We did an experiment in July 2022 with felting a back to a recently shaved fleece. The wool came from a Ouessant sheep. Below is a photo series with a bit of explanation on how we created a sheepskin without having to kill a sheep.

Here’s what we started …

Web of Goals is a technique proposed by Jacob Lund Fisker. It tries to map out a set of goals in a holistic way. Because for every goal we choose, there are consequences — positive and negative.

For this technique, we create fish bone diagrams for each of our goals where …

Chris Williams and Mark Manson summarize the most important lessons of therapy. The first seven are read by Chris to Mark in the video, the eighth comes from one of the comments below the video.

It is good, solid advice worth repeating from time to time to keep it top …

This is a permaculture design for my life. It is a living document. Here I document the process and the design. The first version came about in 2018. In 2026 I reviewed and updated it.

For this design I use CEAP as the design process. It is simply:

• Collect information …

This survey is part of Arno’s design for his life. This is a living document. The first version of this survey came about in 2018. In 2026 I reviewed and updated it.

The book iPermie! from Bob Waldrop had a website associated with it: https://ipermie.net. After his death, the site dropped off the internet.

As often happens with domains that have gained some weight with the search engines, the domain got licensed again, and again as I found in the …

In addition to the Permaculture Ethics, David Holmgren’s list of 12 design principles shows us helpful ways to think about our systems.

• Observe and interact
• Catch and store energy
• Obtain a yield
• Apply self regulation and accept feedback
• Use and value renewable resources and services
• Produce no waste
• Design …

I came across this book when I was looking into the writings of Bob Waldrop. He was a Permaculture Designer living in Oklahoma City. He created a set of flyers called the Better Times Emergency Notes, which I republished on this site. He passed away in 2019.

In 2013 he …

I found these flyers a while ago and filed their location away in my archive. I recently came across them again and discovered the original website had vanished. Its creator, Bob Waldrop, has passed away in 2019.

Because the information contained in the flyers is helpful and compact, I wanted …