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Summary
Paul sits down with Dez Choi and Jen Richardson and talk about their viewing of the first “DVD” of the four “DVD” set Permaculture Skills by
Ben Falk. The group had high expectations, and they were exceeded. Disclaimer: Paul backed the Kickstarter 4 years ago.
They feel that the parts where Falk was speaking weren’t worth writing down, but instead getting a transcript due to the sheer information density. The guest speakers were a more mixed bag, but overall seemed to be aiming at a different audience than Paul. This seems to be a recurring issue with him – a lot of people seem to greatly appreciate things he doesn’t. They note that the videography looks very good, but the film has problems with audio normalization (there’s some places where the volume in one shot/scene is quite different from the next).
Paul is bothered by the phrase “
common sense” – if it was common, not only would it not be a phrase, but if permaculture is common sense, it would be done everywhere and permaculture wouldn’t be a phrase either. Jen points out that that using the phrase indicates that the speaker believes themselves to be right, but can’t articulate how they’re right, so they hide under “common sense” as if it were a Jedi mind trick.
Paul remembers visiting a place that was worked on by some apparent permaculturists that abandoned the place for some reason as an example of two things. First: the reason why you
should avoid living on friends/family property as relationships often go south and end up with you leaving all your work behind before it bears fruit. Second: that even if you don’t call what you’re doing permaculture, it may well be close
enough that when left alone it will become self-sustaining with a rich harvest.
Relevant Threads
Permaculture Skils by Ben Falk
Earthworks forum
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