If you're not familiar with Tim's work, you should check him out. Tim lived and worked at Bill Mollison's Tagari Share Farm before eventually beginning his own project called Permaforest Trust - a dual trust doing both Sustainable Forestry work, as well as a sustainability/permaculture education center. While operating Permaforest Trust, he developed the discipline of PatternDynamics™, an Integral Sustainability Pattern Language, as a planetary social enterprise.
Two articles he has written are, I think, worthwhile reading for any Permaculturist interested in community living and sustainability education. First is
An Integral Permaculture http://thepatternguy.com/2012/05/21/an-integral-permaculture/, originally written in 2009 at the request of the editors of a proposed book called Permaculture Pioneers. It was slated for inclusion, but he withdrew it after the publishing process dragged on. The book was eventually published without this chapter. The article begins, "I’ve practiced and taught permaculture, at times intensively, for most of the last fifteen years. In that time my perspective on permaculture has changed and evolved, as has permaculture itself. If at times in this article I am critical of elements of permaculture, it is not to be negative or to lessen the importance of the discipline, but to examine the points of pain and disappointment that that have lead me to new understandings and new directions. The same should be true for the movement itself, and I’m writing here with this in mind..."
The second article I want to recommend is called
From Deep Green to 2nd Tier: Sustainability at the Threshold http://thepatternguy.com/2012/05/21/from-deep-green-to-second-tier-sustainability-at-the-threshold/. This article was written in 2004. It covers some of the same territory, but goes into more detail about some of the experiences at Permaforest Trust, presented as a case study, telling the story of its inception, growth and ongoing maturity.
Tim is currently on the west coast of the U.S., and has just completed a workshop in San Francisco. Tomorrow night (Tues. Jan. 29, 2013) he'll present an evening workshop in Bellingham, and Saturday the 2nd he'll lead a full day workshop in Vancouver, B.C.
The subject is a new discipline he's developed, called PatternDynamics.
Pattern Dynamics uses the patterns found in nature to understand complexity, use systems thinking, and develop systems, structures, and culture for thriving futures.
Winton's Winter Workshop in Whatcom
Tuesday, January 29th, 7:00 -8:30 PM
At RE Sources Sustainable Living Center
(above the RE Store)
2309 Meridian Street, Bellingham
$15 suggested donation
Doors open at 6:30pm - please arrive early since we are not doing pre-registration.
Direct from Australia - we're very excited to have Tim Winton in Bellingham for this evening workshop!
PatternDynamics™ is an Integral Sustainability Pattern Language. It's a smart, accessible, and fun way to learn collaborative systems thinking.
At the workshop you will gain essential 21st Century skills:
Learn to see the Patterns that help you thrive through simplifying a complex world.
See holistic solutions to personal, organizational, and social challenges.
Become one of those people who can ‘connect the dots’ and explain why systems thinking is important.
Build a new set of communications skills based on 'collaborative systems thinking'.
Learn a tool for creating 'mass collaboration' to harness the power of collective intelligence.
Discover a whole new approach to creative design.
Learn a new way of expressing principles of sustainability.
Gain an introduction to a high level method of building organizational effectiveness.
Experience the ‘Source’ of deep meaning that facilitates high levels of self-organization.
What will I experience at the Workshop?
The PatternDynamics™ Evening Workshop, led by founder Tim Winton, is a participatory group process that includes introduction to the Patterns, group discussions, workshopping of participants' organizational challenges, and a simple set of movements related to each Pattern. In learning to use the Patterns participants collectively embody, discuss, and experiment with the organizing principles that sustain complex dynamic systems and experience the collective awareness and deep meaning generated through participating in a highly unified organization.
For More Information
Learn how to become a more effective change agent - and contribute to personal, organizational, and planetary thriving in a complex world! Visit the Pattern Dynamics website.
Consider also the One Day Workshop being held in Vancouver, B.C. on Feb. 2nd.
Tim Winton is Founder and Director of PatternDynamics™, an Integral Sustainability Pattern Language, as a planetary social enterprise. He developed it while managing and acting as chief instructor of Permaforest Trust, a not-for-profit sustainability education organization in New South Wales, Australia. As a sustainability educator, Tim has developed training modules and workshops in integral sustainability, sustainability principles, permaculture design, PatternDynamics™ and sustainable forestry. Tim blogs at thepatternguy.com
This workshop is presented by Transition Whatcom in partnership with RE Sources for Sustainable Communities, Whatcom Folk School, Sustainable Bellingham, and Cascadia Workshops. For more info, contact David MacLeod - email
miles58@yahoo.com or call (360) 733-3541.
