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.