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=5. - Enjoy this CHAORDIC Network of Green School INFO:= @http://permacultureinstitute.pbworks.com/chaordic

Definitions
Chaordic means characterized by the fundamental principles of nature and evolution. The word __chaord__ was formed by borrowing the first syllable of the two words: cha- from chaos, -ord from order.

Re-thinking uni-dimensional models
Decentraized - Centralized ... > Distributed (=UnCentralized = Chaordic)


 * Decentralized:

the dots (points of the system) are ...
 * [[image:http://institutodepermacultura.pbworks.com/f/descentralizado.jpg width="200" height="157"]] || Totally autonomous

Disconnected

Unstable relationships

Diferent or uniform

Radom growth || The National Green School 'network' currently fits this description the dots (points of the system) are ...
 * **Centralized:**
 * [[image:http://institutodepermacultura.pbworks.com/f/1235073886/centralizado.jpg width="180" height="181"]] || Dependent

Conected by power

Fixed relationships

Uniform

Growth from the centre || Some organizing in the Maryland Green School 'network' can be seen to fit this description (perhaps started to attempt to balance the great weaknesses of the decentralized system found on National "Green School" initiatives)


 * **Distributed (Networks - Chaordic Organizations):**


 * the dots (points of the system) are ... **
 * [[image:http://institutodepermacultura.pbworks.com/f/1235074062/distribuido.jpg width="200" height="172"]] || Autonomous

Connected by protocol

Stable relationships, dynamic environment

Diverse and uniform

Growth from any point in any direction (initiative) || But perhaps what we all really aspire to is for our Green School Network to be more like this description Chaord - (kay'ord) 1: **any autocatalytic, self-regulating, adaptive, nonlinear, complex organism, organization, or system, whether physical, biological or social, the behavior of which harmoniously exhibits characteristics of both order and chaos.** 2: **an entity whose behavior exhibits patterns and probabilities not governed or explained by the behavior of its parts.** 3: **the fundamental organizing principle of nature and evolution.** Chaordic - (kay'ordic) 1: **anything simultaneously orderly and chaotic.** 2: **patterned in a way dominated neither by order nor chaos.** 3:** existing in the phase between order and chaos.

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