permaculture

[Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Steve Hart <stevenlawrencehart@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 15 December 2015 at 21:35, Leo Bakx <leo@aardwerk.org> wrote:
>
> > Buckmister Fuller comes to mind: "The function of what I call design
> > science is to solve problems by introducing into the environment new
> > artifacts, the availability of which will induce their spontaneous
> > employment by humans and thus, coincidentally, cause humans to abandon
> > their previous problem-producing behaviors and devices. For example, when
> > humans have a vital need to cross the roaring rapids of a river, as a
> > design scientist I would  design them a bridge, causing them, I am sure,
> to
> > abandon spontaneously and forever the risking of their lives by trying to
> > swim to the other shore."
> > (1983, R. Buckminster Fuller, Cosmography)
> >
> > In other words: design something better and compelling to seduce people
> to
> > a better behavior.
>

Interesting bio for Leo:
http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Leo-Bakx/1411312034
"Leo also participates as advisor in the Educatief & Eetbaar Groen
(educational and edible green) project for Martin de Wolf (FLOT) and Diana
van Bokhoven (Imagro), part of the Brabant "Pearls of Biodiversity"
program.
...
Leo is a member of NIBI (Dutch organisation of biololgy professionals).
He's also a founding member of Stichting Impuls (Multimedia in Theatre and
Culture), associate of MAD Emergent Art Center and associate of the
Permaculture
Council for Europe. Leo is a partner in the European Permaculture Teachers
partnership. See: http://permateachers.eu. He leads the publication of
partnership results and the development of an educational permaculture
board & screen roleplaying game."


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Lawrence F. London
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