Conference 6 of 8 of the Introduction to Integral Permaculture series by NodoEspiral of the Permaculture Academy. See www.PermaCultureScience.com for other conferences and audio to this one.

1. fuente: The Ecologist Magazine Tidal Range Sewage & Landfill Gas Offshore Wind Small Hydro Onland Wind Large Hydro Concentrated Solar Tidal Currents Waves Solid Biomass Thermo-Solar Photovoltaic Conventional Coal GeoThermic Nuclear Heat Pumps Clean Coal BioDiesel Ethanol Tar Sands

5. What is a technology?

6. What is a technology individual collective Internal external Something that changes energy from one form to another The application of science Something that can change the course of history Something that changes the way we see things & enables or disables us

8. Watts Engine The Industrial Era Changes in habitat, employment, times & attitudes Heat > Kinetic energy Thermodynamics mechanics 1800 individual collective Internal external Something that changes energy from one form to another The application of science Something that can change the course of history Something that changes the way we see things & enables or disables us

9. internet 1969 The Integral Epoch? Or Planetarisation Changes in thinking, times, education, knowledge & attitudes Computers & ideas > communication Cybernetics, electronics, communications science individual collective Internal external Something that changes energy from one form to another The application of science Something that can change the course of history Something that changes the way we see things & enables or disables us

11. The Leaf individual collective Internal external Something that changes energy from one form to another The application of science Something that can change the course of history Something that changes the way we see things & enables or disables us

18. - biological - emotional - spiritual - conservation - environment - economy - materials - technologies - energy GOOD DESIGN People Care Earth Care Reduce Consum-ption Good (appropriate) technologies Satisfy REAL human needs Makes optimum use of RESOURCES Takes into account global & long-term COSTS (7 generations)

20. Howard Odum PermaCultureInstitute.pbwiki.com/HowardO Ecologist – “Energy Basis for Man and Nature” – a very important base of PermaCulture 1) Ecosystems as energy flows 2) Incorporating living & non-living elements 3) Incorporating human systems & economies as integral parts of the natural world

21. Propone una Tercera Ley de la Energía Odum proposes a Third Energy Law: “the systems that survive in competition amongst alternatives are those who develop more power (ratio of flow of energy) toward their interiors & use this for their survival needs.” (6 criteria) Fractals, attractors 3 rd Law Of Life 1 st Law 2 nd Law

23. Places to Intervene in a System 9. Numbers 8. Material stocks and flows 7. Regulating negative feedback loops 6. Driving positive feedback loops 5. Information flows 4. The rules of the system (incentives, punishments, constraints) 3. The power of self-organization 2. The goals of the system 1. The mindset or paradigm out of which the system arises

24. 1. The mindset or paradigm out of which the system arises 9. Numbers 8. Material stocks and flows 7. Regulating negative feedback loops 6. Driving positive feedback loops 5. Information flows 4. The rules of the system (incentives, punishments, constraints) 3. The power of self-organization 2. The goals of the system

26. Resources Technology Systems People Culture We have technologies for increasing Collective Intelligence (= the capacity to give fresh & effective responses to changing circumstance = the power of self-organisation) & we can design with them

27. Resources PRACTICAL tools for developing Collective Intelligence, decrease inefficiency, support evolution of the group

28. Resources PRACTICAL tools for developing Collective Intelligence, decrease inefficiency, support evolution of the group The 6 Thinking Hats & other tools The 7 Criteria for Original Collective Intelligence of Noubel (self-organising groups, emerging themes)

29. People PRACTICAL & coherent tools for developing Individual Intelligence, decrease irrationality, support personal development, etc.

30. ecoescucha.net People PRACTICAL & coherent tools for developing Individual Intelligence, decrease irrationality, support personal development, etc. EcoListening: Personal & Collective Evolution Listening Hands Affection

31. Technology Systems A systemic understanding of our blind-spots & ‘usual’ communication problems: good maps & models that don’t blame & give practical answers

32. A systemic understanding of our blind-spots & ‘usual’ communication problems: good maps & models that don’t blame & give practical answers Eg. Stages in the formation of communities & professional group (Scott Peck & others) Technology Systems real community emptyness chaos pseudo-community performing norming storming forming

33. Culture No need to “ re-invent the wheel”: “ Local Agenda 21 ” is still The conversation of the century participate!

34. Sustainable Development is that which satisfies the needs of the present without compromising the hability of future generations to satisfy its necessities. (United Nations, Bruntdland Commission )‏ “ No nation can achieve this by itself, but together we can, in a global association for sustainsble development” Environ- mental Social Economic “ the big Three” WE ME THEM Local Agenda 21 is the Theory, Permacultura is the Practice (& the Transition Movement a great collective expression of this)

35. “ The greatest challenges for humanity are not hunger, poverty, peace, public health, education, the economy, natural resources, nor a combination of these or other matters ... but our capacity to build new social organizations able to provide the solutions Our greatest challenge is Collective Intelligence” Jean Francoise Noubel Intelligent Groups

36. the PDC+++ as a shared social & cultural context An invitation to take an ACTIVE & informed part in a planetary evolutionary dialogue Designed to be multiplied & support Transition Groups or sustainability projects, eco-villages ALL types ! Very important now Culture Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead