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Re: Keyline Design Workshop




Hello All,

What does the holder/owner of the Keyline and Keyline Design trademarks, Mr
Ken Yeomans (youngest son of P.A. Yeomans - the inventor of Keyline
www.keyline.com.au ) think of this course? I suspect that he would have a
fairly dim view if it wasn't first approved by him. He is quite strident in
his approval of named Keyline practitioners, whether they be teachers or
enterprises.

The words Keyline and Keyline Designs are only available for use in
Australia (at least) under licence from Ken Yeomans of Keyline Designs,
which has caused some angst amongst permaculture practitioners here for fear
of litigation.  I don't use the term (s) anymore except where referring to
the use of our two Yeomans Keyline Plows (manufactured by Allan J. Yeomans -
another son of P.A. www.yeomansplow.com.au ). We are experienced
practitioners of the concepts espoused by P.A. Yeomans and have further
developed them for our own purposes over the last 7 years on over 600
properties. When giving the concept a name we call it CENTAUR DESIGN as the
landscape/contour line resembles the shape of the horns of the centaur. This
is a term used by a few of us who do the work but don't want to cop the
legal shit.

We all have our private opinions of this state of affairs on what should be
a universally applicable concept, with many of believing that a similar
system of trademark use to that used in Permaculture (as brokered by Bill
Mollison) being applied to Keyline. However this is not our decision. To
those of compliant with the Permaculture system this sucks - as it appears
to restrict the use and application of the concept by not having the power
over the use of the name and all that brings with it. However the intent
behind this is to protect the good name of Keyline from the ills of poor and
untrained application. Which to some degree is fair enough.

Anyway people I just wanted to alight you all of the issues related there. I
would commend to you all to visit the brothers' Yeomans sites (listed
above), particularly Ken's as it directly relates to the application of
Keyline from a planning sense. Our site has some stuff as well which I would
like to develop further in the future. You can also order the book from his
site if its not available wherever you are.

Best wishes for the course - I wish I could come too.....

Yours and Growing,

Darren J. Doherty
www.australiafelix.com.au
Australia Felix LandPlanning Consultants

Project Planning, Management & Development Contractors for
Sustainable & Productive Land-Use
-----Original Message-----
From: EWerb@aol.com <EWerb@aol.com>
To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Date: Saturday, 20 February 1999 12:13
Subject: [permaculture] Keyline Design Workshop


>A Keyline Environmental Design Workshop In Ojai, CA, USA.
>
>A series of three all-day Saturday workshops will focus on the
Environmental
>Design System known as Keyline.  The workshop will be held at Happy Valley
>School, 8585 Ojai-Santa Paula Rd, in Ojai and will include an Organic
Luncheon
>Buffet.  The first Saturday, February 27, we will cover the concepts of
>Keyline in the classroom.  The second and third Saturdays, March 6 and
March
>13, we will apply our knowledge of Keyline with hands-on activities on the
>grounds of the school.
>
>The workshop presenter is Eric Kindberg, certified organic produce and
field
>crop farmer, forester and consultant for Keyline Environmental Management
>Systems  that has farmed in New Jersey, Vermont, Alaska, Arkansas and
>presently Iowa.
>
>A Brief Explanation of the Keyline Design Approach:
>The first and principal objective of Keyline, as a landscape design
>instrument, is the enrichment of Earthly Life.  Keyline is a Universal
>Instrument of Design for the land that developed, in part, from a feature
of
>topography called the keyline.  Keyline is a synthesis of principles and
>practices co-ordinated into a plan or system for the development of land.
>
>The Keyline design is unique to each parcel of land so the plan is always
>customized.  Thus Keyline reveals the potential and develops the uniqueness
of
>each land parcel.
>
>To develop a Keyline plan a system was designed to weight what initially
>appeared like contradictory or conflicting priorities.  The "Keyline Scale
of
>Permanence" is an order for planning based on the relative permanence of
the
>various items that together make up the completed landscape.  The "Scale"
can
>be successfully applied to the design of farms, towns, cityscapes or home-
>sites.  Using Keyline, the responsible land manager is able to develop a
>'Landcare' design in harmony with nature.
>
>The Scale of Permanence in order of design considerations is:
>
>1. Climate
>2. Land Shape
>3. Water
>4. Roads
>5. Trees
>6. Buildings
>7. Fencing
>8. Soil
>
>Soil treatment and management practices to develop deep living soil, for
crops
>and for livestock, can now be done in a landscape designed to become more
>stable, productive and beautiful.  A principal objective of Keyline is to
>provide consistent soil supplies of water, warmth, air and organic matter
to
>maintain and stimulate vigorous soil biotic life.
>
>
>For more information contact Eric Kindberg at 805-646-1366,
erorganic@aol.com
>The Keyline Workshop registration may be made to PO Box 1388, Ojai, CA
93024
>The charge is $200.00 for all three session including the organic luncheon
>buffets.
>
>
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