Rethinking the Modular
By John Thackara, Doors of Perception
Flow Hive is just one example, among myriad human inventions, of a design approach that impedes inter-connectedness between the elements, and the whole, in healthy living systems.
Tag: systems design
No Organism is Truly Autonomous – Including Us
By John Thackara, Doors of Perception
Many people say we need to focus on solutions that scale, but to me that’s globalisation-thinking wearing a green coat.
Trojan Horses, Recipes, and Permaculture
By Toby Hemenway, Pattern Literacy
What was it that made Transition so comprehensible, exciting, and respectable, while permaculture seemed diffuse, slow-growing, and smelling a bit of patchouli oil?