Hydrological landscape design
WATER IS LIFE The carrying capacity of an ecosystem is the relationship between the availability of available resources and the number of living organisms that can take advantage of them. Although the evaluation of this “Carrying Capacity” is considered “multifactorial”, at the base of every food chain and of every resource availability is… Water. The […]
CDP #ONLINEKNOWLEDGE
Design for Resilience in your own Integral House This is a course to learn how to Design and Implement Regenerative Solutions for Future scenarios. We will lower the ecological footprint of our homes and increase the level of our personal and community resilience. We will reach out to you as you are introduced to Home […]
The 12 Points of Leverage
“Eureka!” “Give me a lever and I’ll move the world.” These two phrases must be the most trending topics in the history of physics and mathematics. Archimedes did not have Tik-Tok or Twitter or Instagram but still, or thanks to it, these phrases endure in the collective unconscious of the scientific community. Curiously, this mathematician […]
Design Rationale
Oh, motivation, my motivation! Where are you? I can’t design without you! The design process involves both analyzing functions and elements to meet needs and drawing on creativity and inspiration. After all, it’s like a poem. You arrange words into a sentence (elements of the system), evoke images of the future (you work with beauty […]
The Design Process
The world is orderly. We might ask ourselves, “Even in the (apparent) chaos?” Wherever we look, there will be elements that are interconnected, whether it’s the Amazon Rainforest, New Delhi, the Taiga, the Great Barrier Reef, macroeconomics, or a Bayer laboratory. What is the difference between them? The criteria by which these elements are ordered […]
2022 ANNUAL REPORT
After a very eventful 2021—as you may have read on our blog a year ago—came the “turning point” year, or at least that’s how we feel! So much to share, so much to celebrate! Toward the Horizon We use permaculture to design paths, to reach the place we want to go, and to come to […]
Sectors in a Permaculture Design
When we begin designing our own permaculture system, it’s essential to “work with what’s there” and design for our well-being and resilience in connection with the place. To do this, we engage in deep observation of our immediate surroundings and document what we “see.” A design tool often used in permaculture is the SECTOR DIAGRAM, […]