Posted on 2023-12-15 20:20:00+01:00 in tools • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with zones and sectors
Zones in permaculture is a concept for roughly categorizing areas according to ease and/or frequency of access.
| 00: | Your own body. |
|---|---|
| 0: | The base of operations under consideration. |
| 1: | Offers easy, quick access but not as immediate as zone 0. |
| 2: | Somewhat more involved access. Still regularly visited. |
| 3 … |
Posted on 2019-01-14 22:00:00+01:00 in designs • Modified on 2025-09-08 16:13:00+02:00 • Written by Arno Peters • 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 2019-01-07 22:00:00+01:00 in designs • Modified on 2019-04-15 14:06:00+02:00 • Written by Arno Peters • 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 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 2018-05-24 14:00:00+02:00 in designs • Modified on 2018-12-30 23:05:00+01:00 • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, garden design, Eindhoven, CEAP, client interview, ethics, zones and sectors, 9 ways of observing, attitudinal principles, Holmgren principles
This is the main design for the backyard. It ties the other designs for the garden together.
Backyard in the middle of May 2018.
My front yard and back yard provide the perfect practice ground for trying out new ideas. These pages document some of the ideas I have executed …
Posted on 2018-02-08 14:00:00+01:00 in designs • Written by Ina Heinz • Tagged with permaculture, garden design, Reek, input output analysis, planning for real, client interview, zones and sectors, PMI, ethics, functions and elements, dreaming circle, PASTE, 9 ways of observing
We designed the garden elements of a monastery building at Reek.
This work was part of the hands-on design part of the Permaculture Design Course (PDC) at Lotus Institute in Den Bosch, Netherlands. Our teacher for the course was Rakesh "Rootsman Rak".
Participating in the design team …
Posted on 2018-02-08 14:00:00+01:00 in designs • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, social design, Reek, 9 ways of observing, forms of capital, attitudinal principles, SADIMet, mapping, planning for real, dreaming circle, mind map, client interview, zones and sectors, PMI, Holmgren principles
We designed the social elements of a monastery building at Reek. Our aim was to gain understanding of and hands-on experience with the different design tools in the permaculture toolbox.
This work was part of the hands-on design part of the Permaculture Design Course (PDC) at Lotus …