Tag Archives: pattern

A collection of starlings is called a Murmuration

If you want you breath taken away by wild nature, incidentally filmed on an all-girl canoeing adventure, here you are: a spectacular starling swarm. Simply beautiful.

Part of a Permaculture Design Certificate is dedicated to patterns in nature and how we can use them in design. This pattern recognition flows through all things. But sometimes it just stops you in your tracks, like in the video above…

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PDC week 3: pattern and design

Recognizing simple pattern in nature is easy, and it’s the basis of bio mimicry. But just as crucial as recognizing these natural patterns, is thinking about how you can use them to create. That’s where the design comes in.

Figuring how to integrate natural patterning into permaculture designs for homesteads, communities, farms and cities in a beneficial way is a core concept in Permaculture theory. Read More »

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