Love your Domestead work and concept! So many overlapping ideas here :) I think these concepts will continue to grow into a solid sub-culture, if not become more mainstream in the decades ahead
I sure hope so. Once I've ironed out the wrinkles of the Domestead design, I'm hoping to build a BioRegional EcoCenter full of them -- to host workshops and let people rent them out and -- and see just how comfortable living in harmony with nature can be!
We're working on a similar framework! Learn the methods ourselves, build our vision locally, and then teach local classes. I think this is exactly how true grassroots change occurs :)
I love this flow chart and it's a great start. If it's going to be accurate though, it needs to include all the many inputs of materials such as construction materials, batteries, mechanical parts like pumps and pipes, etc - as well as the outputs of where all those things go when their use is done.
Otherwise we run the risk of living in a fantasy about the real impacts of our lifestyle on the ecology of the earth, which extends far beyond property lines and the immediate ecosystem that surrounds the home.
Only once we examine the full big picture can we start to address and shift the larger societal systems and structures that continue to harm all of us. The solutions are bigger than ourselves alone, but if we don't start with an honest assessment of the situation then we will inevitably be part of the problem rather than the solution.
So glad you like it! It’s high level by design :) Otherwise it’s not as useful for a broad audience if we pigeonhole with too many specifics without understanding the region and people the system is serving. It’s meant to be an introductory learning tool more than a hyper-specific analysis. Every unique setup would be so different and varied based on locality, the needs of the inhabitants, changing technology (batteries, etc). It’s also a valuable experience for individuals to take this general idea, and then dig deep into the specific systems they’d like to implement!
This is awesome! I hadn't organized it so beautifully as in your chart, but it has many of the same systems I'm building into our Domestead!
https://bioharmony.substack.com/p/domesteading-spa-dome
https://youtu.be/dtVZHJzhbUY
Love your Domestead work and concept! So many overlapping ideas here :) I think these concepts will continue to grow into a solid sub-culture, if not become more mainstream in the decades ahead
I sure hope so. Once I've ironed out the wrinkles of the Domestead design, I'm hoping to build a BioRegional EcoCenter full of them -- to host workshops and let people rent them out and -- and see just how comfortable living in harmony with nature can be!
We're working on a similar framework! Learn the methods ourselves, build our vision locally, and then teach local classes. I think this is exactly how true grassroots change occurs :)
I love this flow chart and it's a great start. If it's going to be accurate though, it needs to include all the many inputs of materials such as construction materials, batteries, mechanical parts like pumps and pipes, etc - as well as the outputs of where all those things go when their use is done.
Otherwise we run the risk of living in a fantasy about the real impacts of our lifestyle on the ecology of the earth, which extends far beyond property lines and the immediate ecosystem that surrounds the home.
Only once we examine the full big picture can we start to address and shift the larger societal systems and structures that continue to harm all of us. The solutions are bigger than ourselves alone, but if we don't start with an honest assessment of the situation then we will inevitably be part of the problem rather than the solution.
So glad you like it! It’s high level by design :) Otherwise it’s not as useful for a broad audience if we pigeonhole with too many specifics without understanding the region and people the system is serving. It’s meant to be an introductory learning tool more than a hyper-specific analysis. Every unique setup would be so different and varied based on locality, the needs of the inhabitants, changing technology (batteries, etc). It’s also a valuable experience for individuals to take this general idea, and then dig deep into the specific systems they’d like to implement!