How Permaculture Can Deepen Sustainability

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Beyond Green
How Permaculture Can Deepen
Sustainability Practices
Moderator
David Hall, Ph.D. | Adjunct Professor, Systems Science, Portland State University
Jon Blumenauer | CEO, The Joinery
Sarah Curtis-Fawley | Founder, Pacific Pie Company
Karen Wolfgang | Founder, Independence Gardens
Kjell van Zoen | Co-Founder & CEO, Plywerk
October 16, 2014
Agenda
Workshop Goals
Brief intro to Permaculture
Intro to Permaculture
Small group time exploring
Play with core concepts/tools
concepts
Report back
Hear from the panel
More time in small groups
Hear from some business leaders
w/ varying experience
Converse about opportunities
and challenges
Report back
Q&A
Closing Thoughts
Beyond Green: How Permaculture Can Deepen Sustainability Practices
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What is Permaculture?
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“Sitting at our back doorsteps, all we need to live a
good life lies about us. Sun, wind, people, buildings,
stones, sea, birds and plants surround us. Cooperation
with all these things brings harmony, opposition to
them brings disaster and chaos.”
Bill Mollison
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Borrowed heavily from indigenous cultures
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“Permanent Agriculture”
“Permanent Culture”
photo credit: Surbana Urban Planning Group
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“Permanent Agriculture”
“Permanent Culture”
A set of core ethics, design principles & techniques for creating “Permanent Culture”
photo credit: Surbana Urban Planning Group
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Core Ethics
photo credit: permacultureprinciples.com
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Design Principles
photo credit: http://permacultureprinciples.com/
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Zones
Position elements for most efficient use of energy.
photo credit: www.enviropaedia.com/topic/default.php?topic_id=186
photo credit: lovelygreens.com
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Sectors
Orienting to the
energy flows and
forces of the larger
context.
photo credit: www.earthactionmentor.org/articles/20091231
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Guilds
Fostering symbiotic relationships.
photo credit: Jesse Tinges
photo credit: permacultureguild.org
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Small Group Guidelines
10 minutes to:
Explore the materials at your table
Converse about ways to apply the concepts/tools to your organization
Designate a person to give a 1 minute summary back to the larger group
Panel will circulate, so feel free to call us over
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Karen Wolfgang
Founder, Independence Gardens
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Zones
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Sectors
photo credit: earthactionmentor.org
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Guilds
photo credit: permacultureguild.org
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Kjell van Zoen
Co-Founder & CEO, Plywerk
We handcraft our eco-conscious
photo display products in our
Portland, Oregon workshop with
an ethos that is “More Than Just
Green.”
Stanley
A sleek photo display stand
designed with high-powered
Maggie
A gorgeous bamboo photo frame using
magnets & ball-bearings to hold your
photos in place.
magnets and upcycled
Western Walnut.
Custom Prints on Plywerk
We’ve perfected an easy, elegant, and eco-conscious way to
turn your memories into a work of art without the clunky
frame, glass and mat. We print, mount, and ship your
finished Plywerk right to your door.
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Lean
Reduce Waste and Maximize Value Added Work through a combination of
Process Management and Continuous Improvement
Lean & Permaculture
7 Types of Waste
1. Creatively use and respond to change
1.Non-Quality
aka Process Management and Continuous Improvement
2.Over-production
3.Waiting
4.Transportation
2. Produce no waste
5.Inventory
aka Reduce Waste and Maximize Value Added Work
6.Motion
7.Excess-processing
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More Than Just Green
We are committed to a triple bottom line operating philosophy and in doing so
utilize the four systems conditions of the Natural Step Framework to assess the
life-cycle of every aspect of our business and guide us to make ecologically and
socially responsible choices.
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Geami Greenwrap
Since 2011 we have saved approximately 40,434 sq ft of bubble wrap from
entering our eco-system.
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Permaculture
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Paradigm Shift
Defining a
neW economic paradigm
The RepoRT of The high-LeveL MeeTing
on WellBeing and Happiness
2 apRiL 2012 · UniTeD naTions heaDqUaRTeRs · new YoRk
photo credit: sustainabledevelopment.un.org/
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STANLEY: Locally Sourced
Sustainably harvested and upcycled
Western Walnut
Symbiotic relationship
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STANLEY: Eco-Friendly Packaging
Minimal and recyclable packaging
Versatile: allows product to be used while still in package
Printed in Portland on 100% post consumer fiber paper, free of chlorine chemistry
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STANLEY: All Natural Finish
Hand-finished with a European-certified, child-safe, all natural renewable oil/wax blend
Yes, you can chew it!
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(Don't) Push This Button
photo credit: moma.org
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Jon Blumenauer
CEO, The Joinery
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Physical & Emotional Well-Being
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Small & Slow Solutions
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Sense of Place and Purpose
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Sense of Place and Purpose
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Sarah Curtis-Fawley
Founder, Pacific Pie Company
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Zone Planning
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Do Only What is Necessary
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Multiply Functions
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Improving the Soil
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Diversity/Selection of Species
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Resistence to Predators and Pests
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The Gift Must Travel Beyond Green: How Permaculture Can Deepen Sustainability Practices
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Small Group Guidelines
10 minutes to:
Revisit the materials at your table
Continue conversation about ways to apply the concepts/tools to your organization
Acknowledge any difficulties & note questions you may have
Designate a person to give a 1 minute summary back to the larger group
Panel will circulate, so feel free to call us over
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Closing Thoughts
photo credit: Cecilia Macaulay
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Contact Us

David Hall

Kjell van Zoen

Karen Wolfgang

[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Jon Blumenauer
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Sarah Curtis-Fawley
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Resource List
photo credit: Terra Phoenix

Permaculture: A Designers Manual

Permaculture: Principles & Pathways Beyond Sustainability

permaculturepinciples.com

Google “PDC course” for courses from around the world (PDC = Permaculture Design Certification)

by Bill Mollison
by David Holmgren
meetup.com/Portland-Permaculture-Meetup
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