Course Readings & Resources

1. Permaculture Intro
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/what-is-permaculture Note: This includes three posts
 
2. http://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-12-09/7-things-you-should-know-about-permaculture
 
3. The Natural Step and Sustainability
http://www.thenaturalstep.org/resources/

4. Sustainability: The 5 Core Principles: Michael Ben-Eli
http://www.sustainabilitylabs.org/assets/img/SL5CorePrinciples.pdf
 
5. Social Innovation - Systems Change
http://sigknowledgehub.com Note: Watch video and choose social innovation elements that you are most interested in from left menu
 


6. Guiding Our Evolution: If we Don’t Who Will?: B. Banathy & Rowland
http://www.scribd.com/doc/18384645/Guiding-Our-Evolution-If-we-don-t-do-it-who-will Note: Focus on Intro, Core Ideas, Conclusion
 
7. Exponential Growth Will Transform Humanity in the Next 30 Years 
https://singularityhub.com/2016/12/21/exponential-growth-will-transform-humanity-in-the-next-30-years/?utm_content=buffer3e6cc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook-hub&utm_campaign=buffer  

 8. Leadership in the Age of Complexity: From Hero To Host
http://www.margaretwheatley.com/articles/Leadership-in-Age-of-Complexity.pdf
 


9. Art Of Hosting and Harvesting
http://www.artofhosting.org/what-is-aoh/
 
10. http://shapeshiftstrategies.com/2014/10/05/documenting-our-work-three-simple-guides-to-harvesting/
 
11. Essence Of Permaculture: David Holmgren
 http://holmgren.com.au/downloads/Essence_of_Pc_EN.pdf
 
(http://permacultureprinciples.com) Note: This is for reference, not required reading
 


12. David Suzuki: An elder's vision for our sustainable future: 1hr 11min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2b7SpLpN5A
 
13. Design Science: Michael Ben-Eli
https://bfi.org/sites/default/files/attachments/pages/DesignScience-FrameworkforChange-BenEli.pdf
 


14. Regenerative Permaculture Design: Regenerative Leadership Institute
https://www.regenerative.com/ebook/permaculture.pdf
 
15. Beginners Guide To Permaculture
http://www.rivendellvillage.org/beginners-guide-to-permaculture.pdf

15.1 Design Your Life With Permaculture 
https://www.permaculture.co.uk/Designing-Your-Life-Permaculture 

15.2 Social Permaculture: Starhawk
http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=6878 

 

15.3 “Restoration Economy” Strives to Protect Pollinators, Create Jobs
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ldquo-restoration-economy-rdquo-strives-to-protect-pollinators-create-jobs/ 



16. If Russ Ackoff had given a TED Talk... 12min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqEeIG8aPPk
 
17. Leverage Points: Places To Intervene in a System
http://www.donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to-intervene-in-a-system/

17.1 CityLab: Border City
http://www.citylab.com/design/2016/09/instead-of-a-wall-build-a-binational-city-us-mexico-border-trump/499634/?utm_source=atlfb  

 
18. Art and Science Of Systems Change: Joe Hsueh
http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/systems-change-joe-hsueh-secondmuse
 
19. System Thinking Resources: Donelle Meadows
http://www.donellameadows.org/systems-thinking-resources/
 
20. Recommended Readings: Society For Organizational learning
https://www.solonline.org/?Readings
 
21. Living Systems Theory and The Practice of Stewarding Change: Michelle Holiday & Michael Jones
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1QHfFdt03sYRHJBN0twVGVwR3c/view
 


21.1 Creations in Nature: Dietmar Voorwold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbcbbCFaLw8 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulLU1BUJk8Q&t=91s 

Andy Goldsworthy - environmental artist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP_-P7ZcWZU&index=14&list=PL2Gt-yMLHASUW87Qi1jzzo2fQybAINRv1 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWcebVXNrDw 


22. The Dawn Of Systems Leadership: Peter Senge, Hal Hamilton, & John Kania
http://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_dawn_of_system_leadership
 
23. Leading Systems
http://ssir.org/articles/entry/leading_systems
 
24. Fostering Systems Change: Srik Gopal & John Kania
http://ssir.org/articles/entry/fostering_systems_change#bio-footer
 
25. Six Strategies For Systems Change For A Sustainable Future: Anna Birney
http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/blog/six-strategies-systems-change-sustainable-future

Additional Resources

Meaning and Purpose of Dojo
http://maaml.blogspot.ca/2009/09/dojo-its-purpose-and-meaning.html?m=1
 
Permaculture Design Related
Free Permaculture Related E-books
http://www.green-shopping.co.uk/ebooks/free-ebooks.html
 
Permaculture Book List
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/12585.The_Best_Permaculture_Books_Ever
 
Free Bill Mollison Permaculture Lecture Series, On-Line
http://www.networkearth.org/perma/culture.html#Permaculture
 
Redesigning Civilization - with Permaculture: Toby Hemenway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6b7zJ-hx_c
 
Geoff Lawton: Permaculture & The Tipping Point
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1la9ik-MscM
 
Permaculture A Quiet Revolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG2eHQ9Q078
 
The Permaculture Podcast
http://www.thepermaculturepodcast.com
 
Vegetable Growing infograph
http://www.anglianhome.co.uk/goodtobehome/garden-news/a-vegetable-growing-cheat-sheet-infographic/#.VKhUnMZvdYY
 
Punta Mona
http://puntamona.org
 
Applied Ecovillage Living
http://www.findhorn.org/programmes/53/#.VKIdQbiAo4
 
Global Ecovillage Network
http://gen.ecovillage.org
 
Design Science
http://www.designsciencelab.com/resources/Design-Science-Primer.pdf

Rhizosphere: Roots & Soil: 
http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/the-rhizosphere-roots-soil-and-67500617 

Every River Basin In U.S:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3860062/The-veins-America-Stunning-map-shows-river-basin-US.html 

Permaculture Plant Database:
http://www.permacultureplantdata.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=101

 
Strategic Sustainability & Evolution
Alliance For Strategic Sustainable Development
http://www.alliance-ssd.org
 
The Natural Step
http://www.naturalstep.org/en
 
The Sustainability Laboratory
http://www.sustainabilitylabs.org
 
The History of Our World In 18 Minutes: David Christian
http://www.greattransition.org/publication/bounding-the-planetary-future-why-we-need-a-great-transition#figure-3
 
We Can Still Opt For A Life- Sustaining World – Coming Back To life: Joanna Macy
http://www.overgrowthesystem.com/we-can-still-opt-for-a-life-sustaining-world-coming-back-to-life-joanna-macy/
 
Guided Evolution: B.Banathy
http://www.slideshare.net/sarahverwei/7banathy-guided-evolution-1
 
From Knowledge To Understanding: Manfred A. Max-Neef
http://www.peaceproposal.com/maxneef.html
 
Systems Change
Top Ten Articles About Social Labs So Far: Sam Rye
https://medium.com/@samrye_enspiral/the-top-10-articles-about-social-labs-so-far-24c57d339cf8#.mr210k1kj
 
Bounding The Planetary Future: Why We Need A Great Transition
http://www.greattransition.org/publication/bounding-the-planetary-future-why-we-need-a-great-transition#figure-3
 
New ways of working: B Team
http://bteam.org/plan-b/new-ways-working-report/
 
Earth Charter
http://www.earthcharterinaction.org/content/pages/Read-the-Charter.html
 
Collaborative Leadership
Host In A Hurry: Berkana Institute
http://www.berkana.org/pdf/Hosting_in_a_Hurry.pdf
 
AoH Core Practices
http://artofhosting.ning.com/page/core-art-of-hosting-practices
 
Theory U
http://mitleadership.mit.edu/pdf/Theory_U_Exec_Summary.pdf
 
Chaordic Stepping Stones: Chris Corrigan
http://chriscorrigan.com/Chaordic%20stepping%20stones.pdf
 
Inspiration
The Greatest Speech Ever Made: Charlie Chaplin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WibmcsEGLKo
 
Botany of desire: PBS Special about Book By Michael Pollan
http://video.pbs.org/video/1283872815/
 
The Story Wars: Free Range Studios: Jonah Sachs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o69xW8wtBhk
 
The Story of Stuff: Annie Leonard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM

Wade Davis: Cultures at the far edge of the world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL7vK0pOvKI 

Nahko Bear (Medicine for the People) ღ Aloha Ke Akua
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsgP8LkEopM&t=64s