permapoesis: Reclaiming education as ecological knowledges

Permapoesis

Permapoesis is the portmanteau for permanent making. A term I've developed, incorporating permaculture principles, shared Aboriginal knowledges and our own neopeasant lifeways to help reclaim sensible thought and remodel ecological economies of material accountability.

My most recent book, re:)Fermenting culture can now be listened to as a non-monetised audio book. Just click the pop out below. Gifts in exchange for this labour are most welcome, and in some form will be passed on in what I call a flow of gifts economy.

My name is Patrick Jones. I live and labour on Djaara peoples' country. Dja Dja Wurrung is the first language of this land. I acknowledge the six Djaara seasons and pay homage to the regenerative economies upon which Djaara living culture sits. The spirit and logic of which my household draws upon in our everyday productions and lifeways while simultaneously drawing upon our own indigenous peoples through story and the ancestral plants, animals, microbes, mushrooms and uncapitalised medicines that have also emplaced on this country. We recognise the system of racism that terra nullius continues to instil in the dominant culture, and recognise that as people of many diverse white cultures we still hold cultural blinders that our historical trauma sits within and (now) our privilege stands upon.

Here are some of my books. The bottom two can be purchased from me direct, however if you're moving to a non-monetary economy I'll post you one in exchange for a gift of your making. Please feel free to suggest an exchange by emailing me (click above 'Contact me' tab).

Reclaiming education as ecological knowledges

Saturday, December 15, 2012

A number of us have been working on developing the fifth community food garden, the Daylesford Secondary College Food Forest, since June this year. Yesterday we signed an agreement with the school to begin work on it in 2013.

Drawing: Patrick Jones (click for bigger)

You can read more about the project here.

3 comments:

ronnie said...: fantastic! I'm heartened by the tales of community support for projects like these - ahhhhhh if only we could get all the various interested parties to share a vision for the future up thisa way --- our community is keen, but the 'authorities' are obstructionists (to put it nicely) ..... ahhh well - ONWARD!; December 15, 2012 at 6:35 AM
glen Dunn said...: Four acres! Looks heaps swell. Do I read this right, 'Former Clay Pigeon area' ... in a school? x; December 19, 2012 at 11:31 AM
Construction Companies said...: Good job on your project!
Construction Companies Australia; December 21, 2012 at 8:31 PM

Permapoesis

re:)Fermenting culture (2017) Sold Out in hard copy

Click the 'Pop out' to listen to re:)Fermenting culture (or click through to download audio file)

A Free-dragging Manifesto (2008)

Words and Things (2004)

Earlier

DCFG

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Coming Soon (to a lifestyle near you)

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Reclaiming education as ecological knowledges

Saturday, December 15, 2012

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