Tag: projects

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 […]

Giving, gifting and meaning 

June 11, 2022 By Lizzy

Giving, gifting and meaning – reflections over the year of my time and effort Now that I have stopped for a bit to have a break and found time to think about it, I realised I have given many hours of unpaid work over the last year in various ways. Whether it is doing more […]

Speculative Design & Futures

May 20, 2022 By Lizzy

I could be watching netflix until 1 am instead I am imagining possible futures with some really cool people in Europe and South America. I just finished an intro to speculative design with this mob – J. Paul Neeley and the school of critical design. Wondering how to apply into regenerative systems and permaculture projects […]

Getting organised

February 20, 2022 By Lizzy

Method: Kan Ban board I am hosting an ‘Introduction to Permaculture’ workshop at my home in a few months. So I best get cracking to set up everything we need.   Rather than write (and rewrite) a list, I am using a method called: Kan Ban or a visual task management board. I made mine […]