Earning: Resources
ADDITIONAL VIDEOS by Tina Lymberis: Jost’s Countryside Adventures (a podcast about how Jost creates his livelihood since he moved to the countryside) Principle #3: Obtain a yield – and how it applies to your transition PERMACULTURE PRINCIPLE SONGS: Yield – Formidable Vegetable (Principle #3: Obtain a Yield) Small and Slow – Charlie Mgee (Principle […]
Theory: Earning
One of the biggest fears people carry into a countryside transition is the money question: How will I pay my electricity bills? How will I earn a living? Can I afford it? What if I can’t find work? This fear is legitimate, but it is almost always based on a narrow understanding of what “work” […]
Permaculture as a compass
Throughout the Preparing phase, four permaculture principles are particularly useful: Observe and interact. Everything begins with observation. Observe yourself, your needs, your feelings, where you feel good, with whom you feel good, what you love doing and in terms of your relationships, your work, your lifestyle and environmental preferences. So we begin where all good […]
The Ethical Livelihood design
The roadmap is not a linear sequence – it is a three-stage design process. Each stage builds on the last, and you will return to earlier stages as you learn and adjust. STAGE 1 – MAP YOUR RAW MATERIAL Observe what you love, what energises you, and what skills you genuinely have. Map your […]
How the Course Is Structured
This is a self-paced course. I recommend taking your time while maintaining momentum – allocate a regular timeslot each week or month and stick to it. Don’t rush through it. This is a meditative process. You may find that you don’t know the answers to some questions when you’re sitting with the Playbook. That’s okay. The answer […]
Regenerative Earning: Work that grows with use
One of the most important principles in this module is the idea of a regenerative livelihood: work that regenerates you rather than depletes you (or is degenerative). The question is not just “Can I earn from this?” and not even “Will I still want to do this in five years?”, which is the classic systemic […]
Exercise 1: Needs
Read through the list of needs in the resources. Allow time to sit with each one. Feel which ones resonate with you – which ones stand out. Make a list of these needs in your PLAYBOOK (not wants!) and write down how you can meet them. You may not be able to come up with […]
Exercise 2: Values
Let’s look at values in a whole new light – as your guiding light, your north star. Your values serve as a compass to guide you in your transition, and they help you identify people that you would want to live next to, collaborate with or play with! And vice versa. Step One: This is […]
Personal Example – My regenerative morning routine
One way I regenerate myself is through my morning self-care routine. I started my morning routine a couple of years ago with the encouragement of my pranic therapist Aspasia. Even though it was difficult to start, I started with small steps. First I ritualised drinking my warm lemon water by infusing it with gratitude. Sometimes […]
Exercise 3: Check your human design chart for ideal environment
Your human design chart also tells you what your ideal environment is, so it would be interesting for you to see whether your YES in the Environment Visualisation exercise corresponds to what your Human Design Chart tells you! There is another school of thought that says that your ideal living environment is the one you […]