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Article on Generative Transformation in Permaculture Design Magazine (e31)

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Dan Palmer / 0 Comment

That’s right, the February 2020 issue of Permaculture Design Magazine features an article by my good self on the topic of generative transformation (and t...

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Bringing it all together in just. one. diagram. (Part Eleven of Eleven) – Generative Transformation is part of what it means for Permaculture Design to come back to Life

Posted on September 6, 2019 by Dan Palmer / 3 Comments

Here I’ll wrap up and declare this series done. I explained at the beginning that: The diagram introduces and suggests a name for a space that I believe i...

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Bringing it all together in just. one. diagram. (Part Ten of Eleven) – If you’re designing for life, Transformation isn’t Optional – But Sometimes Fabricating is Fine

Posted on August 24, 2019 by Dan Palmer / 0 Comment

Before I bring this diagram/chart series home and tuck it into bed, there is a subtle nuance I want to try and convey. It is this. First, in my opinion, once we...

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Bringing it all together in one diagram (Part Nine) – Mapping the design process centre of gravity of permaculture, culture, and even of nature herself (My turn!)

Posted on June 29, 2019 by Dan Palmer / 2 Comments

Okay, as promised, this post is my turn to complete the little exercise I invited others to complete in the last post. Mega thanks to Finn, Pete and Ryan who co...

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Bringing it all together in one diagram (Part Eight) – Mapping the design process signature of permaculture, culture, and even nature herself (Reader contributions)

Posted on June 19, 2019 by Dan Palmer / 0 Comment

Hey all. This post shares the several submissions I’ve been delighted to have land on my desk after Part Seven’s request for reader input. First tho...

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Bringing it all together in one diagram (Part Seven) – Mapping the design process signature of permaculture, culture, and even nature herself (Your turn!)

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Dan Palmer / 2 Comments

Okay, let’s bring this little diagram sub-series toward home. I’m feeling that this and a couple more posts ought to do it… To recap, I have i...

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Adventures in Generative Transformation: Shocking raw footage of permaculture designers caught in the act with their paints (and pens and pencils) down

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Dan Palmer / 2 Comments

Once again this week I share a little video to keep things ticking along while I organise myself some time to progress the current inquiry, edit up the next pod...

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Adventures in Design Process Awareness – Assembling vs Partitioning

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Dan Palmer / 0 Comment

Greetings all. This week I share a little video in part because I’ve been so occupied in my design process facilitation work I’ve not had the time t...

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Bringing it all together in one diagram (Part Six) – Mapping the Centre of Gravity and Trajectory of a Project

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Dan Palmer / 1 Comment

In the last post I showed how this diagram I’ve been developing can help us map certain aspects of the evolution of our own individual design processes. C...

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Bringing it all together in a diagram (Part Five) – Mapping the Evolution of your Design Process Signature

Posted on March 16, 2019 by Dan Palmer / 7 Comments

Each and every one of us creates things. Daily. Constantly. Humans are essentially creative, in the sense that they are always creating things, bringing new for...

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from the Permaculture Community

making permaculture stronger, I think it’s a really great initiative..

Darren J. Doherty
Regarians

I really applaud Dave (Hursthouse) and especially Dan Palmer for initiating this and holding up the mirror and saying ‘hey guys, look at yourselves. Look at what you’re saying. Look at what you’re teaching. Look at what you’re doing. Is that really the best you can do?’ And so some of us older ones in the beginning were a little bit confronted by it, but once we embraced the process, it’s been really exciting, and I think that it will make permaculture stronger

Trish Allen

I am heartened by the conversations you’re starting internationally Dan around making permaculture stronger

Hannah Maloney
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I can’t recommend this podcast enough… thanks so much for your efforts.. there is so much refreshing content.. I sometimes get a bit tired of of some of the way permaculture is going.. but this just brilliant.. thanks to all involved to those of you not… have a listen x

Matt Swarbrick

A very close colleague, Dan Palmer, what he’s done with the blog Making Permaculture stronger, focusing on design process, I think his work is incredibly fundamental…

David Holmgren

I’m really fascinated by the stuff that Dan Palmer is doing at the moment about permaculture and Christopher Alexander’s stuff… he has a website called making permaculture stronger …which I’d really recommend listeners to have a look at. … It’s very interesting stuff – I love Christopher Alexander’s work and it was brilliant to see someone take the time to try and piece the two together

Rob Hopkins
Transition Network

design process… is the core of permaculture, and it’s been a bit of a mystery, a black box… I think there’s a lot of lessons that can be learned from the previous decades of design practice to make permaculture stronger

David Holmgren
Holmgren Design

Dan Palmers podcast, interviews, musings, rants, research and writing are all making permaculture stronger for me. My understanding is constantly evolving through your work. And since I am a part of the permaculture community, indeed permaculture is getting stronger (better, more complete, able to evolve deeper understanding, etc….) every step  of the way.

Bill Houghton

I think Alexander’s concept is much closer to how permaculturists actually design, by starting with something that is already a whole and then differentiating and integrating additional factors into it. The issue is mostly that our language has not caught up to our practice. Thanks, Dan, for the inspiration. I always enjoy revising my thinking to more accurately bring theory and practice into better congruency.

The Late Toby Hemenway
tobyhemenway.com

I think that starting your quest for improving permaculture in the realm of design process is a brilliant place to start, because so much flows from that.  So much.

Dave Jacke
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