• Plus: Identify the positive aspects or benefits of the idea or design. What works well? What advantages does it offer?
    • Example: "This design maximizes water catchment."
  • Minus: Point out the negative aspects or drawbacks. What challenges or risks does it have?
    • Example: "It's expensive to implement."
  • Interesting: Highlight anything noteworthy, thought-provoking, or that might need further exploration. This could include neutral points or ideas with potential.
    • Example: "This method could attract more pollinators, but I need to test it first."
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Articles tagged with PMI

Herb spiral at Beyond Buckthorns

Herb spiral at Beyond Buckthorns

by Lumia
on
at Lumia's diploma

This design is for a herb garden area at Beyond Buckthorns, close to the house. The design follows a V-CEAP design process. The herb garden area is planned for a zone 1 spot very close to the house and under an oak tree. This is Lumia Huhdanpää-… more

PermaPuheet

PermaPuheet

by Nick
on
at Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design

The PermaPuheet is a design for a series of lectures for the Finnish Permaculture Association. It was well received by many members and helped to more than double the number of members within 3 month.

Water - element of live

Catching the rain

by Nick
on
at Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design

At Beyond Buckthorns we have our own well. It is 12 – 13 meters deep and is connected to a pump that starts when there is demand. Well water is our drinking and washing water. In 2017 we got hit by 2 droughts. Both together made it necessary to… more

Ice on a window

Communications at the Finnish Permaculture Association

by Nick
on
at Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design

The idea for this design started in 2017 during a meeting of the Finnish Permaculture Association. When I became chairman of the board in 2019 I was in a unique position. The association was in transition towards sociocratic circular method. The… more

Introducing the PermaCafé at the associations meeting

Welcome to the PermaCafe

by Nick
on
at Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design

Over the past years the Finnish permaculture association used all kinds of different tools and processes to get members involved. The following design used permaculture ethics and principles to introduce a new social design tool called PermaCafé… more

Introducing the Jean-Luc - the biogas digester at Beyond Buckthorns

Introducing the Jean-Luc

by Nick
on
at Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design

Since I got dropped into biogas, working with Prof. TH Culhane on different biogas projects, I always wanted to have a biogas system on my own. When I came to Finland I finally got the space to build a biogas digester and then actually experiment… more