Beauty,
recognition of patterns, fun, laughter, joy, relationships, communication, practicality,
sustainability, ceremony, respect for each other and natural systems, honouring of
natural systems - all this and so much more - these all play a part in
the design process.
To
see ourselves as a strand in the richness and web of life, and seek to
design to support this into an indefinate future.
You
could speak to 100 different permaculture practioners, and each would
give you a slightly different perspective according to their own sense
of inspiration and passion...
In the permaculture design process is the constant challenge to design towards change. Today's solution may be tomorrow's challenge. To be able to recognise the need for, and benefit of change, is an intruiging concept. To design systems that allow for this, creates a sense of space for growth and expansion of self, whilst still honouring and recognising the whole.
It
is a fascinating, dynamic concept which can be explored and developed
by any one of us. - Wether in our backyards, or in window boxes in city
apartments, or in our lifestyles and ways of relating to the world
around us.