permaculture

[Selwyn Polit <selwyn@austintx.com>]

Hi Kat,
how is this new list different from the current list we are on now?

Selwyn


> Hello All-
>
> Please join us in forming a new international permaculture list serv.
> This list is for the open and supportive sharing of permaculture
> related information worldwide. The intention is to cross pollinate and
> create mutually beneficial and supportive relationships between the
> members of the list and to support and learn about their individual and
> community-based permaculture related endeavors.  These may including
> design, community building, farming, education, built environment,
> policy, arts, food production, activism, politics, economics, land use,
> etc...
>
> We ask that the following guidelines for communication be followed...
>
> --respectful use of non-violent communication
> --a spirit of curiosity and exploration
> --a willingess to agree to disagree
> --write in "I" statements and avoid broad sweeping sterotypes
> --open hearted sharing
>
> We're hoping to create the conditions for support here, really want to
> avoid negativity and  keep in line with one of Bill's principles
> "attitude matters".
>
> Let's Get Positive:
>  It doesn't matter where you are, or what you are doing; a positive
> attitude is an essential starting point for any further action. So
> Permaculture invites people to look at what is abundant in their lives
> and surroundings, and to use that abundance to meet other needs.
> Permaculture is also positive in a systems sense; Permaculturists alter
> the function of a system to better meet their needs by adding elements
> to the system, and increasing its complexity, rather than trying to
> suppress or eliminate parts of the system. The elimination strategy is
> fundamentally doomed to failure; look at the resistance of insects,
> rabbits, bacteria, and so on to all our sophisticated "…icides". ...
> After being an active participant in the 1960s protest and flower power
> movements, Bill Mollison saw that they did not work, and says
> specifically that he planned to use positivism as the basis for
> Permaculture. Permaculture is overwhelmingly concerned with what is
> realistic and observable and logical and tested. Permaculture is a
> philosophy, as well as a theory, as well as a guide to practice.
> --by Warwick Rowell
>
>  If this sounds like something you'd like to be a part of please do
> join in!
>
> SUBSCRIBE HERE:
> http://openpermaculture.org/mailman/listinfo/ 
> permaculture_openpermaculture.org
>
> Thanks
> ~Kat Steele
> http://www.urbanpermacultureguild.org
>
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