P4SC: Collaborative Design Presentation for Juniper Well Ranch

P4SC:
Collaborative Design
Presentation for Juniper
Well Ranch
Prescott College, Winter Block 2016
Systems and Context for Permaculture Design at Juniper
Well Ranch
By Leo and Shona
http://juniperwellranch.com/v2/the-grounds/
The Biosphere
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The thin, life supporting outermost section of the earth in which all biological activity (life) takes place
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Influenced by the hydrosphere (water), lithosphere (rock surface, soil), and atmosphere. The cycling of
nutrients and elements across these spheres provides the exchange necessary for life.
http://www.stockholmresilience.org/21/research/research-programmes/planetary-boundaries.html
Systemic Considerations
Resilience in a rapidly changing, unpredictable climate.
Regaining consciousness of environmental inputs (waste/pollution/toxicity). Reclaiming and remediating waste
and toxins.
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Fire
Water
Energy and resource use/conservation
Human resources
Community relationships (within and beyond JWR)
Invasive species?
Soil regeneration
Animals
On property food production
We live in an age of unprecedented
uncertainty. Life on earth is
perilously poised at the precipice of
extinction. Never before has man
possessed the destructive resources
to commit global suicide -Bernard
Lown and Evjueni Chazov
“The natural world is subject as well as object. The natural world is
the maternal source of our being as earthlings and life-giving
nourishment of our physical, emotional, aesthetic, moral and
religious existence. The natural world is the larger sacred
community to which we belong. To be alienated from this
community is to become destitute in all that makes us human. To
damage this community is to diminish our own existence.”
-Thomas Berry, The
Dream of the Earth
Sustainability
http://markhensonart.com/all-art-gallery-shop/new-pioneers
Seven Generations
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Considering how our actions today will affect future generations who will inherit
the responsibility of being caretakers of the land. Acting with intention and
forethought so that we are only adding to the vitality of our community, rather
than harming it.
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This informs design and choices about what is done at JWR
Five Core Principles of Sustainability
http://dreamstreamart.com
Permaculture Ethics and Principles
http://permacultureprinciples.com
http://www.undergrowth.org/the_permaculture_flower
Creating Regenerative Futures:
Beyond Sustainability
To meet the systemic challenges the earth is facing now, we must
move beyond “sustaining” old, broken ways and into a philosophy
and action of regeneration.
“We must find our way back to true nature. We must set ourselves to the task of
revitalizing the earth. Regreening the earth, sowing seeds in the desert- that is the
path society must follow.”
“I believe that a revolution can begin from this one strand of straw. Seen at a glance,
this rice straw may appear light and insignificant. Hardly anyone would believe that it
could start a revolution. But I have come to realize the weight and power of this straw.
For me, this revolution is very real.”
-Masanobu Fukuoka
The Vision For Juniper Well Ranch
By: Erica & Shannon
“Juniper Well Ranch is a holistic healing and educational institute that is working to
model a regenerative and thriving community of plants, animals, and humans that
contributes to a positive world influence. By honoring and learning from the natural
systems around us, we can become more strategic about caring for the land in a way that
it will also care for us. This is a place where visions are aligned and community can come
together in creation and actualization of dreams. We draw inspiration from Permaculture
ethics and design in all that we do at Juniper Well Ranch. We invite you to come join us in
celebration and co-creation at this exquisite human experience.”
Our Process
Results
Healing
Positive environmental
Impact
Education
Community
Involvement
Now the design group will
show how the
implementations
unfolded in the current
model of the design.`
Juniper Well Site
Design
WATER
SLOW IT. SPREAD IT. SINK IT.
BERMS & SWALES
CHECK DAMS
RAINWATER HARVESTING
GREY WATER
ROADS AND SWALES
Check Dams
Swale Basins
Rainwater Harvesting
SOLAR
PASSIVE SOLAR
INDEPENDENT ELECTRICITY
WATER HEATERS
SOLARIUM
SOLAR COVERED PARKING
FOOD
MEDICINALS
SUCCESSION PLANTING
PERENNIALS
FOOD FOREST
ANNUALS
Example Guild Layering
$126.65
Food Forest
Shaded Walkways
ANNUAL PLOT
COMPOST
GREENHOUSE
ELEMENTS
LABYRINTH
Education Center
Juniper Well Cafe &
Juniper Spirit
Botanicals
Passive Solar Building
& Gardens
Sacred Sauna
Open Air
Amphitheater
Strategic Recommendations
Process
There are five categories that we used to organize a visual for actions to take over the course of time;
Agricultural, Resource management, Education/Outreach, Healing, and Structures. Our strategic
recommendations were based on three pivotal considerations; achievability, flexibility and return on
investment.
We asked the following questions when considering each goal:
How achievable is it?
How flexible is the goal?
What is the return of investment?
With this in mind, we came together and started brainstorming steps you can take in order to achieve
everything that you envision for Juniper Well Ranch.
Co-Creating Process for
Strategic Recommendations
Output