Mūla - Ecosystems by Design

05/12/2020

11/08/2020

Dear all, finally we can announce that the United Designers Website is complete and ready to roam the globe.

It has been an extensive haul to get all the collective projects with corresponding data in from all Designers, but we, Daniel and I, are very proud of the result and can't wait to hear what you think.

Meet our team, which we are continuously expanding, read about our practice areas or search for projects by Category, System or Country, or of course, roam the entire portfolio.

Furthermore, we have another announcement to make, which some of you may have noticed. Daniel and I are now full partners/founders of the new and updated United Designers International. 2 years of working together has proven to be the perfect intellectual fit.

With our global team, we will be working towards a regenerative, productive and inspirational future from which we can hopefully all benefit.

Please feel free to share and like 😉

Warm regards, Weruschca Kirkegard and Daniel Halsey

https://www.uniteddesigners.org/

Don't forget to come and follow/like our public page , where every once in a while we will feature Projects, Consultants and Designers.

Permaculture Design, Regenerative Design and Ecological design. SiteResource Assessment and Mappers - GIS Modelers -Land and Soil Surgeons - Hydrological and Catchment Builders -Regenerative Plant System Designers -On-Site Production Strategists - Holistic Land Managers

30/05/2020

Very excited about a new project in. The Central Highlands Restoration Project, an project in Central India.

The goal; - "Restoring the degrading forests of central India via the use of agroforestry practices and by supporting communities in achieving a fair and equitable development."

Joining hands with Commonland and The Nature Conservancy-India.

https://www.commonland.com/landscapes/agroforesty-in-central-india-empowering-farmers-to-climb-out-of-poverty/

At the beginning of 2019, Commonland embarked on an ambitious landscape restoration project in central India.

26/05/2020

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Dear friends and followers. I NEED YOUR HELP 🙌

We have submitted United Designers, of which I am a member, for the Food Planet Prize, and we need nominations.

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Our submission:

We use a comprehensive design process incorporating each ecological and structural element. Prioritizing the essential stages of phased implementation and provisions. Our designs encompass long-term resilience for social, economic, and environmental resources.

Our practice areas: 1. (Largescale) Ecosystem Restoration 2. Community-Based Watershed Restoration 3. GIS Resource Assessment and Planning 4. Homestead Design and 5. Agroforestry Systems.

As a global team, we look to fulfil the many requests we have for food security practices, but even more important is the urgency to develop local designers and resources within the communities. Winning this prize would enable us to employ and train a diverse network of global designers in all climates, latitudes, and cultures.

Caring for the planet and ourselves. 🌱

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If you support this vision and mission, please send me a PM and I'll send you the data that you have to fill out and then go to the following link, and take just 2 minutes to make the biggest change! And Nominate United Designers.

Thank you, from all the regenerative designers across the globe.

And don't forget to SHARE this message as much as you can 🙏

18/05/2020

05/05/2020

16/01/2020

The means of transportation when going to a client's can at times be both adventurous and challenging. Hours of hiking, 4x4 jeeps, helicopter, to name a few.

But yesterday I had a new to add to the list. Lokal, here in the and by Boat!
It concerned a family-owned situated on an Island! So pick-up up was with a little dinghy on the opposite shore. I just love my work!

Their Main revenue is their locally produced . And may I say.. it was delicious.. had to taste of course... But the Island is 100% , battling both with extreme high groundwater levels as well as subsidence. A challenging landscape. Windswept and harsh.

11/01/2020

: Restoring paradise, Haiti as the green pearl of the Caribbean

For a couple of months now preparing for a design assignment in .

The Haitian population is one of the most exposed in the world to natural disasters, including hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes. The number of disasters per kilometre tops the average for other Caribbean countries. Hurricanes have destroyed countless homes and damaged even more. Frequent floods wipe out up to 70% of Haiti's crops, resulting in dozens of deaths of children due to malnutrition in the months following the storms. And this impoverished country hasn’t really recovered till this date. The country is still among the ten zones in the world considered most vulnerable to .
With coastal flooding and rain caused heavy flooding, landslides, and the destruction of a great deal of infrastructure, agricultural crops and natural ecosystems this country is in dire need of not only humanitarian aid, but also a re-design on the ground, especially around the watersheds.

We, the United DesignersTeam, have partnered with LEOS, Haiti Red cross, Rode Kruis, and Commonland to initiate the Project. For Watershed and Ecological Restoration, 6000 acres and 300 farms.

Ben Missimer has been working hard on the cartography. With satellite and LiDAR data, conducting a detailed landscape analysis of topography and hydrology, so we can start understanding the main and sub-watersheds.

Daniel Halsey and I have been digging into the social, economic and ecological data mining, always working by the 4 pillars of the . , , and .
I tend to see it as four legs of a table. Cut one-off and the table is no longer stable. This is the only way of approaching severe largescale landscape degradation.

Finally, as I write, Daniel is sweating on the ground in Haiti, very Indiana Jones being transported by Helicopter, hiking the mayor waterways and meeting local farmers and partners. I’m back home analyzing all farmer interviews, and gathering visuals and proposals for system implementations, feeling more and more present in this amazing project. I can’t wait till Daniel comes home and we can start on the nitty-gritty with the actual design proposals.

If you want to read more about the project, follow this link; https://bit.ly/2R7l08D

08/01/2020

Na het daverend succes van vorig jaar staat de nieuwe cursus voor 2020 weer online! Kom je ook ons team ' ers aansterken dit jaar?

Maak van 2020 jouw voedselbosjaar!
Leer wat een echt is, hoe je er een ontwerpt en hoe je de financiering rond krijgt. Aan het eind kun je echt aan de slag met jouw land of plan. Ook bezoeken we interessante locaties, in meerdere stadia van ontwikkeling. En de cursus eindigt met een fantastische presentatiedag waar je je plan kunt presenteren voor een jury die jouw plan echt verder kan helpen brengen.

Meer informatie en inschrijven op https://theplant.nl/cursussen-en-events