[Pil-pc-oceania] Permaculture People's Party

[Deb Guildner]

Damn, I just joined WhatWomenWant!
So many new political parties, so few elections!!!

Deb
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From: <permaculture at apollobay.org.au>
To: <pil-pc-oceania at lists.permacultureinternational.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 1:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Pil-pc-oceania] Permaculture People's Party


> For those who don't know about this, there's a campaign to start a
> permaculture political party "Permaculture People's Party" (PPP)
>
> The campaign is being driven by Tamara Griffiths (from Bunyip) with 
> support
> from Bill Mollison.
>
> To join, download a form at:
>
> http://www.aec.gov.au/pdf/party_reg/handbook/political_parties_reg_handbook_
> 2005_app05.pdf
> Party name is Permaculture People's Party.
>
> Send it to:
>
> Bill Mollison
> 31 Rulla Road
> Sisters Creek
> Tasmania 7325
>
> There's a discussion on this at:
> http://forums.permaculture.org.au/ftopic4895-0-asc-30.php
>
> I've joined.  I think it's about time permaculture set up a political
> party.  We need more permies in politics.  I'd like to see a PPP candidate
> in each seat, and on each voting card... that would really permeate
> permaculture into the main stream... and disintegrate the perception of
> permaculture just being about gardening.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Fern
>
>
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: pacific-edge info at pacific-edge.info
> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:41:09 +1000
> To: pil-pc-oceania at lists.permacultureinternational.org
> Subject: Re: [Pil-pc-oceania] Jim's Permaculture
>
>
> This is surely an interesting development further illustrating the
> mainstreaming of Permaculture.
>
> POSITIVES:
> * mainstreams Permaculture, which is where we want it to be, don't we?
> * makes Permaculture acceptable and available to householders through an
> established landscape services franchise
> * provides income stream so practitioneers can build it into their income
> stream
> * partnership with Southern Cross Permaculture Institute signals of 
> validity
> of model and surety of its credibility.
>
>
> NEGATIVES:
> * perpetuates Permaculture as gardening due to focus of franchise as
> landscaping business .
>
>
> INTERESTING:
> * vaguelly reminescent of notion of Permaculture as consultantcy service 
> at
> start of design system's history
> * new economic model for Permaculture - interesting to see how it goes
> * don't know if it's possible within the franchising model, but would it 
> be
> possibilities to partner with energy auditor/technology/building designers
> to retrofit buildings and with water auditors and retrofitters to make
> buildings/gardens water efficient.
>
>
> Just a few preliminary thoughts.
>
> ...Russ Grayson
>
>
> On 29/6/07 12:19 PM, "Andrew Rettig" <eatgreens at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>An interesting development by 'Jim'.
>
>>Permaculture Franchise Business?
>
>>http://www.jimspermaculture.com.au/
>><mailto:pil-pc-oceania at lists.permacultureinternational.org>
>> http://www.jimspermaculture.com.au
>
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