The Permaculture Podcast
Caring for Earth, Ourselves, and Each Other.
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Thursday Jul 19, 2012
Thursday Jul 19, 2012
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The guest for this episode is Mary Johnson of Watershed Resource Consultants and one of the co-founders of Terra Genesis International.
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Monday Jul 16, 2012
Monday Jul 16, 2012
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In this episode I interview Dr. Douglas Tallamy, Professor and Chair of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware and the author of Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens.
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Thursday Jul 12, 2012
Thursday Jul 12, 2012
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In this episode I speak to Bill Wilson of Midwest Permaculture. When I began looking for a Permaculture Design Course, Bill Wilson's name kept popping up as I searched the web and asked around. I've had an interest to speak with him for some time and am thankful for the hour or so he spent with me for this show. We begin, as I often do, with his background and how he came to permaculture, which, as with all of the guests, was a unique road.
The rest of the conversation winds and weaves through the impacts of agriculture on the environment and our communities, to the Permaculture Design Course, his methods and curriculum, and what he sees as the major areas of permaculture education. Around this time, as we speak about what makes for a permanent culture, I lose the connection and we pick back up on that point, and proceed to the way he approaches curriculum while honoring the work set forward by Mollison and Holmgren and identify the evolution that is required 30 years after releasing this idea into the wild. Perhaps the most powerful part of all of this is as we begin to wind down and speak about right livelihood and finding your personal authenticity so that you can contribute and grow, because you must do both. May you enjoy this time with Bill Wilson as much as I did. Oh, and if you are looking to take a PDC, go see Bill, Becky, Milton, and their guest instructors. They have the experience to give you the permaculture education you've been looking for. You'll hear that readily in the interview.
Resources:Earth User's Guide to PermacultureMidwest Permaculture
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Monday Jul 09, 2012
Monday Jul 09, 2012
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I interview Dyami Nason-Regan and Ethan Roland of Appleseed Permaculture, beginning with their backgrounds and development of Appleseed Permaculture, LLC., including a conversation on the role of an entrepreneurial spirit when one runs a business, and the need for a consistency of communication with clients.
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Monday Jul 02, 2012
Monday Jul 02, 2012
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The interview in this episode is with one of my teachers Rico Zook. We met at the teacher training I took in 2011, along with Jude Hobbs and Andrew Millison. You can hear about that in experience in my review. I wanted to talk to Rico about his experiences with itinerant teaching of permaculture. He travels all over the world, to India, Cambodia, the U.S., and Jordan, to instruct others and along the way fosters relationships, build community, and overcomes his personal assumptions to connect with his students and their needs. We range over here and there in this conversation, but begin with his introduction to Permaculture in New Mexico and the Llama foundation and end with his thought for all of us: to look around and ask ourselves, "What can I do better?" You can learn more about Rico, including his upcoming travel and class schedule, at his website: I-Permaculture. People, places, and information mentioned in this interview: Ben Haggard Build Here Now Lama Foundation Regenesis Group
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Thursday Jun 28, 2012
Thursday Jun 28, 2012
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In this episode, I speak with Caroline Riley of One World Permaculture and her work to teach permaculture to children and adults. A member of the Austin Permaculture Guild, she teaches at the Austin Community College and assists her husband, Michael Carberry, at the Whole Life Learning Center.
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Monday Jun 25, 2012
Monday Jun 25, 2012
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Susan Norris and Nathan Spivey, two of my friends from Transition Harriburg, take some of their time to discuss how they found the Transition movement, their training at Genesis Farm under the tutelage of Transition Boulder, now Transition Colorado, and then through their efforts to bring sustainability to the capital city of Pennsylvania.
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Sunday Jun 24, 2012
Sunday Jun 24, 2012
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A quick, no-frills, whirlwind tour of the Transition Town process to provide an overview ahead of the interview with Susan Norris and Nathan Spivey of Transition Harrisburg.
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Thursday Jun 21, 2012
Thursday Jun 21, 2012
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In this episode I speak with Ross Crutchfield of Making A Homestead, his site devoted to the projects and experiences of building his homestead one day at a time. Ross and I know each other from The Survival Podcast forum, which you will hear mentioned several times. The forums are an offshoot of Jack Spirko's The Survival Podcast, which is dedicated to "Living a better life, if time's get tough or even if they don't." Ross learned about Permaculture through Jack's podcast and Will Hooker's videos from hisIntroduction to Permaculture Class (HS432/HS590). Listen to Ross talk about the challenges, failures, and successes of improving his own piece of suburbia. If you are looking for a ways to begin changing your Zone 0 and Zone 1 his site has many hands on projects to get you started. Resources from this interview: Freecycle, where user's give away items they no longer need. How to Build a Top Bar Hive by Philip Chandler Peaceful Valley Farm and Garden Supply He sent me a message after the show about a smartphone app that he uses when planting called Sun Seeker Lite, available for both the iPhone and Android platforms.
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Monday Jun 18, 2012
Monday Jun 18, 2012
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An interview with Dillon Cruz, Permaculture Teacher and founder of the fledgling Permaculture Paid Forward project.
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