Posted on do 08 mei 2025 in tools • Tagged with ways to die, Simple Critical Infrastructure Maps
Six ways to die (6WTD) is a tool proposed by Vinay Gupta to help individuals and groups quickly identify urgent needs of individuals in a crisis. It explains what basic infrastructure needs to be in place for people to survive to the next day.
The six ways to die are …
Posted on za 19 april 2025 in workshop • Tagged with workshop, personal finance, forms of capital
This workshop is currently in the dreaming phase (see Dragon Dreaming). I use this document to collect things I would want to say about the topic of money and personal finance. I appreciate feedback on it. Leave me a message via the contact form.
I see people struggle with …
Posted on za 05 april 2025 in tools • Tagged with saving rate, safe withdrawal rate, burn rate, life energy
Add together all your bank accounts, investment accounts, retirement accounts (if you can access them), estimates on the value of your house.
Then subtract any debts, mortgages and other financial obligations from that.
Take your employers payment slip from the last year …
Posted on za 05 april 2025 in tools • Tagged with OODA, permaculture, Holmgren principles
OODA is an abbreviation for the words: Observe, Orient, Decide, Act. Developed and taught by John Boyd, a US military pilot, as a mental model for training other pilots.
Observe is about overseeing the whole, everything, facts and emotions, the different players and their (apparent) motives, culture and history and …
Posted on zo 30 maart 2025 in blog
Below you'll find a number of questions to ask yourself and others. If you are serious about starting with an allotment or any other kind of garden, these questions can help you make a clear choice.
Posted on do 27 maart 2025 in blog
Earlier this year I have spent over 10 days in complete darkness, with almost no contact with the outside world. It was the second retreat of this kind I have done. The first was a year earlier where I spend over five days in darkness.
To say it is a …
Posted on wo 29 januari 2025 in tools • Tagged with permaculture, practical
We created this biochar cooker during the second week of my first PDC. It is made from two large drums and one smaller can.
Posted on do 16 januari 2025 in tools
Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises, or TRE for short, is a simple way to relax the body and shake out tensions. It uses the natural shaking mechanism present in every mammal for getting rid of tension.
Start by laying on the ground on a mat. Pull your legs up and …
Posted on zo 12 januari 2025 in contemplation
My overview of the cycles as I have encountered them or studied as part of Systems Thinking and Permaculture.
Posted on zo 12 januari 2025 in blog
I have done and tried a lot of different things.
The list below is probably not complete. I will try to give a brief overview of the tool and what it aims to achieve, based on my (limited) understanding and how it has helped me.
Lindyhop Dancing
I call it …