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My contribution to the 'community' session of a PDC, summer, 2012.
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Permaculture, Polyculture, Community andCooperation:
Harry Wykman,PEACETREE PERMACULTURE
PDC, HILTON, 5th of April, 2012
An Alternative Nation
An AlternativeNation❖ Science andSociety
Social Patterns
Polyculture andCommunity
Cooperation,Commonwork andCommunity
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Permaculture, Science and Society
An AlternativeNation❖ Science andSociety
Social Patterns
Polyculture andCommunity
Cooperation,Commonwork andCommunity
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“Just as we can select a globalrange of plants for a garden, wecan select from all extant ethicsand beliefs those elements thatwe see to be sustainable, use-ful, beneficial to life and to ourcommunity.” — Mollison [1988,p. 507]
Social Patterns
An AlternativeNation
Social Patterns
❖ Marauding Ants
❖ State Capitalism
❖ A Garden City
❖ An Australian Plan❖ The Analogy ofFlow
❖ Small-mart
Polyculture andCommunity
Cooperation,Commonwork andCommunity
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Patterns of Exploitation
An AlternativeNation
Social Patterns
❖ Marauding Ants
❖ State Capitalism
❖ A Garden City
❖ An Australian Plan❖ The Analogy ofFlow
❖ Small-mart
Polyculture andCommunity
Cooperation,Commonwork andCommunity
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● The dedritic raidingpattern of ’army ants’(Eciton burchelli) Ball[2011, pp, 147-50]
Patterns of Exploitation
An AlternativeNation
Social Patterns
❖ Marauding Ants
❖ State Capitalism
❖ A Garden City
❖ An Australian Plan❖ The Analogy ofFlow
❖ Small-mart
Polyculture andCommunity
Cooperation,Commonwork andCommunity
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Transport networks, land useand the location of centralplaces in Western Australiawere clearly set up to ef-ficiently direct regional re-sources into the British sup-ply and distribution network .
Such a pattern has been previ-ously recognized as a dendriticdraining pattern focused onsupplying an overseas mar-ket . . . It could be ar-gued that Western Australia hasnever achieved core status . . .Raw materials are removed effi-ciently from WA by multinationalcompanies who pay only a frac-tion of their worth to the Aus-tralian and state governments. . . and the Western Aus-tralian built landscape is stillshaped as a drainage system. . . ” — Nayton [2011, pp, 53-4]
Patterns of Stability — Ebenezer Howard’sGarden City
An AlternativeNation
Social Patterns
❖ Marauding Ants
❖ State Capitalism
❖ A Garden City
❖ An Australian Plan❖ The Analogy ofFlow
❖ Small-mart
Polyculture andCommunity
Cooperation,Commonwork andCommunity
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The Analogy of Flow
An AlternativeNation
Social Patterns
❖ Marauding Ants
❖ State Capitalism
❖ A Garden City
❖ An Australian Plan❖ The Analogy ofFlow
❖ Small-mart
Polyculture andCommunity
Cooperation,Commonwork andCommunity
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Exploitation — Drainage
Source: Google Maps
Stability — Circulation
Leonardo da Vinci, ’Study in Perpetual Motion’,
Forster Codex, Volume II-2, 91v, 1495-97.
Museum no. F.141 Volume II-2 V91 (Forster)
The Small-Mart Revolution
An AlternativeNation
Social Patterns
❖ Marauding Ants
❖ State Capitalism
❖ A Garden City
❖ An Australian Plan❖ The Analogy ofFlow
❖ Small-mart
Polyculture andCommunity
Cooperation,Commonwork andCommunity
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Local is what goes around
“Local businesses yield twoto four times the multiplierbenefit as comparable nonlocalbusinesses.” Shuman [2007, p.49]
“The more times a dollar cir-culates within a defined ge-ographic area and the fasterit circulates without leavingthat area, the more income,wealth and jobs it generates. ”Shuman [2007, p. 41]
“The healthiest economy is bothself-reliant and a strong ex-porter. Meet as many of yourown needs as possible, thencompete globally with a di-versity of products.” Shuman[2007, p. 51]
Polyculture and Community
An AlternativeNation
Social Patterns
Polyculture andCommunity
❖ The scandal ofsunlight
❖ overyieldingpolyculture
Cooperation,Commonwork andCommunity
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The scandal of sunlight
An AlternativeNation
Social Patterns
Polyculture andCommunity
❖ The scandal ofsunlight
❖ overyieldingpolyculture
Cooperation,Commonwork andCommunity
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The scandal of sunlight
An AlternativeNation
Social Patterns
Polyculture andCommunity
❖ The scandal ofsunlight
❖ overyieldingpolyculture
Cooperation,Commonwork andCommunity
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Cooperation, Commonwork andCommunity
An AlternativeNation
Social Patterns
Polyculture andCommunity
Cooperation,Commonwork andCommunity
❖ Mollison on Love
❖ Cooperation
❖ Commonwork
❖ Community
❖ References
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We’ve Given up on Love
An AlternativeNation
Social Patterns
Polyculture andCommunity
Cooperation,Commonwork andCommunity
❖ Mollison on Love
❖ Cooperation
❖ Commonwork
❖ Community
❖ References
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Bill Mollison on Community:
“We’ve givenup on love.”— Bill Mollison, 1983
tape 21b 40:50
● Cooperation
✦ manufacturing
● Commonwork , and
✦ land-based work
● Communities of Mu-tual Aid (ExtendedFamilies)
✦ households basedon friendship, workaffinity or lifestage
Cooperation
An AlternativeNation
Social Patterns
Polyculture andCommunity
Cooperation,Commonwork andCommunity
❖ Mollison on Love
❖ Cooperation
❖ Commonwork
❖ Community
❖ References
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Cooperative Principles:● 1st Principle : Voluntary
and Open Membership
● 2nd Principle : Demo-cratic Member Control
● 3rd Principle : MemberEconomic Participation
● 4th Principle : Autonomyand Independence
● 5th Principle : Education,Training
● 6th Principle : Co-operation among Co-operatives
● 7th Principle : Concernfor Community
THE ROCHDALE PIONEER’SCO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY statedtheir aim:
"The as soon as practicable,this Society shall proceed toarrange the powers of pro-duction, distribution, educa-tion and government ; or, inother words, to establish aself-supporting home colony ofunited interests, or assist othersocieties in establishing suchcolonies."
Commonwork — Layers of land-based orlow-overhead livelihoods
An AlternativeNation
Social Patterns
Polyculture andCommunity
Cooperation,Commonwork andCommunity
❖ Mollison on Love
❖ Cooperation
❖ Commonwork
❖ Community
❖ References
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Palimpsest
“We can all seek for rightlivelihood to do work that as-sists in caring for the earth orother people, work that is con-gruent with our beliefs.When we discuss the princi-ples of “commonwork”, or studythe varies roles of an idividualin a village, we can see thatno person is just a miner, orclerk, or banker, but that ondifferent days one can be abanker, forester, bee-keeper,writer, printer, or carpenter ...In modern life, some time spentin primary production or in man-ufacture, some in service to a
wider group, and some inrelaxation-celebration is ideal;few achieve it.” Mollison [1988,p. 533]
Community
An AlternativeNation
Social Patterns
Polyculture andCommunity
Cooperation,Commonwork andCommunity
❖ Mollison on Love
❖ Cooperation
❖ Commonwork
❖ Community
❖ References
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● Organic Community
✦ workplace
✦ neighbourhood
● Housing Cooperative
● Commune
● Ecovillage
● Cohousing
References
An AlternativeNation
Social Patterns
Polyculture andCommunity
Cooperation,Commonwork andCommunity
❖ Mollison on Love
❖ Cooperation
❖ Commonwork
❖ Community
❖ References
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This catalog of 1 entries was generated by calibre onThursday, 05. April 2012 16:53This catalog of 500 entrieswas generated by calibre on Thursday, 05. April 2012 21:04References
Philip Ball. Shapes: Nature’s Patterns: A Tapestry in ThreeParts. Oxford University Press, USA, Jul 2011.
B Mollison. Permaculture : a designer’s manual. TagariPublications, Tyalgum Australia, 1988. ISBN9780908228010.
Gaye Nayton. The Archaeology of Market Capitalism: AWestern Australian Perspective. Springer, Apr 2011.
Michael H. Shuman. The Small-Mart Revolution: How LocalBusinesses Are Beating the Global Competition.Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Aug 2007.
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This document, authored by Harry Wykman is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia License.
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