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
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
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
Small Farmholding Development - Kenya Former 5 acre dump site for neighboring highdensity, low-income community Poor soil structure and nutrient profile
Initial Design Process Assembled for Site Design process was initiated for the site
Earthworking Strategies Slowing Entropy Basis of Soil Building
Benefits of Earth Shaping Erosion mitigation Water/nutrient harvesting and reticulation Micro-climate creation Perennial planting structure
Alley cropping agroforestry system with perennials and annual production
Resource Identification and Waste integration using BIOGAS DIGESTERS
Nutrition per square meter of planting is nearly 10x that of a mono crop system
Mulches, support species (nutrient fixing, etc.), perennial and annuals, earthworks, and patterning create soil building systems
Animal integration is essential for healthy and effective nutrient cycling.
Practical Application of Permaculture Design Three years of soil building and growth
WARREN BRUSH www.permaculturedesign.us warrenbrush@mac.com 805-729-8131 casitasvalley.com pri-kenya.com quailsprings.org
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
Site Observation Varied periods of time and season Different vantage points Non-judgemental observations noted
Element Analysis Relative placement Each function needs to be supported by at least three elements Each element needs to support at least three functions
Zone Analysis
Sector Analysis Element placement in relation to external energies
Slope Analysis Nutrient cascade Water flow Energy/gravity Microclimate
Feedback Integration Pulling the design altogether Creating feedback benchmarks Staging design