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1. Observe and Interact – taking the time to examine and engage with the current state of affairs is a critical step to making well-informed design choices...
2. Catch and Store Energy – energies come in many forms, not just the kind we run our homes and businesses on… think about resources in general, like skills, people, motivation, inspiration, community...
3. Obtain a yield – a yield is what is left after output/product has been reinvested in the system to sustain it… don’t limit yield to physical products or services… it can be knowledge, love, inspiration, connection...
4. Apply Self Regulation and Accept Feedback – a system that self-regulates is one which adjusts its internal components for greatest efficiency without your input… accepting feedback means you actively factor results into the design… strive to maximize both of these...
5. Use and Value Renewable Resources and Services – adopting this responsible attitude toward the resources the implementation our design activities use, makes our designs/systems more sustainable as we move into the future...
6. Produce No Waste – remember, “waste” is just output that is exported out of our system/design yet brings no external return… investigating and planning for the output that is produced by the implementation of a project (other than the desired product) means that we can view this not as “waste” but as a valuable internal resource that can be creatively recirculated...
7. Design From Patterns to Details – acknowledging that nature is the perfect designer opens up new templates for our systems/designs that are more efficient and symbiotic than those we may come up with ourselves...
8. Integrate Rather Than Segregate – establishing symbiotic relationships between the various components our system/design helps us to develop multiple functions for elements and multiple elements to cover each function...
9. Use Small and Slow Solutions – factoring in incremental stages of implementation allows us to factor in the observations and feedback we get with each stage...
10. Use and Value Diversity – recognizing that nature employs virtually unlimited diversity in every aspect of production, we can see diversity as strength and resilience...
11. Use Edges and Value the Marginal – value is created where differences meet and systems intersect...
12. Creatively Use and Respond to Change – accepting that change is the status quo in nature, we can see value in transitions...
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2. Catch and Store Energy – energies come in many forms, not just the kind we run our homes and businesses on… think about resources in general, like skills, people, motivation, inspiration, community...
3. Obtain a yield – a yield is what is left after output/product has been reinvested in the system to sustain it… don’t limit yield to physical products or services… it can be knowledge, love, inspiration, connection...
4. Apply Self Regulation and Accept Feedback – a system that self-regulates is one which adjusts its internal components for greatest efficiency without your input… accepting feedback means you actively factor results into the design… strive to maximize both of these...
5. Use and Value Renewable Resources and Services – adopting this responsible attitude toward the resources the implementation our design activities use, makes our designs/systems more sustainable as we move into the future...
6. Produce No Waste – remember, “waste” is just output that is exported out of our system/design yet brings no external return… investigating and planning for the output that is produced by the implementation of a project (other than the desired product) means that we can view this not as “waste” but as a valuable internal resource that can be creatively recirculated...
7. Design From Patterns to Details – acknowledging that nature is the perfect designer opens up new templates for our systems/designs that are more efficient and symbiotic than those we may come up with ourselves...
8. Integrate Rather Than Segregate – establishing symbiotic relationships between the various components our system/design helps us to develop multiple functions for elements and multiple elements to cover each function...
9. Use Small and Slow Solutions – factoring in incremental stages of implementation allows us to factor in the observations and feedback we get with each stage...
10. Use and Value Diversity – recognizing that nature employs virtually unlimited diversity in every aspect of production, we can see diversity as strength and resilience...
11. Use Edges and Value the Marginal – value is created where differences meet and systems intersect...
12. Creatively Use and Respond to Change – accepting that change is the status quo in nature, we can see value in transitions...
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