permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>]

Graham wrote:

> Further development of the Zones concept have the house or the home
> centre as 'Zone Zero', and the person at the very heart of any design,
> ie, you or me, as 'Zone zero zero'. Not sure how internationally
> accepted the 'Zone 00' concept is, but here in the UK its become a
> pretty standard concept that is at least touched upon in the design
> courses over here, and hopefully good attention to 'peoplecare' informs
> any permacultural activity. I like 'Zone 00' as it asks us to consider
> the 'ecology of the self', focus on personal development and
> conciousness raising, ie, developing self-care strategies to ensure good
> health and wellbeing, avoid stress and burn out, etc... Here's a little
> pamphlet I've produced with my own thoughts on the subject;
> http://www.spiralseed.co.uk/ecoself/

Excellent. Zone 00 is a good thing to include in a PDC especially as tool for 
unifying group mindset
and for sustaining enthusiasm and encouraging communication.

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