Permaculture Design. For Resilient Human Habitats. By Warren Brush Washington DC January 2015

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1 Permaculture Design For Resilient Human Habitats By Warren Brush Washington DC January 2015 Whole Systems Consideration and Integration Pattern Literacy Climate Specific Soil Building Regenerative Fertility Water and Nutrient Cycling

2 Using Biological Resources Using Biological Resources Using Small Scale Intensive Energy Efficient Planning Multiple Elements Permaculture is an whole systems ethical design process that draws from science, indigenous understanding and natural patterning Energy Cycling Accelerating Succession Multiple Functions Relative Location Design Methodologies Edge Harmonics Attitudinal Principles Care of the Earth Care of the People Return of Surplus

3 Community Engagement Data Gathering Interpretation Observation & Assessment Feedback Integration Permaculture Design Process Element Analysis Slope Analysis Relative Placement Sector Analysis Zone Analysis Permaculture methodologies are a scaleable tool that is sensibly applied in site specific applications to rural, peri-urban and urban sites of human settlement

4 Small Farmholding Development - Kenya Former 5 acre dump site for neighboring highdensity, low-income community Poor soil structure and nutrient profile

5 Initial Design Process Assembled for Site Design process was initiated for the site

6 Earthworking Strategies Slowing Entropy Basis of Soil Building

7 Benefits of Earth Shaping Erosion mitigation Water/nutrient harvesting and reticulation Micro-climate creation Perennial planting structure

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9 Alley cropping agroforestry system with perennials and annual production

10 Resource Identification and Waste integration using BIOGAS DIGESTERS

11 Nutrition per square meter of planting is nearly 10x that of a mono crop system

12 Mulches, support species (nutrient fixing, etc.), perennial and annuals, earthworks, and patterning create soil building systems

13 Animal integration is essential for healthy and effective nutrient cycling.

14 Practical Application of Permaculture Design Three years of soil building and growth

15 WARREN BRUSH casitasvalley.com pri-kenya.com quailsprings.org

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18 Community Engagement Data Gathering Linking Wealth to Ecological and Social Equitability Local Cultural and Social Relevance (Shelter, Water, Energy, Food, Economics/Exchange, Governance, Unseen Patterns) Gathering Data on Land Use, Cadastral Information, Topography, Soil Profile and Consistency, Watershed History, Weather Patterns, Precipitation, Social Patterns, Disturbance History, Plant Stock and Seed Access, Cooking and Nutrition Patterns, Resource Assessment, etc

19 Site Observation Varied periods of time and season Different vantage points Non-judgemental observations noted

20 Element Analysis Relative placement Each function needs to be supported by at least three elements Each element needs to support at least three functions

21 Zone Analysis

22 Sector Analysis Element placement in relation to external energies

23 Slope Analysis Nutrient cascade Water flow Energy/gravity Microclimate

24 Feedback Integration Pulling the design altogether Creating feedback benchmarks Staging design