PatternDynamics™ is a tool for creating cultures of sustainability by learning nature's design principles.

• Are you interested in introducing a culture of sustainability into your organization, community or business?
• Would you like to learn nature's design principle's as a way of communicating about sustainability?
• Are you passionate about working towards futures of resilience, transition and renewal?

If you are, Welcome to PatternDynamics™, an innovative and exciting new tool for sustainability advocates and professionals.

Sustainability is a complex global challenge. It requires collaboration at all levels of organization- from ecologies and economies to communities and corporations. This can only happen where there are strong cultures of sustainability. Developing culture requires high levels of mutual understanding. Mutual understanding requires effective communication. And, effective communication requires the right language...  PatternDynamics™ is just such a language—"a sustainability pattern language".

PatternDynamics™ → Communication → Understanding → Culture → Collaboration

PatternDynamics™ uses the design patterns of sustainable natural systems to create a set of "pattern" diagrams- the PatternDynamics™ Chart. Each pattern in the chart represents a principle of sustainability. Transforming natural patterns into cultural principles- the principles of sustainability—is the core of the PatternDynamics™ method.

PatternDynamics™ is simple for beginners, scaleable for any size organization, and it's multiple levels of meaning give it depth to satisfy the most advanced sustainability practitioners and leaders. Join the PatternDynamics™ community today to start creating cultures of sustainability in your world!

We like to think of PatternDynamics™ as an Integral Sustainability Pattern Language. It helps natural "systems thinkers" to communicate, design and collaborate for sustainable futures, and it serves as a way for leaders to help others learn the principles of sustainability. Learning and sharing the principles of sustainability helps integrate diverse perspectives and contributions, ensuring we coordinate global levels of intelligence in enacting a sustainable world.

Approach

PatternDynamics™ is based on an Integral approach to sustainability. We use the terms Integral to signify a comprehensive, inclusive and non marginalizing approach that simultaneously seeks to provide a framework to "integrate" diverse perspectives. Applying an Integral approach to a large and complex world challenge like sustainability allows for sophisticated responses that acknowledge and utilise all of the worlds knowledge and wisdom traditions. For more information see:

• www.integrallife.com
• www.integralecology.org
• www.integralinstitute.org

People

Tim Winton Founder/Director

Tim developed PatternDynamics™ while managing and acting as chief instructor at The Permaforest Trust www.permaforesttrust.org.au, a not-for-profit sustainability education centre.

Tim has a 15 year professional career working in sustainable forestry, organic agriculture, permaculture design, sustainability education and consulting. Tim also operates Permaforest Pty Ltd www.permaforest.com.au, a sustainability design and consultancy company.

As a sustainability educator, Tim has developed training modules, courses and workshops in integral sustainability, sustainability principles, permaculture design, PatternDynamics™ and sustainable forestry. He has done numerous talks and presentations on the above subjects and related topics such as Post Carbon Transition, Peak Oil, and Futures of Resilience, Transition and Renewal.

Kamya O’Keeffe Producer

Kamya has over 20 years management experience in the not-for-profit and commercial sectors.  Her focus is enterprise planning and development for organisations in the Arts and Sustainability Education, alongside pioneering the development of programs in Art & Ecology.

Kamya’s experience is in the development of cultural programmes and partnerships that support learning and creativity. Her commitment is to facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration that enables opportunities for innovation and emergence.

Working with the Permaforest Trust and its rich community of students and practitioners aligns her professional and personal goals. She lives with her family on a small community in NNSW whose ethos is rainforest restoration and sustainable living.