We all know by now how bad sitting for long amounts of time is for our bodies. If you don’t watch this TED Talk about our Primal Posture first. Find your primal posture and sit without back pain: Esther Gokhale at TEDxStanford Summary:– Imagine we have tails and our tails should be behind us not under us. – Your muscles and bones stack so easily that it’s like you’re getting a massage the whole day and healing yourself. – It…
Link to the full course: Part 3 – Core Concepts Continues from Part 2 (Note: Since a lot of this is already covered in the previous parts I’ll stick to things that stand out or really needs enforcing and embed videos of the more detailed lessons.) – Now that we’ve gone through the sustainable phase/era, we need to move into the regenerative phase. – Permaculture aims to re-forest the earth, reclaim and rebuild the soil, grow food where people are,…
Link to the full course: Part 2 – Core Concepts Continues from Part 1 (Note: From here it looks like the videos get longer so will have to summarise the most important concepts. I also apologise if the notes seem all over the place as the syllabus looks structured but then Larry Korn’s teaching style is not like that.) – The reason for not digging/tilling the soil is that different layers of the soil get all mixed up. All of…
Link to the full course: Part 1 – Fundamentals Thank you Charles of Terra Perma Design for the link https://www.openpermaculture.com. Personal note: Of all the lifestyles, beliefs, causes, languages, cults and schools of thought I’ve explored, stood for and by, studied, recruited for, immersed in and supported… I feel, in our current time, Permaculture is something everyone should get to know about more and more. If you know a little bit, explore it more. If you don’t know anything at…
Notes: – His adoption and why he though he was special being more clever than parents and getting upgraded more than one class ahead. “Religion was at its best when it emphasised spiritual experiences rather than received dogma.” – Getting into electronics from Hewlett, to meeting Wozniak, how they clicked, their pranks and the blue box that made it all happen. – His few long term obsessions – spirituality, vegetarian and extreme diets, dropping acid and music especially rock and…
Such a great talk with lots and lots of great info. Summary below for my future reference. * means that it blew my mind. – Pests and weeds have a beneficial ecological role. Pests attract good predators so let it happen. – Analyse your site to see where the sun is passing. In summer a lot of intense sun will be bad so you can plan shady plants and trees at multiple heights. Same for winter, breeze/winds, etc. – Where…
