Discover Permaculture: Boundary Conditions Preview 🌱

This video is a preview of Geoff's Online Permaculture Design Course. For more information about the course, please visit, https://www.discoverpermaculture.com/a/2147844655/e3i2ci3L. If you do decide to enroll, use the code YT150 for a $150 discount on your tuition. Video Overview: Boundaries are everywhere. They occur between solids and liquids, liquids and gasses, gasses and solids. They can be where currents move or elements get hot. Even society is constructed of boundaries: gender, religion, subcultures. As permaculturalists, we need to be skilled at recognizing boundary conditions, these points where friction creates a huge potential for change. There are two types of boundaries, those where particles flow along the boundaries and those where particles flow across them. When particles flow along, it’s a sheer event, but in the other case, there is local friction, creating a spinning effect caused by more energy than can be harmonic. The overcharged event spins briefly into chaos because different media must slow down when mixed, and this creates a richer system. If we consider a grassland and forest, and the boundary—ecotone—that occurs between them, we can see that there is a much richer system at the boundary. There are edge species that specialize in the ecotone environment, but in that same location, there are also visitors from both the forest and the grassland. Rich soils will have been dropped by wind resistance in the transition from open prairie to forest. This ecotone edge is a diffusion zone for the flowing media of life. Edges define patterns, but they are also the fuzzy zone between two different media. Traditional people, wisely, were managers of the edge, as it increased design efficiency, accumulating resources from the micro to macro levels. We have to be adept at recognizing these same useful conditions. Key Takeaways: - Boundaries are everywhere, from states of matter to societal structures. - We must recognize boundary conditions as they provide a huge opportunity for potential change. - There are two types of boundaries: with particles moving along the boundary or with particles moving across the boundary. - The ecotone—area of transitions from one media to the next—is rich with resources and species. - Edges are accumulators, where materials drop or gather, at both the micro and macro level. To support us in making more videos: ► Sign up for our newsletter and the Permaculture Circle—Geoff's curated collection of 100+ free videos: https://www.discoverpermaculture.com/thepermaculturecircle ► Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/geofflawtononline/ ► Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geofflawtononline/ ► Subscribe to our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL_r1ELEvAuN0peKUxI0Umw/?sub_confirmation=1 ► And most importantly, enjoy your permaculture journey! #permaculture​ #permaculturedesign​ #permaculturecourse​ #ecotone #sustainableliving #environmentaleducation #nature #livingsustainably #regenerativedesign