A Permaculture Approach to Whatcom County and Regional Planning
Did you see Michael Pilarski's article in this week's Cascadia Weekly. I can't recommend this highly enough. This what Transition work is all about - which is no surprise, since the founder of the Transition movement, Rob Hopkins, is a Permaculture teacher.
Please consider attendng the class being taught by Pilarski on Sunday, 1/24/10, "Permaculture Design Applied to Whatcom County." This class, co-sponsored by Transition Whatcom will help prepare you for any and all Transition work. Contact kearsleydesign@gmail.com for more info.
Sustainable Whatcom, A Permaculture Approach to County and Regional Planning
By Michael Pilarski, Cascadia Weekly, 1/20/10
http://www.cascadiaweekly.com/pdfs/issues/201003.pdf
APPLYING PERMACULTURE design to cities, counties and regions is a fascinating topic that I always discuss at my permaculture design courses. However, when I sat down to write this article I realized I can only lay my hands on a number of case studies. Permaculture design at the regional level is still in its infancy, nonetheless I believe it holds a lot of promise for today’s crisis ridden
world. This article also touches briefly on decentralized economic and governance systems. It was written with Whatcom County in mind, but has broader relevance. This is just a taste of what permaculture is and how it is being applied around the world.
Most people, when they hear the word “permaculture,” think of food gardens, sheet mulching or backyard food forests. But permaculture is so much more than this. Permaculture is integrated system design of the natural environment (gardens, farms, forests, wild areas); the human-built environment (buildings, energy systems, transportation, waste management) as well as economic and social systems. Permaculture design is most commonly applied at the garden, homestead or farm scale, however permaculture design can be applied at any scale—to any size of property or region. In this case we will take a look at how permaculture would approach designing all of Whatcom County. This necessitates looking at things from the micro to macro level, from single yard designs, to blocks, neighborhoods, small towns, the city of Bellingham, rural settled areas, farmland, forests, foothills and whole watersheds...
Please consider attendng the class being taught by Pilarski on Sunday, 1/24/10, "Permaculture Design Applied to Whatcom County." This class, co-sponsored by Transition Whatcom will help prepare you for any and all Transition work. Contact kearsleydesign@gmail.com for more info.
Sustainable Whatcom, A Permaculture Approach to County and Regional Planning
By Michael Pilarski, Cascadia Weekly, 1/20/10
http://www.cascadiaweekly.com/pdfs/issues/201003.pdf
APPLYING PERMACULTURE design to cities, counties and regions is a fascinating topic that I always discuss at my permaculture design courses. However, when I sat down to write this article I realized I can only lay my hands on a number of case studies. Permaculture design at the regional level is still in its infancy, nonetheless I believe it holds a lot of promise for today’s crisis ridden
world. This article also touches briefly on decentralized economic and governance systems. It was written with Whatcom County in mind, but has broader relevance. This is just a taste of what permaculture is and how it is being applied around the world.
Most people, when they hear the word “permaculture,” think of food gardens, sheet mulching or backyard food forests. But permaculture is so much more than this. Permaculture is integrated system design of the natural environment (gardens, farms, forests, wild areas); the human-built environment (buildings, energy systems, transportation, waste management) as well as economic and social systems. Permaculture design is most commonly applied at the garden, homestead or farm scale, however permaculture design can be applied at any scale—to any size of property or region. In this case we will take a look at how permaculture would approach designing all of Whatcom County. This necessitates looking at things from the micro to macro level, from single yard designs, to blocks, neighborhoods, small towns, the city of Bellingham, rural settled areas, farmland, forests, foothills and whole watersheds...
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