Interests
Permaculture Systems thinking Policy reform
Community design Resiliency Alternative Economics
Regenerative design Biomimicry Art and Culture
Moral evolution Equality
Skill Flex Form
This Google Form is how I document my progress. The information is recorded on a spreadsheet and can be turned into a radar chart.
Personal and peer skills
Personal
Systemic thinking Permaculture design
Appropriate technology Homesteading
Self-reliance Creative thinking and acting
Active Ecological Understanding
Multi-lingual: native English, near-native French, proficient Spanish, basic German
Experienced in outdoors: back-packing, sailing, kayaking, canoeing, rock-climbing
Accomplished craftswoman: Comprehensive knowledge of sewing, crafting, building and arts (including ceramics, wood- and metal-working, drawing, painting, and up-cycling)
Peer
Committed Personable
Loving Giving
Nurturing
Professional, political and patrix skills
Group dynamics Leadership
Priority Analysis Achieving consent/ Mediation
Consistency Activism
Ethical/Egalitarian framework Design
Big-picture thinking Transparency
Project skills
I play a myriad of roles in projects, often choosing to be a mediator, leader, or creator based upon the needs of the group. I love working alone but as a component of a larger group as I'm driven by the pressure of responsibility and performance.
Personal and peer goals
Personal
Self-acknowledgement Self-respect
Health, emotional and physical Routine and schedules
Challenging the Patrix Detail work
Avoiding paralysis by analysis Balancing emotional resilience/sensitivity
Endurance in project work Ecoliteracy
Balancing reflection/prototyping Balancing action/theory
Transition capacity Documentation skills
Peer
Stable friendships Transition alliance
Promise/Project Management Communication
Time management
Professional, political and patrix goals
Professional
Skill trading Cooperation
Financial literacy Marketing
Political
Policy change (beginning with local government)
Complex designs for (not black-and-white) policies
Patrix
Challenge current systems through interactions with the [white, wealthy, dominant male]
Project goals
Pay It Forward Permaculture & Agricultural Farm (PIFPAF)
...to create an ecologically sound, economically viable, low-management, beautiful and human-nurturing food forest and farm that could eventually provide eighty percent of a family's nutrition, act as a nursery for the town, and be harvested for economic gain. As it is installed and is maturing, it will be a demonstration and educational site for ecological regeneration that can be left untended for extended periods of time (in the case of renters) or maintained as a part of an internship program.
Food Shed Analysis / EDAP (Energy Decent Action Plan) of Andover, New Hampshire and Merrimack Watershed
...to create awareness of the meta-context regarding the townspeople's energy uses and reestablish connections to our basic biological needs, community, and resources.
Northeastern Organic Farming Association of New Hampshire Permaculture Subcommittee
...to begin the transition from conventional organic agriculture to resilient, Permaculture food forests in order to improve ecological health, business stability, and direct connections with the consumers in New Hampshire.
Sadhana Forest Haiti Mobile Reforestation Truck
...to provide a mobile educational facility and nursery that implements and demonstrates long-term solutions for Haiti's food scarcity, ecological deterioration, and economic instability.
Selectwoman of Andover, New Hampshire
...to learn the interworkings of my home town, better connect with the people, and create policy to serve the community, our natural resources, and our local economy. A term of 3 years would provide ample opportunities to become known amongst community members and create an understanding of the needs and desires of my neighbors. This would also pave the path for moving into regional planning.
Permaculture Teacher and Designer for Proctor Academy, Andover Public School, and Bioregion
...to demonstrate Permaculture and creative education in primary and secondary institutions while designing and implementing food forests and resilient systems for publicity and monetary gain.