Considering Permaculture &/or Transition

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Comment by David Eggleton on April 25, 2013 at 8:22pm

Another note regarding Facebook.  If you search with the term permaculture, you'll find there are numerous pages and groups to like and join.

Comment by David Eggleton on February 14, 2013 at 1:16pm

"Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for the Divine the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, we will have discovered fire."

~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Comment by David Eggleton on January 18, 2013 at 10:09am

Hi George.  I'm happy for your participation.  You asked "Can you elaborate on your inclusion of the word "Considering" in the name for this group?"  I can.

I used it for three reasons:

• to be welcoming (no one must commit to anything first)
• to play on All Things Considered (particulars of permaculture; particulars as they pertain to home energy performance; and sustainability)
• to suggest activity (we're doing something here).

Did you imagine anything other than these?  Do we have a problem?  There certainly isn't a lot of doing.  (In the past 10 months I've been on Facebook more than on Home Energy Pros.)

Comment by George Chura on January 17, 2013 at 3:19pm

Thanks for the welcome message David.

I think this group is very important for this site, despite a small following at the moment. Bill Mollison -- perhaps the father of permaculture -- advocates working by a definition of "sustainable" that gets to the heart of our collective work as home energy professionals. To paraphrase, he says that to be "sustainable," a system must produce energy, sufficient to completely replace itself at least once within its lifecycle. While this may present a challenge too tough for many systems to actually achieve, I believe it greatly clarifies the edges of an important concept, frequently subjected to sloppy use and implementation.

Can you elaborate on your inclusion of the word "Considering" in the name for this group?

Comment by David Eggleton on October 19, 2012 at 2:00pm

The permaculture enthusiasts on Facebook are happy to be connected, at least in my experience.  If you want more peeks into the culture, send some friend requests.

Comment by David Eggleton on October 1, 2012 at 8:06am

Andrew Faust, lead teacher of my permaculture design certificate course, spoke recently in Brooklyn, NY. Here's a recording.

Comment by David Eggleton on June 6, 2012 at 7:26am

I added this video featuring David Holmgren to the Resources section, 3rd bullet.

Comment by David Eggleton on September 22, 2011 at 5:24am

South Mountain Company report concerning performance range of eight identical buildings housing eight different families.

Comment by David Eggleton on September 13, 2011 at 9:05am

permaculturehub is a site like Home Energy Pros, with a different main idea.

Comment by David Eggleton on August 17, 2011 at 1:35pm

A current discussion at the Transition Vermont site pushed me to post:

When folks regard the living life support system, as it manifests where they are, with passion and discover or develop visions of life in harmony with it, their consciences will alter their missions and support/reinforce the various disciplines of harmonious coexistence.

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