# - Depth Psychology Alliance2024-03-29T14:00:04Zhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/feed/tag/%23“Alice Greening and the East Palo Alto Permaculture Brigade” - New Myth # 36, NewMythologist.comhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/alice-greening-and-the-east-palo-alto-permaculture-brigade-new2013-01-20T16:17:39.000Z2013-01-20T16:17:39.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p><a href="http://wp.me/p2JLqK-aQ" target="_blank"><img width="280" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868849241?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="280" class="align-center"/></a></p>
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<p><strong>The East Palo Alto Permaculture Brigade was spawned from Girl Scout Troop 911 activists and a</strong> <strong>few venturous Boy Scouts and Occupiers! The only requirement to join the green rebels is to swear</strong> <strong>to uphold the principles and ethics of Permaculture.</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;">"</span><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2313" target="_blank" style="font-size: 20pt;">Band Aids for Gaia</a><span style="font-size: 20pt;">"</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"> 7 new myths.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">eBook #24, Fall 2015.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="font-size-4">by Willi Paul, <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2284" target="blank">Planetshifter.com Media</a></span> </strong></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">There is a watery glowing, a spirit shinning, just off the bank of the Pacacua River, just north of town - a crow’s cry from the dusty and smoke stained concrete bridge above. A white light can be seen under the water, clear as night. Manuel has stayed away from the river all of his life. The sewer pipe monsters fight in his dreams and sicken his people daily. But now the toxic Pacacua is running a new line as the town folk wait for a blessed rain.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">The bridge brought trucks and the trucks brought cattle. Men from San Jose grabbed the land and offered toxic fumes and trash as collateral. The Pacacua punches and refrains in a drooling death wish - congealed and choking without oxygen nor fish for eyes.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">The glow point is getting stronger and is making its way up through the human stew and black agua-spiders, letting selected villages witness the white water light.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">“This is the healing breathe of the apocalypco,” nodded Manuel.</span></p>
<p><br/> <span class="font-size-3">This is Costa Rica Nature washing her sacred skin.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">Over the next three nights, the 15” round pipe water light slowly forms a high column – inch by inch – and eventually rises several feet in the air. Light + air + water from deep in the river’s aquafer initiate the banks. This wondrous alchemic fountain sprays and sends its love out to all four directions and cleans the polluted Pacacua River and the two thousand hearts that love by it. Soon the gurgling stream quenches the land and the animals in the valley.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">HA! Permaculture ideas then “bubble up” and groove a new, healthy path in the adjacent villages and roadside markets. <strong>Greywater systems</strong> (re-using clothes and dish water) and <strong>composite toilets</strong> donated and installed by the <a href="http://www.unep.org/About/" target="”blank”">United Nations Environment Programme.</a> The bad culvert clan is plugged for good.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Manuel and his family travel to other villages with their water beacon tale. Each community is a Hero!</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>10 Elements of the New Mythology by Willi Paul</strong></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">1. Para-normal</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">2. Universal struggle / message</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">3. Journey, Initiation, Hero / Community</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">4. Symbols</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">5. Alchemy</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">6. Nature is Sacred</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">7. Threat of apocalypse</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">8. Digital - Non-Digital Collision</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">9. Future-based</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">10. Permaculture and Transition</span></p></div>The Adventures of Permaculture Willi 3: “The Bababerry Trellis Prayer” (+ PDF). New Myth # 57 by Willi Paul, NewMythologist.comhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/the-adventures-of-permaculture-willi-3-the-bababerry-trellis2014-07-09T20:44:24.000Z2014-07-09T20:44:24.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>The Adventures of Permaculture Willi 3:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>“The Bababerry Trellis Prayer” (+ PDF).</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>New Myth # 57 by Willi Paul, NewMythologist.com</strong></span></p>
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<p><strong>Please enjoy the first two adventures of P-Willi:</strong></p>
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<p><em><a href="http://openmythsource.com/2014/06/12/the-adventures-of-permaculture-willi-p-willi-the-glowing-labyrinth-new-myth-55-pilot-kickstarter-by-willi-paul-planetshifter-com-magazine/">The Adventures of Permaculture Willi (“P-Willi”): The Glowing Labyrinth. New Myth #55</a></em></p>
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<p><em><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2192">The Adventures of Permaculture Willi 2: Contest to ReCreate the Permaculture Logo. New Myth #56</a></em></p>
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<p>Perm-Willi’s Dad C.J. is a big cool help around the garden. He’s down with fence repair and food harvesting and thinks “eco-alchemy” when they turn the chicken and duck manure into the compost bins. He is the top soil builder in the neighborhood, too! Her pops is always telling visitors about composting, re-use and re-cycling. <strong>Sustainability!</strong></p>
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<p>P-Willi extracts this in a search for <a href="http://chriscondello.wordpress.com/2013/05/24/practical-permaculture-the-vegetarian-compost-conundrum/">data on organic composting</a> from her console:</p>
<p><br/> “In the temperate zone, all high-carbon, slow to break down material should be shredded. The more surface area you can create on your material, the faster it will break down. Shredding is not just about creating surface area; it is about facilitating the handling and turning of the compost pile. Straw and large branches tend to get tangled around each other, this will make the turning of your pile damn near impossible… The smaller your material… The better… Ideally, a compost pile should be flipped every two days… But once in a while will work fine… It’s better than never…”</p>
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<p>“So P, what are some of the current challenges to the <b>world domination of permaculture</b>?” he jived from the hammock.</p>
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<p>“Limits to Permaculture? Maybe that it’s slow to expand to new users; that it’s underfunded and not yet widespread in school curriculums?”</p>
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<p>“OK. You are always harping on solutions. Solve these three!” shouted C.J.</p>
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<p>“It’s a simple matter of sex appeal – and outdoing the competition! I think we need more “garden test gadgets!” Push more funding from crowdfunding, perhaps? The school programs? Communities need to gang-up on their local governments and school districts. Permaculture courses are stuck in the for-fee teaching model. BAD! We all need to be experts and Heroes, not just the <b>righteous few early adopters</b>!”</p>
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<p>Our Hero is meditating a lot these days on what she calls the “<strong>ritual of weeding.</strong> ” With her orange day glow knee pads, bibs, gloves and straw hat, she is the alien food captain on a yurt capital with some 50 plant beings and supporting permie infrastructure. If she could get her parents to approve a tattoo on her back, it would scrawl: “<strong>Localization</strong>.” It’s all about serving her neighborhood first with education and organic garden products.</p>
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<p><strong>Share the work and the bounty.</strong></p>
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<p>“Some <a href="http://cagardenweb.ucanr.edu/Berries/Raspberries/">red raspberry varieties</a> have long, slender canes that must be tied. They can be staked or tied to a trellis. Set the trellis posts 15' to 30' apart and run wires between them. Raspberries are best adapted to the cool coastal climates of California, where they grow in full sun. Two cultivars, Bababerry and Oregon 1030, partially tolerate the heat of the southern and central valleys of California. Most varieties can also be grown in the hot interior valleys with some afternoon shade. Raspberry cultivars can be divided into four groups, based on their fruit color: red, golden-yellow, black, and purple. Red cultivars are by far the most common.”</p>
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<p>Saturday at the Labyrinth. A small work party has gathered to build a circular Bababerry (Red Raspberry) Trellis in the middle ring of the community Labyrinth. With donated recycled wood and old wire from the neighborhood, P-Willi and crew engage in one of her favorite actions: “ <strong>the Collaborative Sharing Ritual!</strong> ”</p>
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<p>Symbol of resilience, protection, boundary, the trellis and its fruit to come is a barter / give back thing, fixing an ancient Nature spirit with the land; a “Nature / Tech / Art / Be” thing.</p>
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<p>“Can you say: “ <strong>A Maximizing Yield Showcase?</strong> ” laughs P-Willi!</p>
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<p>Working with Dad, her project manager on this one, gets P-Willi just what she needs:</p>
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<p><strong>Experience DNA Transfer.</strong></p>
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<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Labyrinth Map</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">Sun & Moon Glow</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">Trellis Hands</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">Soulful Sounds</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">Labor Fruit Share</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">This Community Dream</span></p>
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<p>"Last month we took up to much too message, an undoable scale."</p>
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<p>"Ya right. The <strong>“Food Forests on Mars”</strong> campaign!"</p>
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<p>Sponsored by North Bay City Lands Conversion Group was underwritten by <strong><a href="http://www.patternliteracy.com/resources/ethics-and-principles" target="blank">Permaculture Principle #6</a></strong>.</p>
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<p>"Not sure that "Make the least change for the greatest effect" was the result?"</p>
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<p>"Maybe sometimes we should just make the case instead of propagating silly slogans?!"</p>
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<p>Two months ago, the crew did the <strong>“seed library on wheels”</strong> campaign. The truck was robbed twice.</p>
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<p>Permaculture Propaganda Lab's ( <strong>PPL</strong>) strategy for their case strapped clients is often simple: pick one principle or ethic from permaculture and design a campaign for the client.</p>
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<p>Weaving Nature lore, sustainability and human subjects in the NorCal biosphere, PPL works a new campaign per month for food, concert tickets or fresh fish - to name of few things bartered.</p>
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<p>The seed bomb factory on the first floor was closed down by the feeds late last year after an all-night Psilocybin-drenched rave and an early morning product demonstration got out of hand.</p>
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<p>In 2019, multiple NorCal tipping points are fracking the permie scene as the rich consolidate power, make higher fences and force the poor to fight for their injustice.</p>
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<p><strong>The Perma Store</strong> has brought their visions, wares and woes to PPL for an outreach transfusion after buying up the <strong>Dollar Store</strong> franchise in 2017 and seeing sales of permaculture tools go down by 24%.</p>
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<p>"Let's lease the 14 NorCal bill boards from <strong>Zippy’s Sign Mafia</strong> and go with:"</p>
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<p><strong>"Grow It - Eat It - Compost it @ The Perma Store."</strong></p>
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<p>"Thankfully some sign locations are in urban settings. Few can afford the train or auto travel charges at this point.</p>
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<p>"Sounds like <strong>Principle #7</strong> fits ok here: "Start with the smallest systems and build on your successes, with variations."</p>
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<p>"What comes after the billboard?"</p>
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<p><strong>”One dollar Perma Store Hella tattoos!”</strong></p>
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<p>* * * * * * *</p></div>As the Old Books Fade, Can Our New Myths Spark Resilience?https://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/as-the-old-books-fade-can-our-new-myths-find-resilience2012-12-16T23:55:42.000Z2012-12-16T23:55:42.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868849073?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="375" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868849073?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="276" height="335" class="align-center"/></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>"<a href="http://communityalchemy.com/lightnetwork/lightnetwork.pdf" target="_blank">Cascadia's Light Network</a>." eBook 10.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>New Myths # 1 - 34</strong></p>
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<p><br/> <em><strong>From the Introduction -</strong></em></p>
<p><br/> What are your deepest fears about the future? What is your role in designing new systems?</p>
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<p>Are your religious / spiritual organization(s) supporting you and your family right now? What do you really want?</p>
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<p>What is “community?” How are you building / supporting yours?</p>
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<p>What is sacred to you? What is not sacred?</p>
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<p>Is permaculture fulfilling your needs? Is there anything missing in this design science approach?</p>
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<p>Are classical myths resonating / instructing / entertaining you now? Are you creating your own stories? Art?</p>
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<p>Why do you think they call it “Transition?” Where are you going, with what tools and hopes?</p>
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<p>Is Nature just a resource to consume and discard or do you have other ideas? Explain.</p>
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<p>Do you see capitalism changing in any way in the near future? What are the pros and cons in this system?</p>
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<p>As climate change modifies glaciers to coastlines to weather patterns in the heartland, what can do to reduce its impacts?</p></div>