Preorder a premium copy of the new limited edition Permaculture Design Deck with 260 cards sharing core concepts from permaculture and featuring art from Brenna Quinlan.
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Latest Updates from Our Project:
Permaculture Passages
over 2 years ago
– Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 09:56:07 PM
Deepest of thanks for supporting the Permaculture Design Deck with a pre-order. This grassroots crowdfunding is making the impossible possible with this huge, 260+ card deck in a linen covered box with a booklet to match its companion Permaculture Design Notes Book and Game.
The deck is progressing steadily. the most recent 2018 edition's 230 cards were rewritten at sacred sites in the Emerald Isle and are now in the design file. The next step is blazing forward into expanding the deck.
"Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in." - Henry David Thoreau
Exploring the serene autumn at Walden Pond for collaborative writing from a distance with visionary permaculture pioneer Robin Clayfield the source inspiration for this project from the beginning.
New cards for the upcoming Permaculture Design Deck inspired by her innovation and wisdom are taking this toolkit to a new level. Grateful to activate contemplative permaculture writing while sitting at the cabin desk of Henry David Thoreau and beside the small lake that inspired his poetic nature wisdom.
Here are a few of the new principles from Robin Clayfield. She provided bullet points and I polished into short statements which she reviewed and gave feedback on. Here are some unreleased principles from the new deck.
"Learning is finding out that you already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you. You are all learners, doers, and teachers."
— Richard Bach
Grateful for an online mentorship session with extraordinary educator Graham Bell, chair of Permaculture Scotland. He reminded me that teachers open minds and hearts. That is not so much about filling people full of facts, as it is about supporting people to understand how things work.
Here are new cards inspired by Graham's teachings. He sent a list of principles which I wrote out and had him read for any feedback or edits. Here are some of the new unreleased principles that will appear in the new deck.
Awesome gratitude for supporting this initiative to make the new deck. As we work towards making it the best that we can, we continue to allow pre-orders on backerkit to raise funds for quality printing of an still expanding card set.
A song of life from our garden to yours, may you have a healthy and abundant journey through this season. More updates to come.
planted love
Delvin & Grace
Sacred Site Pilgrimage
over 2 years ago
– Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 06:23:47 PM
May the road rise to meet you
Go n-éiri an bóthar leat
Dear Friends of our World
We had the best ever time on our honeymoon permaculture pilgrimage to the Emerald Isle.
A 30 second little video shot at Mary Reynolds Gardens at Díseart Institute of Irish Spirituality
We were joyed to spend so much time at so many sacred sites. At each of them I took a bit of time to do editing and writing of the new Permaculture Design Deck.
Here are a few of the locations to give you a vision of how inspiring the context for this work was :)
Mary Reynolds Gardens at Díseart Institute of Irish Spirituality
Mary Reynolds Gardens at Brigid's Gardens - Gardín Bhríde
Glanleam Standing stone
Grange Stone Circle - Lios na Gráinsí
Piper's Stones - Clocha an Phíobaire
The Druids Altar - Drombeg Stone Circle
Uragh Stone Circle - Ciorcal Cloch Uragh
Lough Crew - Loch Craobh
Skellig Michael - Sceilig Mhichíl - St Fionan’s monastery - Cluain Eraird
We brought the deck box with us to ritually charnge it up too!
The Druids Circle - Kenmare
The writing is so clear and inspired. Joyed to have taken the project to a whole new level of awesome by ritualizing the writing and editing process.
Ultra gratitude for supporting this initiave with a pre-order. We are truly grateful.
bright eyed,
Delvin & Grace
Delvin & Grace at Uragh Stone Circle
Pilgrimage to Permaculture Design Deck
over 2 years ago
– Mon, Sep 06, 2021 at 07:35:21 AM
“When humanity serves Nature, Nature serves humanity. When we serve animals and plants, they too serve us in return.”– Amma (Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi)
Grateful to activate the editing and writing of the new Permaculture Design Deck at sacred sites in the Emerald Isle as part of our honeymoon pilgrimage.
Amazing to be able to take time on holy sites like the Hill of Tara with a 5000 year history of ceremonial culture and sacred ritual. Tapping into the magic and inspiration provides an extraordinary context for creative insight and integrative work.
Delvin & Grace at the Destiny Stone on the Hill of Tara.
Grace holds a posey of hawthorn, thistle, clover and yarrow over the Destiny Stone.
We were approached and gifted this goddess statue at one of our many pilgrimages to the Hill of Tara. Appropriate that it sits on the Destiny Stone, a fertility symbol on a site with a long history of druidic, wiccan and pagan ceremony.
This past month we also completed a short video from our interview with Susun Weed during the kickstrater campaign. Susun vastly expanded her 'Grounded Gardening' cards in the deck.
Deepest of gratitude for your alliance in the work of permaculture.
love from our garden to yours
Delvin & Grace Solkinson
Together we manifested the miraculous !
over 2 years ago
– Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 10:51:45 AM
“Profound joy of the heart is like a magnet that indicates the path of life.” ― Mother Teresa
Friends of the Earth
Thanks to your generous alliance in this work, we have harnessed the power of co-operation through conscious crowdfunding and managed to achieve the impossible: unlocking a massive 260 card deck featuring core concepts of permaculture design learned from many elders, pioneers and visionaries. What an amazing journey its been from Litha to Lughnasadh. Six weeks of permaculture activations!
Bright eyed and joyful by the success of our kickstarter
Deepest of gratitude. We are amazed and thankful for this milestone accomplishment. As we flow into the creation phase we will continue to send short updates as we put the deck together with the help and mentorship of numerous permaculture pioneers. The two programs made during the campaign will also be shared: A webinar on Gamifying Education with Gaia University and a dialogue with permaculture pioneer Robin Clayfield, the core inspiration for the deck and a primary mentor for this new edition.
Our hearts are full.
The Solkinson's
Final Day to Unlock the Deck
over 2 years ago
– Sun, Aug 01, 2021 at 04:36:38 PM
"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dear Friends of the Earth
Deeply grateful for your support in this grassroots initiative to help plant more seeds of permaculture in the world.
Yay we finally got the sample proof of what the deck could look like if we reach our goals.
The box is beautiful! Heavy duty and covered in green linen fabric with a foil stamp!
FINAL DAY to upgrade your pledge. Order more to lower your cost per deck and reduce your shipping cost per deck. Upgrade to a 2 pack or a three pack and get special gifts for friends and family... or get a 10 or 25 pack and resell them to your permaculture community. Every deck ordered helps to bring this project to life in its highest form!
A song of gratitude from your Canadian permaculture friends. We are joyed to be part of a growing conscious network of like minded people.
