PDC+++ Module 4 Class 2. Resources

Energy & EcoTechnologyModule 4 of the PDC+++PDC

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+We dedicate this Module to the Mother &

Father of Integral Permaculture: Dana Meadows & Howard Odum, two original

pioneers who helped humanity make great strides in understanding systemic

thinking, in all four quadrants.

We could say that the key to the sustainability of any society (or indeed any design) is simply to make optimum use of resources - so this is a very important subject to clarify for ourselves as designers. In this class we

will explore how often, instead of using rational criteria for appropriateness when choosing resources (materials, fuels or technologies), like energy

trade-off, we tend to use subjective & superficial criteria, like appearance, fashion & emotional attachments. This class is about how we can learn

to make wiser judgements & choices in these matters.

Class M4.2

Resources

M4.2 How can we make optimum use of resources?

Hierarchies of resources

Invisible resources

8rs and Emergy

Resources culture

We've already met this "Scale of Resources"

0) cause pollution if NOT used, all our 'junk'

1) INCREASE by modest use,

Cut-&-come-again salads, information, creativity

2) UNAFFECTED by useReturned water (hydroplant),well managed ecosystems, a view,

good climate …

3) DISAPPEAR/ DEGRADE if not used waste water, crop

failure, fish-escapes

4) REDUCED by use natural forests, coal, oil, poorly-

managed marine and forestry resources

5) POLLUTE if used pesticides, nuclear, oil, scorn,

contempt ...

& established that the general direction of

Evolution seems to be Up this way

very useful ...but not so simple

RESOURCES

Energies coming into our system –

Sun, wind, rain, people …

Some are needed to keep the system

Surplus = YIELD

trade

conserve

Too much = pollution

COMMON HERITAGE

Forests, water, soils, air, seeds …

PEOP

LE

work

CLASSIFICATION - For analysis of USE - RESULTS





good climate …






contempt ...Managing resources - regulate all uses to create a sustainable harvest

Use 4 y 5 only to create

infrastructure

Useful Reserves RESOURCES

living componentsAnd technology

ENERGY ACCOUNTING =KEY in sustainable design

Destructo-Culture Cup of Tea

resources pollutionconsume

This is what we attempt to re-design

in general

Perma-Cultural Cup of Tea

resource

pollution

prosumers

other resources

appropiatetechnology

Perma-Cultural Planet

Sustainability at small scale ... as in big scale ... meansthat a system creates or stores more energy in its life than what is needed to create & maintain it

In Generalwhen we design for more sustainability

we attempt to avoid or transform LINEAR systems

to more CYCLICAL

the Principle of Cycling Energy

reminds us of thisalso

MiniMax

& the MultiFuncion one

very Cyclical, of MultiFunctioning

an Example

waterwater

BEERBEERgrainsgrains

used used grainsgrains

water water wastewaste

feedfeed

desechodesechos s

(basura)(basura)

not digestible= pollution (methane)

more waste

waste

eg. of a conventional semi-industrial process (linear)

0) cause pollution if NOT used



waterwater

BEERBEERgrainsgrains

granos granos usadosusados

substratsubstratoo

SETASSETASused used

substratesubstratefeedfeed

PIGSPIGSBREABREADD

water water wastewaste

wastewaste

digestodigestorr

agaeagae

FISHFISH

GASGAS

sustainable semi-industrial process (cyclical)

waste >more produce

+ more employment

RESOURCES

Energies coming into our system –

Sun, wind, rain, people …





good climate …






contempt ...

Useful Reserves RESOURCES

living components& technology

Use 4 y 5 only to create

infrastructure

Another important type of "Resource Scale"

we DEDUCE by doing a PMI

Analysis of Elements

of MATERIALS

ideal to use in each different Series of

Circumstances

> M4.2 Materials

servesREAL

human needs

makes very good

use ofRESOURCES

keeps in mind

global &long-term

COSTS

GOOD DESIGN

- biological

- emotional

- spiritual

- conservation

- environment

- economy

- materials

- technologies

- energy

íntegrates ALL this

& normally we don't consider this under "Scale of Resources" ...... But it is:

Who Has More?

& How does the System self-organize in order to conserve

inequalities?

> M4.2 Stealing Resources

A CENTRAL subject for Integral Designers,

which we will continue developing in this course >> VITAL

Things

Systems &

Technologies

People

Culture

& the SCALE that determines WHO* has more ACCESS to resources ... is so rooted because it operates where we LEAST expect it

All "Resource Scales" operate in all quadrants

a Social Model (RC) owning class

working class

sexism

classismracism

adultism/ageism

isolated BY OPRESSIONS (which are combinations of PATTERNS)

ISOLATION is the pattern we perceive

but INSIDE each group there is also tension

Internalized Oppression

External Oppression (institutions & people who limit & batter us from outside)

(patterns that limit & batter us from the inside)

LOTS OF PRESSURE!!

eg. adultismsexismracismclassism...

“the first world”

“the third world”

a pattern that repeats at various scales

GLOBAL

If you want to SEE oppression, you only need to follow the FLOW of

RESOURCES

“owning class”

“working class”

REGIONAL


>> prejudices are the crux of the operative system that controls all this:

our(subconscious)ideas of who DESERVES more

... & LESS

& it seems like we all participate in this 'equilibrium'

Things

Systems &

Technologies

People

Culture

10%

INDIVIDUAL


if you want to SEE oppression, just

follow the FLOW of RESOURCES

DON'T stay in what 'seems reasonable' at first impressions

also LOOK for SYMMETRY(if cycles complete)

He who allows oppression shares the crime.

-Desiderius Erasmus& the whole comes with self-regulation

systems

> toward liberation

but we BLOCKtheir functioning

repressing the expression of

emotions that we call 'negative' So Intelligence

+ educationare key

resources

http://www.famousquotesabout.com/on/Allows

http://www.famousquotesabout.com/on/Oppression

http://www.famousquotesabout.com/on/Shares

http://www.famousquotesabout.com/on/Shares

http://www.famousquotesabout.com/on/Crime

How do we design for INCLUSION & CO-OPERATION?

The 7 Fs of People's Needs

FoodFuelFibreFodderFertilizerFarmacy& Fun

(& why the idea of "fair

shares" isn't all that useful)

And definitly THIS escale also exists

That goberns IF you get to make good

use of resources

and ¿What goberns it?

And so important are INVISIBLE resources

When I mean to do something and really work

to get it, I'm gonna make it

I won't do it

I can't do it

I wanna do it!

How can I do it?

I will try to do it

I can do it!

I will make it!

I did it!!!


Hierarchy of resources

Invisible resources

8rs and Emergy

Resources culture

Creativity, intelligence, ideas, wisdom, knowledge...

all are Invisible Resources that we will re-visit in more detail in class 4.8

(Social Capital)

Here we want to focus on the Integral Approach to invisible resources

Things

Systems &Technologies

People

Culture

We have technologies that foster intelligence (= The ability to give fresh and effective answers to changing circumstances)

And we can design with them

Things

PRACTICAL tools to enhance collective intelligence, reduce inefficiency, support group development, etc.

The 7 Criteriafor Original Collective

Intelligencefrom Noubel

(self-organized groups, emergent issues...)

Resources

PRACTICAL tools to enhance collective intelligence, reduce inefficiency, support group development, etc.The 6 Thinking

Hats

People

PRACTICAL and coherent tools to enhance individual intelligence, reduce irrationality, support personal development, etc.

People

ecoescucha.net

PRACTICAL and coherent tools to enhance individual intelligence, reduce irrationality, support personal development, etc.


A systemic understanding of our “blind spots” and usual communication problems: good maps or models that don't blame and give practical and feasible answers + the hardware that facilitate communication.


eg. Phases in the formation of communities and professional groups (Scott Peck and others)

A systemic understanding of our “blind spots” and usual communication problems: good maps or models that don't blame and give practical and feasible answers + the hardware that facilitate the communication.

Culture

There is no need to“re-invent the wheel”:

“Local Agenda 21” is still The conversation

of the centuryjoin in!



Invisible resources

8rs and Emergy

Resources culture

Inspired

The de-growth movement

2º law of thermodynamics

Dana MeadowsNicholas

Georgescu-Roegen

• The snail constructs its shell by adding ever increasing spirals• Then it abruptly stops• Just one additional spiral would make the shell 16 x bigger • This would overload the snail

Recycle

Re-evaluate

Re-conceptualizeRestructureRe-localize

Re-distribute

Reuse

Reduce

8 Rs from the de-growth movement

Re-conceptualize

Re-evaluate

Re-distribute

Re-localize

ReduceReuse

Normally we hear these ones

Could there be a natural succession here?

Restructure

Recycle

We are not in “flatland”For any given

reality there are quadrants,

levels, lines, states...

We have to take this into

account

if we want to design the

Transition in an effective way

Re-cycleWhat are we

doing with our wastes?

Quite easy to implement, there are no need of great changes in our lifestyles,

values or worldview

ReuseWhat else could we

do with this?

Some changes are needed, maybe we have to learn some

new skills :-)

More pro-activity needed

ReduceDo we really need this?

Here we start to challenge ourselves on what are our real

needs, lifestyle, etc...

It's the first “re-conceptualization”: it requires

facing our addiction

RelocalizeFrom

where are our

resources taken?

Re-evaluateWhat is

quality of life?

“Me” paradigm

My family, my tribe, my country

“We” paradigm

All species in the planet

Re-structure

Our whole economic system is built around

continuous growth

- less resource use >> less employment

On which kind of resources do we depend?

It is structural changes that seem to lead in changing values & world-views

Leavers

Takers

Re-conceptualizeWhat are our visions & values?

Re-distributeWhat, how, where, to whom ... ?

We can't know what

the re-distributio

n of resources would look

like ... in a sustainable planet



Invisible resources

8rs and Emergy

Resources culture

The Story of Jean & Ida Pain

A good example

of living another Resource Culture

& Why is this system not better known?

> M4.2 Jean Pain

& also of how our culture rejects great

innovation

• Heated water to 60 C

• at a rate of 4litres/min

• for washing and heating

• distilled methane to run

• an electricity generator

• cooking elements

• & power their truck

• produced 100% of their home energy needs

o

1964Aim: "to enable a

family of extremely modest means first to get by and then live

normally in the forest"

Motivation of Design:Concerned with the devastation of the

Mediterranean forest by fire & wanting to reverse

the dehumification of soils caused by

agriculture

Another Kind of Garden, by Ida and Jean PainFirst published in 1973, fifth edition by 1979

This was the basic set-up, all quite low-tech:

shredded woodshredded wood

forestforestcleared of brushwoodcleared of brushwood

(fire prevention)(fire prevention)

biogasgardengarden

(no (no watering watering needed)needed)

compost

cooking

transport

electricity

heat

waterhome

food

This is how it worked

5 days of work, shredding 50t of brushwood >> enough for the whole

year's household needs

informationinformation

forestforestcleared of brushwoodcleared of brushwood

(fire prevention)(fire prevention)

0) cause pollution if NOT used - waste materials can be used for the biodigestor parts + the machinery can all be re-cycled from waste

parts1) INCREASE by modest

use - their garden production, the soil quality improves year

by year, but mainly the information & creativity +

collective intelligence

2) UNAFFECTED by use"a well managed ecosystem" is a

good description of a forest harvested in this way: no trees are

cut, only lower branches & the more rapidly regenerating shrub

layer (cleared not cut)

3) DISAPPEAR/ DEGRADE if not used - arguably, some of the

materials from the wood (composting conserves nutrients), but mainly the heat & methane 'by-

product' of fermentation

4) REDUCED by usethe petrol used + the materials of their house, machines, etc. which are of this type (metals, etc.), IF

brought new

5) POLLUTE if used all industrially-built machinery, car, etc., IF brought new +50

gallons of petrol used to transport & shred materials

gardengarden(no (no

watering)watering)

< how much petrol?

re-usedmaterials

• Contemporaries of Bill Mollison

• they developed an ingenious working system, & published, but ...

• it never achieved much notoriety – why? Maybe...

• didn't speak English

• lived in a rural setting

• not attached to a university

• people of modest means

• Jean didn't have the personality to also be an 'outreach person'

• & if Ida had, she could not have used it

What are the 'inner

quadrant' parts of this

story?

Invisible Resources are the critical factor for our future survival

& prosperity as a culture, as a society

A Resource Culture will

VALUE & cherish pioneers &

innovators like the good soil of a

culture that they are



Invisible resources

8rs and Emergy

Resources culture

PDC+++ Module 4 Class 2. Resources

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