Michael O. Church made a model of US social classes in 2012. The percentages given refer to US population numbers only. These models may have a limited correspondence to the social classes of Europe. I have taken the information from the original article and condensed it further.
Posted on zo 17 maart 2019 in tools • Tagged with permaculture, practical
On Saturday 2019-03-16 I followed a course in hedgelaying. Heg&Landschap organized it in a village close by. Lex Roeleveld was the instructor.
From Wikipedia:
[...] The aim is to reduce the thickness of the upright stems of the hedgerow trees by cutting away the wood on one side of the …
Posted on di 05 maart 2019 in tools • Tagged with permaculture, social design, community
In social permaculture the community plays a prominent role. Sometime in 2018 I became aware of research done by Dmitry Orlov on communities. He studied communities that last multiple generations; in his words: Communities that abide.
Orlov distilled a set of commandments that communities should obey. I found his list …
Posted on ma 04 maart 2019 in blog • Tagged with permaculture, attitudinal principles, experiment, season: fall, season: winter, season: spring
When making bread, the recommendation is to place the dough in a warm spot to rise for about one hour. Since we hardly heat the house in winter (the thermostat is set at 12°C; the living room is a bit warmer still) this proved a bit of a challenge …
Posted on di 19 februari 2019 in tools
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_strategy
Many military strategists have attempted to encapsulate a successful strategy in a set of principles. Sun Tzu defined 13 principles in his The Art of War while Napoleon listed 115 maxims. American Civil War General Nathan Bedford Forrest had only one: to "[get …
Posted on zo 10 februari 2019 in surveys • Tagged with permaculture, survey, location design
What are other people advising on location choice?
From a comment on the Archdruid Report (discontinued):
Posted on ma 14 januari 2019 in designs • Tagged with permaculture, urban design, appropriate technology, CEAP, zones and sectors, ethics, attitudinal principles, haybox
This is a small design I did to show the different options available for making a haybox at home.
Another, more recent article documents our current (2025) use of the haybox.
In our household we try to reduce our need for fossil fuels. One way is to prevent cooling …
Posted on ma 07 januari 2019 in designs • Tagged with permaculture, food forest design, Nuenen, zones and sectors, planning for real, client interview, ethics, attitudinal principles, hugelculture, compost
Overview map (courtesy of OpenStreetMap) © OpenStreetMap-auteurs. The red area shows where the food forest is located within the grounds of the Weverkeshof.
The Weverkeshof is a city farm in Nuenen. They would like to convert a (small) part of their grounds into a food forest. This page details how …
Posted on ma 31 december 2018 in surveys • Tagged with permaculture, survey, PASTE, garden design, Eindhoven, season: fall
Starting from 2018-09-01, Ina and I have rented an allotment at an association nearby. This survey lists the different species discovered.
Posted on do 27 december 2018 in designs • Tagged with permaculture, urban design, SADIMet, 9 ways of observing, ethics, Holmgren principles
Ilona and Stefan want to limit the view from the neighbors. They would like a nice environment to look out onto from their living room.
The design was done by: