Podcasts about formidable vegetable

Real good fun with this one! Join me and Formidable Vegetable's kind and charismatic frontman Charlie McGee for a swashbuckling convo about pirate bananas, working the edges, growing up in Arnhem Land, dumpster diving to feed your art, staying in your integrity (while saying yes to flying), the deep discomfort of home ownership and remembering your interconnectedness.

You already know today's guest. You've admired her art, chortled at her pithy permaculture puns and perhaps even listened to her rhyme along with Formidable Vegetable, those eco-funk, full of beans, electro-radish rockers. It's the perennially brilliant Brenna Quinlan! Illustrator and educator who brandishes her watercolour brushes at the world's gnarliest problems, and paints beautiful alternatives.In this convo:

Charlie Mgee -- permaculture troubadour and Formidable Vegetable frontman -- composes swingin' tunes on a ukulele that address climate change, food security and regenerative sustainable living.From 'energy-descent electroswing' to 'post-apocalypso', his unforgettable music provides permaculture earworms that entertain and educate. Maybe you're humming one right now?In this energetic convo, we quiz Charlie about the role of art and creativity in changemaking; how music has a knack for bridging gaps and delivering powerful messages through melody. Charlie talks about his childhood in the bush, his wandering spirit, what it's like living in a tiny house at Melliodora with Brenna Quinlan, and his vision for a more beautiful world.*** Now you can support the show by shouting us a cuppa! Click here to check it out. ***SHOW NOTESHight energy artistic life in a tiny house with Brenna QuinlanStories from permie childhood Why chickens are a gateway drug into alternative livingFinding ways of synthesising complex concepts and making them accessible All pervasive gratitude A pledge to stop flying & touring Australia in biodiesel converted vanCoping with covid by understanding joy and grief are two sides of the same coinAcknowledging the hard stuff to build the good stuffIndividual vision post covid lockdown Daily life at MelliodoraPushing against the treadmill to move towards intentional simplicityBeing OK to be a bit different Managing multiple communities in your lifeThe accidental creation of an annual festivalYearning for a deeper connection to placeAvoiding tribalism Staying open minded to ensure a rounded world viewSeeing all of life as equal to oneselfListening more and talking lessThe risk of being interpreted as a dogmatic idealist who will show us all the wayThink global, act localHow music and the arts is the ultimate universal language Why he doesn't copyright his musicThe power of regenerative creativity - how we imagine the worldGo hug a tree! LINKS YOU'LL LOVEFormidable Vegetable on InstagramFormidable Vegetable onlineMelliodoraDavid Holmgren's RetrosuburbiaBrenna Quinlan on InstagramCharles Eisenstein - The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is PossibleThe Patterning Instinct - Jeremy LentSupport this podcast by shouting us a cuppaSupport the Show.Support the Show.

 Illustrator extraordinaire is back to chat! Brenna's talent lies in taking hairy, complex systemic issues and distilling them into bite-sized, actionable messages using just her pencil (& of course her magnificent capacity for critical thought).  We check in with her  latest updates  from life on the road with her partner Charlie McGee touring with his band and they're latest project, building a strawbale small home in Denmark Western Australia.We unpack why being a purpose-led creative who's her own boss can be tough but shine a light on the delight of living a life that is cobbled together with many small  magic opportunities.We get the low down on what life is like in an intentional community - “By being consistently kind and loving, the soul of my community is full of gifting, generosity and a vibrant sharing economy”We lamented the state of deep division we're all experiencing and talked frankly about how she's breaking down these divisions in her own world by finding a higher goal to focus on which  allows you to set aside your ideological and ethical differences, focusing on the overlap areas instead.There is often truth on both sides of peoples belief coins - deep valid beliefs that justify both sides of the coin.It's  a winding conversation - join us!Things we chatted about:Formidable Vegetable -  latest albumDopelganger -  Naomi KleinBrenna Quinlan onlineSupport the showCasual Support - Buy Me A CoffeeRegular Support - PatreonBuy the Book - Futuresteading - Live Like tomorrow mattersShow Notes:Being on the road gives energy and fresh ideas but 1.5 years was too longHome to build a straw bale tiny homeLearning to switch off as a freelancer - a unique occupational hazard in the gig economyTriple edged sword of being a freelancer, a creative and purpose driven Having some structure in an unstructured life has meant life feels happierLeaning on her community to carry her through the grief of her Dad Covid fractured the global permaculture movement but the permaculture convergence was a magnificent opportunity to heal the Australian contingent of the permaculture movement.  It was about inclusivity.Respectful, inclusive and joyful interaction allows for permaculture to be the peoples movementI'm not the permaculture police but she has been able to maintain relationships with people who have different beliefs to her in the interest of maintaining conversation so everybody has the ability to reach out to somebodyThe Left in general has been fractured by extremism and also by an inability for us to accept a belief that differsIts ok to feel comfortable with someone's belief that differs to youCommunities can teach us how to ask for helpIf you have a profile - go to a funeral - it perks the grieving up no end - Three cheers for costa who showed up for her dads funeralHer word - Warmth - like an energetic blanket being worn around during the dark days, their love can be feltSupport the Show.

The Transition Town grassroots movement is a way you can impact your own neighborhood. Learn more about this as Peak Environment co-host Ally Richardson explores Transition Towns with Becky Elder and Brian Fritz from Pikes Peak Permaculture. If you would like to find out more about public forums, lectures, and community green movies, or if you would like to host such an event, please send Pikes Peak Permaculture an inquiry at https://www.pikespeakpermaculture.org/contact-us/ Pikes Peak Permaculture is a Southern Colorado 501c3 nonprofit that educates adults and the youth on the wide world of nature and permaculture. Our upcoming class…. Weeds Have a Story for You!  Fountain Creek Nature Center on July 20th, 2024 from 9am - 4pm.  Learn more and register:  https://www.pikespeakpermaculture.org/event/weeds-have-a-story-for-you/ Mentioned in this episode: The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience - by Rob Hopkins https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2932356-the-transition-handbook Free eBook: https://www.ic.org/community-bookstore/product/transition-handbook/ Transition US   https://www.transitionus.org/ Transition Network   https://transitionnetwork.org/ Nextdoor App- Social network of neighborhoods   https://nextdoor.com/ TED Talk: Transition to a World Without Oil - Rob Hopkins   https://www.ted.com/talks/rob_hopkins_transition_to_a_world_without_oil Music on the podcast by Charlie Mgee from Formidable Vegetable, a permaculture-based musical band out of Australia. https://formidablevegetable.com.au/ This episode was produced by Pikes Peak Permaculture, a content partner with Studio 809 Podcasts. Visit https://pikespeakpermaculture.org for opportunities to learn more about sustainable organic living through permaculture – workshops, classes, field trips, and networking. The following environment/sustainability organizations in the Pikes Peak region collaborate to produce the Peak Environment podcast about environmental stewardship, sustainable living and enlightened public policy in the Pikes Peak Region. Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future https://www.peakalliance.co/ Pikes Peak Permaculture https://www.pikespeakpermaculture.org/ GrowthBusters https://www.growthbusters.org Keep up with all the organizations and events making our area a better place to live. Follow on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss an episode:

Why might you want to attend a permaculture design certification course offered in our region? Ally Richardson, a permaculture educator and Peak Environment podcast co-producer, discusses this with other members of Pikes Peak Permaculture: Becky Elder, Brian Fritz, and Jayme Domejka. Mentioned in this episode: Pikes Peak Permaculture's 2024 Permaculture Design Certification Since the early 1980s, permaculture has been taught through hands-on courses – PDCs – with experienced mentors handing down their knowledge to passionate students. We are beginning March 8th and will finish September 22nd. Work Trade available- ask for details! Register Here:  https://www.pikespeakpermaculture.org/event/2024-permaculture-design-course/   Permaculture Potpourri Come join us at High Prairie Library on February 3rd, 2024 for a FREE class on many topics we cover as permaculturists. From soil to social systems- we have solutions.  Location: 7035 Old Meridian Road, Falcon, Colorado 80831 Register here: https://www.pikespeakpermaculture.org/event/permaculture-potpourri/   Weeds Have A Story For You! Spend the day with us and learn on July 20th to learn about what the weeds in your landscape are telling you about your soil. We will discuss specific weedy species, how and if they can be used and what strategies you can use to get them to give way to other more desirable plants.  Class Fee $35; Location TBD. Register Here: https://www.pikespeakpermaculture.org/event/weeds-have-a-story-for-you/   Tree City USA Bulletin #59 Permaculture and the City. Arbor Day Foundation https://www.arborday.org/trees/bulletins/coordinators/resources/pdfs/059.pdf   Music on the podcast by Charlie Mgee from Formidable Vegetable, a permaculture-based musical band out of Australia. https://formidablevegetable.com.au/ This episode was produced by Pikes Peak Permaculture, a content partner with Studio 809 Podcasts. Visit https://pikespeakpermaculture.org for opportunities to learn more about sustainable organic living through permaculture – workshops, classes, field trips, and networking. The following environment/sustainability organizations in the Pikes Peak region collaborate to produce the Peak Environment podcast about environmental stewardship, sustainable living and enlightened public policy in the Pikes Peak Region. Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future https://www.peakalliance.co/ Pikes Peak Permaculture https://www.pikespeakpermaculture.org/ GrowthBusters https://www.growthbusters.org Keep up with all the organizations and events making our area a better place to live. Follow on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss an episode:    

Richard Skorman shares an environmental vision and a unique community building opportunity that can help with the restoration efforts of our local watershed - creating natural landscapes that everyone can enjoy: Poor Richard's Rubbish Roundup! Join the weekly trash roundup team and help keep our community clean. Or, better yet, reach out to Richard for support in starting your own volunteer group near your local waters. The episode is hosted by Ally Richardson, a permaculture educator and Peak Environment co-producer. Richard Skorman served thirteen years on Colorado Springs City Council, including two as vice mayor. He was on the initial board of the Fountain Creek Watershed District. In 1975, he launched what is now Poor Richard's Downtown collection of shops – a book and gift shop, a toy store, a restaurant and a coffee cafe/wine bar. He founded the U.S. Environmental Film Festival in 1991, and was a founder of Citizens Project.  Mentioned in this episode: Poor Richard's Rubbish Roundup- Beginning Again on January 9th, 2024. The volunteer group meets every Tuesday from 3pm to 5pm to clean up Monument Valley Park - South. For more information: https://www.poorrichardsrestaurant.com/event/richards-rubbish-roundup-every-tuesday/  Fountain Creek Watershed Flood Control & Greenway Districthttps://www.fountain-crk.org/ Induced Meandering MethodThe technique of meandering the creek to recharge groundwater, which in turn recharges flowing waters on the landscape and wetlands. The edges that are created from the natural flowing pattern create habitat and forage- for birds and insects, as well as for other fauna which inhabit earth and need to survive.   Biochar & Permaculture Design for Fire Mitigation and Soil Regenerationhttps://pina.in/engage/february-2023-ferp-webinars/ Music by Charlie Mgee from Formidable Vegetable, a permaculture-based musical band out of Australiahttps://formidablevegetable.com.au/ This episode of Peak Environment is courtesy of Pikes Peak Permaculture, celebrating 15 years of Permaculture education, inspiration, and support throughout Colorado's Pikes Peak Region. We provide several Design Certification Courses, and have graduated upwards of 60 new Permaculture designers. Visit https://pikespeakpermaculture.org for opportunities to learn more about sustainable organic living through permaculture – workshops, classes, field trips, and networking. The following environment/sustainability organizations in the Pikes Peak region collaborate to produce the Peak Environment podcast about environmental stewardship, sustainable living and enlightened public policy in the Pikes Peak Region. Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future https://peakallianceco.org/ Pikes Peak Permaculture https://www.pikespeakpermaculture.org/ GrowthBusters https://www.growthbusters.org Keep up with all the organizations and events making our area a better place to live. Follow on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss an episode:      

Charlie Mgee is a songwriter, ukulele player, permaculturist and founder of the world-renowned ecological funk/swing band, Formidable Vegetable. Growing up in a tin shed with a veggie garden, rainwater tank and one 100W solar panel for power in the south-west of Western Australia, Charlie lived the low-impact lifestyle from a young age, using a 'Dunny' that didn't flush and hanging out with his chickens for entertainment, which made him realise early on that you don't need a lot in life to be happy.Later on, Charlie went off to study permaculture and, soon after, formed Formidable Vegetable – a band based entirely around principles of sustainable living and being good to the planet, with the hope of inspiring people everywhere to grow regenerative gardens/lives/communities and generally make the world a better place. In this episode, Charlie shares his earlier childhood years living in Arnhem land and how this time influenced his perspective of music as a pattern language, and the powerful experiences he had listening to the traditional songs as a way of knowing and remembering, to propagate culture. Our conversation explores his career as a musician, how he came to use it as a tool for education and why he believes that real change is going to happen at a community level with local and bioregional scale solutions. We touch on topics such as; diversity in our landscapes and gut microbiome, the soil food web, and staying healthy on tour with some special medicinal plants.Charlie's music has since made it into the United Nations (who praised Formidable Vegetable for writing about the 'important issues of our time'), onto the stages at Glastonbury Festival alongside such acts as Ed Sheeran, Katy Perry and The Rolling Stones and has inspired the creation of many a backyard and community garden.Fresh from a sold-out national tour, Formidable Vegetable is back with some all-new Spoonbill-boosted electro-funk and positive climate action that the whole neighbourhood can get down to as they launch their brand new album 'Micro Biome' - an organic harvest of family-flavoured beets to inspire young and old to connect to the beyond-human World. SHOW NOTES: Dr Christine Jones, The Soil Food Web Weed Forager's Handbook: A Guide to Edible and Medicinal Weeds in Australia, and Let's Eat Weeds!: A Kids' Guide to Foraging by Annie Raser-Rowland and Adam Grubb  Book: Songlines: The Power and Promise, by Margo Neale and Lynne Kelly Book: The Memory Code, by Lynne Kelly Book: Finding The Heart Of The Nation, by Thomas Mayor Sociocracy - Community Governance and Decision Making Nature Kids Permaculture Program For Families CONTACT: Website: ⁠www.formidablevegetable.com.au⁠ and ⁠http://growdoit.com.au⁠ Facebook: ⁠http://facebook.com/formidablevegetable⁠ (and Grow Do It Permaculture Education group on FB) Instagram: ⁠http://instagram.com/formidableveg⁠ Other/s: ⁠www.patreon.com/growdoit⁠ To find out more about The Elder Tree visit the website at www.theeldertree.org and donate to the crowdfunding campaign here. You can also follow The Elder Tree on Facebook and Instagram and sign up to the newsletter. Find out more about this podcast and the presenters here. Get in touch with The Elder Tree at:  asktheeldertree@gmail.com The intro and outro song is "Sing for the Earth" and was kindly donated by Chad Wilkins.  You can find Chad's music here and here.

Continue your deep dive into permaculture principles in the second part of a series hosted by Pikes Peak Permaculture. Acknowledging and practicing permaculture principles can lead to wonderful experiences - which will guide you to understanding how natural systems work in our environment and our climate. Pikes Peak Permaculture is a Southern Colorado 501c3 nonprofit that educates adults and the youth on the wide world of nature and permaculture. Thank you to our supporters and community members who came out to Ranch Foods Direct and helped make our September 16th fundraising event possible! Food to Power- https://foodtopowerco.org/compost Food To Power makes it super convenient for residents and businesses to keep food, paper and yard “wastes” out of the trash and instead have it turned into compost. Event inquiries are available.  Music by Charlie Mgee from Formidable Vegetable, a permaculture-based musical band out of Australiahttps://formidablevegetable.com.au/ This episode was produced by Pikes Peak Permaculture, a content partner with Studio 809 Podcasts. Visit https://pikespeakpermaculture.org for opportunities to learn more about sustainable organic living through permaculture – workshops, classes, field trips, and networking. The following environment/sustainability organizations in the Pikes Peak region collaborate to produce the Peak Environment podcast about environmental stewardship, sustainable living and enlightened public policy in the Pikes Peak Region. Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future https://www.peakalliance.co/ Pikes Peak Permaculture https://www.pikespeakpermaculture.org/ GrowthBusters https://www.growthbusters.org Keep up with all the organizations and events making our area a better place to live. Follow on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss an episode:   

Pikes Peak Permaculture begins a deep dive into permaculture principles in this Part 1 of 2 episode. Acknowledging and practicing these principles can lead to wonderful experiences which will guide you to understanding how natural systems work in our environment and our climate. Pikes Peak Permaculture is a Southern Colorado 501c3 nonprofit that educates children, and adults, on the wide world of nature and permaculture. Join us on Saturday, September 16th from 12 to 6 for Pikes Peak Permaculture's first fundraising event, as we inform the community of ways towards resilience and sustainability within our homes and our community. Many of the things discussed in the podcast will be available to view at the event, such as rainwater harvesting, composting techniques, and much more. The event will take place at Ranch Foods Direct East at 4635 Town Center Dr . Just by coming to the event,  you are supporting educational programs and outreach, and you will also have an opportunity to meet with local farmers, enjoy LIVE music, engage at educational booths, learn creative activities for children, like natural painting and seed balls. We will have local vendors, and food trucks. Door prizes and a silent auction add excitement to that day. For more information, visit  https://www.pikespeakpermaculture.org/event/pikes-peak-permaculture-fundraiser/  Mentioned in today's podcast: Rainwater, Storm Water & Graywater  https://dwr.colorado.gov/services/water-administration/rainwater-storm-water-graywater Regulation #86, Graywater Control Regulation  https://cdphe.colorado.gov/wqcc-rulemaking-proceedings  Calculate your footprint here:  https://www.footprintcalculator.org/home/en  Pikes Peak Library Repair Café https://ppld.org/repair-cafe  Music by Charlie Mgee from Formidable Vegetable, a permaculture-based musical band out of Australiahttps://formidablevegetable.com.au/ This episode was produced by Pikes Peak Permaculture, a content partner with Studio 809 Podcasts. Visit https://pikespeakpermaculture.org for opportunities to learn more about sustainable organic living through permaculture – workshops, classes, field trips, and networking. The following environment/sustainability organizations in the Pikes Peak region collaborate to produce the Peak Environment podcast about environmental stewardship, sustainable living and enlightened public policy in the Pikes Peak Region. Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future https://www.peakalliance.co/ Pikes Peak Permaculture https://www.pikespeakpermaculture.org/ GrowthBusters https://www.growthbusters.org Keep up with all the organizations and events making our area a better place to live. Follow on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss an episode:    

Permaculture elementary Environment Club, permaculture Earth Day Celebration, and a youth permaculture design course. Pikes Peak Permaculture discusses the importance of permaculture education to connect our children to nature, and how impactful it was in a local school. Pikes Peak Permaculture is an educational 501c3 nonprofit serving Southern Colorado in the nature and ways of permaculture. If you would like to find out more about permaculture and our programs, please visit our website at pikespeakpermaculture.org.  Come join us at our upcoming sustainable fundraiser event on September 16th, 2023. We are growing in big ways and we are trying to reach you! At our event, we will have a silent auction, door prizes, music, games, local vendors, food trucks, and lots of hand-on permaculture activities will be available for everyone to try. We need help- Interested in volunteering?  Contact us: https://www.pikespeakpermaculture.org/contact-us/ MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Flying Pig Farm's Barak Ben-Amots PEAK ENVIRONMENT Podcast # 98 Building Resilient Community Relationships with Land https://studio809podcasts.com/resilient-community-relationships-with-land/ Music by Charlie Mgee from Formidable Vegetable, a permaculture-based musical band out of Australia https://formidablevegetable.com.au/ This episode was produced by Pikes Peak Permaculture, a content partner with Studio 809 Podcasts. Visit https://pikespeakpermaculture.org for opportunities to learn more about sustainable organic living through permaculture – workshops, classes, field trips, and networking. The following environment/sustainability organizations in the Pikes Peak region collaborate to produce the Peak Environment podcast about environmental stewardship, sustainable living and enlightened public policy in the Pikes Peak Region. Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future https://www.peakalliance.co/ Pikes Peak Permaculture https://www.pikespeakpermaculture.org/ GrowthBusters https://www.growthbusters.org Keep up with all the organizations and events making our area a better place to live. Follow on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss an episode:    

Dans cette émission, vous allez découvrir John Wayne Supermarket, Formidable Vegetable, un extrait du futur album d'Oriane Lacaille, Serepocaiontas, David Rees, Kesha, les Chika UK et pour finir Nicolas Moro avec, pour la première fois, un morceau au ukulélé tahitien.

In this episode, Charlie Mcgee joins us, representing the band Formidable Vegetable. We discuss sustainable living and permaculture, and how these elements intersect with music, dance, and having fun.

Have you heard of Permaculture? Join the Pikes Peak Permaculture's team as we introduce ourselves, permaculture and our mission here in the Pikes Peak region. Learn about the programs we offer, including certifications, teacher training, classes and workshops.  Pikes Peak Permaculture is an educational 501(c)3 nonprofit educating Southern Colorado in the ways and nature of permaculture. Pikespeakpermaculture.org http://pikespeakpermaculture.org/ In September, our organization will be holding its first fundraiser event with live music, food and fun. We are planning to have many opportunities for people of all ages to learn about permaculture.  We are growing by leaps and bounds with goals to have big impacts in the community. We are hosting this fundraiser to provide funds for programs for schools, teens, and community members.  We are looking for volunteers. If you can help reach out!https://www.pikespeakpermaculture.org/contact-us/ Music by Charlie Mgee from Formidable Vegetable, a permaculture-based musical band out of Australia https://formidablevegetable.com.au/ The following environment/sustainability organizations in the Pikes Peak region collaborate to produce the Peak Environment podcast about environmental stewardship, sustainable living and enlightened public policy in the Pikes Peak Region. Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future https://www.peakalliance.co/ Pikes Peak Permaculture https://www.pikespeakpermaculture.org/ GrowthBusters https://www.growthbusters.org Keep up with all the organizations and events making our area a better place to live. Follow on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss an episode:      

Are you human? Meet the 90 trillion non-human friends that each one of us carries around every day (plus a couple of goats) with one of our new music friends from down under, Formidable Vegetable's Charlie Mgee. Charlie's music and ideas take us on a journey to consider our relationship to the environment and think about how to be a good friend to the whole world. 100 trillion thanks to Charlie Mgee for popping back on the grid to speak with us and sharing 3 songs from their most recent album "Garbage Buts". To find out more about Formidable Vegetable's music and permaculture activism, visit https://formidablevegetable.com.au/ To find out more about Ear Snacks or to be on the show, visit earsnacks.org

This week on Radio Active Kids, I am excited to interview Ginalina for the 2nd time! I'll be chatting with her about her amazing new EP with the Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble! Also, new songs by Formidable Vegetable, Ashley Mills Monaghan & Music with Michal, Marsha and the Positrons & Claudia Robin Gunn, Mr. Elephant, In The Nick of Time, Kaci Bolls, Knuckleheadz:, Shawny, Grace Kendall covering How Airplanes Fly on a comp by Wizrocklopedia Compilation Club, Three O'Clock Rock, Watch Reggie Run, & #LindaYapp, plus a small tribute to the amazing late Australian kindie music producer Michael McGlynn, ft. TIPTOE GIANTS, Yeah Nah, BENNY TIME & The Vegetable Plot! Here's the playlist.

Charlie McGee is a songwriter, ukulele player, permaculture designer, and founder of the world-renowned ecological funk/swing band, Formidable Vegetable. His music has since made it into the United Nations Hall of Fame (who acclaimed Formidable Vegetable for writing about the 'important issues of our time') as well as making it onto the stages at Glastonbury alongside acts such as Ed Sheeran, Tame Impala and The Rolling Stones. Join him in this inspiring chat as he reminds us that a lot of the problems we face could be avoided if we just use less. To Learn on how we use Permaculture Principles across our organisation and our planting projects, click here!

Illustrator Brenna Quinlan and musician Charlie Mgee from Formidable Vegetable strive to make the world a better place by empowering people to make positive change.

Check out this interview with the endlessly creative, innovative and talented Charlie Mcgee of Fremantle!Very kind of Charlie to share his time talking about his latest musical endevours, permaculture, travelling the country in his veggie-oil-fueled converted firetruck and more.If you're a millenial, into permaculture and haven't heard of Charlie and what he's doing for Permaculture as a movement, you've been living under a composting toilet...Enjoy.Check him out on his youtube channel - GrowDoItor his Instagram - formidablevegor his website www.formidablevegetable.com.auNeed help with you garden?Sam and Casey would love to help inspire and guide you in growing your own beautiful garden!Find Sam at www.edulisgardening.com.au (or on instagram @edulis_horticulture)And click here if you'd like to contact Sam to organise a consult (he can help you design and create your own edible food forest!)Find Casey at www.caseyjoylister.com (or on instagram @gardeningwithcaseyjoy) and, click here if you'd like to join the Seed to Supper club (you'll learn how to grow an edible garden through very month of the year!)Get tickets for the SUMMER Kalamunda garden festival on December 3rd here: https://kalamundagardenfestival.com.au/Support the show

From the very beginning, PGAP has delighted in playing music from Formidable Vegetable (https://formidablevegetable.com.au/) on our permaculture themed episodes. So, for the final episode of Season 3, host Michael Bayliss is especially thrilled to meet with Formidable Vegetable mastermind Charlie Mgee at his new eco village home at Living Waters, Denmark WA. An engaging storyteller as well as musician and performer, Charlie shares the incredible history of forming the permaculture themed band and their mission statement from the get go. We also explore the role that music place in activism and societal change and we cap it off with Charlie's vision for a Post-Growth future. Want to explore more of the Formidable Vegetable discography? The video for ‘No Such Thing as Waste', the featured song for this episode, can be seen here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V7AbD-RuxM). We also play brand new track 'Short Attention Span' from brand new album 'In Real Life' at the end of the interview. Bandcamp is the best place to go to hear all the back catalogue. Link here. (https://formidablevegetable.bandcamp.com/) PGAP will be taking a – hopefully – short break before rejuvenating with Season 4 later this year. Just because we're on pause doesn't mean you have to be! Share this and other episodes of PGAP with your friends, family, colleagues and networks. Rate and review us on Apple Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/post-growth-australia-podcast/id1522194099). Contact us here (https://pgap.fireside.fm/contact) to give us your feedback and especially what topics and guests you'd like to see for season 4. In the meantime, if you enjoy the permaculture theme you may also like PGAP's interview with David Holmgren (https://pgap.fireside.fm/holmgren) (who Charlie lived with back in 2020) or Meg and Patrick from Artist as Family (https://pgap.fireside.fm/artistasfamily). Or you may be interested in the Tasmanian Perspectives (https://pgap.fireside.fm/tasperspect3) series of interviews in season 2, including the quiet permaculture revolutio (https://pgap.fireside.fm/tasperspect1)n of Tassie's northern shores, or Charles Massy (https://pgap.fireside.fm/fenner), regenerative farmer, from Season 3. Most of these episodes have Formidable Vegetable providing the music. If you want to find out more about host Michael Bayliss, please head to my website here (https://michaelbayliss.org/). Otherwise, episode timestamp below and see you all in a few months! Until then, until then…. Timestamp! 0:00:00 - 0:08:13 Introduction with Michael Bayliss 0:08:13 - 0:10:59 'No Such Thing As Waste' - Formidable Vegetable, reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. 0:11:00 - 1:03:11 Interview with Charlie Mgee 1:03:11 - 1:04:05 'Short Attention Span' - Formidable Vegetable, reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. 1:04:06 - 1:06:31 Outro with Michael Bayliss Special Guest: Charlie Mgee.

This week on Radio Active Kids, we'll get all weird and noisy in an interview with experimental musician Zovi, whose new all-ages songs about plushies are great fun! Also, new songs by Formidable Vegetable, Danny Weinkauf - Red Pants Band, Little Miss Ann (ft. Suzi Shelton & Uncle Jumbo!), Captain Festus McBoyle, Phredd, Silly Goose & Val and The Maryland School for the Blind, Brett Campbell Children's Musician, Nature Out Loud & more, plus some older songs by POCO DROM, ChIPS (with BENNY TIME & The Vegetable Plot) & #HollowGodric! The playlist is here.

We're starting doing interviews again next week on Radio Active Kids, but this week we've got a random assortment of music that I just haphazardly pulled from the stacks! New songs from Sonia De Los Santos, Formidable Vegetable, Jim "Mr. Stinky Feet" Cosgrove, DARIA MUSIC, Marko Polo Music, Big Idea Committee, & Dots and Lines! Plus a bunch of older stuff from Jessie Baylin, Sylvia Chave, nick cope, Dubba Chuck, The Harmonica Pocket, Human Person, Jazzy Ash & Mista Cookie Jar, the Magic Wizard Band (Rushad Eggleston), John McCutcheon, Mister Porter, Ms. Niki's Music Class, Muckemacher, Newt Skabander, The Nields, Parasite Diet, The Relative Minors, Brian Ross, Musician, Aaron Nigel Smith, The Swedish Shortsnouts, & Trout Fishing in America! Playlist is here.

Permaculture is a popular topic on PGAP. Many who practice permaculture tend to also resonate with post-growth ideas. But for those in the post-growth movement who don't like to garden, are there still things we can learn from permaculture? Can permaculture principles be applied to the wider economic, political and social change movements, or should permaculture keep itself to the garden bed? A new book, ‘The Politics of Permaculture' endeavours to unpack the theory and practice of this popular and broad social movement. Author Terry Leahy collated many interviews and points of view from permaculture practitioners across the world, from Australia to Zimbabwe and everywhere in-between, to capture the many perspectives of how permaculture is understood. He shares this and more with PGAP, including his own vision for a future gift economy. Having crossed paths with Terry Leahy through several community, gardening and permaculture initiatives in Melbourne, it was fantastic to reconnect with Terry again and dig in deep (literally and figuratively) over this very fascinating and thought provoking book. Support Post-Growth Australia Podcast. Subscribe to us through this link (https://pgap.fireside.fm/subscribe). Contact us on the contact form here (https://pgap.fireside.fm/contact). Rate and review PGAP on Apple Podcast here (https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/post-growth-australia-podcast/id1522194099). PGAP exists free of corporate sponsorship and advertising, so we rely exclusively on word of mouth to sow the seeds of the podcast that explores the most critical issues facing the planet. Would you like your very own copy of 'The Politics of Permaculture?' You can acquire it through Pluto Press here (https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745342740/the-politics-of-permaculture/) The song of choice from this episode is the very topical 'Climate Movement' from Formidable Vegetable. (https://formidablevegetable.bandcamp.com/track/climate-movement). Given how many times I have played Formidable Vegetable on PGAP, it is fair to say that I am quite the fan. It was wonderful to see them play live at New Years Eve in Albany and to discover we are (sort of) neighbours. If you would like to find out more about Terry Leahy's work he has kindly provided some links below: Leahy, Terry (2019) Food Security for Rural Africa: Feeding the Farmers First, Routledge (https://www.routledge.com/Food-Security-for-Rural-Africa-Feeding-the-Farmers-First/Leahy/p/book/9780367665753). Leahy, Terry (2017) Humanist Realism for Sociologists, Routledge, (https://www.routledge.com/Humanist-Rea-lism-for-Sociologists/Leahy/p/book/9780367876982) Leahy, Terry, Website – The Gift Economy (www.gifteconomy.org.au) Leahy, Terry – YouTube channel: What's Wrong with the World and How to Fix it. (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCevqm8Jva1aeaJ6r0RzjZGw) Leahy, Terry and sister Leahy, Gillian (2013) The Chikukwa Project documentary - 53 minutes version (https://vimeo.com/376455835) Leahy, Terry and sister Leahy, Gillian (2013) The Chikukwa Project documentary- 20 minutes educational version (https://vimeo.com/285882471) And if this wasn't enough links: I recently had my 'post-growth manifesto' (https://medium.com/ending-overshoot/my-manifesto-for-a-post-growth-world-c2e1e8e53f73) published on the Ending Overshoot blog. It is based on the script I used for the Christmas 2021 PGAP special. In Season 1 of PGAP I interviewed Anitra Nelson (https://pgap.fireside.fm/degrowth)who had just co-authored an exciting overview of the Degrowth movement. I actually met Anitra through one of Terry's day parties. It is all one big happy and most functional family at PGAP! Too much permaculture barely enough? PGAP has interviewed David Holmgren (https://pgap.fireside.fm/holmgren), Caroline Smith (https://pgap.fireside.fm/tasperspect3), Tania Brookes (https://pgap.fireside.fm/tasperspect1) and Artist as Family (https://pgap.fireside.fm/artistasfamily) Special Guest: Terry Leahy.

On todays episode we speak with one or Australia's most successful children's performers, Charlie McGee, front man for Formidable Vegetable. A band that has toured the world over, is promoted by the UN and a Glastonbury return visitor. And its easy to see why. Charlie and his formidable team, exist entirely in their appreciation, belief and deep love for community. A place where all things are possible and where all the power exists. A belief that permeates heavily through not only [...] The post Charlie and the Vegetable Farmery appeared first on Benny Time.

On todays episode we speak with one or Australia's most successful children's performers, Charlie McGee, front man for Formidable Vegetable. A band that has toured the world over, is promoted by the UN and a Glastonbury return visitor. And its easy to see why. Charlie and his formidable team, exist entirely in their appreciation, belief and deep love for community. A place where all things are possible and where all the power exists. A belief that permeates heavily through not only [...] The post Charlie and the Vegetable Farmery appeared first on Benny Time.

It's our Christmas-ish episode on Radio Active Kids! New holiday songs by Formidable Vegetable, Itty Bitty Beats, EVT Kids, Kath Bee - Children's Songwriter, Mr. Pete's Playhouse, Dad Jokes Duo, The Happy Racers, LOOPY TUNES Preschool Music, Kymberly Stewart Music, uncle dox, Emily Who, Steve Pullara and His Cool Beans Band, Claudia Robin Gunn, Kaci Bolls Kids, Aro, Little Parade, Watch Reggie Run, Jackie B and the Mini Band, Hooray Miss Marae, Kristle Skennar - Kids songs, Twinpop, My Friend Christopher, Adoraborealis (Mike Messer Music), The Swedish Shortsnouts/Candle Wix/Fangirl Riot on a comp by The Leaky Cauldron & Candle Wix, & #MissPaulaQuintet! Playlist: https://spinitron.com/WSFM/pl/14922660/Radio-Active-Kids

PODCAST EPISODE 55: Brenna Quinlan, permaculture illustrator, co-author of the Bee Detectives, Western Australia. I like art that is joyful. Playful. Often childlike. The kind of work where the artist's hand lightly brings people, objects, animals and places to life in a way that seems completely effortless. I like colour, too. The kind of combining of colour that sparks energy, vivacity, and shows a certain sensitivity shared between the artist and the world. Artists, in my experience, have a way of connecting with the world that is unique. They build a relationship with it, speak with it, and through those intimate conversations, they make new representations of how it feels to be alive and in connection with other humans and the planet. It seems big, and it is! We need more people that take the time to envision the times in which we are living with a new sense of positivity—to make pictures of a bright future so we can make that vision happen. For that reason, I am thrilled to introduce the crazily talented Brenna Quinlan to the BEES WITH BEN beekeeping podcast for episode 56. Permaculture illustrator, co-author of the remarkable Bee Detectives, activist and educator— I am sure that you will all be as overjoyed with Brenna's work as I am. Little vegies pop out from plump garden beds. A pair of young and wide-eyed detectives with oversized magnifying glasses seek out and explain the life of bees. Native plants are drawn in their stunning colours and marvellous forms. And diagrams of permaculture cycles and processes are articulated through illustrated flow charts, making science easy to understand. Brenna Quinlan is a fantastic illustrator. I came upon her work on Instagram, where I marvelled at her incredible drawings and visions of the world; they made me feel like a kid again, but also like I had (which I do) a responsibility to make this world and planet a better place. Her book The Bee Detectives— co-authored with Vanessa Ryan-Rendall—made me smile from ear to ear! Brenna is also an educator, and I can see how children and adults alike would be beyond thrilled to be her student. She is part of the Formidable Vegetable teaching team for the School Permaculture Tour program run in association with Resource Smart Schools Victoria, and she teaches and collaborates with Milkwood Permaculture. For the past four years she has lived a low-impact lifestyle at Melliodora on Dja Dja Wurrung country—a permaculture demonstration site created by permaculture co-originator David Holmgren and his partner Su Dennett in Central Victoria, Australia. This community grows its own food, keeps happy animals, and builds sustainable living arrangements. There is no doubt in my mind that Brenna's lifestyle is a perfect vision for the future we see illustrated in her amazing artworks. Tune in to hear Brenna and I talk about bees, native flora and fauna, art and sustainability. https://www.brennaquinlan.com https://www.instagram.com/brenna_quinlan/

We've got yet more new music on this week's Radio Active Kids show, by Music with Michal, Formidable Vegetable, Pez al revés (ft. Chloe Feoranzo, EVT Kids, Claudia Robin Gunn, Erin Lee and Friends, Go Kid Music, & Jumpin' Jamie!!!), Vanessa Trien and the Jumping Monkeys, Macaroni Soup with Miss Carole, Mi Amigo Hamlet & Alina Celeste, Herr Jan, The Relative Minors, Levity Beet Music, #WeeOriginals, Patrick Adams Books, Ludo Bagman and the Trash, Mr Rayz and The Cuddlebuddies, Erica Rabner Music, Die Rollenden Steinchen, & #BaySong, plus an old (and epic!) Billy Kelly song! Playlist: https://spinitron.com/WSFM/pl/13353894/Radio-Active-Kids

Brenna Quinlan is an illustrator and educator who strives to make the world a better place through her art and her actions. She lives at Australia's most well-known permaculture demonstration site, Melliodora, where she grows food, milks goats, builds soil and engages with the community - or, she did. Mark and Eav caught up with Brenna on her last day at Melliodora to talk about her art and illustration, her process, and Our Street, the new book for kids about permaculture that brings Retrosuburbia to a new generation. Thanks to Formidable Vegetable for their permission to use some excerpts of their tracks.  For more episodes of Serially Curious find them here, or for Art Breaker find and follow from here.  See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Brenna Quinlan is an illustrator and educator who strives to make the world a better place through her art and her actions. She lives at Australia's most well-known permaculture demonstration site, Melliodora, where she grows food, milks goats, builds soil and engages with the community - or, she did. Mark and Eav caught up with Brenna on her last day at Melliodora to talk about her art and illustration, her process, and Our Street, the new book for kids about permaculture that brings Retrosuburbia to a new generation.Thanks to Formidable Vegetable for their permission to use some excerpts of their tracks. For more episodes of Serially Curious find them here, or for Art Breaker find and follow from here.  See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Brenna Quinlan is an illustrator and educator who strives to make the world a better place through her art and her actions. She lives at Australia's most well-known permaculture demonstration site, Melliodora, where she grows food, milks goats, builds soil and engages with the community - or, she did. Mark and Eav caught up with Brenna on her last day at Melliodora to talk about her art and illustration, her process, and Our Street, the new book for kids about permaculture that brings Retrosuburbia to a new generation. Thanks to Formidable Vegetable for their permission to use some excerpts of their tracks.  For more episodes of Serially Curious find them here, or for Art Breaker find and follow from here.  Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/

Brenna Quinlan is an illustrator and educator who strives to make the world a better place through her art and her actions. She lives at Australia's most well-known permaculture demonstration site, Melliodora, where she grows food, milks goats, builds soil and engages with the community - or, she did. Mark and Eav caught up with Brenna on her last day at Melliodora to talk about her art and illustration, her process, and Our Street, the new book for kids about permaculture that brings Retrosuburbia to a new generation. Thanks to Formidable Vegetable for their permission to use some excerpts of their tracks.  For more episodes of Serially Curious find them here, or for Art Breaker find and follow from here.  Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/

In this episode we have a chat to Holly Howe of makesauerkraut.comShe shares her story of how she fell in love with this fantastic fermented food, and how she came to write the book Fermentation Made Easy! Mouthwatering Sauerkraut.We talk about various aspects of sauerkraut, from probiotic benefits of this amazing food, to delicious flavours that make your ferment stand out. Holly takes us though the basics of her step by step guide, and gives us some helpful tips. I'm sure you'll be inspired to go and ferment after you listen to this episode!Be sure to check out her website and find her book HERE.Holly is also on social media:FacebookInstagramTwitterBut wait, that's not all!I'm excited to share with you a groovy song and make this episode a celebration of fermentation… Thanks to Charlie Mgee of Formidable Vegetable for sharing this song about KIMCHI!I've been jamming to this band for the last couple of years, and my kids love the music. They ask me to play some songs over and over, including this cheeky one about a dunny.Charlie's songs have been therapy for my soul; they are fun and meaningful. Check out his TED Talk about music with purpose, and how it is an important medium to transfer knowledge and cultural wisdom.You can find all of Charlie's music HERE. Support him, download the songs, and spread the love!Formidable Vegetable on social media:FacebookInstagramTwitterYouTubeI hope you're inspired by this episode, and I'd love to hear from you about what you're fermenting or how you are living a probiotic life. If you like this content, give us a rating and review!May the beneficial microbes be with you.Until next time,Cheers!