And I strongly agree that there's nothing flaky and new age about sitting quietly observing natural systems and patterns....I agree with MArk that "being one with zone 5" is "not at all necessarily to develop good designs.......But it'd likely help a good deal.
----- Original Message -----Green Mountain Permaculture: Solutions, Sustenance, Sustainability
From: "Mark" <mpludwig@facstaff.wisc.edu>
To: <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] For the survival thread...
At 02:14 PM 10/31/02 -0500, you wrote:the
The awareness training is so useful in that it develops one's ability to
understand the landscape, observing and knowing what is there and what
observationsland wants to be. So much of this is brushed over in the Permaculture
design courses, or misinterpreted as an analytical exercise. To me,
earthskills and caretaking in particular are what you do in zone 5.
Mollison says not to do anything there except learn; well, if you are one
with zone 5 then there's pleanty you can do there. The great
atand illuminations come from zone 5; it is there that you can learn to be
peoplehome.
At the risk of offending, this kind of quasi mystical stuff not only does
very little to inspire me, if I was one of the many deeply religious
I have met through the years at organic farming functions I would likely
find it out right offensive. IF this really is a system for everyone I
would strongly suggest separating the new age gloss form the main body of
the design system, it is not at all necessarily to develop good designs.
Just dipped into this thread, so maybe this is out of context, but I can
only go by what was quoted...
I agree with Mark that new age flakiness should be viewed with skepticism-
however I never saw the zone 5 stuff (eg, observing the patterns & processes
of unintefered with natural systems & wilderness, and from that learning
deep and profound respect for nature) as being quasi-mystical or new age
flakiness, just common sense!
Cheers Graham
www.landandliberty.co.uk
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