Posted on 2023-05-25 20:20 in tools • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with design web
Looby Macnamara’s Design Web is a design process. You can read about it in her book People & Permaculture. I resonate with using its anchor points and allowing jumping between points as questions come up and get answered.
The tool gives 12 different anchor points to use as a starting …
Posted on 2023-05-05 20:19 in tools • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with bullet journaling, year compass, feedback
I have started bullet journaling on 20 December 2019. I have kept to a very minimal set of collections.
Ryder Carroll encourages you to record an intention for your bullet journaling practice. Mine is: “I want my BuJo practice to help me record the ebb and flow of my life …
Posted on 2023-05-05 15:17 in tools • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, ethics
To consider for Earth Care and Future Care:
Posted on 2023-05-05 15:17 in tools • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, ethics, Holmgren principles, attitudinal principles
To consider for Earth Care and Future Care:
Posted on 2023-05-05 15:09 in tools • Modified on 2024-05-08 11:40 • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with thinking in patterns
Below is a list of patterns found in nature. Every pattern is a response to a specific challenge.
Posted on 2023-05-05 15:02 in tools • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with mental inventory, bullet journaling
I first came across the mental inventory when I started using the Bullet Journal method.
Find the original explanation here.
Posted on 2022-12-13 15:10 in tools • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with ikigai
My understanding of Ikigai has changed from my initial contact with the concept. I recently came across two articles by Dave Pollard that explain his take. I resonated with his views more than I did with other explanations. Below is Dave’s synopsis. I highly recommend reading the articles linked …
Posted on 2021-04-19 11:22 in tools • Modified on 2024-05-08 11:40 • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with 9 ways of observing
The Nine Ways of Observing come from The Earth Path, a book by Starhawk.
I have used this tool in all my designs. I find that good, thoughtful, long observation is key to making good, thoughtful and effective designs.
I wonder…
Posted on 2021-01-31 19:13 in tools • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with flow, practical, survey, ledger-cli
Let me shed a little light on how I record, track, and plot various streams across my domain.
I have a git repository that holds my records. I clone this repo across the various machines I use. It contains records pertaining to the flows of: money, energy, water …
Posted on 2021-01-06 19:32 in tools • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, toolbox
A toolbox contains a set of useful tools for artisans to use. A carpenter’s toolbox has hammers, chisels, planes, etc. A plumber’s toolbox has wrenches, nuts, pieces of pipe, etc.
A permaculture designer’s toolbox contains tools useful for designing with permaculture. I have documented a few on …