Quick-start guide to iPermie!
Getting started with iPermie can be daunting — so many chapters, so much information. Where to start?
Here are a few pointers into the book to use as a jumping off point.
Motivation
13091 You can do this! — Everyone takes the red pill or the blue. There are no other choices.
Permaculture Design Theory
00381 The Process of Permaculture Design — Draws everything in iPermie together into one continuous design narrative. The spiral of intervention and lists of testing questions.
13041 Evolutions of the Story — As your life changes, your design evolves.
Inventories
Creating these inventories is a necessary step to start the related design challenges.
00161 Lifestyle Inventory: How and Why — Here’s a plan for long and thoughtful observation of the situation. It’s not the only observation plan but if you don’t do this method, you need to develop your own.
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.
03241 Energy Inventory — Observing your energy situation. How many BTUs does your lifestyle require.
04091 Shelter Inventory — Questions to ask, situations to observe, data you need.
05081 Water inventory — Questions that must be asked.
06071 Transportation inventory — Questions to ask regarding the geographies, locations, and destinations of your life.
07071 Community Inventory — Questions to ask, information to discern.
08171 Economic Inventory — Understanding where you are with your economics is the first step towards a better situation.
09241 Resilience Inventory — What do you know about your risks? For that matter, do you know your risks?
10101 Health inventory — Questions needing answers.
Design challenges
00411 Design challenges — Three challenges to get your started on your road towards permaculture design.
03261 Design issues: developing a personal energy plan — Working on an important section of your permaculture design for your life.
04081 Shelter Design Challenges — Small design projects to further your understanding of design.
05091 Water Design Challenges — Small scale designs that develop your skills.
06081 Access and Transportation Design Challenges — We continue to learn design by doing design.
07081 Community Design Challenges — Learn design by doing small designs.
08181 Design your household economics — Areas of important design for your personal economic system.
09251 Resilience Design Opportunities — Small jobs to get you going.
10111 Health Design Opportunities — Getting started in design.
11051 Education Design Opportunities — Work on your personal education plan for your life.