My network maps have helped me identify the systems in which I operate.
Inputs and outputs
Energy flows and cycles through the ecosystem
Closed loop
Systems thinking
Elements within the systems:
Inner landscape
Love
Health and wellness
Commons
Schools
Right livelihood
Waste
Housing
Art
Economics
Built environment
Play
Eco-villages
Wilderness
Water
Urban farms
Seeds
Regenerative food growing
Teaching, writing, sharing
Family
Friends
Colleagues
Garden
Water
Energy
Waste
Built environment
Transport
Rosemary Morrow – flow of energy and cycles of matter
By increasing biodiversity we increase whole system strength
The more diverse and interconnected the elements, the more efficient, stable and self-perpetuating the ecosystem- this is one of the goals of permaculture design
Permaculture closed systems = circular economy
Circular economy is first sign of regenerative culture emerging in wales
– or Places to Intervene in the System
Dancing at the edges
Growing edge
Breaking new ground
Where the systems meet – overlap of networks of people in town
Interlinked
Where i end and you begin
Web
Layers and layers of complexity
Begin where i can
Emanating
Radial
Radiating from me at the centre
The field
Interactions
Intersections
Me
Home
Garden
Street
Neighbourhood
Community gardens
Town centre
Relationships
politics/power
Projects
People
Plants
Cars
Safety
Spinning plates
Building community – bringing people together
Social connection
Overcoming isolation
What I’m holding in the field
Magic and mystery – coincidence, serendipity, synergy
Things that happen
Drama
Chaos
Balancing
Rupture and repair
Who I am
What I do
Why I do it
Making things better in our town, making town a better place to live
What does better mean?
To add here:
*Systems and Complexity Approach to Social Change
*Emergent Strategy