plan B for permaculture (pdf), presented by Tony Andersen at EuPC9. I will also talk about:
Sustainability - what happened when Uncle Bill went to Texas
Complexity - a little old lady swallows a fly, what next?
Energy - why Vandana Shiva says that people will become like vermin
Strategy - why the Transition dog may be barking up the wrong tree
Designer mindset - recognising current patterns and studiously avoiding them
Some resources at http://www.northernschool.info/node/178
Look out for:
Prof Tainter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0R09YzyuCI on what can we learn from the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire?
Sir John Glubb and the worrying rise of celebrity chefs in the developed world.
Northern School Design guide http://northernschool.info/sites/default/files/diploma/NS_design_guide.pdf
