Part 4

Anti-Capitalism: The Political Economy of Permaculture

10 lessons · about 295 minutes of reading, plus the fieldwork.

  1. 01The PyramidWhat a permaculture design certificate is sold as, what it costs to make, what it licenses, and why the tier above it needs to keep the tier below growing.25 min
  2. 02EnclosureThe historical process that turned shared land into a priced commodity, what it did to the people who worked it, and why it never stopped.30 min
  3. 03The Land Access CrisisWhat land costs here, what the access schemes actually do, and the legal reality of squatting, with every figure sourced or flagged.30 min
  4. 04The Influencer EconomyWhat happens to farming when attention pays better than food does, and this farm's own funding model stated in public.30 min
  5. 05Enough Is a Fine Amount to HaveSufficiency as a design target with a number attached to food, fuel, money, land and attention, and the stopping rule that makes a system last.30 min
  6. 06Markets Are Fine, Pyramid Schemes Are NotA market moves a surplus at a fair price. A certification economy sells certainty and owes nothing for it. This lesson draws the line and defends it.30 min
  7. 07The CommonsOstrom showed that communities govern shared land without state control or enclosure. Here are the eight design principles, the cases, the failures, and a US county version.30 min
  8. 08Non-Seizable ProductionScott argued the hill peoples left the state on purpose. The mechanism transfers: a crop that ripens at once in one place can be seized, and one that hides underground cannot. What a household plants is a political choice.30 min
  9. 09Degrowth and the Growth TrapWhy output and energy move together, why the decoupling claims fail at the level of the stock, and what a stopping rule looks like at household scale with the numbers attached.30 min
  10. 10What This Course Is Not SayingThe falsification page: six things this course does not claim, each counter-position stated in its own terms before it is answered, and the evidence that would change the course's mind.30 min