Module 1 - People Care
People Care is one of the 3 ethical bases of PermaCulture ... but how do we put this into practice?
People are, as well as the context, without doubt also the most difficult aspect when it comes to realising truly sustainable projects.
This module consists of 10 classes or chapters: You can see the subjects covered in each class in the programme of the slide show at the top on the first page of each chapter. Some of the additional materials available in this manual for each chapter are detailed here in the menu to the right >>> Below are some more general introductory materials for this chapter. What is Integral Permaculture?In this conference we start with What is Permaculture?, how & why it was created, how it developed and why are we now talking about Integral Permaculture: what does it consist of exactly and why is it important in this historical phase of Transition and what patterns do we foresee for the future.& these are two basic articles from the main website:
Bibliography for Module 1Daniel Quinn, Ishmael We call this the 'pre-text' for integral permaculture: a great start for un-learning a lot of assumptions we make about history and civilization and seeing the myths of our culture with new eyes. A socratic-style gorilla teacher gives a human student a new perspective of us as a species, turning our world totally upside down. The Story of B &Beyond Civilization are two more by Quinn we feature in this Manual Covey, Stephen (1997), The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People de Bono, Edward (2006) The 6 Thinking Hats - a thinking guide for action-people. & Teach your Child How to Think Harvey Jackins, The List Arnold Mindell, Sitting in the Fire: Large Group Transformation using Conflict & Diversity Andy Langford y Jane Hera, Designing Productive Meetings & Events Wilber, Ken (2001), A Theory of Everything. An integral vision of business, politics, science & spirituality. Bohm, David, On Dialogue Buzan, Tony, (1996), The Mind-Map Book Robert Fritz, the Path of Least Resistance Graham Burnett, Permaculture, a Guide for Beginners Practicals Proposed for M1 In the recorded classes you'll see that we go proposing practices that will help understand the material in more depth. If you wish to share them do so in the class (if you are enrolled in a course) or you can also send them to this address: hola@permaculturescience.org, & if they are good examples we will include them in this e-Book. | Contents of these 10 Chapters:"The greatest challenges for humanity are not hunger, poverty, peace, public health, education, the economy, natural resources, nor a combination of these or other issues ... but our capacity to build new social organizations capable of providing the solutions.
(F. Noubel) |