Project Gunsleben - General design - Planning phase

Ethics

• Earth care
  • Reduce
    • create small living spaces, easily heated
    • use solar energy where possible
    • limited use of power tools, tractors and other fossil fuel powered machines
    • mindful use of water and energy
  • Reuse
    • rescue construction materials from (going to) land fills
    • repurpose existing buildings
    • reuse existing infrastructure
  • Recycle
    • create compost
    • grey water to water the garden
  • Repair
    • repair the buildings
    • create a (food) forest
    • improve the soil by adding biomass
• People care
  • revitalize property
  • revitalize village
  • create a warm, loving community around a common goal
• Fair share / Future care
  • exchange knowledge, materials and seeds with a wider community

Holmgren principles

(incomplete)

• Observe and interact
  • see dreaming phase
• Catch and store energy
  • make jam from prunes
  • make hay from field
  • catch water from roof
• Obtain a yield
  • organize camps
    • permaculture design course
    • survival camp
    • youth camp (for scouts or sport groups)
    • for apprentices (learning about construction for example)
    • team building
  • adventure space
    • for children (for example: Clip'n'Climb)
    • for adults (for example: escape room)
    • themed for halloween / christmas
  • renting out space
    • for companies
    • for weddings
    • for campers
    • for permaculturists
    • for survivalists
    • for apprentices / handymen
• Apply self regulation and accept feedback
• Use and value renewable resources and services
  • grow your own fire wood
  • catch rain water
• Produce no waste
  • compost bin
  • worm farm
• Design from patterns to details
• Integrate rather than segregate
• Use small and slow solutions
• Use and value diversity
• Use edges and value the marginal
• Creatively use and respond to change

6 ways to die

• thirsty: 4 liter water per person per day covered via
  • well
  • water from mains
  • rain water capture
• hungry: 10 MJ per person per day + cooking fuel covered by
  • veg. plot
  • supermarkets
  • forage
  • heating via: wood, coal, gas, electricity
• cold: hypothermia when body core temperature < 35°C covered by
  • heating fuel
  • clothing
  • blankets
• hot: hyperthermia when body core temperature > 38°C covered by
  • building shading from the sun
  • thermal mass of building
  • cellar in contact with thermal mass of earth
• ill: covered by
  • physician and hospital in Oschersleben (@ 15km)
• injured: covered by
  • first aid kit
  • voluntary fire brigade in Gunsleben
  • medical services in Oschersleben, Magdeburg, Braunschweig