2. wangari maathai Kenia , 1 apr il 194 0 - 25 sept ember 2011 "African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence" "Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven't done a thing. You are just talking."

6. "Everything Gardens" Self regulates toward maximum fertility & sustainability Apply Self-regulation and accept feedback Observe & Interact Use & Respond Creatively to Change

7. Systems & SubSystems Elements InterConnexions Purpose your respiratory system your digestive system your circulatory system heart arteries veins capillaries etc. your body: the whole self-regulates to keep you alive M2.1 flows of information rules, laws, protocols, guides feedback (+ y - )

9. Conferencia de Monedas Complementarias, Brihuega 2-4 marzo 2007 Is a powerful Yoruba Goddess, who governs the Winds of Change. She is the Primordial Mother of Chaos OYA! Oya is the Spirit of the Wind, the thunder, lightning, tornados ... Oya brings sudden & drastic change ... she DOES WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, Oya keeps us from stagnating A common anthropological characteristic of every advanced mammalian species that survives and thrives is the fierce behavior of the adult female when she senses a threat to her cubs. Our relative complacency while 17,000 children on our planet starve to death every day -- one every five seconds -- indicates a lack of positive intention, on the part of our species, literally to survive. Marianne Williamson

10. Conferencia de Monedas Complementarias, Brihuega 2-4 marzo 2007 the demonization process Oya is ... protector of children, of childbirth, of the market, (governs the justice of the market) Medusa ¡Oya! cycle

11. The 'Pagan Wheel of the Year' & the story of the God & Goddess honors life and death equally M5 > Designing with Myths We are very well trained to avoid, flush away, disinfect, thoroughly kill ... ... the very same base of the abundance of nature - the other half of the cycles of nature that are often considered 'dirty' or 'deprived': the "dark side" of Gaia

12. Maggot Debridement Therapy a badly infected heel Terapia Larval saves her life (but it is very difficult to find doctors willing to do this )

13. USE this process non-selectively! (not just when 'convenient') Conflict Resolution dogma what is "conflict"? gossipist /therapist M1.6 Perception Is Not Reality your story my story cycle THINK Reflexionar ACT Observe Design Hypothesis Prediction Experiment

14. Honoring the Pain Joanna Macey The Work that Reconnects "To reframe our pain for the world as evidence of their interconnectedness in the web of life, and hence of our power to take part in its healing" Coming from Gratitude seeing with new Eyes Going Forth this stage requires discharge to work well (see M1.6) + is punctuated by lots of the "death of the ego" that Scott Peck refers to (can be intensely painful & so preferably done with lots of support) Shadow-Work cycle

16. Biomass Soil Nutrients Microorganism transform nutrients into form available to plants Macro and Micro-organisms break down organic matter

17. Aerobic bacteria break Down Organic matter in the pressence Of Oxigen Tremendous demand Of Oxigen in the soil Oxigen exhausted Ethylene inactivs but Does not kill other microorganisms Anaerobic bacter produces Ethylene which diffuses Thru the soil Anaerobic bacter grow And multiply in absence Of Oxigen Oxigen inactivates Anaerobic bacter Demands for Oxigen Slows down so it diffuses Into soil faster Oxigen- Ethylene Cycle in a healthy Soil

19. Controled by M Cu Zn P K Fe N Ca Mg S And other 40 more Release Biomass Soil Nutrients

20. Oxigen Cycle Ethylen Cycle

22. NO3 Acts as the Oxigen in the Ethylene Cycle Causing the uncontrolling Breakdown of organic matter In a undisturbed soil In a disturbed soil 15 – 20 ppm NH4 >2 ppm NO3 20 – 200 ppm NO3 no NH4

23. Oxigen Cycle Ethylene Cycle Nitrogen Cycle

24. Rhizosphere

25. http://www.sci.uidaho.edu/scripter/geog100/lect/16-ecosystems-biomes/ecosystems-files/ecosystems.htm

26. Ploughing breaks down The soil and aireates It very quickly Nitrifying bacteria Turn NH4 into NO3 A lot of NH4 is produced Without plants to consume it Uncontrolled breakdown Of organic matter occur Oxigen inactivates Anaerobic bacteria so No Ethylene is produced During the process the Soil becomes more acid and Other nutrients (Ca, K, Cd..) are lost Oxigen- Ethylene Cycle in a Cultivated Soil Most of the Carbon goes Into the air as CO2 We have an unbalance soil Without Energy nor nutrient, so We need to use fertilizers

27. Carbon Cycle

29. Water Cycle

31. Sulfur Cycle

33. Life Gaia – a complex organism that self-regulates Intelligence?

37. does not, in fact, exist We could see our mania with polarizing & with creating dichotomies (eg. "biotic" & "non-biotic") as symptomatic of a profound non-acceptance or mis-understanding of cycles (even as we speak of cycles)

38. they are ALL cycles within cycles within cycles ...

39. each of the animals the salmon needs to survive has it's own life cycle which needs an ecosystem (an interconnected web of millions of cycles) to develop in The rivers & estuaries the salmon rely on to reproduce also have their own cycles And the river & salmon cycles sustain the bears' life cycle .. & the phosphorus cycle for the whole catchment All are the forest

40. Each creature has its niche .. also in the Cycle of Life what is their fave food The primary producers are carnivores! pathogens create illness & kill cycle

41. Ultimately, the fate of the biosphere rests on the success of plants and their ability to capture sunlight. 6CO 2 + 6H 2 O + Energy -  C 6 H 12 O 6 + 6O 2 C 6 H 12 O 6 + 6O 2 -  6CO 2 + 6H 2 O + Energy Look them up! << Fungi don't photosynthesize >> glucose

42. Life Cycles & Growth Cycles also include ALL 'creatures' of Gaia ... also completely interrelated with all the rest of life (like geological formations, cultural developments, etc.) They are only ARTIFICIALLY separated from all the other cycles and we won't go into them here but hope you will investigate & contribute to slowly add these in our e-book www.PermaCultureScience.org

44. it is only by devolving responsability & self-regulated functions that a stable life-system can evolve The role of a successful design is to create a system that self-regulates self-regulates? M2.1 dreamsprayer.com

45. Eros & the direction of Evolution Annual plants 'weeds' Hardwood trees deeper soil Perennial plants & grasses Shrubs shallow soil Softwood trees, pines > Biodiversity > stability > biomass > solar-harvesting ... all increase >> What is Natural Succession?

46. leafy greens true weeds grasses woody annuals grasses tomatoes corn wheat spinach carrot broccoli Bushes, berries, nuts, stone fruits Conifers, oaks, nuts Redwood, pecan, chestnut Strawberry, apple, timothy grass F:B Ratio Bacterial (0:1 - 1:2) Balanced (1:1) Fungal (2:1 - 200:1) High Fungal (200:1 - 1000:1) Example Plant Group Example Species

47. Are Natural Succesion!!

49. The Terrestrial Biomes

50. Main Biomes function of Water & Temp. but also soils & fauna change things

51. & of course Typography also creates lots of micro-climates so one area can have several biomes another form for visualizing biomes according to the relationship between temperature & humidity

53. Mangroves help stabilize (& create) soils on tropical & sub-tropical coasts They are amongst the richest, most fertile (& probably the smelliest) biomes on Earth Pneumatophores (seeking oxygen for roots) contribute to holding the soil in place

55. Our Niche in Gaia Of which vital cycles are you a part? Which do you support? & which are you slowing or blocking? Which cycles might work better with the supply of energy or information that only you have? A Permaculture Designers' Vital Question: