Design Adventures - by Looby MacNamara (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Anyone can become a designer! The Design Web, tried and tested by thousands globally since it was first introduced in 2012, is a tool for designing, from daily small actions to big, radical transformations.

"I use the Design Web in all of my projects and work. Once you discover the Design Web you won't want to be without it."--Jon Young, 8 Shields Institute and author of Coyote's Guide to Nature Connection

Unlock your creativity, gifts and potential with The Design Web, a flexible, holistic, dynamic framework that empowers you to improve all aspects of your personal and professional lives. Make designing a regular practice to enhance well-being and revolutionise your projects. Awaken your inner designer with this easy to use, fun and profoundly effective toolkit.

The Design Web has been tried and tested by thousands of people globally since it was first introduced in People & Permaculture in 2012. Expanding on this wisdom and experience, Looby now provides an in-depth guide to designing from daily small actions to big, radical transformations.

For activists, business leaders, teachers, coaches, parents and young people, and anyone who wants to rise to the challenge of collectively reweaving our cultures to be life-affirming and regenerative.

Review Quotes

"Looby Macnamara sheds fresh light on the sensing, feeling and thinking necessary to generate effective and positive change. Her Design Web is a useful template to help us organise that most mysterious and chaotic part of permaculture; the design process."--Dr David Holmgren, Permaculture co-originator on Dja Dja Wurrung Country

"Design Adventures is a valuable resource for designing everything from a garden to a life transition. I look forward to using it in my permaculture courses, and for myself! Looby draws on her own rich experience to provide a gift for all of us."--Starhawk, Author, activist, permaculture designer and teacher

"Design Adventures is an indispensable guide for leading positive change in the world - the micro to the macro, from personal to the political. Looby's way of describing design is liberating and enticingly accessible, and her wonderful tools help us to unleash our imagination and manifest good things for both people and the planet. A new permaculture classic is born."--Morag Gamble, Founder, Permaculture Education Institute

"The Design Web is an incredible visionary tool that truly changes lives. Looby Macnamara has brought forth this brilliant offering and made the path visible, inspiring and grateful through the Design Adventures book."--Jon Young, Founder of Living Connection 1st

"I will use the wisdom of this book while designing full systems for my personal life to connections with others and the communities we live in."--Becky Wilson, Midwest Permaculture

About the Author

Looby Macnamara is a visionary thought leader who inspires thousands with her creative approaches to regenerative change. She is also the author of other books: People & Permaculture, Cultural Emergence and 7 Ways to Think Differently. For over 20 years, she has been a pioneering teacher and runs Applewood Permaculture Centre. Looby is a partner in the international Mother Nature Project. She has a degree in Human Sciences, and is on the expert panel of the Design Council.