Category: Permaculture Design

frameworks for design with depth

November 13, 2023 By Lizzy

The more I listen to and read about designers talk about design as a process, the clearer it is to me that we work best from frameworks – the bigger perspectives and patterns. Having more frameworks (by that I mean theories grounded in truth/evidence) to draw on, gives you more edge and depth as a […]

Balcony on a Budget

August 27, 2023 By Lizzy

URBAN DESIGN 11 Tropical climate Climate zone 1 – High humidity summer, warm winter South east facing balcony ~2.5 x6m rectangle- one corner (SW) is shaded in the afternoon from building shadows, 2 aircon outlets facing onto balcony (Balcony facing aircon outlet not used in summer) Rental No budget to allocate, no transport – relies […]

holiday silence

August 1, 2023 By Lizzy

I have been filling my head up with noise. Mainly to avoid thoughts. Podcasts, netflix, work worries, family worries, end of earth worries. I have been filling my life with a virtual existence outweighing the real physical sense of place. Now I have stopped. mostly except for a few meetings and tech issues to fix […]

Is ‘scale’ a dirty word?

May 6, 2023 By Lizzy

What is meant by the word – scale? Scale is a provocative word. If you are a citrus grower, you don’t want scale. To some, scale (as in ‘increasing the scale of a project, idea or activity’) means commodifying it for capitalism, selling out. Scale has been co-opted as word in entrepreneur and innovation circles […]

Reflect/training

April 25, 2023 By Lizzy

Permaculture educator training 2023 Each day had its own challenge and surprise for how I interact with others. How we affect, prompt and provoke each other towards a new greatness. I felt drained at times. I was equally energised and educated. I admired those who do this teaching gig for a job and I also […]

What’s happening?

April 10, 2023 By Lizzy

A post to map out what I am up to in 2023. The things I do when I am not doing paid work, with my family, horse or gardening, painting or having a quiet moment in the sunroom…     Active Now redesigning my orchard areas for spring abundance reading speculative futures Johanna Hoffman and […]

is being Green making you Blue?

February 10, 2023 By Lizzy

A phenomena I have observed with many people who live close to nature is that they exude energy. It’s not just the physical work – there is an intensity in them, a centredness – either obvious contentment and happiness, curious and proactive natures or just plain angry at the status quo and passionate about changing […]

Obsessions with plants

January 30, 2023 By Lizzy

A while ago I must have wondered what all the fuss about companion planting was about and if the knowledge was consistent or accurate (for an answer to the latter refer to recent horticulture and biodynamic research). And so I spent a few evenings creating this: https://bra.in/2py4Da Have a look, you won’t break anything. This […]