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Beyond GreenHow Permaculture Can Deepen

Sustainability Practices

October 16, 2014

ModeratorDavid Hall, Ph.D. | Adjunct Professor, Systems Science, Portland State University

Jon Blumenauer | CEO, The Joinery

Sarah Curtis-Fawley | Founder, Pacific Pie CompanyKaren Wolfgang | Founder, Independence Gardens

Kjell van Zoen | Co-Founder & CEO, Plywerk

Beyond Green: How Permaculture Can Deepen Sustainability Practices #GoGreenPDX

Workshop GoalsAgenda

� Intro to Permaculture

� Play with core concepts/tools

� Hear from some business leaders

w/ varying experience

� Converse about opportunities

and challenges

� Brief intro to Permaculture

� Small group time exploring

concepts

� Report back

� Hear from the panel

� More time in small groups

� Report back

� Q&A

� Closing Thoughts


What is Permaculture?



“Sitting at our back doorsteps, all we need to live a good life lies about us. Sun, wind, people, buildings, stones, sea, birds and plants surround us. Cooperation with all these things brings harmony, opposition to them brings disaster and chaos.”

Bill Mollison



� Borrowed heavily from indigenous cultures



� “Permanent Agriculture” “Permanent Culture”

photo credit: Surbana Urban Planning Group



� “Permanent Agriculture” “Permanent Culture”

� A set of core ethics, design principles & techniques for creating “Permanent Culture”

photo credit: Surbana Urban Planning Group


Core Ethics

photo credit: permacultureprinciples.com


Design Principles

photo credit: http://permacultureprinciples.com/


Zones

photo credit: www.enviropaedia.com/topic/default.php?topic_id=186 photo credit: lovelygreens.com

� Position elements for most efficient use of energy.


Sectors

photo credit: www.earthactionmentor.org/articles/20091231

� Orienting to the

energy flows and

forces of the larger

context.


Guilds

photo credit: permacultureguild.org

photo credit: Jesse Tinges

� Fostering symbiotic relationships.


10 minutes to:

� Explore the materials at your table

� Converse about ways to apply the concepts/tools to your organization

� Designate a person to give a 1 minute summary back to the larger group

� Panel will circulate, so feel free to call us over

Small Group Guidelines


Karen WolfgangFounder, Independence Gardens


photo credit: lovelygreens.com

Zones


Sectors

photo credit: earthactionmentor.org


Guilds

photo credit: permacultureguild.org


Kjell van ZoenCo-Founder & CEO, Plywerk

We handcraft our eco-conscious photo display products in our Portland, Oregon workshop with an ethos that is “More Than Just Green.”

StanleyMaggie

A sleek photo display stand

designed with high-powered

magnets and upcycled

Western Walnut.

A gorgeous bamboo photo frame using

magnets & ball-bearings to hold your

photos in place.

Custom Prints on PlywerkWe’ve perfected an easy, elegant, and eco-conscious way to

turn your memories into a work of art without the clunky

frame, glass and mat. We print, mount, and ship your

finished Plywerk right to your door.


Lean

Lean & Permaculture 7 Types of Waste

� Reduce Waste and Maximize Value Added Work through a combination of

Process Management and Continuous Improvement

1. Creatively use and respond to change

aka Process Management and Continuous Improvement

2. Produce no waste

aka Reduce Waste and Maximize Value Added Work

1. Non-Quality2. Over-production3. Waiting4. Transportation5. Inventory6. Motion7. Excess-processing


More Than Just Green

� We are committed to a triple bottom line operating philosophy and in doing so

utilize the four systems conditions of the Natural Step Framework to assess the

life-cycle of every aspect of our business and guide us to make ecologically and

socially responsible choices.


Geami Greenwrap

� Since 2011 we have saved approximately 40,434 sq ft of bubble wrap from

entering our eco-system.


Permaculture


Paradigm Shift

photo credit: sustainabledevelopment.un.org/

The RepoRT of The high-LeveL MeeTing

on WellBeing and Happiness

Defining a

neW economic paradigm

2 apRiL 2012 · UniTeD naTions heaDqUaRTeRs · new YoRk


STANLEY: Locally Sourced

� Sustainably harvested and upcycled

Western Walnut

� Symbiotic relationship


STANLEY: Eco-Friendly Packaging

� Minimal and recyclable packaging

� Versatile: allows product to be used while still in package

� Printed in Portland on 100% post consumer fiber paper, free of chlorine chemistry


STANLEY: All Natural Finish

� Hand-finished with a European-certified, child-safe, all natural renewable oil/wax blend

� Yes, you can chew it!


(Don't) Push This Button

photo credit: moma.org


Jon BlumenauerCEO, The Joinery


Physical & Emotional Well-Being


Small & Slow Solutions


Sense of Place and Purpose


Sarah Curtis-FawleyFounder, Pacific Pie Company


Zone Planning

photo credit: lovelygreens.com


Do Only What is Necessary


Multiply Functions


Improving the Soil


Diversity/Selection of Species


Resistence to Predators and Pests


The Gift Must Travel


10 minutes to:

� Revisit the materials at your table

� Continue conversation about ways to apply the concepts/tools to your organization

� Acknowledge any difficulties & note questions you may have

� Designate a person to give a 1 minute summary back to the larger group

� Panel will circulate, so feel free to call us over

Small Group Guidelines


Closing Thoughts

photo credit: Cecilia Macaulay


Contact Us

Resource List photo credit: Terra Phoenix

� David Hall [email protected]

� Kjell van Zoen [email protected]

� Karen Wolfgang [email protected]

� Jon Blumenauer [email protected]

� Sarah Curtis-Fawley [email protected]

� Permaculture: A Designers Manual by Bill Mollison

� Permaculture: Principles & Pathways Beyond Sustainability by David Holmgren

� permaculturepinciples.com � meetup.com/Portland-Permaculture-Meetup � Google “PDC course” for courses from around the world (PDC = Permaculture Design Certification)

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