Section 01: Invisible Structures
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just. — Blaise Pascal
Section List of Chapters
01011 Invisible Structure Basics — Structures, systems, religions, organizations, political and economic systems, all the “software” that makes human societies work. We move towards creating a society where it is easier to care for people, care for the planet, and have a care for the future.
01021 Invisible structures for urban and college permaculture — The special circumstances involving invisible structures of urban and college/university situations.
01031 Design issues in our urban realities — The importance of local governments. 18 urban design imperatives. Problems of cities.
01041 Invisible Structure Toolbox — 14 interesting permaculture design tools useful in urban areas.
01051 Zones in Invisible Structures — Memes, habits/behaviors, structures, systems, communities, cultures, peoples, species. Eight zones for permaculture work.
01061 Observations About Invisible Structures — Invisible structures have consequences. Changing invisible structures has consequences. Be careful! The problem of unintended consequences.
01071 Succession and Invisible Structures — Memetic evidence of damaged cultural ecologies, first, second, and third order change agents.
01081 Extended Families, Groups, Organizations — The utility and importance of voluntary cooperation and kinship bonds.
01091 Open Source Resistance and the Occupy Movement — Replicating lessons from the Occupy movement.
01101 Community Permaculture Projects — Ideas for community permaculture projects in cities and on campus.
01111 The problem of rent-seeking — What happens when invisible structures corrupt and go bad.
01121 Structures of Control and Liberation — Memes of control and liberation. How those in control stay in power and how they oppress the rest of us. The importance of self-fulfilling prophecies.
01131 War, peace, and justice — Laying the foundation for a future of peace with justice.
01141 The Melbourne Principles — Ten principles for sustainable cities, adopted in 2002.
01151 The Methods of Nonviolent Action — From the Albert Einstein Institution, by Dr. Gene Sharp, 198 ideas for nonviolent action. Used here with permission of the author.
01161 Social Justice and the Oppression of the Poor — More on invisible structures gone wrong. How modern societies oppress the poor and profit from it.
01171 Invisible Structure Inventory — The beginning of an inventory of your involvement with invisible structures and your first thoughts on necessary evolutions in invisible structures.
01181 Invisible Structure Design Issues — Two design challenges to get you started.