Becoming a Designer - Why and How

The mind map helps to become a designer from why and how perspectives.

Edited at 2020-10-10 07:11:00

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Becoming a Designer - Why and How

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Becoming a Designer - Why and How

For YOU

Self-empowerment

To identify what I can do alone, and what I can do with others

Needs-based resilience

freedom - how you participate in mainstream culture

lessen fear for survival

increased 'value' to communities

Personal Growth

To bring a deeper sense of meaning and purpose into your life

To expand your sphere of influence

For your ALLIES

Empowering others

Demonstrate alternatives

For the liberation of yourself, your allies and humansocieties

contradict that the mainstream is inevitable

For life on the planet

To restore ecological systems in the face of climate change and peak oil

Small adjustments now could make big ones down the road

For making a living

Fills a great need in society, therefore has value

Ethical Framework of Permaculture

3 PC Ethics

Earth care

People care

Fair share

Beware: The Invisible Obvious

So familiar, you don't sistematize

To communicate to 'outsiders' it's important to codify into a system

The 10 cycle rule

It takes 10 cycles to feel competent

Ecosocial design

Expands on PC Design

More holistic: Ensures the social/emotional/economic dimensions are not left behind

Also referred to as Integral Permaculture or Permaculture +++

= Ecological restoration + Social Justice

Design is highly valued today

Even in corporate world = important opportunities

Example: Human Centered Design from IDEO

Design Thinking, etc

My additions in GREEN