My contribution to the 'community' session of a PDC, summer, 2012.

1. Permaculture, Polyculture, Community and
Cooperation:
Harry Wykman,
P EACETREE P ERMACULTURE
PDC, H ILTON, 5th of April, 2012
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2. An Alternative
Nation
y Science and
Society
Social Patterns
Polyculture and
Community
Cooperation,
Commonwork and
Community An Alternative Nation
*
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3. Permaculture, Science and Society
An Alternative
Nation
y Science and
Society
Social Patterns
Polyculture and
Community
Cooperation,
Commonwork and
Community
*
“Just as we can select a global
range of plants for a garden, we
can select from all extant ethics
and beliefs those elements that
we see to be sustainable, use-
ful, beneficial to life and to our
community.” — Mollison [1988,
p. 507]
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4. An Alternative
Nation
Social Patterns
y Marauding Ants
y State Capitalism
y A Garden City
y An Australian Plan
y The Analogy of
Flow
y Small-mart Social Patterns
Polyculture and
Community
Cooperation,
Commonwork and
Community
*
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5. Patterns of Exploitation
An Alternative
Nation q The dedritic raiding
Social Patterns pattern of ’army ants’
y Marauding Ants
y State Capitalism
(Eciton burchelli) Ball
y A Garden City [2011, pp, 147-50]
y An Australian Plan
y The Analogy of
Flow
y Small-mart
Polyculture and
Community
Cooperation,
Commonwork and
Community
*
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6. Patterns of Exploitation
An Alternative
Nation
Transport networks, land use Such a pattern has been previ-
and the location of central ously recognized as a dendritic
Social Patterns
y Marauding Ants
places in Western Australia draining pattern focused on
y State Capitalism
were clearly set up to ef- supplying an overseas mar-
y A Garden City ficiently direct regional re- ket . . . It could be ar-
y An Australian Plan sources into the British sup-
y The Analogy of
gued that Western Australia has
ply and distribution network.
Flow never achieved core status . . .
y Small-mart
Raw materials are removed effi-
Polyculture and
Community ciently from WA by multinational
Cooperation,
companies who pay only a frac-
Commonwork and tion of their worth to the Aus-
Community
tralian and state governments
*
... and the Western Aus-
tralian built landscape is still
shaped as a drainage system
. . . ” — Nayton [2011, pp, 53-4]
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7. Patterns of Stability — Ebenezer Howard’s
Garden City
An Alternative
Nation
Social Patterns
y Marauding Ants
y State Capitalism
y A Garden City
y An Australian Plan
y The Analogy of
Flow
y Small-mart
Polyculture and
Community
Cooperation,
Commonwork and
Community
*
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9. The Analogy of Flow
An Alternative
Nation
Exploitation — Drainage Stability — Circulation
Social Patterns
y Marauding Ants
y State Capitalism
y A Garden City
y An Australian Plan
y The Analogy of
Flow
y Small-mart
Polyculture and
Community
Cooperation,
Commonwork and
Community
*
Leonardo da Vinci, ’Study in Perpetual Motion’,
Source: Google Maps
Forster Codex, Volume II-2, 91v, 1495-97.
Museum no. F.141 Volume II-2 V91 (Forster)
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10. The Small-Mart Revolution
An Alternative
Nation
Local is what goes around
Social Patterns
y Marauding Ants “The more times a dollar cir-
y State Capitalism
culates within a defined ge-
y A Garden City
y An Australian Plan ographic area and the faster
y The Analogy of it circulates without leaving
Flow
y Small-mart
that area, the more income,
Polyculture and
wealth and jobs it generates.”
Community Shuman [2007, p. 41]
Cooperation,
Commonwork and
Community “The healthiest economy is both
* self-reliant and a strong ex-
porter. Meet as many of your
“Local businesses yield two own needs as possible, then
to four times the multiplier compete globally with a di-
benefit as comparable nonlocal versity of products.” Shuman
businesses.” Shuman [2007, p. [2007, p. 51]
49]
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11. An Alternative
Nation
Social Patterns
Polyculture and
Community
y The scandal of
sunlight
y overyielding
polyculture
Cooperation, Polyculture and Community
Commonwork and
Community
*
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12. The scandal of sunlight
An Alternative
Nation
Social Patterns
Polyculture and
Community
y The scandal of
sunlight
y overyielding
polyculture
Cooperation,
Commonwork and
Community
*
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13. The scandal of sunlight
An Alternative
Nation
Social Patterns
Polyculture and
Community
y The scandal of
sunlight
y overyielding
polyculture
Cooperation,
Commonwork and
Community
*
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15. An Alternative
Nation
Social Patterns
Polyculture and
Community
Cooperation,
Commonwork and
Community
y Mollison on Love Cooperation, Commonwork and
y Cooperation
y Commonwork Community
y Community
y References
*
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16. We’ve Given up on Love
An Alternative
Nation
Bill Mollison on Community: q Cooperation
Social Patterns
Polyculture and
Community
“We’ve given 3 manufacturing
Cooperation,
Commonwork and
Community
up on love.” q Commonwork, and
y Mollison on Love
y Cooperation — Bill Mollison, 1983 3 land-based work
y Commonwork
y Community
y References
tape 21b 40:50
q Communities of Mu-
*
tual Aid (Extended
Families)
3 households based
on friendship, work
affinity or lifestage
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17. Cooperation
An Alternative
Nation
Cooperative Principles:
Social Patterns q 1st Principle: Voluntary q 7th Principle: Concern
Polyculture and and Open Membership for Community
Community
Cooperation, q 2nd Principle: Demo- T HE R OCHDALE P IONEER ’ S
Commonwork and
Community cratic Member Control C O - OPERATIVE S OCIETY stated
y Mollison on Love
their aim:
y Cooperation q 3rd Principle: Member
y Commonwork Economic Participation "The as soon as practicable,
y Community
y References
this Society shall proceed to
q 4th Principle: Autonomy arrange the powers of pro-
*
and Independence duction, distribution, educa-
tion and government; or, in
q 5th Principle: Education,
other words, to establish a
Training
self-supporting home colony of
q 6th Principle: Co- united interests, or assist other
operation among Co- societies in establishing such
operatives colonies."
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18. Commonwork — Layers of land-based or
low-overhead livelihoods
An Alternative
Nation
Palimpsest
Social Patterns “We can all seek for right wider group, and some in
Polyculture and livelihood to do work that as- relaxation-celebration is ideal;
Community
sists in caring for the earth or few achieve it.” Mollison [1988,
Cooperation,
Commonwork and other people, work that is con- p. 533]
Community gruent with our beliefs.
y Mollison on Love
y Cooperation
When we discuss the princi-
y Commonwork ples of “commonwork”, or study
y Community the varies roles of an idividual
y References in a village, we can see that
* no person is just a miner, or
clerk, or banker, but that on
different days one can be a
banker, forester, bee-keeper,
writer, printer, or carpenter ...
In modern life, some time spent
in primary production or in man-
ufacture, some in service to a
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19. Community
An Alternative
Nation q Organic Community
Social Patterns
Polyculture and 3 workplace
Community
Cooperation, 3 neighbourhood
Commonwork and
Community
y Mollison on Love
y Cooperation
y Commonwork
y Community
y References
*
q Housing Cooperative
q Commune
q Ecovillage
q Cohousing
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20. References
An Alternative
Nation
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Community
References
Cooperation,
Commonwork and
Community Philip Ball. Shapes: Nature’s Patterns: A Tapestry in Three
y Mollison on Love
y Cooperation
Parts. Oxford University Press, USA, Jul 2011.
y Commonwork
y Community B Mollison. Permaculture : a designer’s manual. Tagari
y References
Publications, Tyalgum Australia, 1988. ISBN
*
9780908228010.
Gaye Nayton. The Archaeology of Market Capitalism: A
Western Australian Perspective. Springer, Apr 2011.
Michael H. Shuman. The Small-Mart Revolution: How Local
Businesses Are Beating the Global Competition.
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Aug 2007.
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21. Credits
This document, authored by Harry Wykman is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia License.
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