

Concept Quick Links
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Systems Thinking
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Pantheon
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Apocalypsis
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Whole Brain Thinking
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Design Thinking
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Pattern Literacy
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Biomimicry
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Scales of Permanence
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Pattern Recognition
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Principles vs. Rules
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Leverage Points
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Initiative
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Stacking Functions
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Nested Systems
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Mycelial Thinking
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Feedback Loops
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Creative Constraints
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Edge Effect
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Small and Slow Solutions
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Yin and Yang
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Observe & Interact
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The Law of Return
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Design by Limitation
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Permaculture Design Principles
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9. Thoughtforms & Tools
Introduction
The frameworks that shape perception. Maps, lenses, and metaphors that make action wiser and more beautiful. This is the workshop of the mind — where ideas become gardens.
Description
The mind as garden. The idea as compass. The tool as spell.
This portal is a collection of lenses, languages, and living logics — ways of seeing that help us shape the world not just cleverly, but wisely.
Here we study design tools and thinking patterns that invite wholeness — not control. We explore the invisible architecture beneath regenerative living: maps of mind and place, metaphors that move us, and principles that root vision in practice.
Some of these tools are ancient — passed down through land-based cultures. Others are emergent — born from biomimicry, complexity science, or creative chaos. All of them are invitations to look again — and more deeply.
Thoughtforms are not rigid dogmas. They are shapes that hold insight.
Tools are not just implements. They are extensions of intention.
In permaculture, design thinking matters — not to dominate, but to dance with nature. Here, we learn to think in spirals, not straight lines. To zoom in and out. To sense interconnection before intervention.
Let these be your lenses, maps, compasses, templates, and companions.
Not to give you answers — but to refine your questions.