Just Enough: Lessons in Living Green from Traditional Japan
With this book, you. will practice making drawings that communicate information as well as reinforce your understanding of permaculture principles by associating them with examples of practices described in the book.
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- For each chapter, choose a set of illustrations from the book and make a hand-drawn copy. You may modify the illustrations as you like. Scan your drawing and insert it into a document that includes all of your chapter drawings and responses
. - For each chapter, describe the practice that was most interesting to you and choose a design principle that characterizes that practice. Compare that practice to its counterpart in the present day. Does the current practice also characterize your principle? If not, do you think it would be possible to convert current behavior so that it follows the principle you listed? Add your written comments to your document.
- For each chapter, choose a set of illustrations from the book and make a hand-drawn copy. You may modify the illustrations as you like. Scan your drawing and insert it into a document that includes all of your chapter drawings and responses
The Farmer from Kai Province, pp. 18-72
due 9/7
Rice Cultivation, pp. 72-79
due 9/14
Rice Production and its Byproducts, pp. 80-81
due 9/21
Thatching a Roof, pp. 82-85
due 9/28
Building Materials and their Virtues, pp. 86-87
due 10/5
Learning from Field and Forest, pp. 88-108
due 10/12
The Carpenter of Edo, pp. 110-163
due 10/19
Ground Transportation, pp. 164-165
due 10/26
Learning from the Sustainable City, pp. 166-175
due 11/2
The Samurai of Edo, pp.176-207
due 11/9
Daimyo Estates, pp. 208-209
due 11/16
Learning from a Life of Restraint, pp. 210-218
due 11/23