25 Mar

Design 7: Kannuksen valmistuminen – The Drum

I started the Drum design on winter solstice 21.12.2023 when I lit the first fire at our ’megalithic circle’ and decided to make a drum and create it as a design in my Diploma portfolio. This was while many others were rushing around shopping malls preparing to celebrate a strange concoction of christianity and americanised consumerism and a twisted understanding of “gift economy”. I always had difficulty to connect to what our […]

3 Sep

Design 6: Ducks

Diploma apprentice’s name Erkki Pöytäniemi Date Apprentice started Diploma May 2021 Project Title Design 6 – Ducks Design Number 6/10 Date Design Started 2024-08-12 Date Design Completed 2024-10-21 / 2024-11-12 Has the Design been implemented? yes Online Link to Design (if available) https://iso-orvokkiniitty.fi/dpaerkki/2024/09/03/design-8-ducks/ Type of Design Land Based Design Framework VOEDIMET Design Category Land & Nature Stewardship, Building, Tools & Technology Tools used Ethics to state vision, Zones, Sectors, Elements […]

29 Apr

Design 5 – Mushroom cultivation at Iso-orvokkiniitty

Diploma apprentice’s name Erkki Pöytäniemi Date Apprentice started Diploma 2017 / May 2021 in NPA Project Title Design 5 – Mushroom cultivation at Iso-orvokkiniitty Design Number 5/10 Date Design Started 2024-03-15 (2015) Date Design Completed 2024-10-17 / 2025-03-17 after 2nd mentor assessment Has the Design been implemented? yes Online Link to Design (if available) Type of Design Land Based Design Framework CEAP Design Category Land & Nature Stewardship, Tools and […]

25 Feb

Design 4.2: Forest Garden

Diploma apprentice’s name Erkki Pöytäniemi Date Apprentice started Diploma May 2021 Project Title Design 4 – Forest Garden Design Number 4/10 Date Design Started 2015 Date Design Completed 2024-03-31 Has the Design been implemented? yes Online Link to Design (if available) Design 4.2: Forest Garden – Erkki ‘s Permaculture Diploma Type of Design Land Based Design Framework GoSADIMET Design Category Land & Nature Stewardship. Tools used Ethics to state vision, […]

24 Aug

Design 1: Ponds at Iso-orvokkiniitty

Approved 16.9.2023 – No editing after that. 15.3.2025 – Tweaks after 2nd mentors assessment: Brief, Contour map, Reflection on Learnings. This design was started in June 2021 as “Water and Making Ponds”. After reviewing it in June 2023 I decided that the design is too big and should be divided in smaller bits that are easier to manage. The largest part of the design is the Ponds at Iso-orvokkiniitty (this […]

3 May

Design 3: Caring for Bees

This is the third design in my Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design Portfolio. I started writing it in early 2022 and first published it 3.5.2022. The second version was published in spring 2023 and the final in October 2023. APPROVED 16.11.2023 (no edits after that) Index My path from Beekeeping to Caring for Bees I had bees for a couple of years in the late 1970’s when I was in […]

10 Feb

Design 2: Energy at Iso-orvokkiniitty

I first published this article on 10.2.2022 but as usual it was not final. I had written the Vision, Needs and Observations of the current situation, evaluated how it works and possibilities to tweak. I came back to the design in September 2023. Now I decided I need to narrow down the scope from “Buildings and Energy systems” to “Energy at Iso-orvokkiniitty”. Possible spin-offs (i.e. other designs) are “Water and […]