- AN INSTkuMENTAL APPROACH, where we
measure, perhaps uslng equipmml. a lanor such as
rernperaniie gradienis. wind, or nflecuan irorn nees

- AN EXI’ERIENTIAL APPROACH, using all our
senses or our insrroinenis, rrying k) be iully cansflnus
boih ol speerlre details. sensaiions, and ihe ioral
arnbienee ol ihe sue.

in order us develop o design siraregy, possible
proeedural srages are as lollows

1 Make valnerlvee and non-inrerpreearive noies
aboui whai is seen, measured, or erperieneed, eg ihai
"malts rove ihrown up eanll inounds on ihe held.-
Make no guesses or .udgenienis ai ihrs nape mus rakes
some diseipline our geisa loi ol primary dara load)

2. loier. seleer sonie obseryaeions which inieresr you,
and proceed in llsi under eaeh or rhern a sei ol
srzcuunows as lo possible mnmgs. e.g. (on do
niolesi.

~ 11m rnolehiUs are only campimwns on fields,
and rnay aeuiolly ml elsewhere

- onhdi ihey oeeur only on iields

- Thai nelds are paro-eularly :nuniv! lo moles

And in on Many speeulsiions can erise lrorn one
ablervaiion‘ Spembllm area speeres oi hypoihes , a
guess aboul whirh you (an ooiain rnore inlorinnoon
To luriher examxn: ihese speeuloiions, several
simegres are open ro ihe obsorvee

a, Conllmi or deny speeulaiions by any or all oi
rhese nieihods

- Library researeh nn rnoles, and even on allied
bumwxng speoes (e g. gophersi.

- Asking oihers aboui nioles and iheir lield
behaviour

- Devising rnore observahuns on one panleular
THEME |usl lo iesi our your ideas

. lzeealling all you knuw aboui rnoles or allied
iptcles in oiher oreosoreirsunisunees

This process will srarr ro luriher elaboraro your
knowlgdge ol an exlshng and sperm sire ehnoererisrir,
and may almdy be leading you eoriie nerrsrep.

i Exarninaiiori or all ihe evidenee now lo hand.
Have we evolved any paiierns, an niode oi opens
lingv Whai orkrr ereahires humw in fields and are
predaiois, prey, or rusi good iriendsol inolesv Now, lor
ihelasidesisivesre .

5 How ear. we lind a use iorall ihis mlomlaliml?
whai design shakgiL-s does any of ir sugysrv Fm ex-
ainple. we may now hove round a lo: oi daia on
borrowers and lielois, and look upon me nioie ill mole
u is) as a line soil deroior and segd~b<d provider, and
inerelore io be eneouraged-or ihe very opposiie We
may haw: disrorered plaees where rnoles are
beneiieisl, and plaees where ihey eould well be
mlnded. Or possibly iliey are besr allowed lo go rheir
way as naiural eornponeno in die sysiern Meihods ol
niole<onirol or dale on how in prepare nioler ror
eaung may have surlaeed, and soon

 

 

As ihe researeh and observaoon phase iplur nlhns‘
observsuonsi goes on, ihe rnole wxll gradually be seen
or be olrredy eoirnerled in one or oiher way to wornis.
opnirned soils, helds, lawns gardens. pesrures, wnlex
plkuhhom, and even perhaps soil pmdudxon Dorens
oi uselul soaeeges may have evolved lroin your lirsr
siniple obsery oris, and ihe sue begins lo design llsd[
Van may begin sensible mals ro iesi some ol your
hypmheses

Sonie aurions riials and mnher observaiion will, '
ilrne, eoniirrn zlir benelus ior mheewisei oi rnoles in
ihe rorol sysiein orin speeihe panic“! A greoideol oi
pridial lnlomlannn will be garnered, whieh will earry
over lo oiiier sins and lo allied obsemoons A sendy
oi earrnworrns rnay have torevnlvzd, and ihe
iniersonneeredness oi mhmal sysreins has beeorne
evidenr.

No analyr-re oierhod can involve one in rhe world u
niueh as observaiimo bur Malian and us rneihodr
need lo be praensed and devzloped, whereas analysis
needs no prior pramoe and requires less held much
or firskvhnnd knowledge, As an observer, however, you
are very likely ro siuinble on lung!“ and e/lesiioe
slmiegies, and ihus beeooie an innovaior-

The uses and sereregies derived lrorn observarion,
experienee or erperiinenrs on sire are me basie oooir oi
aware, long-min residenrs, A oer oi reliable smregirs
can be buili up, niany ol iherri iransierable lo orhee
ioeauons. Here, we have used narure irsell as our
learner rhai is ihe gresiesi value oi mines, and ii will
in nine supply answers io all our qussoons

Thus, ihe end resuli o4 sysieinano observarion is lo
have evolved riraiegies lor spplioaoon in design A
seeond and benelrooi resuli is ihai we have eonie ro
know, in a personal and involved way, sorneiiung oi
ihe ioniiryor ihe inierdependeneeoinaniralsysienis

34

DEDUCTION FROM NATURE
DEICN BY ADOPTING LFSSONS
LEARNT FROM NATURE

Theirnpeeoslhai darned Maoanolru Fukuoisalwon his
remarkable voyage ro naiural lenning was one sighi oi
hunky nee plains growing and yielding in unleaded
and uneolrioaied road verges ll rice can do thix
naiurally, he asked, why do we labour ro eulovare ihe
50m in me he aehieyed high. yielding riee
produerion on riis lann wiihour euiiivaiiori, wirhoui
leru‘lioers or oioodes, and whom using machmuy

a our senses iwhieh rnelude ihe sensalimls oi ihe
skin in relauon lo pressure. wind ehill, and haul), and
she ooganised, panerned, or measured irilorrnaoon we
eroaei horn observaiion, we an discover a year oleal
abour naiural proeesses in ihe region we are
ekarnining, in order m pui our oosemiioni .oour
nanireio use, we need In look or lie lollowing»