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10/22/07 Two videos from past Bioneers -List Main Points -How does it relate to Permaculture Design

Video #1: William Mcdonough- Bioneers 2000

Main points:

It’s time for some new designs
Two fundamental questions we keep asking ourselves while we’re designing:
1. How do we love all of the children of all species for all time
2. When do we become native to this place, when do we become indigenous people
We need to own the tragedies including pollution, global warming, etc. to compose strategies of change
Its time for a new revolution
The fact that we have a full range of legal conditions allowing people to put chemicals in products, pollute, etc. is insane from a design perspective
Coming out of enlightenment of natural rights, rights of nature
Today, we look at rights of nature and endangered ecosystems. We need to understand what nature is
Nature-things that are immutable, things too big for humans to affect- But they can be affected by humans, so its time for a new design
The idea of ‘away’ has gone away
All sustainability is local
The people will lead
Designers must become leaders, leaders must become designers
Waste equals food, Use current solar income, Respect Diversity
Using too much stuff over time. Need to use less
Time to celebrate the natural world, and the children coming into the world
All generation after generation to be sustainable to have life, liberty, and the persuit of happiness

The definition of Permaculture Design is a system of assembling conceptual, material, and strategic components in a pattern, which functions to benefit life in all its forms. It seeks to provide a sustainable and secure place for living things on this earth. Permaculuture Design is the answer, and the action needed to succeed and eliminate all of the issues that William Mcdonough addressed. It possesses the proper design needed to maintain and conserve all aspects of life. This replaces depletion, pollution, and waste with sustainability, harmony, and stability for life in the present, and the future. The points addressed in the video brought to surface the imperative need for a change. His speech encompassed the very ethics and principles of Permaculture. We need to work with nature not against it. Is time to take care of the people by taking care of the world.

Video #2- Paul Hawken-at Bioneers 2006

Main Points:

Most diverse movement the world has ever seen. So vast and wide spreading. Indegnenous culture environment, social justice movement
The coming world- the groups are endless all over the world in every country
Humanities immune response to resist and to heal from political disease, economic infection, and ecological corruption caused by ideologies
Possibilites and solutions-humankind knows what to do

This endless list that Paul Hawken speaks about contains all of the movements all over the world seeking solutions to the many problems we still possess. It’s about addressing the need for a change, a revolution to revise the current functioning of the earth. The ripple of awakening persists on with mounting strength with the ideas of Permaculture design as a step toward the solution. Permaculture, sustainable lifestyles, loving and caring for all elements of nature are all a part of this vast movement of progression. It’s about acknowledging what needs to be changed, and possessing a solution to bring about success and longevity for our world.

Species List

All located in E. Asia, China, Japan.

Each plant is both edible, and can be used for wood. Continental Climate is preferred for each plant.

Cornus kousa- Japanese Dogwood
Aesculus turbinata- Japanese Horse Chestnut
Buxus harlandii- Japanese Box
Hovenia duleis- Japanese Raisin Tree
Juglans ailanthifolia- Japanese Walnut
Photinia glabra- Japanese Glabra
Pinus densiflora- Japanses Red Pine
Pinus parviflora- Japanese White Pine
Pinus thunbergii- Japanese Black Pine
Populus sieboldii- Japanese Aspen

Plant Profile for Cornus kousa- Japanese Dogwood

The Japanese Dogwood is the cultivar of Kousa Dogwood

Synonyms: Benthamia kousa - (Miq.)Nakai.
Benthamidia japonica - (Siebold.&Zucc.)H.Hara.

Other Common names include- Kousa Dogwood, 'Milky Way' Kousa Dogwood, `Milky Way' Chinese Dogwood, `Milky Way' Japanese Dogwood

Origin- Native to Eastern Asia (Japan, Korea, and China)

Description of form

Decidious Tree
grows to 10m by 6m at a slow rate
It is in flower in June, and the seeds ripen from September to October.
The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by insects.

Habitats: Woodland Garden
Secondary would be sunny edge; dappled shade.
Soil: It prefers a rich, well drained loamy soil, but can succeed in any soil with good to moderate fertility.
Uses: Edible parts: fruit and leaves. The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. It is very seedy, sweet and juicy. It is a reddish color and about 2 cm in diameter.

The young leaves can be eaten cooked.

Other uses: It is used for wood. The wood is very hard and heavy and is used for mallets, etc.

Propagation-

Seed- best sown as soon as it is ripe in a cold frame or in an outdoors seedbed.
The seed must be separated from the fruit flesh since this contains germination inhibitors.
Stored seed should be cold stratified for 3 to 4 months and sown as early as possible in the year.
Germination can be very slow, taking 18 months or longer.
Prick out the seedlings of cold-frame sown seeds into individual pots as soon as they are large enough to handle and grow the plants.
Plant out in the spring after they stay in a greenhouse for the first winter.

References

Plants For a Future- Cornus kousa – Buerger. Ex. Hance.
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http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Cornus+kousa
Plants For a Future- Search for Japanese
Copyright (C) Plants For A Future, 1996-2003. Last modified: June 2004
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Cornus kousa 'Milky Way': 'Milky Way' Kousa Dogwood
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http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ST192

International Article

Edible Gardening For the Senses -By Ru Litherland -Article first published in ‘Permaculture Magazine’ No. 54

This article is about the re-union of ornamental gardening and food production. While the brilliance of flowers is both beautiful and uplifting adding visual enrichment to a garden, they can also be placed within the permaculture principle of serving many functions.

This very idea was applied to Growing Communities’ urban market gardens in Hackney, East London. Upholding high produce production while adding visual enhancement that actually aids in the growth of vegetables. Flowers were utilized containing multiple uses which included: attracting beneficial insects to predate on garden ‘pests’, attracting insects likely to aid pollination, deterring pests through strong scent, suppressing weeds in the case of ground cover flora, aiding soil improvement, direct human uses such as medicine, tea, cut or dried flower, seed production, and being of good edible quality.

There are four ways to incorporate flowers into a vegetable garden:

Permanent Beds- ‘Design in’ permanent beds which are separate from the begetable beds. This helps in providing a relatively stable vegetable ecosystem.
Annual Strips- Growing perennials within annual beds tend to have an unsatisfactory clash of cultures. However, growing in smaller, posy-sized units in one or tow rows is a more effective approach.
Random Self-Assemblies- Self-seeders can be allowed to decide where they will end up, but judicious weeding, rouging and thinning out is necessary to retain some control.
Vegetable Flowers; Vegetable flowers are a very efficient method of flower production.

This article is unveiling the practicality of intertwining abundant visual enjoyment with food production. An eco-logical/sustainability is possible with this joining to accomplish nourishment of all the senses.