permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflondon@mindspring.com>]

On Sat, 7 Oct 2000 00:15:56 -0700, "John Schinnerer"
<johns@eco-living.net> wrote:

>
>Aloha,
>
>I am contemplating working on creating some pattern language patterns
>relevant to permaculture.  Anyone know of any existing work of this nature
>in the realm of permaculture, and/or interested in messing about with such
>also?  It will be a sort of experiment at first, to see how Alexander et
>al's patterns for formulating pattern languages can be used (as they clearly
>feel they can) in other similar yet different contexts.

I did a Bibliofind search to see if "A Pattern Language" was available
and came up with several copies ranging in price from $39 to $78.
Then I remembered a fascinating book I saw years ago in a bookstore 
called something like Patterns in Nature. So I did a new search and
came up with this list of interesting titles, most of which I have
never heard of.  I think the Wolf Strache book is the one I am
familiar with - contains many electron microscope photographs
of objects in nature.

The list:
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Jackendoff, Ray
   * Patterns in the Mind: Language and Human Nature  [New/Used]

Strache, Wolf
   * Forms and Patterns in Nature  [Used]
   * Forms and Patterns in Nature, Reprint Edition.  [Used]

Schneck, Marcus
   * Patterns in Nature - A World of Color, Shape and Light  [Used]
   * Patterns in Nature  [Used]

Hall, George M.
   * The Ingenious Mind of Nature. Deciphering The Patterns of      
      Man,Society, And The Universe  [Used]

Lovejoy, Ann
   * Naturalistic Gardening, Reflecting the Planting Patterns of
Nature      [New/Used]

Braasch, Gary
   * Photographing the Patterns of Nature  [New/Used]

Stevens,Peter S.
   * Patterns in Nature  [Used]

Thomas, Paul and Avison, Jo
   * The Art Of Floral Design Original Floral Decorations Inspired by
the Patterns of Nature  [Used]

Briggs, John
   * Fractals- The Patterns of Chaos: Discovering a New Aesthetic of
Art, Science and Nature  [Used]
   * Fractals : The Patterns of Chaos : A New Aesthetic of Art,
Science, and Nature  [Used]

Horst, Claude W.
   * Patterns From Nature  [Used]

Kryder, Rowena Pattee
   * Sophia's Body: Seeing Primal Patterns in Nature  [New/Used]

Swinburne, Stephen R.
   * Lots & Lots of Zebra Stripes: Patterns in Nature  [New/Used]

Thomas, Paul
   * Art of Floral Design: Original Floral Decorations Inspired by the
     Patterns of Nature  [New/Used]

Baker, Jeffrey J.W.
   * Patterns of Nature  [Used]

Becker, Joyce R
   * Nature's Patterns, Inspirations and Techniques for Quilt Makers
      [Used]

Conforti, Michael
   * Field, Form, & Fate: Patterns in Mind, Psyche, & Nature  [New]

Jackendorf. Ray
   * Patterns in the Mind...Language and Human Nature  [Used]
Kast, Verena, Illustrated by Drawings
   * The Nature of Loving: Patterns of Human Relationship  [Used]

BURTON, JANE
   * Nature And Science Of Patterns  [Used]
Esbensen, Barbara J.
   * Echoes for the Eye: Poems to Celebrate Patterns in Nature  [New]
Greenleaf, Frederick P.
   * Quantitative Reasoning: Understanding the Mathematical Patterns
of Nature  [New] Kunitz, Joshua

Stanley, H. Eugene
   * Exploring Patterns in Nature: Computer Simulabs & Hands on
Activities
      [New]

WILLIAMS, C.B.
   * PATTERNS IN THE BALANCE OF NATURE: AND R  [Used]
Williams, C. B.
   * Patterns In The Balance Of Nature And Related Problems In
Quantitative
     Ecology  [Used]

 Milne, Lorus & Margery) Krutch, Joseph Wood ed
   * Patterns of Survival (Prentice Hall Series in Nature and Natural
     History)


>For those who wonder what the heck I'm talking about...I'm talking about
>pattern languages as described and exemplified in "The Timeless Way of
>Building" by Christopher Alexander and "A Pattern Language" by Alexander,
>Ishikawa and Silverstein with Jacobson, Fiksdahl-King and Angel.  Great
>stuff!  I think their approach could be of benefit to perma-culture.
>
>John Schinnerer
>----------------------------------------------
>Cultural & Ecological Designing
>Human Habitat Design
>john@eco-living.net
>http://eco-living.net



Lawrence F. London, Jr. 
lflondon@mindspring.com    
london@metalab.unc.edu
http://www.ibiblio.org/london