This is so true and is precisely what I have been doing, creating models to
instigate change. The design of Jarlanbah Pc Hamlet was ground-breaking in
many ways, lots of negotiations with local Council and real educational
process for them to accept different ways of doing things. We negotiated
reduced road widths, composting toilets and grey water systems, an
innovative power system, also quite a few by-laws I created for Jarlanbah's
management plan Council then adopted as general policy. The energy efficient
building by-laws for Jarlanbah inspired Leichhardt City Council in Sydney to
engage a pc environmental planner, Birgit Seidlich, to develop an
environmental plan and energy-efficient housing development control plan,
encourage rainwater tanks etc.
The design approach I employed for Jarlanbah was further developed with pc
strategic planner, Peter Cuming, and adopted by the State Planning
Department as guidelines for rural settlement in the NSW North Coast region
- this strategy received state and national planning awards.
The initial reedbed greywater system here at Djanbung Gardens was the first
in NSW to go through planning approval and opened the way for Jarlanbah and
others to follow.
Could go on but you get the drift - there's a lot of permies doing similar,
Peter Cuming is working with councils, regional and state authorities
developing sustainability strategies, Simon Fell, Terry White, Jason
Alexander also come to mind as movers and shakers changing things on similar
levels with government authorities.
Robyn
http://www.permaculture.com.au
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