to make an ethical choice -- to take responsibility

for our actions on the planet & for future generations

a Human Health Movementeverybody wins

honoring natural expressions

observation

accept feedback

redundancy

functionality

community

LIFE

resiliency

union

connection

sharingaccumulation

practice teaches

co-creation

created by nature works(wearenatureworking.org)

diversity

collect & store energy

functional interconnection

integrate rather than segregate

the problem is the solution

use edges, value the marginal

use & value diversity

operate in zones of great leverage

all hands to work --simple machinery design from patterns

to details

no waste -- only food

more alchemical than the capacity to simply sustain, both permaculture & the planet foster the development

of self-supporting systems that grow in their own fertility, creativity & possibility

clean water, clean air, & healthy soil

whole-systems thinking

inspiration, excitement, connection & fun

Prime Directive:

Themes:

Principles:

Beyond Sustainable:

(an integral piece of)

(that yields)

(utilizing these)

Earth CarePeople Care

Resource Share

Ethics:

a quality of life that makes more of itself possible

the root & fruit of permaculture

nature’s original instructions

... and regeneration ?

to design & engineer an ethical & elegant descent from the peaksof oil, population, & resources

that we now face

Goal:

an art & science of employing life in service of itself

what is permaculture ?

what’s permaculture again?

(y)our integrated approach to a safer, saner world

(driven by these)

(with a)

(and at least one clear)

(one that is)

a vision of abundance

a design methodology

Earth-centered human culture

a network; a community

a synthesis of disciplines

applied common sense

a toolbox for regenerative living

So,

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CULTURAL ENGINE-- Philadelphia --

a

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Vision

Themes

Goals

Streams

ProjectsProgram Elements

Program Yields

Future

Summary

CONTENTS

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Cultural Engines empower communities to serve themselves,

by cultivating visionary local leadership;

creating pathways to access the unique & essential gifts in everyone;

& by driving a wider cultural paradigm-shift forward.

(one of abundance)

VISION

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THEMES

Share what you have been given

for the benefit of all.(activities)

- Family Investment -

- Urban Reclamation -

- Regenerative Enterprise -

-  Growing Community & Food -

(practices)

-  Work w/nature spirits -

-  Transparency -

- Co-Creation -

(ancient)

-  Follow your Heart -

-  Recognize & Gather existing

Indigenous Wisdom -

- Affluence & Abundance

is a Natural State of Being -

(larger baskets)

-  Gardens that Heal -

- Living Systems -

- Gift Culture -

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PATH:

- We feel the love, joy & nourishment inherent in this work.- We grow together a culture & practice of permaculture

& regeneration.- We affirm life in all its expressions & forms.- We link & weave our efforts to other home spaces --

& to our greater web of connected communities.- We plant seeds & watch them grow.- We heal & collaborate.- We build & grow connected, loving human community.

PRACTICES:

- We utilize our core gifts & discover new ones.- We transcend binary fields.- We express our honest appreciation of the service of allwho serve.- We face our unknown fates with loving abandon.- We co-create whatever unfolds.- We engage in myriad forms of union.- We create wealth & add value to all realms of capital.- We model our family after commonalities of earth-centered cultures across the world & across time.

GOALSTEAM:

- We find happiness in sharing more of our lives & works together.- We help one another to fulfill individual & collective goals.- We find vital engagement & collective collaboration.- We push our growing edges & support all in that practice.- We help one other create wealth & celebrate the success of all.- We self-organize into nested, whole units of commitment & responsibility- We practice clear, open communication & honesty.- We question practices & directives -- & agitate for evolution.- We feel our unity beneath our awesome diversity.- We create & offer safe spaces to explore our individual & collective human experiences.

INCLUSION:

- We practice Radical Inclusivity & Radical Hospitality.- We honor, embrace & utilize each of our unique talents & skills.

WHAT ELSE? WHAT ARE YOURS?

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STREAMS

Permaculture

Nature Connection

D.I.O. (do it ourselves)

Radical Queer

Living Systems Architecture

Local

Yoga

Food

Ecosystem Design

Foraging

8 Shields

Life Design

‘the work that reconnects’

Regenerative Economies

Gardens

(Contexts)

(Practices)Regenerative

Enterprise

(Realms)

(Disciplines)

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PROJECTS

Community Supported Kitchen

Radical Cultivation of an Urban Lot

Two Public Eventsin the Summer & Fall

mapping

design

harvesting

plantingtending

cooking

sharing

sharing abundance

sharing skills

sharing selves

feeding

sharing vision

eating

loving

growing

sharing excitement

celebrating

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PROGRAM COMPOSITION

EXPLORING REGENERATIONContextualization.  Goal Setting.

GAIA STORYFlows.  Strategies.  Consciousness.  Patterning.

Elements :  EARTH & WATERSustenance & Support.  Fluidity & Adaptation.  Food.  Culture.  Physicality.  Gender.  Sexuality.

Elements :  WIND & FIREExpression, Breath, & Open Systems.  Passion & Spirit Connection.

Language & Spirit.

LIFE DESIGNCo-Created Exploration.   Conscious Application of the Patterns

& Principles of Healthy Ecologies in Our Lives Together.

COMMUNITY / NEW CULTUREExplorations & Case Studies in Contemporary Indigenous Cultures.

BIRTH, LIFE, DEATH, RENEWAL, TRANSITIONPatterns Distillation.  Learnings Harvest.  

Application of Pattern Languages.

REGENERATION CURRICULUM

GARDEN TEAMS

KITCHEN TEAMS

EVENT TEAMS

SUPPORT STRUCTURES

(Participants remain at choice about which areas

on which they may focus)

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YIELDS OF PROGRAM

- an established regenerative practice -

- our unique & essential qualities amplified with the strength, harmony, & grace of the

natural world coursing through us -

- greater personal & communal health -

- delicious food -

- finding our unique

contemporary indigenous -

- healthy soil -

- seeding an empire of regenerative industry -

C.E.

C.E.

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FUTURE

This is a training program.

Beautiful performance wherein positions one to occupy a position on crews doing this work -- adding value to naturally abundant sources of beauty & productivity --

in any of a growing number of international landed communities (currently) in:

Peru, Sicily, Costa Rica, Italy, Philadelphia, & Lesvos.

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SUMMARY

• Cultural Engine weaves a container in which we may develop core leadership skills, as we learn to bring the work of regeneration to all of our Home communities.

• The program begins June 3rd -- & will run until November.

• Participants will learn hard skills in building, permaculture, organic gardening, community event production, & environmental education -- & remain at choice about areas of focus.

• The installation of a food system & the creation of a Community Supported Kitchen at the Starship Lollipop are the program’s feature projects -- alongside the creation of two seasonal celebration events.

• Graduates emerge inspired, broadly-skilled, de facto community leaders, & comprise a troupe of social entrepreneurs. 

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Union

Community

Diversity

Sharing

Functionality

Practice Teaches

LIFE

Resiliency

Co-Creation

Honor Natural Expressions

Everyone Wins

Connection

Slow Accumulation

Nesting Systems(fractals)

Themes of Regeneration

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Union

Community

Diversity

Sharing

Functionality

Practice Teaches

LIFE

Resiliency

Co-Creation

Honor Natural Expressions

Everyone Wins

Connection

Slow Accumulation

Nesting Systems(fractals)

Social / Invisible Structures

Open SourceEverything

Team(work)

Release

Choice - to PushEnvelope

Team(building)(Ecosystem)Building

Integrity

PRACTICE

A New Culture

AcceptFeedback

Use Edges, Value the Marginal

Find Points of Leverage

Themes + Needs

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(what if the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle grew & developed relationships over time?)

Niche Analysis & Ecosystem Design

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Where are you now?And how are you growing?

What are your Needs, Yields, Core Behaviors, and

Intrinsic Strengths?

Personal Niche Analysis

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Rancho Mastatal -- Costa RicaThe Before

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Rancho Mastatal The ‘a little later’

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Washington Park -- Hudson County, NJa Permaculture Learning Garden

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a little later...

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The Starship Lollipop -- West PhiladelphiaThe Before

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The Starship Lollipop -- West Philadelphia

We will see -- & we will build it together.

a little later....

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& from just one..

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.. we grow a mycelial network of living systems.

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Thank You

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