To figure out where to start, I used Dave’s, from Food Forest fame, template:  Value Trees.   I brainstormed all of the things I value and those values became the roots of my trees.  They fit into 4 different trees:  growing and eating my own food; recycling all of our water; living with nature inside the house; connecting with others. I simplified them into one word roots:  Food, Water, Shelter, and Sharing.  I’m considering if those should be my pages?  It’s interesting that those are the basics of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs!

 

SHELTER BIOSHELTER PAGE

Needs: (great info)

1. to entice:   architects, do-it-yourselfers, villagers, schools, greenies, water-starved states

to invite volunteers?

2.  to give ideas of how  folks can change their lifestyles?

3. to teach the history of….

a. funny stories as well as cultural stories (why I live this way)

Yields:

1.   virtual and real time tours

2.  Capital:  social (make connections), financial, cultural (transmitting knowledge for future generations)

WATER PAGE

Needs: (great info)

1. to entice:   architects, do-it-yourselfers, villagers, schools, greenies, water-starved states

to invite volunteers?

2.  to give ideas of how  folks can change their lifestyles?

3. to teach the history of….

a. funny stories as well as cultural stories (why I live this way)

Yields:

1.   virtual and real time tours

2.  Capital:  social (make connections to ), financial, cultural (transmitting knowledge for future generations)

FOOD PAGE

Needs: (great info)

1. to entice:   gardeners, do-it-yourselfers, permies, interns, woofers, to invite volunteers?

2.  to give ideas of how  folks can change their lifestyles?  STOP buying at the grocery stores.

3. to teach methods of preserving and food security in Alaska

Yields:

1.   Financial:  workshops/courses

2.  Capital:  social (make connections), cultural (transmitting knowledge for future generations)

SHARING

Needs: (great interest)

1. Great Workshops and Courses

2.  Volunteer opportunities 

3.  Why there’s a need for permaculture in Alaska:  why change?

4.  Get people to want to join the group

5.  Sign up page

6.  CONSULTING AND DESIGNING

install confidence in the designer (me)

what it looks like for schools

why you need a design

Each page needs to have multiple functions and each function should be on multiple pages, creating redundancy = sustainability.