[Pil-pc-oceania] Russ Grayson Contact

[Bruce Zell]

Thanks Russ
Yes I value what is going on with this thanks to you and Fiona. 
Go well, great to finally meet you at APC9
Kowabunga
Bruce

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Sent: Wednesday, 9 April 2008 9:51 AM
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Subject: Re: [Pil-pc-oceania] Russ Grayson Contact

Hi Darren...
Presently, I'm transcribing the notes made by participants on their sheets
of flip chart paper at the APC9 permaculture history evening sessions.

That's going ok, but I have found much to follow up on because some of the
notes mean something only to those who wrote them. They need considerable
fleshing out and clarification.

Here's my little project schedule:

1. Transcribe notes made by APC9 permaculure history session participants.

Status: Transcription underway.

Estimated completion: Late this week.

Note: Email transcription to Permaculture North for inclusion in APC9
proceedings, as requested.


2. Email transcribed notes to contacts in the regions, asking for:

A) more detail on specific points about events/developments etc
B) dates for some events.

Timeline: Soon as participant notes transcribed. Probably next week.

Note: The quality of responses to this will strongly influence the end
product.


3. Add details received to existing participant notes.

Timline: Soon as responses received.


4. Write up as media product:

I haven't decided upon a format yet but it could be:

A) Narrative
B) Regionally based
C) Chronoligical within regions.


No title for it yet as that will be influenced by the quality of responses
for further information from participants in regions.

There are a couple regions missing from the info collection: Brisbane,
Perth/WA.

An observation: going by what people recorded on their pages, permaculture
Australia-wide has a record of trialing ideas and of achievement. Much has
been learned that could, for instance, feed into a transition towns format
for regional development.

IDEAS
What would be useful would be recording the stories of specific people
within permaculture to add to the work and to draw quotes/instances from
their material to illustrate points in the final product.

1. If you are interested in producing more info from your region, then
please feel free to do so. Ideas:

- what was done in permaculture, by whom, for whom and with what result
- anecdotes - instructive, tragic, humourous etc regarding permaculture
- what has been learned from the practice of permaculture in your region
- thoughts on the permaculture system and its practice - what has been
learned/what worked/what didn't work and why/what needs to be done
- and so on and similar.

A reasonable level of detail helps to make sense of these things for people
without knowledge of them.

2. If you are interested in telling your story in permaculture, then topics
to address could include:
 
1. How, why and when you started in permaculture.

- Did you do a PDC or some other training?

2. What people/books/ideas influenced you in permaculture.

3. What you found challenging about permaculture and its ideas/methods.

4. What areas you make use of permaculture ideas/principles in and how
useful you find them.

5. What areas of permaculture you think could do with further development or
downplaying.

6. How being a permaculture practitioner/educator/communicator/advocate
'feels' on the subjectve level.

7. How does permaculture influence the way you think/perceive the world and
topical issues: positive/negative/optimistic/pessimistic/hopeful/etc - and
why do you think this is?

8. How could permaculture improve its contribution to the world?

Anyone on this listserv might do the above, adding ideas they see as
relevant to readers.

Thanks for your comments Darren.

...Russ


On 9/4/08 6:30 AM, "Darren Doherty" <permaculture.biz at gmail.com> wrote:

> G'day,
> 
> Lucky seagulls - must be upsetting their Omega balance!
> 
> Yeah just wanted to see what you were doing with that Permaculture
> memoir/history piece and also if you had a title for it so that when I do
> print it out that people have that there. I printed out a copy for the
> Milkwood PDC I'm halfway through at the moment and all of the students
have
> loved it. It could be a nice little eBook for you!....I really enjoy your
> writings and it would be great to see more of your work, context and world
> view shared....we certainly need more case studies..of urban, urban fringe
> (rural re-settlers) and rural....
> 
> Thanks also for the exercise that I only completed the 1st part of at the
> convergence. I think we all got a lot out of that and it wasn't a bad bit
of
> geography to find myself in...but then again I knew that already....my
> family have been in Bendigo and district since it started in 1853....
> 
> All the best and thanks to you and Fiona for all that you do...
> 
> Darren
> 
> On 02/04/2008, RussGrayson <info at pacific-edge.info> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Darren...
>> I'm here and contactable at the above address... here in sunny Manly
where
>> the Pacific swells crest and crash onto the beach and seagulls are in
such
>> plague proportions that they take chips from the figers of unsuspecting
>> eaters.
>> 
>> Thanks for the tip about the TerraCircle address. I'll get it checked
out.
>> 
>> ...Russ Grayson
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 2/4/08 5:29 AM, "Darren Doherty" <darren at permaculture.biz> wrote:
>> 
>>> G'day,
>>> 
>> 
>>> I have tried to contact Russ Grayson thru the website
>> 
>>> but it appears to be down. If Russ or someone has his contact could they
>>> please pass it on....
>> 
>> 
>> 
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