Posted on 2021-04-19 11:22:00+02:00 in tools • Modified on 2024-05-08 11:40:00+02:00 • 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 2020-02-19 13:53:00+01:00 in workshop • Modified on 2020-11-09 11:13:00+01:00 • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with workshop, permaculture, 9 ways of observing, forms of capital, bullet journaling, dragon dreaming, dreaming circle, community, life design, social design, 4 questions, vision, mental inventory
This workshop is in response to a question from Ana and Gábor for help with finding direction in their lives. The outline below is based on the process I followed for the design of my own life with additional resources from books, websites and blog posts I have read and …
Posted on 2018-12-27 17:04:00+01:00 in designs • Written by Arno Peters • 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:
Posted on 2018-09-28 20:00:00+02:00 in designs • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, building design, SADIMet, kanban, client interview, 9 ways of observing, ethics, dreaming circle, mind map, mapping, zones and sectors, SWOC, PMI, attitudinal principles, planning for real, input output analysis
Map created from satellite image, openstreetmap and provided sketch. Download and open the file in a vector editor like Inkscape to see and play with the different layers.
This work is the result of a PDC held in Gunsleben, Germany. The first week was …
Posted on 2018-09-25 22:00:00+02:00 in designs • Modified on 2019-08-28 20:17:00+02:00 • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, general design, CEAP, 9 ways of observing, client interview, ethics, attitudinal principles, Holmgren principles
I currently work for a few customers as a programmer and for a few others as a systems administrator for their Linux systems.
Current situation (2018) is a physical servers at two different locations. One is in a local data center with a optic fiber connection and one is …
Posted on 2018-07-10 17:00:00+02:00 in surveys • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, general design, dragon dreaming, dragon dreaming dreaming, Gunsleben, client interview, mapping, 9 ways of observing, forms of capital, flow, history
This is the place we gather information about the project. See the design overview for the big picture.
Loes and Brand are hereafter referred to as the parents.
Map created from satellite image, openstreetmap and provided sketch. Download and open the file in a vector …
Posted on 2018-06-26 09:00:00+02:00 in designs • Modified on 2018-12-28 18:37:00+01:00 • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, social design, dragon dreaming, 5 W's, 9 ways of observing, Open Spaces, DAFOR(N)
Learning community mailing list:
Design team:
Note: this design has been abandoned.
For presentation purposes, we use Dragon Dreaming for this design.
Posted on 2018-06-25 20:00:00+02:00 in designs • Modified on 2018-08-14 08:00:00+02:00 • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, building design, Eindhoven, planning for real, client interview, 5 W's, 9 ways of observing, PMI, functions and elements, 4 questions, abandoned design
Base for the hexagon and the first layer of pallets.
Note: this design has been abandoned.
Proeftuin Meerhoven is cooperative maintaining a community garden in Eindhoven. I am a member of the cooperative. The municipality of Eindhoven has given us about 6000 m² of public land to garden on …
Posted on 2018-06-04 20:00:00+02:00 in designs • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, social design, Eindhoven, party, CEAP, 5 W's, 9 ways of observing, flow, ethics, attitudinal principles, kanban, 4 questions, season: summer
One of the challenges facing us the coming years is a return to a more communal way of living. A party is a good way to practice coming together and exchanging ideas and inspiration. A way also to connect different circles of people.
The goal is to create a …
Posted on 2018-05-30 22:00:00+02:00 in surveys • Modified on 2020-02-19 14:34:00+01:00 • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, social design, dreaming circle, vision, mission, 9 ways of observing, thinking in patterns, life weeks, Simple Critical Infrastructure Maps, Integrated Needs Analysis Matrix, 6 ways to die, forms of capital
This survey is part of Arno's design for his life.
I am a 40+ male of the species Homo sapiens sapiens.
I created the vision and mission using a dreaming circle.
I am an elder in a community of people. I live a content …