Permafunk
Description
Through spoken word rhymes and beats, Permafunk lays out a comprehensive and concise overview of sustainable living solutions. Made for millennial and an internet-generation audience, these 1-3 minute spoken word rhymes creatively and quickly outline a multitude strategies for creating a living environment around your home. In this course, you'll get motivated to grow a bountiful jungle in your backyard using available resources around your home.
This is a condensed version of The Permaville Course, Sustainable living made simple.
Permafunk is a discussion about how humans, and all living creatures, need three things to survive: Home. Food. Water. In this course, you’ll learn how to make compost, make mud and store and filter water. With these skills, you can survive and thrive!
Here’s an overview of other things we'll talk about
Origins
- Brief story of humans
- Story of perma
- Definition of perma
- Goal –> Home food water to all
Patterns
- Natural patterns –> Point wave spiral torus circle point
- Golden ratio, Fibonacci sequence
- Human body proportions
- Phi equation
Site analysis
- Climate / microclimates
- Zones, natural sectors
- Urban strategies
- Maps
Earthworks
- Swales, bunds, terraces, ponds, gabions
- Pond liners
- Footpaths and roads
- Fences
Building
- Building with earth
- Making mortar mix, adobe bricks
- Natural plastering, sealants and paints
- Building with cob, earthbags, rammed earth, bamboo, strawbale
Water
- Hydrological cycle
- Water catchment and storage
- Water filtration, heating, pressure
- Greywater and conservation strategies
Sanitation
- Recycling bins
- Flush and compost toilets
- Bio-gas basics
Soil
- Soil food web
- Elements in the soil
- Soil layers
- pH
Compost
- Making compost
- Short term pile, long term pile
- Compost tea
- Mulching
Microbes
- Indigenous and effective microorganisms (IMOs and EMOs)
- Natural fertilisers
- Mushrooms
- Worm composting bins
Bu
- Kombucha
- Simplest cheapest cleanest water filter system
- Compost tea, charcoal maker
- Collecting IMOs
Nursery
- Greenhouse design
- Potting soil
- Plant propagation
- Seed saving
Garden
- Types of gardens
- Crop rotation, cover crops
- Garden data logs
Trees
- Tree planting methods
- Layers of a forest
- Forest succession
- Food forest design
Fish
- Pond design
- Stocking your pond with fish and plants
- Chinampas basics
Creatures
- Bees
- Animal care
Kitchen
- Kitchen elements
- Fermentation
- Food preservation
Technology
- Charcoal
- Simple machines
- Hand tools, power tools, heavy equipment
- Renewable energy
Coin
- Story of trading
- Ways to sell farm produce
- Alternative economics
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