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In this episode, Morag Gamble engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Laura Oldanie about the contested intersection of permaculture and money. They explore the redefinition of wealth, the myths surrounding conventional financial systems, and the importance of community and social capital in creating a resilient and abundant life. Laura shares insights on how permaculture principles can guide financial decisions, the concept of 'enoughness', and innovative strategies for investing in regenerative assets. Laura is the founder of Rich & Resilient Living. Since she received her Permaculture Design Certificate in 2009, she's been exploring ways to earn, spend, invest, and manage her money and lifestyle to bring about the change she wants to see in the world – and teaching others to do the same. Laura has been featured in Forbes, CNBC, and Good Housekeeping, and is co-author of the life changing book "Growing FREE (Financially Resilient & Economically Empowered): Building the Life of Your Dreams Without Losing Your Soul or Destroying the Planet."  Explore more of Laura's work on her Instagram and Youtube, and read her book. She also offers a compilation of free resources & ideas on finding your way to homeownership in today's crises.I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.Support the showThis podcast is a project of the Permaculture Education Institute. We work with people on six continents, teaching permaculture design and skills - from how to be a community leader to creating a regenerative permaculture livelihood. Visit our website to find out more. You can start any time, in any capacity! We teach permaculture and host permaculture teacher courses. We also share conversations through monthly masterclasses, Our Permaculture Life YouTube, and offer free monthly film clubs in a supportive global community. This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage food forest on beautiful Gubbi Gubbi country. Subscribe, share and comment if you enjoy and keep this podcast myceliating!

The Soil Matters Camille Newsom andMerideth Garriganof EnSoil AlgaeSeason 3, Episode 05 Today's Guest:https://ensoilalgae.com/https://www.youtube.com/@ensoiltvInstaGram links@enlightenedsoilcorp@cameljonescards@meridethgarrigan_wecology  Camille Newsomis the Director of Grower Support and Education at Enlightened Soil Corp. Before joining the ESC team, Camille worked as an emergency medical technician, then taught middle school science, then transitioned to farming. She holds a Bachelors of Arts in Education from Colorado Collegeand a Permaculture Design Certificate from Earth Activists Training. A true believer that our living world holds the answers we all are looking for, Camille helps steward regenerative livestock at Crane Dance Farm outside ofGrand Rapids, Michigan. She lives by the words "when in doubt, ask nature." Merideth is a native of Mississippi and grew up exploring and photographing the vast backroads, gardens, farms, anddairies in her family history. Her experiences in these landscapes really shaped her purpose in life. A life-long learner, with a curiosity and wonder that can be attributed to her dad. She received a Journalism degree at the University of Mississippi and followed with a concentrated study of traditional and alternative photography at the Creative Circus in Atlanta, GA. She went on to work for several publications before starting her own freelance photographybusiness in 2008. Merideth has raised two daughters in Charleston, SC. She was drawn to the community, its beauty, and to the familiar rural landscapes of home. An avid grower of food, a constant promoter of permaculture, and gardensthat support life, Merideth has evolved a 15-year hobby into a new career. Merideth is a certified permaculturalist and a master rain gardener. She is focused on permaculture and regenerative methods for land repair and waterprotection. Merideth's first encounter with EnSoil Algae and the way it nourished the soil and the plant life is a milestone day in her life. The knowledge we need to design and develop a sustainable and regenerative culturehas been provided by our ancestors and from all living systems in place on Earth. Eureka! All we need to do is to listen. Driven by a deep desire to help heal people, communities, and to heal Mother Earth, Merideth find's herfulfillment in helping people realize their dreams and supporting these dreamers at grassroots levels. She believes our strength is in our ability to collaborate to promote balance and resilience. We can do so much better. She ispassionate about connecting humans with nature and with each other. She is here to act as a bridge in our community to foster those connections that ensure a sacred, healthy ecology and fair and balanced economy. Your Host: Leighton Morrisonhttps://www.instagram.com/kingdomaqua...https://www.kingdomaquaponicsllc.com/ Executive ProducerKen Somervillehttps://www.instagram.com/kensomerville/https://www.itsallaboutthebiology.caContact emailitsallaboutthebiology@gmail.comReach out to Ken for a quick 15 mincall:https://calendly.com/kensomerville/connections Help to support the mission: patreon.com/user?u=104510089 Discount codes available at:https://www.itsallaboutthebiology.ca/discountcodes #flowers,#plants,#nature,#gardening,#garden,#growing,#koreannaturalfarming,#naturalfarming,#jadam,#naturalfertilizer,#naturalfarminginputs,#permaculture,#regenerative,#foodforest,#biodynamic,#bioactive,#organic,#notill,#knf,#organicgardening,#urbangardening,#containergardening,#homegardening, Music by The Invisible Gardener (Andy Lopez) https://soundcloud.com/invisiblegardenerFor Full:Disclaimer

The Soil Matters Camille Newsom and Merideth Garrigan of EnSoil Algae Season 3, Episode 03   Today's Guest: https://ensoilalgae.com/ InstaGram links @enlightenedsoilcorp @cameljonescards @meridethgarrigan_wecology    Camille Newsom is the Director of Grower Support and Education at Enlightened Soil Corp. Before joining the ESC team, Camille worked as an emergency medical technician, then taught middle school science, then transitioned to farming. She holds a Bachelors of Arts in Education from Colorado College and a Permaculture Design Certificate from Earth Activists Training. A true believer that our living world holds the answers we all are looking for, Camille helps steward regenerative livestock at Crane Dance Farm outside of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She lives by the words "when in doubt, ask nature."   Merideth is a native of Mississippi and grew up exploring and photographing the vast backroads, gardens, farms, and dairies in her family history. Her experiences in these landscapes really shaped her purpose in life. A life-long learner, with a curiosity and wonder that can be attributed to her dad. She received a Journalism degree at the University of Mississippi and followed with a concentrated study of traditional and alternative photography at the Creative Circus in Atlanta, GA. She went on to work for several publications before starting her own freelance photography business in 2008. Merideth has raised two daughters in Charleston, SC. She was drawn to the community, its beauty, and to the familiar rural landscapes of home. An avid grower of food, a constant promoter of permaculture, and gardens that support life, Merideth has evolved a 15-year hobby into a new career. Merideth is a certified permaculturalist and a master rain gardener. She is focused on permaculture and regenerative methods for land repair and water protection. Merideth's first encounter with EnSoil Algae and the way it nourished the soil and the plant life is a milestone day in her life. The knowledge we need to design and develop a sustainable and regenerative culture has been provided by our ancestors and from all living systems in place on Earth. Eureka! All we need to do is to listen. Driven by a deep desire to help heal people, communities, and to heal Mother Earth, Merideth find's her fulfillment in helping people realize their dreams and supporting these dreamers at grassroots levels. She believes our strength is in our ability to collaborate to promote balance and resilience. We can do so much better. She is passionate about connecting humans with nature and with each other. She is here to act as a bridge in our community to foster those connections that ensure a sacred, healthy ecology and fair and balanced economy. Your Host: Leighton Morrison https://www.instagram.com/kingdomaqua... https://www.kingdomaquaponicsllc.com/   Executive Producer Ken Somerville https://www.instagram.com/kensomerville/ https://www.itsallaboutthebiology.ca Contact email itsallaboutthebiology@gmail.com Reach out to Ken for a quick 15 min call: https://calendly.com/kensomerville/connections   Help to support the mission: patreon.com/user?u=104510089   Discount codes available at: https://www.itsallaboutthebiology.ca/discountcodes   #flowers,#plants,#nature,#gardening,#garden,#growing,#koreannaturalfarming,#naturalfarming,#jadam,#naturalfertilizer,#naturalfarminginputs,#permaculture,#regenerative,#foodforest,#biodynamic,#bioactive,#organic,#notill,#knf,#organicgardening,#urbangardening,#containergardening,#homegardening,   Music by The Invisible Gardener (Andy Lopez) https://soundcloud.com/invisiblegardener For Full: Disclaimer

In this episode of the Beet Podcast, Jacques and urban gardening expert Connie Cao explore their favorite annual and perennial Asian veggies. They share insider tips on growing these plants and making the most of each harvest, all while offering creative ways to enjoy them in the kitchen. Get ready for a fresh take on these tasty, nutrient-packed plants! Learn More: 33 Asian Vegetables, Herbs, and Spices You Should Grow Connect with Connie Cao: Connie Cao is an urban gardener in Melbourne, Australia, who cultivates a thriving space of veggies, fruit, and flowers. With a Permaculture Design Certificate and a Diploma in Sustainable Living, she's passionate about making edible gardening easy, rewarding, and stress-free for her customers. Find more from Connie Cao on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gardenwithconnie/ and https://www.instagram.com/connieandluna/ Find more from Connie Cao on her website here: https://www.gardenwithconnie.com/  Listener Exclusive: As an exclusive for our listeners, use code BEETPODCAST for 10% off your next order (one use per customer) at shop.epicgardening.com! Whether you're looking for seed-starting supplies, high-quality seeds to plant, or a raised bed or planter to start them in, we have supplies to get you growing. Support The Beet: → Shop: https://growepic.co/shop-beet → Seeds: https://growepic.co/botanicalinterests-beet Learn More: → All Our Channels: https://growepic.co/youtube-beet → Blog: https://growepic.co/blog-beet → Podcast: https://growepic.co/podcasts → Discord: https://growepic.co/discord → Instagram: https://growepic.co/insta → TikTok: https://growepic.co/tiktok → Pinterest: https://growepic.co/pinterest → Twitter: https://growepic.co/twitter → Facebook: https://growepic.co/facebook → Facebook Group: https://growepic.co/fbgroup Do You Love Epic Gardening products? Join the Epic Affiliate Program!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Show Notes: Seeds of Change: Growing Educational GardensEpisode OverviewIn this episode, we dive into the transformative impact of creating educational gardens that feed with Leila Mireskandari. Discover how these gardens are not only teaching kids about gardening but also fostering environmental awareness and life skills.Key Topics DiscussedFounding Kids Growing CityLeila's inspiration for starting Kids Growing City.The mission and vision behind the initiative.Importance of Educational GardensHow educational gardens serve as a tool for learning.The benefits of hands-on environmental education.Implementation StrategiesSimple Steps to set up a successful educational garden.Overcoming common challenges in schools and communities.Impact on Children and CommunitiesReal-life examples of positive changes observed in children and schools.Testimonials and stories from participants.Featured Guest: Leila MireskandariLeila Mireskandari is a Gardening Coach for elementary and middle school teachers, the founder of Kids Growing City, and the host of the School Gardens with Ease podcast. She holds a Permaculture Design Certificate, a Landscape Design Certificate, and a Master's Degree in Environmental Studies with a focus on food-growing education. Leila has been growing school gardens full-time for over a decade and has developed programs that empower teachers to grow abundant educational food gardens with unbelievable ease. Believe it or not, before her career in gardening, she was a software developer, of all things, working a 9 to 5 in the corporate world. Key TakeawaysEducational gardens can significantly enhance children's learning experiences.Practical tips for educators and parents to start their own garden projects.Encouragement for communities to embrace green initiatives for sustainable futures.Call to ActionLearn more about Kids Growing City by visiting: Email: Leilam@kidsgrowingcity.caWebsite: https://www.kidsgrowingcity.ca/Free and low-cost material: https://www.kidsgrowingcity.ca/Gardening-for-Elementary-TeachersOasis Series of Programs: https://www.kidsgrowingcity.ca/links-oasis-programsSchool Gardens with Ease Podcast: https://www.kidsgrowingcity.ca/school-gardens-with-ease-podcastOutdoor Classroom Resources: Join the Discussion: Continue the conversation in our CIRCLE Membership Community. Upcoming Events: Don't miss out on our future live events! Subscribe to the Seedling News. Subscribe & Review: If you loved this episode, please subscribe to our podcast and leave a review. Your feedback helps us grow and bring more valuable content to you.How to Leave a Review for Our PodcastThank you for listening! If you enjoyed today's episode, consider leaving us a review. Here's how:For Apple...

Welcome to "The Art of Selling Online Courses" podcast! Today, we have a special guest, Jason Knight, who is the director, co-founder, and an instructor at Alderleaf Wilderness College.With over 25 years of experience in teaching nature skills, Jason is an expert in wildlife tracking and wilderness survival. As a seasoned wildlife biologist and wilderness educator, he has collaborated with conservation organizations, government agencies, and the private sector. He is also the author of "The Essential Skills of Wilderness Survival."Jason holds certifications as a Senior Tracker through CyberTracker Conservation International and has a Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Ecology & Environmental Education from The Evergreen State College, along with a Permaculture Design Certificate. His impressive career includes managing cougar studies for the Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife, assisting with gray wolf research in Idaho, and working on numerous wildlife projects with Wetland Resources, Inc. He also served as a wilderness expert on the Discovery Channel's "Dual Survival."Visit Jason's Website - https://www.wildernesscollege.com/If you're interested in growing your online course sales and funnel optimisation contact us at https://datadrivenmarketing.co/

Throw a chicken bone in the cogs of the never-say-die machine with this week's convo about DEATHHHHH. Not going to coat this one in plum sauce and call it “spare ribs” – today Beck Lowe and I go the whole hog on keeping animals, killing animals, and why to hone that skill if you LOVE animals. Get around it.Beck Lowe's home on the webBook ~ Our Street by Beck Lowe + David HolmgrenPodcast ~ Poetry UnboundPodcast ~ Big Things. Little Things.Podcast ~ OlogiesBook ~ RetroSuburbiaFor the seekers ~ Do a Permaculture Design Certificate!Live Online PDC with Beck + David ~ FebruaryRocklyn Ashram PDC with Beck + David ~ MarchPermaculture property ~ MelliodoraLittle known gardening program ~ Gardening Australia

Hello and Welcome Back to The Earth Sea Love Podcast. Dr Sheree Mack, your host here.  I'll not lie. The promise I made at the beginning of 2023 of dropping at least one episode each month of the podcast was in the balance this month. July. A time I love to tie up loose end, retreat and rest. Call it the teacher in me, as I'm someone from time who loves to take the summer holidays off the clock. This year is no exception, except that I've just moved house and needed a rest more than ever. So this episode has been on the back burner. Knowing it's something I wanted to do, and promised to do, didn't help the process of getting it done. But finally it is here. I needed to get out of my head and just get into my body to produce it. I needed to get out of my way and just talk from the heart about my current learning. Permaculture Design. So I started a Permaculture Design Certificate course with Liz Postlethwaite this spring. It will take me a year to complete and along the way, I'm learning a lot of new things about regenerative systems and how to apply this to my practice and creative projects. I am just about getting into it now, after a slow, tentative, reluctant start as I discuss within this episode. I've been experiencing a fair about of conflict and tension about Permaculture and Permaculture Design basically because of its roots and their acknowledgment.  So within this beginning episode of a mini series around Permaculture Design, I discuss: * the difference between Permaculture and Permaculture Design * the purpose of Permaculture Design * the ethics and principles of Permaculture Design * the creation of the terms and concepts of Permaculture Design * the indigenous roots of Permaculture Design * the roots of my conflict and tensions with Permaculture Design * what to expect in the forthcoming episodes of the mini-series.    Keep an eye out on The Earth Sea Love Zine over on substack for more thinking and discussions around the issues raised and practices learnt throughout this mini series as well as the Permaculture Design Certificate course as a whole.   

The Sense-Making in a Changing World podcast, hosted by Morag Gamble is an initiative of the Permaculture Education Institute.  We teach permaculture teachers around the world, and host global permaculture conversations and learning communities.  Our Permaculture Life is our  permaculture gardening Youtube channel with hundreds of helpful videos.I am joined here by the wonderful Pippa Chapman -  author, permaculture designer, forest gardener and mother - based in Yorkshire, who has been gardening for 30 years. In 2007 she left her job as Head Gardener on a private estate, to take a year-long practical apprenticeship at RHS Harlow Carr and then she discovered permaculture and everything changed!In her (first) book, The Plant Lover's Backyard Forest Gardenpublished by Permanent Publications, Pippa explores how to grow your own beautiful multilayered food forest in your own backyard. Pippa explains how to create multiple layers on a small-scale to maximise your growing area, using polycultures and guilds for healthy, low-maintenance food. She shares how to use perennials for structure and for year-round food, and how to incorporate flowers for beauty, wildlife and for the kitchen.She was introduced to forest gardening and permaculture and in 2010 set up a sustainable gardening business with her husband - Those Plant People.She grows a wide variety of fruits, flowers, herbs and annual and perennial vegetables in her small backyard, creating a beautiful, edible and wildlife friendly space.You can find her on instagram and youtube too.LEARN PERMACULTURE WITH MORAG GAMBLE Permaculture Gardening Course Permaculture Design Course (coming June 2023)Permaculture Educators Program - includes integrated Permaculture Design Certificate and Permaculture Teacher Certificate program This podcast is an initiative of the Permaculture Education Institute.Our way of sharing our love for this planet and for life, is by teaching permaculture teachers who are locally adapting this around the world - finding ways to apply the planet care ethics of earth care, people care and fair share. We host global conversations and learning communities on 6 continents. We teach permaculture teachers, host permaculture courses, host Our Permaculture Life YouTube, and offer free monthly film club and masterclass. We broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage food forest on beautiful Gubbi Gubbi country. I acknowledge this is and always will be Aboriginal land, pay my respects to elders past and present, and extend my respect to indigenous cultures and knowledge systems across the planet. You can also watch Sense-Making in a Changing World on youtube.SUBSCRIBE for notification of each new episode. Please leave us a 5 star REVIEW - it really it does help the bots find and myceliate this show.

Permaculture is a design science for creating regenerative landscapes. In rewilding, we often perceive it as a kind of technology based on ancient hunter-gatherer-horticultural subsistence strategies from around the world. While there are many valuable criticisms about permaculture (just as there are about rewilding), it is still one of the most effective tools for creating alternative subsistence strategies to the extractive ones that dominate our world today. To understand how far we've come, we need to listen to the elders of the movement and hear all they have endured and accomplished to get us where we are today. Hazel Varrde is one such elder for me, and the rewilding community.Hazel began gardening around age five. They earned degrees in Forestry and Systematic Botany from Syracuse University and SUNY College of Forestry in 1969. Hazel taught Wild Edible Plants and Woods-lore at Laney College in Oakland CA in the early 70's and helped Bill Mollison teach the first Permaculture Design Course at Evergreen State College in 1982. Hazel has taught various Permaculture courses ever since, becoming a notorious teacher and proponent of social forestry. I first met Hazel in 2009 during my Permaculture Design Certificate course with Toby Hemenway. Hazel was the only guest teacher in the class who seemed to share my vision of a rewilded future, and I knew that I needed to go and learn from them directly. I took their Social Forestry class in 2015, and then came back as a guest teacher the following year. I've since continued to practice various forms of social forestry, while sending many people their way. Land tending is an integral part of rewilding, and social forestry is an inspiring model for us to use. Hazel has finally finished their book on Social Forestry, and you can pre-order it now. I am happy to help get the word out.NotesSocial Forestry by Tomi Hazel VaardeSiskiyou PermacultureMentionsPlaying with Fire: Social Forestry with Hazel by Peter Michael BauerSupport the show

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The Edge Show is written and cohosted by Wendy Love Edge Cohost: Nikki Lawley Producer: A. Edge Productions Editor: Flint Woods Special Guests Laura Costa and Cara Cordoni https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ciro-clean-your-bong-with-soundwaves Founder's Stories Laura and Cara: Laura Costa started her professional career as an electrician which led to a lifetime of innovating creative solutions to everyday challenges in her garage workshop. As a farmer's wife and head of many a trim crew, for years Laura tinkered with cleaning resinous tools, pipes, and bongs which led to the creation of CIRO. Cara Cordoni has worked in many different business models, from middle management in a Fortune 500 company, to the first management hire in a cannabis start-up, to running her own coaching business. Cara discovered a passion for whole systems thinking when she pursued her Permaculture Design Certificate and studied cooperative development with Worker Owned Humboldt. She is focused on cradle-to-cradle business and product design that creates a profit while serving people and the planet. CIRO CIRO is the first product from Minerva Minded, SPC, the creation of Laura Costa, and Cara Cordoni in partnership with Jo Marini of Mother Superior Business Foundry. CIRO is a bong cleaning appliance, the first of its kind, that replaces the need for single-use plastic bottles of cleaning solutions. Minerva Minded is dedicated to innovation, women and minority entrepreneurs, and socially and environmentally just business practices.

Laura Oldanie is a green living and wealth coach, who blogs at RichandResilientLiving.com, where she explores money and lifestyle choices for a regenerative future. Her goal is to help people achieve financial freedom and live their best lives in socially and environmentally conscious ways that equally value people, planet, and profit. She received her Permaculture Design Certificate in 2009 and has been exploring how to earn, spend, invest, and manage her money to bring about the change she wants to see in the world ever since. Laura's work has been featured in Forbes, CNBC, and Good Housekeeping. Connect with Laura: Instagram and TikTok: Rich_Resilient Time Stamps: 1:30 - How Laura discovered green living 3:25 - What is Permaculture and why it's important 5:20 - Investing in a socially conscience way 6:25: The permaculture flower 7:20 - The Designer's Manual 8:30 - Coaching with Laura 10:00 - Climate resilient wealth 11:10 - The 8 types of capital 15:50 - Commercial 17:00 - Environmental Social Governance and Social Investing 20:45 - Investing in what you align with 24:15 - Being resilient  29:40 - American Homeowner Preservation 31:15 - regen@moneywithmission.com

Laura Oldanie is a green living and wealth coach, who blogs at RichandResilientLiving.com, where she explores money and lifestyle choices for a regenerative future. Her goal is to help people achieve financial freedom and live their best lives in socially and environmentally conscious ways that equally value people, planet, and profit. She received her Permaculture Design Certificate in 2009 and has been exploring how to earn, spend, invest, and manage her money to bring about the change she wants to see in the world ever since. Laura's work has been featured in Forbes, CNBC, and Good Housekeeping. Connect with Laura: Instagram and TikTok: Rich_Resilient Time Stamps: 1:30 - How Laura discovered green living 3:25 - What is Permaculture and why it's important 5:20 - Investing in a socially conscience way 6:25: The permaculture flower 7:20 - The Designer's Manual 8:30 - Coaching with Laura 10:00 - Climate resilient wealth 11:10 - The 8 types of capital 15:50 - Commercial 17:00 - Environmental Social Governance and Social Investing 20:45 - Investing in what you align with 24:15 - Being resilient  29:40 - American Homeowner Preservation 31:15 - regen@moneywithmission.com

Thank you for listening, beautiful soul. If you would like to explore working with me further, I offer: Soulful Connection Group Coaching and Exploration Calls Pathway to Courage Self-Led Course Audio Card Readings Medical Intuition Reports 1:1 Spiritual Guidance All information can be found at https://www.woodlandpriestess.com AND if you're on social media, you can find me on Facebook and Instagram. Until next time...Stay Curious Tawny Stowe | The Woodland Priestess ------------------------------------------------------------ Our guest in this episode: Barbara Eikmans CEO Ecostentialism™ Inc., https://www.ecostentialism.com Barbara provides environmental education and environmental consulting to individuals, businesses and organizations. Ecostentialism™ combines existentialism with environmental psychology to foster the connection between people and the environment. She has a diploma in Architectural Technologies from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT). After finding out that the home builder she was working for had people sign waivers to remove liabilities for low exposure to sour gas in areas where many of the purchasers had English as second language, she decided to return to school to pursue work more in line with her values. She obtained a bachelor of arts degree in Psychology from Athabasca University graduating with a cumulative GPA of 3.74/4.0. She has seven years experience working in front line homelessness in various capacities. Including client services, community facilitation and client sustainability strategy. So many of the theories and premises utilized stem from behaviorism which assumes that people do not have a consciousness. This fundamentally negates everything she has learned about the human condition. Within each of these roles she was an active agent for creating more effective systems and integrating sustainability measures that were put into practice. Barbara created a sustainable clothing based eCommerce company where every component of the business and supply chain were vetted for environmental sustainability and practice. She is currently taking her Permaculture Design Certificate with Verge Permaculture in order to refine her capacity to integrate not only sustainable, but regenerative methodologies into abstract systems within businesses and organizations. Barbara is adept at finding systemic solutions among abstract and organizational systems that manage people. In order to create, refine and adapt those systems so they are as effective as possible, in line with integrity, values-based leadership and incorporate the environment ensuring that the Earth is here today and for the future. She utilizes the triple bottom line model - People | Planet | Profit.

This conversation was recorded as part of Work Shouldn't Suck's https://www.workshouldntsuck.co/ethical-reopening-summit-2021 (Ethical Re-Opening Summit) that took place on April 27, 2021. There are a multitude of ways to share power, decision making, and leadership in organizations. In this episode, Aja Couchois Duncan, Hop Hopkins, Lauren Ruffin, and Jason Wiener explore several, as well as discuss what companies should keep in mind as they consider different ways of participatory leadership. Resources mentioned during session:“https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/racism-killing-planet (Racism Is Killing the Planet)” by Hop Hopkins https://art.coop/ (Solidarity Not Charity - Grantmaking in the Solidarity Economy) Sustainable Economies Law Center's https://www.theselc.org/nonprofit_democracy_network (Nonprofit Democracy Network) https://www.usworker.coop/home/ (United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives) https://aorta.coop/who-we-are (Anti-Oppression Resource & Training Alliance) (AORTA) AJA COUCHOIS DUNCAN is a leadership coach, team engagement and strategic planning graphic facilitator and organizational development consultant of Ojibwe, French and Scottish descent. A Senior Consultant with Change Elemental, Aja has worked for almost 20 years in the areas of education, leadership and equity. Working with a broad range of clients from public and private universities, nonprofit organizations, national policy advocates, statewide arts organizations, to small businesses—she provides organizational capacity building expertise through needs assessments, program and/or strategy design and delivery, group facilitation, strategic communications and ROI/impact analysis. Aja has a strong background in diversity and social justice work, having provided diversity education, disparate impact analysis, diversity program evaluation and macro-level recommendations to improve equity and thus workplace climate and organizational performance. For nearly a decade, Aja was an active member of the Native American Health Alliance, an organization composed of University of California, San Francisco students, staff and faculty of Native descent working together to promote cultural understanding and an awareness of the health disparities affecting Native American/Alaskan Native peoples. With a small group of Native University of California staff, she created a development program designed to increase skills and promotional opportunities for employees of Native descent across the university system. She has led workshops for Native adults and youth to promote cultural values and identity through artistic expression. Previous professional roles have included leading creative writing workshops for under-served youth, working in the electrical and construction trades, serving as a meeting/conference planner, and leading nature programs in a state park. Aja is a certified co-active coach (CPCC) and holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in creative writing from San Francisco State University and a Master of Arts (MA) in policy, organization and leadership studies from Stanford University, where she is a member of the Stanford Native American Alumni Association. A writer and sometimes visual artist, Aja is interested in connecting the often disparate realities of spirit and mater, flora and fauna. When not at Change Elemental, you can find Aja writing or drawing. She also enjoys running in the hills with her dog, yoga and a daily meditation practice which begins with an expression of gratitude to her ancestors and ends with an enthusiastic shout out to the extraordinary miracle of her toes. HOP HOPKINS is Director of Organizational Transformation at the Sierra Club, where he works to ensure that Sierra Club campaigns and programs protect those most affected by climate change and environmental degradation and promote economic justice. Hop was also a certified Arborist, a Master Gardener and has earned a Permaculture Design Certificate. He has...

Join me and Dr Millie Rooney as we dive into her explorations of the kinds of future people want and the new stories people are imagining.Millie is the National Coordinator for Australia reMADE, a vision-based collaboration of everyday people and community leaders working to build a country where people and planet come first. As a kid she spent hours collecting toothbrushes outside supermarkets for Gulf War refugees and, although wasn't allowed to watch movies for fear of scary themes like ‘divorce', was aware from a young age of scarier things like ‘war'. As a result Millie's dream was to become a butterfly dancer on stilts, catch the eye of a journalist and make it to the front page of the paper so that there could be some good news for once. Is it any surprise she ended up involved in Australia reMADE?Millie grew up in Canberra on Ngunnawal country and although now calls Tasmania home, she misses the dry scrappy dirt, the warble of the magpies and the smooth, flat bike paths.Millie has worked as an environment officer at both the Australian National University and the University of Tasmania. She has constantly worked off the principle of ‘delight not fright' which has resulted in Celebrate Sustainability Days, visions for student-led campus transformation and an award winning student sustainability internship program.Millie's PhD was an exploration into the social norms that determine our ability as Australian's to share, or not, with our neighbours. Some of the programs of Australia ReMADERemakerUPublic GoodOther interesting links Millie suggests you look at:The Leap ManifestoCompassion LineThe Transnational Institute  FIND OUT MORE ABOUT PERMACULTUREJoin me to learn more about permaculture. Explore the many free permaculture resources on Our Permaculture Life Youtube channel and blogThe world needs more permaculture teachers everywhere sharing local ways of one planet living, regenerative design and growing, and working toward a climate-safe future. I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents to explore ways of being the change and creating the conditions for transition. Our program is a comprehensive online course that includes the Permaculture Design Certificate and online Permaculture Teacher Certificate. We are a friendly and encouraging global learning community.We support free permaculture education for people in refugee camps. Help us by donating to Ethos Foundation, our registered charity so we can continue to help them offer free permaculture education. Hundreds of refugees have graduated in this past year.We also invite young people to join the Global Permayouth Festivals  each month, plus workshops and arts competitions too.If your main interest is getting a thriving food garden set up,  take a look at this online course: The Incredible Edible Garden.With love,Morag GambleI acknowledge the the Gubbi Gubbi people, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and work, and pay my respects to their elders past present and emerging.

I had such fun with this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World.  I am joined by my great friend Suzie Cahn, a leader from the Irish permaculture world and active in permaculture education globally. She is an adventurous teacher who's worked with communities from Mongolia to Belize.  Back in 2008, Suzie and her husband Mike  established  Carraig Dúlra -  social enterprise, community education,  nature connection and permaculture hub in County Wicklow and is exploring her Irish indigeneity through this lens.Suzie and I met at a climate change conference in Findhorn Scotland a few years back and just clicked.  She coordinates a Climate Justice Centre in Ireland piloting community-led approaches to Climate Action and  is active in ECOLISE (the European network for community-led initiatives on climate change and sustainability).  She deeply involved in the transition and permaculture movementsYou can hear her speak about her many threads of interest in her own podcast Cailleach (you'll hear this episode there too - we did the beautiful multi-functional permaculture thing and interviewed each other!)You can also catch the youtube version of this conversation here.FIND OUT MORE ABOUT PERMACULTUREJoin me to learn more about permaculture. Come and explore the many free permaculture resources my Our Permaculture Life Youtube channel  and blog .The world needs more permaculture teachers everywhere sharing local ways of one planet living, regenerative design and growing, and working toward a climate-safe future. Being or becoming a local grower - on a farm or in your backyard - is critically important, as is supporting local regenerative growers to supplement your food needs. Our current industrial food systems is responsible for a huge proportion of our carbon emissions, land degradation, soil erosion, water pollution, habitat loss, species extinction and human ailments.I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents to explore ways of being the change and creating the conditions for transition. Our program is a comprehensive online course that includes the Permaculture Design Certificate and online Permaculture Teacher Certificate. We are a friendly and encouraging global learning community.We support free permaculture education for people in refugee camps. Help us by donating to Ethos Foundation our registered charity so we can continue to help them offer free permaculture education. Hundreds of refugees have graduated in this past year.We also invite young people to join the Global Permayouth Festivals each month, workshops and arts competitions too.If your main interest is getting a thriving food garden set up,  take a look at this online course: The Incredible Edible Garden.With love,Morag Gamble I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and work - the Gubbi Gubbi people.Audio: Rhiannon GambleMusic: Kim Kirkman

In this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, I am excited to share with you my conversation with one-acre permaculture farmer, Brett Cooper from Limestone Permaculture in Stroud, NSW.Brett and his family moved from the city and busy full time jobs and health issues to this country property. They now source their entire income from their beautifully designed small-scale permaculture farm with 11 sources of income - including food, courses, tours, accommodation, consulting and very importantly - the gift economy. Listen in & be inspired by the transition story Brett shares. It is such a wonderful story - motivating, uplifting and enabling!You can also Limestone Permaculture on Youtube - made by Happen Films.And check out these links:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LimestonePermaculture/Simply Homesteading Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SimplyHomesteading.NiciYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/user/0zDigga/videosInstagram: @limestone_permacultureYou can also catch the youtube version of this conversation here.FIND OUT MORE ABOUT PERMACULTUREJoin me to learn more about permaculture. Come and explore the many free permaculture resources my Our Permaculture Life Youtube channel  and blog .The world needs more permaculture teachers everywhere sharing local ways of one planet living, regenerative design and growing, and working toward a climate-safe future. Being or becoming a local grower - on a farm or in your backyard - is critically important, as is supporting local regenerative growers to supplement your food needs. Our current industrial food systems is responsible for a huge proportion of our carbon emissions, land degradation, soil erosion, water pollution, habitat loss, species extinction and human ailments. I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents to explore ways of being the change and creating the conditions for transition. Our program is a comprehensive online course that includes the Permaculture Design Certificate and online Permaculture Teacher Certificate. We are a friendly and encouraging global learning community.We support free permaculture education for people in refugee camps. Help us by donating to Ethos Foundation our registered charity so we can continue to help them offer free permaculture education. Hundreds of refugees have graduated in this past year.We also invite young people to join the Global Permayouth Festivals each month, workshops and arts competitions too.If your main interest is getting a thriving food garden set up,  take a look at this online course: The Incredible Edible Garden.With love,Morag Gamble I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and work - the Gubbi Gubbi people.Audio: Rhiannon GambleMusic: Kim Kirkman

My guest in this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World is Brisbane-based author, Geoff Ebbs. His latest book is Your Life, Your Planet  published by Australian Geographic.  Over the decades as a dedicated environmental activist, he has many ways of explored ways of being a change-maker - politican, comedian, lecturer, author, engineer, actor, radio host (and guest) .... Since 2005 he has been curating an online news site, The Generator.news His focus in Your Planet, Your Life is about building a community of earth care [pr]activists . The book is a toolkit full of tips that will help you to reduce your environmental footprint and live well. Our conversation focussed on the many ways of 'being the change.' Enjoy.Catch the youtube version here.FIND OUT MORE ABOUT PERMACULTUREJoin me to learn more about permaculture. Come and explore the many free permaculture resources my Our Permaculture Life Youtube channel  and blog .The world needs more permaculture teachers everywhere sharing local ways of one planet living, and working toward a climate-safe future through design, resilience and connection. For you that may be through story, comedy, politics, writing, teaching . Whatever the way that moves you to speak up and share, I wholeheartedly encourage.If this speaks to you, I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents to explore ways of being the change and creating the conditions for transition. Our program is a comprehensive online course that includes the Permaculture Design Certificate and online Permaculture Teacher Certificate. We are a friendly and encouraging global learning community.We support free permaculture education for people in refugee camps. Help us by donating to Ethos Foundation our registered charity so we can continue to help them offer free permaculture education. Hundreds of refugees have graduated in this past year.We also invite young people to join the Global Permayouth Festivals each month, workshops and arts competitions too.If your main interest is getting a thriving food garden set up,  take a look at this online course: The Incredible Edible Garden.With love,Morag Gamble I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and work - the Gubbi Gubbi people.Audio: Rhiannon GambleMusic: Kim Kirkman

It is my absolute delight to welcome Jonathan Dawson to the Sense-Making in a Changing World show. Jonathan is Program Lead of the Masters of Regenerative Economics at Schumacher College in England. Jonathan & I met many years ago here at Crystal Waters Ecovillage visiting with my friend, Amanda Cahill CEO, The Next Economy. Jonathon was for many years the president of the Global Ecovillage Network & a long time resident of Findhorn.  Jonathan kindly hosted my family at his community in Totnes, UK.  He is author of Gaia Education's UNITAR endorsed Sustainable Economics Curriculum drawn from best practice with ecovillages globally - a curriculum adopted by UNESCO. He is also author of Schumacher Briefing 12  Ecovillages: New Frontiers for Sustainability, Green Books, 2015, & has worked in small enterprise development in Africa & South Asia.You can watch the youtube version of the podcast here.PERMACULTURE AS TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATIONIn my twenties, I studied at Schumacher College, the integrated way of learning in community was so inspiring & transformative.  I have since taught at the College a number of times - most recently with Jonathan as part of a short course called Beyond Development . The head heart & hands learning experience that I experienced there as a young woman is what I weave into the fabric of my face-to-face courses & the online Permaculture Educators Program.Permaculture is education for one-planet-living & through this course you are immersed in exploring ways to transition to regenerative ways of being. The world needs more permaculture teachers everywhere - sharing local ways and working toward a climate-safe future through design, resilience and connection.  I invite you to join the Program with people from 6 continents to explore how you can use permaculture to be part of this change. The course is a comprehensive online program that includes the Permaculture Design Certificate &  Permaculture Teacher Certificate, plus additional modules for creating a permaculture livelihood.FREE PERMACULTURE RESOURCESJoin me to learn more about permaculture. Explore many free permaculture resources my Our Permaculture Life Youtube  and blog .PERMACULTURE YOUTHWe also invite young people (11-17) interested in permaculture to join the Global Permayouth  - they have monthly online festivals, workshops, local hubs & a weekly newsletter. SUPPORT PERMACULTURE FOR REFUGEESHelp offer free permaculture educationWith loveMorag Gamble I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live & work - the Gubbi Gubbi people & pay my respects to their elders past and present.Audio: Rhiannon Gamble

In this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, it is my delight to welcome Dr Pavel Cenkl, Head of Schumacher College and Director of Learning at Dartington.  We talk about the kind of higher education we need in the world today, and explore the innovative and immersive programs offered at the College - from Holistic Science, Regenerative Food and Farming, Ecological Design Thinking, and more.Pavel has worked for more than two decades in higher education where there is learning with practice and thinking with embodiment. He  has been at the college now for a few years and developing new courses too at the intersection of movement practice, ecological thinking, and environmental philosophy. Pavel is also a passionate endurance and adventure runner. Over the past five years through a project called Climate Run. Pavel has covered hundreds of miles in the Arctic and subarctic on foot to bring attention to the connections between our bodies and the more-than-human world in the face of a rapidly changing climate.Pavel holds a Ph.D. in English and is the author of many articles, chapters, and two books. Most recently he has co-edited a book celebrating the 30th anniversary of Schumacher College with Satish Kumar, Transformative Learning: Reflections on 30 Years of Head, Heart, and Hands at Schumacher College. New Society Publishers, 2021.You can watch the youtube version here.PERMACULTURE AS TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATIONIn my twenties, I studied at Schumacher College and the integrated way of learning in community was absolutely inspiring and transformative.  I have since taught at the College a number of times. The head heart and hands learning experience that I experienced at the College as a young woman is what I weave into the fabric of the face-to-face courses I create and the Permaculture Educators Program online.Permaculture is education for one planet living and through the course you become immersed in all kinds of skills and cultivate connections that support the transition to regenerative ways of being. The world needs more permaculture teachers everywhere sharing local ways, and working toward a climate-safe future through design, resilience and connection.  I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents to explore what that might look like and how you can make the change. This is a comprehensive online course that includes the Permaculture Design Certificate and online Permaculture Teacher Certificate, plus additional modules for creating a permaculture livelihood.FREE PERMACULTURE RESOURCESJoin me to learn more about permaculture. Come and explore the many free permaculture resources my Our Permaculture Life Youtube  and blog .YOUNG LEADERS IN PERMACULTUREWe also invite young people (11-17) interested in permaculture to join the Global Permayouth  - they have monthly online festivals, workshops, local hubs and a weekly newsletter. Scholarships available for the above course too.With loveMorag Gamble I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and work - the Gubbi Gubbi people and pay my respects to their elders past and present.Audio: Rhiannon GambleMusic: Kim Kirkman 

In this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, it is my delight to welcome Willow Berzin - a wonderfully creative designer & thinker, and founder & chief assembler of the Coalition of Everyone. Through this she brings people together to hold conversations that renew trust, disrupt the politics of fear and build a politics of hope. Her key focus is on contributing to regeneration through designing pathways for transition and real systems change - deep democracy which puts people and the planet first.Willow and I are both part of   Regenerative Songlines Australia and she is a core member of Regen Melbourne inspired by Kate Raworth's Doughnut Economics.You can watch the youtube version here.Other projects include:THE FUTURENOW PROJECT REGEN INCUBATOR If you have an idea/s for a regen project that you want to make happen, but are looking for ways to help realise it, please email willow@coalitionofeveryone.com to register your interest to join a new Regen Incubator program, piloting in Melbourne mid year. Willow mentioned these references:Thomas Campbell: My Big Toe (theory of everything)Jeremy Lent: The Patterning InstinctOECD: Catching the Deliberative WaveTEACHING PERMACULTURE FOR TRANSITION Permaculture educators share the kinds of skills and cultivate connections that support the transition to regenerative ways of being that we are talking about here. The world needs more permaculture teachers everywhere sharing local ways of one planet living, and working toward a climate-safe future through design, resilience and connection.  I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents to explore what that might look like and how you can make the change. This is a comprehensive online course that includes the Permaculture Design Certificate and online Permaculture Teacher Certificate.FREE PERMACULTURE RESOURCES Join me to learn more about permaculture. Come and explore the many free permaculture resources my Our Permaculture Life Youtube  and blog .YOUNG LEADERS IN PERMACULTUREWe also invite young people (11-17) interested in permaculture to join the Global Permayouth  - they have monthly online festivals, workshops, local hubs and a weekly newsletter.With loveMorag Gamble I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and work - the Gubbi Gubbi people and pay my respects to their elders past and present.Audio: Rhiannon GambleMusic: Kim Kirkman 

It is my pleasure to share with you this Sense-making in a Changing World conversation with Dr Brian von Herzen, the executive director at Climate Foundation, initiator of the marine permaculture movement and member of the Permaculture Education Institute.  Marine permaculture has been featured on the 2040 Movie and in Paul Hawken's latest book, Drawdown. Listen in to find out more about Marine Permaculture - what it is, how it works, what benefits it has for ecosystem restoration and reversing climate change, as well as local livelihoods in the global south and contribution to land-based permaculture systems. Marine permaculture is an innovation in permaculture that has the potential to make a significant contribution. Brian is working closely with permaculture co-founder David Holmgren, to describe how the terrestrial and marine permaculture approaches align, and how the permaculture principles are incorporated into the marine context.You can watch a previous permaculture masterclass that Brian and I made together about Marine Permaculture  (80 min) and also choose to watch this podcast here on youtube.FIND OUT MORE ABOUT PERMACULTUREJoin me to learn more about permaculture. Come and explore the many free permaculture resources my Our Permaculture Life Youtube  and blog .The world needs more permaculture teachers everywhere sharing local ways of one planet living, and working toward a climate-safe future through design, resilience and connection. I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents to explore what that might look like and how you can make the change. This is a comprehensive online course that includes the Permaculture Design Certificate and online Permaculture Teacher Certificate.FREE PERMACULTURE IN REFUGEE SETTLEMENTSWe'd love your help to support free permaculture education for refugees in settlements around the world. Please donate to our charity to Ethos FoundationYOUNG LEADERS IN PERMACULTUREWe also invite young people (11-17) interested in permaculture to join the Global Permayouth  - they have monthly online festivals, workshops, local hubs and a weekly newsletter.With loveMorag Gamble I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and work - the Gubbi Gubbi people and pay my respects to their elders past and present.Audio: Rhiannon GambleMusic: Kim Kirkman 

This week I had the great pleasure of talking with highly sought-after farmland restoration and rehydration expert,  Natural Sequence Farmer, Stuart Andrews about what we need to be doing to restore Australian farming landscapes, ecosystems and food systems. We also explore the close connection between Natural Sequence Farming and Permaculture. There are pure gems in this conversation. I thoroughly enjoyed this chance to catch up with Stuart again. Stuart Andrews is a farmer who has dedicated over 30 years of his life to understanding, practicing and teaching land rehabilitation techniques. He was raised at the 1500 acre “Tarwyn Park” in NSW, the celebrated home of Natural Sequence Farming, pioneered by his father Peter Andrews OAM. Natural Sequence Farming (NSF) is now internationally recognised as a significant innovation in sustainable agriculture and land care, and the story of Tarwyn Park has featured many times on the ABC program Australian Story - and here on another episode about Mulloon Farm .Stuart has been involved in public education for most of his adult life and is passing this gift to his sons too, who now run tours at Forage Farms near Gympie - further down the Mary River from where I live.I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!YOUTUBE VERSIONWatch this episode on Sense-Making in a Changing World Youtube & Subscribe.FIND OUT MORE ABOUT PERMACULTUREJoin me to learn more about permaculture. Come and explore the many free permaculture resources my Our Permaculture Life Youtube  and blog .The world needs more permaculture teachers everywhere sharing local ways of one planet living, and working toward a climate-safe future through design, resilience and connection. I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents to explore what that might look like and how you can make the change. This is a comprehensive online course that includes the Permaculture Design Certificate and online Permaculture Teacher Certificate.We'd love your help to support free permaculture education for refugees in settlements around the world. Please donate to our charity to Ethos FoundationAnd for youth, we invite you to join the Global Permayouth Festivals and subscribe to weekly news. With loveMorag Gamble I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and work - the Gubbi Gubbi people and pay my respects to their elders past and present.Audio: Rhiannon GambleMusic: Kim Kirkman 

It is my great pleasure to welcome Dr Michelle Maloney to Sense-Making in A Changing World. I've known and worked Michelle for years and deeply respect her clarity and  commitment to the earth. Michelle is widely known as an Earth Laws (Peaceful) Warrior . She is an extraordinary connector of changemakers and host of  wide-reaching networks and challenging conversations. At the core of her work, Michelle advocates for systems change, in order to shift industrialised societies from a human-centred, to an Earth centred governance system.We talk here about her work and the intersections with permaculture. I hope you enjoy this wide-ranging conversation.More about MichelleDr Michelle Maloney is a lawyer and advocate for Earth centred law and governance.  She is Co-Founder and National Convenor of the Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA), Adjunct Senior Fellow, Law Futures Centre, Griffith University; and Director of the New Economy Network Australia (NENA) and Future Dreaming Australia – an organisation created by Indigenous and non-indigenous leaders to promote cross cultural sharing of governance and ecological knowledge in Australia.  Michelle is on the Steering Group for the International Ecological Law and Governance Association (ELGA), and was on the Executive Committee of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) from 2012-2020.  Michelle has 30 years’ experience designing and managing climate change, sustainability and environmental justice projects in Australia, the United Kingdom, Indonesia and the USA, and this includes ten years working with First Nations colleagues in Central Queensland on a range of community development, sustainability and cultural heritage projects.  Michelle met and fell in love with Earth jurisprudence and Earth laws in 2009 and since 2011 has been working to promote the understanding and practical implementation of Earth centred governance and systems change – with a focus on law, economics, ethics, education and the arts - through her work with AELA.YOUTUBE VERSIONWatch this episode on Sense-Making in a Changing World Youtube & Subscribe.FIND OUT MORE ABOUT PERMACULTUREJoin me to learn more about permaculture. Come and explore the many free permaculture resources my Our Permaculture Life Youtube  and blog .The world needs more permaculture teachers everywhere sharing local ways of one planet living, and working toward a climate-safe future through design, resilience and connection. I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents to explore what that might look like and how you can make the change. This is a comprehensive online course that includes the Permaculture Design Certificate and online Permaculture Teacher Certificate.Help us support free permaculture education for refugees. Donate to our charity to Ethos FoundationAnd for youth, we invite you to join the Global Permayouth Festivals and subscribe to weekly news.With loveMorag Gamble I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and work - the Gubbi Gubbi people and pay my respects to their elders past and present.Audio: Rhiannon GambleMusic: Kim Kirkman

I am so happy to introduce you to Sarah Queblatin - the co-founder of Green Releaf in the Phillipines in this episode of Sense-making in a Changing World.  Sarah and I met as part of Re-Alliance - a global permaculture humanitarian initiative, we are both permaculture teachers, Global Ecovillage Network Ambassadors and members of Permaculture for Refugees.   We also have a connection because she is one of the key leaders of a brand new program for youth run by the Global Ecovillage Network Oceania and Asia - which my daughter, Permayouth co-founder, took part in just recently called ReGEN Nations. This is the kind of enabling collaborative ecosystem she designs - others include Re:Source Regeneration Labs with Green Releaf, and the 4 Returns Labs with Commonland.We also share our activism roots in peace and both work towards whole systems change through education.Sarah is passionate about transforming the narrative of Disaster Risk Reduction or DRR, into that of Designing for Resilience and Regeneration for communities affected by disasters, displacement, and unsustainable development.  Her passion project, Living Story Landscapes, weaves traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and permaculture using the arts and culture in designing places of remembrance, resilience, and regeneration in climate and conflict vulnerable communities. Sarah is also an artist, using creativity as a pathway for personal and collective transformation. You can learn more about her work via www.soilsoulstory.comYOUTUBE VERSIONWatch this episode on Sense-Making in a Changing World Youtube & Subscribe.FIND OUT MORE ABOUT PERMACULTUREJoin me to learn more about permaculture. Come and explore the many free permaculture resources my Our Permaculture Life Youtube  and blog .The world needs more permaculture teachers everywhere sharing local ways of one planet living, and working toward a climate-safe future through design, resilience and connection. I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents to explore what that might look like and how you can make the change. This is a comprehensive online course that includes the Permaculture Design Certificate and online Permaculture Teacher Certificate.Help us support free permaculture education for refugees. Donate to our charity to Ethos FoundationAnd for youth, we invite you to join the Global Permayouth Festivals and subscribe to weekly newsIf your main interest is getting a thriving food garden set up,  take a look at my online course The Incredible Edible Garden.With loveMorag Gamble I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and work - the Gubbi Gubbi people and pay my respects to their elders past and present.Audio: Rhiannon GambleMusic: Kim Kirkman

In this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, it is my pleasure to welcome culture designer, Joe Brewer who describes his work as being in service to humanity and the planet. Joe and I have know of each other for some time, but this is the first time we meet and talk. We both live bioregionally-embedded permaculture lives and focus on regenerative design and education globally. Thank you for join us here in conversation. I see Joe as one of the most interesting and brilliant ecological thinkers of my generation and I just loved the chance to explore so many ideas with him. We talked about what it means to live regeneratively, how change happens and what he sees are the seeds of regenerative culture.Joe created the Center for Applied Cultural Evolution  and the Design Institute for Regenerating Earth  which holds "the vision to see entire communities gain the ability to guide their own evolutionary processes to become more healthy and resilient in our rapidly changing world."His book The Design Pathway for Regenerating Earth is available through the gift economy. You can access it free via this link, and also offer a gift via his patreon account.  You can also join the Earth Regenerators study group that meets weekly to explore how we might collaborate to regenerate the Earth.Learn more about Joe's work here more by perusing these articles:Culture Design Labs -- Evolving the FutureA Global Network of Culture Design LabsTools for Culture Design -- Toward A Science of Social Change?Cultural Evolution in the AnthropoceneYOUTUBE VERSIONWatch this episode on Sense-Making in a Changing World Youtube & Subscribe.FIND OUT MORE ABOUT PERMACULTUREJoin me to learn more about permaculture. Come and explore the many free permaculture resources my Our Permaculture Life Youtube  and blog .The world needs more permaculture teachers everywhere sharing local ways of one planet living, and working toward a climate-safe future through design, resilience and connection. I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents to explore what that might look like and how you can make the change. This is a comprehensive online course that includes the Permaculture Design Certificate and online Permaculture Teacher Certificate. If your main interest is getting a thriving food garden set up,  take a look at my online course The Incredible Edible Garden.With loveMorag Gamble I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and work - the Gubbi Gubbi people and pay my respects to their elders past present and emerging.Audio: Rhiannon GambleMusic: Kim Kirkman

In this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, we take a dive into the kind of education the planet (and humanity) needs us to share with the young people in our lives ... of all ages. My guest is author, educator, activist and cultural creative - Lucy Legan. Lucy has recently launched her latest book, Planet Schooling . She is also co-founder of the most substantial permaculture/regenerative education centre in Latin America, Ecocentro IPEC which she started about 25 years ago in Brazil with her partner, Andre Soares that has hosted thousands of learners and visitors. Lucy like me lives and breathes a permaculture life and I am so inspired by the work that she has done around the world following her passion for earth care, people care and fair share. She has implemented permaculture and ecoliteracy education programs (planet schooling) in so many contexts - from schools to festivals around the world. I invite you to join us in this conversation about the many dimensions of planet schooling. It's a brilliant concept - a platform for schools and homeschoolers alike. Particularly as education has been turned on it's head this past year, and we need to reconceptualise what education is for, what is at the core of what we teach, how we share it and where it happens. LUCY'S NEW BOOKPlanet Schooling - How to create a permaculture living laboratory in your backyardLucy explores how very garden has the potential to equip the young people in our lives with the skills to create their future. She has included more than 150 activities for all ages of children from K-12. Essentially this book is a creative and fun practical guide to constructing a living laboratory in your own backyard (or front yard, balcony, verge, school ....). FIND OUT MORE ABOUT PERMACULTUREJoin me to learn more about permaculture. Come and explore the many free permaculture resources my Our Permaculture Life Youtube and blog .The world needs more permaculture teachers everywhere sharing local ways of one planet living, and working toward a climate-safe future through design, resilience and connection. I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents to explore what that might look like and how you can make the change. This is a comprehensive online course that includes the Permaculture Design Certificate and online Permaculture Teacher Certificate. We are a global learning community with people all over encouraging you to be the change you want to see in the world.Help us support free permaculture education for refugees. Donate to our charity to Ethos FoundationAnd for youth, we invite you to join the Global Permayouth Festivals and subscribe to weekly newsIf your main interest is getting a thriving food garden set up, take a look at my online course The Incredible Edible Garden.With loveMorag Gamble I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and work - the Gubbi Gubbi people and pay my respects to their elders past present and emerging.Audio: Rhiannon GambleMusic: Kim Kirkman

In this episode I am speaking with my friend and colleague, Maddy Harland from England. Maddy is the cofounder of both Permanent Publications and the Permaculture Magazine with her husband Tim. Their publishing company has released over 100 permaculture books (including two of her own) since 1992 and she has created over 100 issues of the magazine.Maddy has made an incredible contribution to permaculture through publishing and she is an educator, speaker, author and global regeneration activist as an advisor to the Cloudburst Foundation, and founder of the Sustainability Centre in East Meon.Maddy talks candidly about how she's found balance during the lockdowns. walking ancient Celtic trails, gardening and beekeeping. She also talks about how she rapidly redesigned her permaculture publishing business using permaculture principles in 2020 to meet the new conditions - Brexit and the pandemic - and come out with greater strength and focus. She says with everything that has happened, the popularity of permaculture has just sky-rocketed. Her new books are selling out before they've been released!In the conversation we talked about: Grounded: A Gardeners' Journey to Abundance and Self-Reliance by Liz Zorab, Cultural Emergence: A Toolkit forTransforming Ourselves and the World by Looby Macnamara. See my interview with Looby a few weeks back here. & get Looby's ebook: 7 Ways to Think Differently hereIf you want to watch this episode, hop on over to: and make sure you subscribe to my new YouTube channel specially for this podcast.FIND OUT MORE ABOUT PERMACULTUREJoin me to learn more about permaculture. Come and explore the many free permaculture resources my Our Permaculture Life Youtube channel and blog .The world needs more permaculture teachers everywhere sharing local ways of one planet living, and working toward a climate-safe future through design, resilience and connection. I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents to explore what that might look like and how you can make the change. This is a comprehensive online course that includes the Permaculture Design Certificate and online Permaculture Teacher Certificate. We are a global learning community with people all over encouraging you to be the change you want to see in the world.Support free permaculture education for refugee. Donate to our charity to Ethos FoundationYoung people - join the Global Permayouth Festivals (Maddy was our guest in February)If your main interest is getting a thriving food garden set up, take a look at my online course The Incredible Edible Garden.With loveMorag Gamble I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and work - the Gubbi Gubbi peopleAudio: Rhiannon GambleMusic: Kim Kirkman

Welcome to Episode 30 of Sense-Making in the Changing World (watch here on youtube) with Cate McQuillen - the creative powerhouse behind EMMY Award winning Dirt Girl World, Get Grubby TV that are screened on ABC TV and other amazing children's programming. I see it as brilliant permaculture education - offered in the most FUN way for kids (and their families) everywhere. For over a decade Cate has been breathing life and heart into this wondrous world for children to inhabit and explore with profound impacts personally and culturally - for the kids, for the families and communities. From her home in the Northern Rivers area of NSW, Australia - Cate's Dirt Girl World has reached 126 countries and millions of people each week. Her team include partner, Hewey Eustace - writer of all the amazing Dirt Girl World songs, Dirt Girl herself, Scrap Boy and of course, Costa the Garden Gnome - otherwise known as the Logie-winning ABC Gardening Australia host.Rippling out from Dirt Girl, Cate has created early childhood curriculum, dirt girl maths, supported community programs in indigenous communities and the reef.Cate is a change maker who wears her heart and her values on her sleeve, and has created a whole new world with her visual storytelling. Even with the recognition that the task of creating a climate-safe world that likes ahead of us is profoundly huge, Cate maintains and accessible, inviting and hugely engaging way to create the conditions where lasting behaviour change can happen.This week she is launching her new campaign throughout 2021 Declare to Care - listen in to hear all about this and how to get involved and make your own Declaration.Cate is an extraordinary creative force for positive change and encourages us all to have the courage to step up too.FIND OUT MORE ABOUT PERMACULTUREJoin me to learn more about permaculture. Come and explore the many free permaculture resources my Our Permaculture Life Youtube channel and blog . The world needs more permaculture teachers everywhere sharing local ways of one planet living, and working toward a climate-safe future through design, resilience and connection. For you that may be through film and story, or hands-in the earth - whatever the way that moves you to speak up and share, I wholeheartedly encourage.If that interests you, I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents to explore what that might look like and how you can make the change. This is a comprehensive online course that includes the Permaculture Design Certificate and online Permaculture Teacher Certificate. We are a global learning community with people all over encouraging you to be the change you want to see in the world.Also, we support free permaculture education for people in refugee camps. Help us by donating to Ethos Foundation our registered charity. And we invite young people to join the Global Permayouth Festivals each month which Cate is joining in April !If your main interest is getting a thriving food garden set up, take a look at my online course: The Incredible Edible Garden. With love,Morag Gamble I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and work - the Gubbi Gubbi people.Audio: Rhiannon GambleMusic: Kim Kirkman

It is my delight to welcome permaculture teacher and author, Looby Macnamara from England back to the Sense-Making in a Changing World show to explore her timely new book Cultural Emergence: Toolkit for Transforming Ourselves & the World which is full of resources, strategies and ideas we need in the world now. Last time Looby and I recorded a conversation (and I had no voice!) we were in her garden in England (in pre-covid times). This conversation recorded over zoom is really part 2 - a follow up now that her 4th book has been released by Permanent Publications who also produce the Permaculture MagazineLooby is a thought leader and innovator in the social permaculture space and has been teaching permaculture for nearly 20 years. Her first book was the first to focus on the people care ethic People & Permaculture. Looby is also author of 7 Ways to Think Differently and Strands of Infinity. As well as running the Applewood Permaculture Centre with her partner Chris Evans and 2 daughters, she is also one of the partners of the European Mother Nature project and is an active member of the UK permaculture community.You can purchase Cultural Emergence here in Australia, or here in the UK from Permanent Publications.You can also now freely download her wonderful little book 7 Ways to Think Differently as an ebook here.Find out more about permacultureLooby's contribution to permaculture is significant - dive into her website and books to find out more. You can also learn about permaculture by exploring the many free permaculture resources in Our Permaculture Life Youtube and blog. We definitely need more permaculture teachers everywhere to restore balance to earth's systems, and to help facilitate cultural emergence and regenerative practices.I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents - a comprehensive online course that includes the Permaculture Design Certificate and the only online Permaculture Teacher Certificate anywhere.To support free permaculture education for people in refugee camps please donate to Ethos Foundation - our registered charity associated. We invite young people to join the Global Permayouth Festivals each month.If your main interest is getting a thriving and abundant food garden set up take a look at my online permaculture gardening course: The Incredible Edible Garden.Warmest,Morag GambleI acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and work - the Gubbi Gubbi people.Thank you to Rhiannon Gamble for sound editing and Kim Kirkman for the music.

Facilitating advances in Horticulture and Agriculture through Sustainable Business practices and implementing appropriate technologies on a commercial scale are discussed with my guest today Brian Gandy of Deep Rooted Hemp Company and Sustainable Terrains. on [Sustainable Cannabis TV Ep. 38] Following a Bachelor's of Science in Horticulture from the University of Georgia, Brian moved to Colorado in 2010 and have since earned a Permaculture Design Certificate in 2012 and a Certificate in Sustainability Leadership in 2015. He founded Sustainable Terrains to formalize consulting in niche pursuits of agriculture from commercial compost production to LED based Horticultural lighting research and development. see DeepRootedHemp.com sustainableterrains.com #cannabis #hemp #CBD #linkedinlive #sustainable #benjamindouglasray This show is brought to you by: Eight Saints Brand - Organic Hemp CBD creams, balms and tinctures made to ease joint and muscle pain, ease anxiety and lessen insomnia. See https://lnkd.in/eBV5huP LinkedIn For Leaders - teaching professionals how to use LinkedIn. See https://lnkd.in/db352Ce and If you are interested in being a guest or partner sponsor for the show send me a DM and we can talk. Thanks for listening. Ben --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sustainablecannabistv/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sustainablecannabistv/support

This week you are in for a treat on Sense-making in a Changing World Podcast. Come with me on a walk and talk through the iconic Findhorn community in Scotland with Findhorn College permaculture teacher, Maria Cooper, exploring how permaculture is applied - and discover a beautiful permaculture garden and life philosophy at the home of Craig Gibsone - an elder of the Findhorn community. Permaculture here is love in action.Both Maria and Craig share deep insights about living a permaculture life and ways of growing abundance in a cool climate - having fresh food year round.Originally from Australia, Craig has been a central figure in the development of permaculture and ecovillage education at Findhorn and has lived at Findhorn for 50 years. Maria moved more recently to Findhorn. She is deeply involved in the transition and permaculture movements locally and internationally, and runs the Permaculture Design Courses and Ecovillage Design Education programs.__________________________________LEARN PERMACULTURE WITH MORAG GAMBLEPermaculture is a foundation skill for living this kind of way of life, and being a permaculture educator is a great livelihood. I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents - an interactive and comprehensive online course. The program includes a full Permaculture Design Certificate, the only online Permaculture Teacher Certificate, plus eco-business modules + design studios, film club, meet-ups, mentoring, and an active online community.EDIBLE GARDENING ONLINE COURSEFor an introduction to permaculture, check out my online permaculture gardening course, The Incredible Edible Garden.PERMACULTURE BLOGYou can also explore the many free permaculture resources in my blog .SUBSCRIBEAnd explore and subscribe to the Our Permaculture Life youtube channel for over 100 films, how-to's, tours and interviews.SUPPORT FREE PERMACULTURE EDUCATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN REFUGEE CAMPSPlease also consider supporting free permaculture education for young people in refugee camps - donate to Ethos Foundation - our registered charity. We pass on 100% of your donation.PERMAYOUTH PROGRAMSWe also invite young people everywhere to join the Global Permayouth Festivals each month and weekly meet-ups - for young people aged 11-18 (ish). We welcome new members all the time. It's free. ACKNOWLWEDGEMENTI acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live, play and work - the Gubbi Gubbi people - and pay my respects to their elders past present and emerging.Thank you to Rhiannon Gamble for sound editing and Kim Kirkman for the music.

What a pleasure to share this conversation with you today on Sense-Making in a Changing World with my wonderfully talented friend, Jane Milburn. Jane is a Slow Clothing champion and 2019 Churchill Fellow. She presents a compelling case for why we need to change the way we dress. She is also the founder and creative force of Textile Beat - inspired by her growing understanding of the impacts of our clothes on people and planet, and our own personal health.Jane published Slow Clothing: Finding meaning in what we wear in 2017 and throughout it presents a new narrative about clothing that is regenerative. Slow clothing is more than just wearing natural clothes . Jane has a whole slow clothing philosophy which she shares through her slow clothing manifesto: think, natural, quality, local, few, care, make, revive, adapt, salvage.Jane offers a beautiful everyday practical philosophy that is accessible to everyone everywhere, that brings us to wholeness through living more simply, creatively and fairly .I hope you love this conversation just as much as I did, and see how it's the little things we do that can actually make the world the of difference. Since Jane wasn't able to travel this year with her Churchill Scholarship due to COVID, she held a 'virtual Churchill' - zooming with her guests. Check out her interviews on Textile Beat. To make the most of her time, she did her permaculture design course and immediately saw the parallels and calls slow clothing. "Permaculture Clothing is Slow Clothing"_____________________LEARN PERMACULTURELearning permaculture is a foundation skill for moving to this kind of way of life, and being a permaculture educator provides a great foundation for a livelihood in this context. I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents - an interactive and comprehensive online course. The program includes a full Permaculture Design Certificate, the only online Permaculture Teacher Certificate, plus eco-business modules + design studios, film club, meet-ups, mentoring, and an active online community.FREE INTRO TO PERMACULTUREHead on over to my free 4 part permaculture series to find out more .EDIBLE GARDENING ONLINE COURSEFor an introduction to permaculture course, check out my online permaculture gardening course, The Incredible Edible Garden.PERMACULTURE BLOGYou can also explore the many free permaculture resources in my blog .SUBSCRIBEAnd explore and subscribe to this youtube channel for over 100 films, how to's, tours and interviews.SUPPORT FREE PERMACULTURE EDUCATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN REFUGEE CAMPSPlease also consider supporting free permaculture education for young people in refugee camps - donate to Ethos Foundation - our registered charity. We pass on 100% of your donation.PERMAYOUTH PROGRAMSWe also invite young people everywhere to join the Global Permayouth Festivals each month and weekly meet-ups - for young people aged 11-18 (ish). We welcome new members all the time. It's free. ACKNOWLWEDGEMENTI acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live, play and work - the Gubbi Gubbi people - and pay my respects to their elders past present and emerging.Thank you to Rhiannon Gamble for sound editing and Kim Kirkman for the music.

For this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World Podcast , I am in Lammas Ecovillage, Wales with the founder, Tao Wimbush. I loved visiting this community and was so warmly welcomed by Tao. I hope you enjoy this conversation - full of so many practical tips for one planet living.Lammas is an off-grid permaculture village with a community of 50 adults and many children, with interesting natural homes and is the first One Planet Development Ecovillage in the UK. Tao tells me how it is possible to buy land and build a home like his for around 20,000 UK Pounds. That's incredible! There is a lot of potential for young people to create land-based communities like Lammas in the Welsh countryside very affordably. We tour his house - it's beautiful and hand-crafted from local resources.Tao and I talk about the ideas behind One planet Development, how the village works and why people come there. He helps others make a shift to this way of life through education and consulting and is an expert in One Planet Development.Tao is the author of 'Birth of an Ecovillage' and presented an internet TV series 'Living in the Future'. His background is in architecture and carpentry, and he's lived in a wide range of alternative communities, and dwelled in tipis, yurts and roundhouses.I recorded this conversation pre-covid when I was in Wales last year, and will release the extended version with tours of the landscape and common spaces soon.Lammas was featured on Kevin McLeod's Grand Designs._______________LEARN PERMACULTURELearning permaculture is a foundation skill for moving to this kind of way of life, and being a permaculture educator provides a great foundation for a livelihood in this context. I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents - an interactive and comprehensive online course. The program includes a full Permaculture Design Certificate, the only online Permaculture Teacher Certificate, plus eco-business modules + design studios, film club, meet-ups, mentoring, and an active online community.FREE INTRO TO PERMACULTURE Head on over to my free 4 part permaculture series to find out more . EDIBLE GARDENING ONLINE COURSEFor an introduction to permaculture course, check out my online permaculture gardening course, The Incredible Edible Garden. PERMACULTURE BLOGYou can also explore the many free permaculture resources in my blog .SUBSCRIBEAnd explore and subscribe to this youtube channel for over 100 films, how to's, tours and interviews.SUPPORT FREE PERMACULTURE EDUCATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN REFUGEE CAMPSPlease also consider supporting free permaculture education for young people in refugee camps - donate to Ethos Foundation - our registered charity. We pass on 100% of your donation.PERMAYOUTH PROGRAMSWe also invite young people everywhere to join the Global Permayouth Festivals each month and weekly meet-ups - for young people aged 11-18 (ish). We welcome new members all the time. It's free. ACKNOWLWEDGEMENTI acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live, play and work - the Gubbi Gubbi people - and pay my respects to their elders past present and emerging.Thank you to Rhiannon Gamble for sound editing and Kim Kirkman for the music.

In this episode of Sense-making in a Changing World, I am thrilled to share with you this conversation with fellow permaculture [pr]activist, Matt Powers who is based on the north west coast of the USA.Matt Powers is an permaculture author, educator, seed saver, gardener, and entrepreneur focused on radically transforming the entire K-12 education system. Like me, his world revolves around permaculture thinking and action.Matt, a former public high school teacher with a Masters degree in Education, is the author of the first government accredited permaculture curriculum in North America (fully cited, peer-reviewed, & aligned to national standards), and his work continues to spread in schools, colleges, and universities globally with over a dozen books in 6 languages and 9 online courses. You can download his Permaculture Education Standards.Hi recent book Regenerative Soil is the ultimate book on soils for permaculture practitioners - one for your own shelf, and a special gift for a garden and soil-loving friend.You can DOWNLOAD his book The Permaculture Student 1 for free and also access his E-book version of The Permaculture Student 2 for free too. Fabulous content.Matt is a wealth of permaculture knowledge and experience offered so joyfully and enthusiastically. It was great to chat with a fellow educator and permaculture (un)homeschoolerEnjoy this conversation and check out all the free resources he has available in the links above.LEARN PERMACULTUREMatt and I agree that the world could really do with more regenerative permaculture practitioners, thinkers, [pr]activists, educators. youth mentors ... I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents - an interactive and comprehensive online course aimed to support people to weave this work into their life and livelihood. The program includes a full Permaculture Design Certificate, the only online Permaculture Teacher Certificate, eco-business modules + design studios, film club, meet-ups, mentoring, and an active online community.Please also consider supporting free permaculture education for young people in refugee camps - donate to Ethos Foundation - our registered charity. We pass on 100% of your donation. $150 supports a Permaculture Youth Changemaker to graduate with a certificate. $35 supports a Permayouth Member to access seeds and tools and be part of the permayouth class We also invite young people everywhere to join the Global Permayouth Festivals each month and weekly meet-ups - for young people aged 11-18 (ish). We welcome new members all the time. It's freeWarm regards,Morag GambleI acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live, play and work - the Gubbi Gubbi people - and pay my respects to their elders past present and emerging.Thank you to Rhiannon Gamble for sound editing and Kim Kirkman for the music.

It is my delight to share this conversation with Joel Glanzberg today on Sense-making in a Changing World.Joel, based in New Mexico is a tracker, a regenerative design practitioner and permaculture teacher/builder/farmer/designer/thinker. He has been immersed in permaculture for over 30 years and loves what permaculture offers- particularly the way of seeing and being in the world from a pattern perspective, of bringing vitality and regeneration, and to cultivate a capacity to see the beauty of the world we are a part of - the beauty of life.Joel first took a permaculture design course in 1986 and studied with Bill Mollison too. Through many decades of deep connection with permaculture in many contexts - with First Nations communities, with education and design - Joel shares how his understanding and perception of permaculture has changed over the years and where he sees permaculture people offering their highest potential in the context of the world today.Joel is a founding partner of the Regenesis Group - a collective of regenerative design practitioners rethinking development - exploring regenerative development - transforming the way humans inhabit the earth. You can watch an introduction to their work here.Regenesis founded the Regenesis Institute and offer in-depth training around the world in regenerative thinking and practice through their The Regenerative Practitoner Series Joel was one of the founders and designers of Flowering Tree Permaculture in the high altitude desert of New Mexico and demonstrates here how it is possible to green the desert, transform arid landscapes into food forests. You can watch a short film here about it - a 30 year old example of how to reverse desertification, create conducive human habitats.You can find Joel at Pattern Mind and as he invites during this podcast, he is open to being contacted and to offer mentoring over zoom wherever you are in the world.LEARN PERMACULTUREThe world could really do with more regenerative permaculture practitioners, thinkers, [pr]activists, educators. youth mentors ... I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents - an interactive and comprehensive online course aimed to support people to weave this work into their life and livelihood. The program includes a full Permaculture Design Certificate, the only online Permaculture Teacher Certificate, eco-business modules + design studios, film club, meet-ups, mentoring, and an active online community.Please also consider supporting free permaculture education for young people in refugee camps - donate to Ethos Foundation - our registered charity. We pass on 100% of your donation.We also invite young people everywhere to join the Global Permayouth Festivals each month and weekly meet-ups - for young people aged 11-18 (ish).Warm regards,Morag GambleI acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live, play and work - the Gubbi Gubbi people - and pay my respects to their elders past present and emerging.Thank you to Rhiannon Gamble for sound editing and Kim Kirkman for the music.

In this episode of Sense Making in a Changing World, I am speaking with my dear friend Cyndi O'Meara - best-selling author of Changing Habits Changing Lives, nutritionist, activist, film-maker, TEDx speaker, and founder of Changing Habits wholefood company and the Changing Habits Farm. Cyndi is a thought leader pushing the boundaries of our understanding of what is good food - uncovering what is wrong in our current food system - why it is making us so sick. For cyndi, everything begins and ends with food.In this conversation we explore permaculture, health and good food. We've actually been collaborating for some time on her farm and through my course, The Incredible Edible Garden Course which she also offers through her Nutrition Academy.Cyndi graduated with a degree in Nutrition from Deakin University in 1984 where her special interest was ancestral foods. At the end of her degree she was so disillusioned by the nutritional guidelines that she paved her own path, steering clear of the low-fat diets of the day. Her groundbreaking 1998 book Changing Habits Changing Lives became an instant bestseller and has now been updated and revised - now called Lab to Table: The Truth a bout Food - Change the Way you Eat |Step by step guide. In 2016 Cyndi released the acclaimed documentary What’s With Wheat?’ which received 150,000 downloads globally in the first week. Cyndi educates people so they are empowered to know better, eat better and live better - because she believes educating people about whole food is the key to a rebellion and everyone deserves to know exactly what they are eating. This is what permaculture is all about.Find out more about permacultureHead on over to my 4 part permaculture series . You can also explore the many free permaculture resources in my Youtube and blog.We definitely need more permaculture leaders everywhere to activate communities and facilitate regenerative practices and healthy food cultures and systems. I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents - a comprehensive online course that includes the Permaculture Design Certificate and the only online Permaculture Teacher Certificate anywhere. Check out the Incredible Edible Garden course above for a comprehensive permaculture gardening program.To support free permaculture education for young people in refugee camps - the Permayouth groups in Uganda and Kenya - please donate to Ethos Foundation - the registered charity associated with the Permaculture Education Institute. We pass on 100% of your donation.We also invite young people everywhere to join the Global Permayouth Festivals each month and weekly meet-ups.Morag GambleI acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live, play and work - the Gubbi Gubbi people - and pay my respects to their elders past present and emerging.Thank you to Rhiannon Gamble for sound editing and Kim Kirkman for the music.

This Q&A explores your ethical gardening dilemmas whilst inspiring new ideas for cultivating healthy plants and ethics in your garden or back yard. Hosted by Ellen Mary, your gardening questions will be answered by the following panel of horticulturalists, urban growers, vegan organic activists and compost nerds: Jenny Griggs, Dr Margi Lennartsson and Tony Martin. Ethical Consumer Week 2020, explored the role of consumers, businesses, and NGOs in building more resilient communities in the face of Covid-19 and the ecological crisis. We discussed the underlying issues, a radically reimagined future and the actions that we can all take to support just transitions. We gained inspiration from those exploring the answers and already creating ripples of change. www.ethicalconsumerweek.com Hosted by: Ellen Mary Ellen Mary is a vegan, veganic and no dig gardener. She provides talks about our intrinsic links to nature for wellbeing through gardening and plant life. Ellen also hosts a horticultural radio show, presents The Plant Based Podcast and writes for numerous publications worldwide. Ellen has appeared on NBC (WCNC Charlotte, USA), BBC Countryfile Diaries, BBC News, Mustard TV, and has featured in The Times newspaper and filmed with the Royal Horticultural Society plus many more. She has spoken at many shows including RHS Chelsea, RHS Chatsworth, GROW Scotland and The Handmade Festival about wellbeing, plant based eating and gardening. With: Dr Margi Lennartsson, Associate Professor at Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University and, previously, Head of Research at Garden Organic, has been involved in a wide range of research on organic horticulture and sustainable food production systems, working with gardeners, community growers and commercial growers. Recently, this has included research related to the health and wellbeing aspects of community food growing. Margi is passionate about the benefits that can be achieved by encouraging people to take an active role in organic growing – benefits for the environment, for human health and wellbeing, for building stronger communities and for enabling people to live sustainable lives. Jenny Griggs completed her MSc in 1997 around the auditing of organic farms which led to her co-writing the textbook Growing Green with her mentor in 2005. In 2009 she founded Climate Friendly Food CIC where she writes about sustainable land use. She manages a 5 acre farm and works part timd for Lancashire Wildlife Trust. Tony Martin is editor of Growing Green International, magazine of the Vegan Organic Network. He has been vegan since 1986 and since 2003 has been running a 5 acre veganic smallholding in South Wales, UK using permaculture techniques. In 2011 he gained his Permaculture Design Certificate with Aranya and continues to learn about working with nature rather than fighting it. He believes that veganic agriculture can help reduce climate change, and improve the quality of life for both humans and animals. Anna Clayton (tech support) joined Ethical Consumer in 2013. Since then, one of her highlights has been co-developing the Lush Spring Prize – a project that aims to support the regenerative movement around the world. Anna also works part-time for LESS, a sustainability organisation in Lancaster, where she is overseeing the development of a cross-sector food partnership that delivers the work of FoodFutures – Lancaster’s Sustainable Food Places initiative. Anna sits on the management committee of Claver Hill Community Food Project in Lancaster, runs an annual heritage fruit tree grafting workshop and saves seeds as part of Lancaster Seed Library. More audio can be found at: www.ethicalconsumer.org/ethical-consumer-week-2020-building-resilient-communities

This Q&A explores your ethical gardening dilemmas whilst inspiring new ideas for cultivating healthy plants and ethics in your garden or back yard. Hosted by Ellen Mary, your gardening questions will be answered by the following panel of horticulturalists, urban growers, vegan organic activists and compost nerds: Jenny Griggs, Dr Margi Lennartsson and Tony Martin. Ethical Consumer Week 2020, explored the role of consumers, businesses, and NGOs in building more resilient communities in the face of Covid-19 and the ecological crisis. We discussed the underlying issues, a radically reimagined future and the actions that we can all take to support just transitions. We gained inspiration from those exploring the answers and already creating ripples of change. www.ethicalconsumerweek.com Hosted by: Ellen Mary Ellen Mary is a vegan, veganic and no dig gardener. She provides talks about our intrinsic links to nature for wellbeing through gardening and plant life. Ellen also hosts a horticultural radio show, presents The Plant Based Podcast and writes for numerous publications worldwide. Ellen has appeared on NBC (WCNC Charlotte, USA), BBC Countryfile Diaries, BBC News, Mustard TV, and has featured in The Times newspaper and filmed with the Royal Horticultural Society plus many more. She has spoken at many shows including RHS Chelsea, RHS Chatsworth, GROW Scotland and The Handmade Festival about wellbeing, plant based eating and gardening. With: Dr Margi Lennartsson, Associate Professor at Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University and, previously, Head of Research at Garden Organic, has been involved in a wide range of research on organic horticulture and sustainable food production systems, working with gardeners, community growers and commercial growers. Recently, this has included research related to the health and wellbeing aspects of community food growing. Margi is passionate about the benefits that can be achieved by encouraging people to take an active role in organic growing – benefits for the environment, for human health and wellbeing, for building stronger communities and for enabling people to live sustainable lives. Jenny Griggs completed her MSc in 1997 around the auditing of organic farms which led to her co-writing the textbook Growing Green with her mentor in 2005. In 2009 she founded Climate Friendly Food CIC where she writes about sustainable land use. She manages a 5 acre farm and works part timd for Lancashire Wildlife Trust. Tony Martin is editor of Growing Green International, magazine of the Vegan Organic Network. He has been vegan since 1986 and since 2003 has been running a 5 acre veganic smallholding in South Wales, UK using permaculture techniques. In 2011 he gained his Permaculture Design Certificate with Aranya and continues to learn about working with nature rather than fighting it. He believes that veganic agriculture can help reduce climate change, and improve the quality of life for both humans and animals. Anna Clayton (tech support) joined Ethical Consumer in 2013. Since then, one of her highlights has been co-developing the Lush Spring Prize – a project that aims to support the regenerative movement around the world. Anna also works part-time for LESS, a sustainability organisation in Lancaster, where she is overseeing the development of a cross-sector food partnership that delivers the work of FoodFutures – Lancaster’s Sustainable Food Places initiative. Anna sits on the management committee of Claver Hill Community Food Project in Lancaster, runs an annual heritage fruit tree grafting workshop and saves seeds as part of Lancaster Seed Library. More audio can be found at: www.ethicalconsumer.org/ethical-consumer-week-2020-building-resilient-communities

It is such a pleasure to welcome to the Sense-Making in a Changing World show, Mark Lakeman from Portland Oregon - city repairer, urban permaculture designer place-maker community design facilitator, urban designer and thought leader. Mark is the co-founder of the not-for-profit organisation, the City Repair Project (Urban Permaculture education) and is the Principal and founder of Communitecture - a cutting edge design firm that works with sustainable building projects at all scales. As well as being a permaculture designer, Mark is an architect, a landscape architect and a regenerative designer. He works on ecovillages projects, cohousing projects and social housing through a permaculture lens, and through his organisation he has been responsible for over 1200 placemaking projects throughout the city of Portland and beyond.I had heard of Mark’s work for a long time and was so curious to find out more. This conversation is the first time we had met. What Mark does is deeply inspirational, truly radical and ultimately transformative and healing.I really hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.Find out more about permacultureCheck out Mark's links above, and head on over to my 4 part permaculture series . You can also explore the many free permaculture resources in my Youtube and blog.We definitely need more permaculture leaders in cities and towns everywhere to activate communities and facilitate regenerative practices. I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents - a comprehensive online course that includes the Permaculture Design Certificate and the only online Permaculture Teacher Certificate anywhere.For an introduction to permaculture course, check out my online permaculture gardening course, The Incredible Edible Garden.To support free permaculture education for young people in refugee camps - the Permayouth groups in Uganda and Kenya - please donate to Ethos Foundation - the registered charity associated with the Permaculture Education Institute. We pass on 100% of your donation.We also invite young people everywhere to join the Global Permayouth Festivals each month and weekly meet-ups.Morag GambleI acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live, play and work - the Gubbi Gubbi people - and pay my respects to their elders past present and emerging.Thank you to Rhiannon for sound editing and Kim for the music.

It is my absolute delight to share with you my conversation with Ego Lemos from Timor Leste on Sense-Making in a Changing World.Ego is a humble yet radical positive change-maker, who grew up in the tumultuous time of the Indonesian occupation. His work over the decades with Permaculture has caused it to mushroom in his country. He is largely responsible for permaculture being a compulsory subject for EVERY primary school aged child in his country. Permaculture is in the National curriculum and starting to extend to high schools too. Since 2011 he has lectured about Permaculture at the National University and invites students to come and learn practical permaculture skills around the countryside (which they get credit for).Ego has launched Permakids and Permayouth and the camps he's been running since 2008 always have well over a thousand youth! They arrange many 3 day workshops for the youth to build great practical skills. Ego also organises permaculture teacher training, Water Youth Camps for upstream rehabilitation and advises the government. As well as being a highly respected permaculture leader in his country, and a TEDx speaker, he is a singer-songwriter. His song Balibo was awarded best original song composed for the screen at the 2009 Screen Music Awards and a 2009 APRA Award for best song in a film - it was the title song from the movie Balibo, featuring Damon Gameau and Anthony La Paglia.Permayouth programs are so important in Timor - a young country with over 70% of the population under 30 years old and 70% of people living in faming areas. It continues to be one of the poorest countries in the world with 40%+ of their 1.3 million population living in poverty.Listen in to hear how Ego created Permakids, Permayouth, restoration camps, teacher training, school programs and more. Ego is also a founder of Permatil Global and co-author of the remarkable 1000+ page Tropical Permaculture Manual that is available online as a pay-as-you-can offering. It is in English and now the language of Timor Leste, Tetum, and is being translated to other languages too. It is a comprehensive resource of permaculture, food sovereignty and environmental regeneration strategies.Here is the interview we recorded together earlier: A Permaculture Country Find out more about permacultureLearn more about permaculture in my 4 part permaculture series and explore the many free permaculture resources in my Youtube and blog. We definitely need more permaculture teachers everywhere to restore balance to earth's systems, and to help facilitate regenerative practices. We need people who can also support projects like Ego's.I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents - a comprehensive online course that includes the Permaculture Design Certificate and the only online Permaculture Teacher Certificate anywhere.To support free permaculture education for people in refugee camps please donate to Ethos Foundation - the registered charity associated with the Permaculture Education Institute. We invite young people to join the Global Permayouth Festivals each month.Morag GambleI acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and work - the Gubbi Gubbi people.Thank you to Rhiannon for sound editing and Kim for the music.

In Episode 20 of Sense-Making in a Changing World Podcast, I am delighted to chat with internationally recognised thought leader, Looby Macnamara.Looby is a permaculture teacher, social permaculture facilitator & cofounder of Applewood Permaculture Centre in Herefordshire, England, with her partner Chris Evans (founder of the Himalayan Permaculture Centre).Looby has authored 3 permaculture books:Cultural Emergence: A toolkit for transforming ourselves and the world (2020)People and Permaculture: Designing personal, collective and planetary wellbeing (2012)7 Ways to Think Differently: Embrace Potential, respond to life, discover abundance (2014) In this conversation, Looby & I talk about her work with cultural emergence & ways to create real livelihoods with permaculture. The late, Polly Higgins, who wrote the forward to People and Permaculture, said 'permaculture is the biggest job creation scheme in the world'! Cultural Emergence is framework & toolkit that Looby is offering to enable us to design the world we want to live in - informed by indigenous wisdom, permaculture design and systems thinking. Looby launched her book just this month at the National Permaculture Convergence, UK & it will be available in November 2020. I was excited to sit down in Looby's garden with her in pre-covid times. Unfortunately my voice left me that day so please excuse the huskiness and listen instead to Looby who's voice is clear, like her clear leadership in the social dimensions in the world of permaculture education.Find out more about permacultureLooby's contribution to permaculture is significant - dive into her websites and books to find out more. You can also learn about permaculture in my 4 part permaculture series and explore the many free permaculture resources in Our Permaculture Life Youtube and blog. We definitely need more permaculture teachers everywhere to restore balance to earth's systems, and to help facilitate cultural emergence and regenerative practices. I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program with others from 6 continents - a comprehensive online course that includes the Permaculture Design Certificate and the only online Permaculture Teacher Certificate anywhere.To support free permaculture education for people in refugee camps please donate to Ethos Foundation - the registered charity associated with the Permaculture Education Institute. We invite young people to join the Global Permayouth Festivals each month.To learn how to create a thriving and abundant food garden, sign up for my online permaculture gardening course: The Incredible Edible Garden.Warmest,Morag GambleI acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and work - the Gubbi Gubbi people.Thank you to Rhiannon for sound editing and Kim for the music.

In this fourth episode of Sense-making in a Changing World, I am delighted to welcome Dr David Holmgren, co-originator of permaculture to explore how permaculture can help us practically navigate these challenging times and create locally resilient communities.Grab a cuppa and enjoy this wide ranging conversation. It is always a delight to talk with David!David lives at his permaculture property, Melliodora in Hepburn, Central Victoria, with his partner Su Dennett. Here's a video of Melliodora that featured recently on ABC Gardening Australia with Costa Georgiadis.David's most recent book is the incredible manual, Retrosuburbia: A Downshifter's Guide to a Resilient Future. There's a pay-what-you-feel digital download available too and study materials to work with your local community and an active Retrosuburbia facebook community you can get involved with. Melliodora publishing is just about to release a their first novel, 470 by Linda Woodrow (my next guest). Link coming very soon.TranscriptComing soonSubscribe & ShareThanks for tuning into my podcast today, SENSE-MAKING IN A CHANGING WORLD. It has been a pleasure to have your company. I invite you to subscribe (via your favourite podcast app like iTunes) and receive notification of each new weekly episode. Please also feel free to share.Each Wednesday I will share more wonderful stories, ideas, inspiration and common sense for living and working regeneratively. Positive permaculture thinking, design and action is so needed in this changing world. What is permaculture?Take a look at my free 4 part permaculture series or Our Permaculture Life Youtube and my permaculture blog too. For an introduction to permaculture online course, I recommend The Incredible Edible Garden course. Become a permaculture educator (Permaculture Design Certificate and Permaculture Teacher Certificate) through our Permaculture Educators Program, and involve your young people in permaculture through Permayouth (11-16yos)Please support our permaculture work with refugee children, the Permayouth, by donating to our registered permaculture charity The Ethos Foundation. Every dollar goes directly to support these young people.Warm regards,Morag GambleFounder, Permaculture Education InstitutePhoto of David Holmgren: Jesse GrahamI acknowledge the Traditional owners of the land from which I am broadcasting, the Gubbi Gubbi people, and pay my respects to their elders past present and emerging.Thank you to Kim Kirkman (Harp) and Mick Thatcher (Guitar) for donating this piece from their album Spirit Rider.

In this third episode of Sense-making in a Changing World, I am delighted to welcome Jason Twill, globally recognised pioneer in regenerative urbanism. Together we explore what a regenerative city looks like and how we can take clear steps toward transforming our urban habitats.About Jason TwillWith a career spanning over 20 years in urban development, Jason has been at the forefront of built environment transformation. A globally recognised pioneer in innovation districts, alternative housing and regenerative urbanism, Jason’s work is informing the next generation of city making. His career experience includes mixed-use developments throughout New York City, Seattle and beyond. He's a Director of Urban Apostles, co-founder of the International Living Future Institute and originator of the Economics of Change project. In 2018, Jason founded and launched the City Makers’ Guild, an education, advocacy and research group promoting more equitable and inclusive cities.TranscriptComing soonSubscribe & ShareThanks for tuning into my podcast today, SENSE-MAKING IN A CHANGING WORLD. It has been a pleasure to have your company. I invite you to subscribe (via your favourite podcast app like iTunes) and receive notification of each new weekly episode. Please also feel free to share.Each Wednesday I will share more wonderful stories, ideas, inspiration and common sense for living and working regeneratively. Positive permaculture thinking, design and action is so needed in this changing world. What is permaculture?Take a look at my free 4 part permaculture series or Our Permaculture Life Youtube and my permaculture blog too. For an introduction to permaculture online course, I recommend The Incredible Edible Garden course. Become a permaculture educator (Permaculture Design Certificate and Permaculture Teacher Certificate) through our Permaculture Educators Program, and involve your young people in permaculture through Permayouth (11-16yos)Please support our permaculture work with refugee children, the Permayouth, by donating to our registered permaculture charity The Ethos Foundation. Every dollar goes directly to support these young people.Warm regards,Morag GambleFounder, Permaculture Education InstituteI acknowledge the Traditional owners of the land from which I am broadcasting, the Gubbi Gubbi people, and pay my respects to their elders past present and emerging.Thank you to Kim Kirkman (Harp) and Mick Thatcher (Guitar) for donating this piece from their album album Spirit Rider.

Barry Sweeney is a member of the Board of Directors of World BEYOND War. Barry is based in Ireland, but is often in Vietnam and Italy. His background is in education and environmentalism. He taught as a primary school teacher in Ireland for a number of years, before moving to Italy in 2009 to teach English. His love for environmental understanding led him to many progressive projects in Ireland, Italy, and Sweden. He became more and more involved in environmentalism in Ireland, and has now been teaching on a Permaculture Design Certificate course for 5 years. More recent work has seen him teaching on World BEYOND War's War Abolition course for the last two years. Also, in 2017 and 2018 he organized peace symposia in Ireland, bringing together many of the peace/anti-war groups in Ireland. Barry is helping to plan NoWar2019: https://worldbeyondwar.org/nowar2019 He discussed this petition to the Irish and U.S. governments: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/the-world-must-support-ireland-against-us-wars

Sarah speaks to the Earth Friendly Gardener, John Walker about the use of peat in our gardens.  We all know it's bad, but how bad is it and what's being done to prevent the use of peat in horticultural products? Is it realistic to think we can eradicate our use of peat? John is one of the foremost experts on this topic and it's fascinating to hear his thoughts. Sobering stuff indeed... About John:  “As well as being a lifelong gardener and allotmenteer, I’m also an award-winning British gardening and environment writer with over 30 years combined experience in professional gardening, horticultural teaching and the garden media. I trained as a student gardener at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens & Glasshouses, Cambridge University Botanic Garden, and at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, England, where I was awarded the Kew Diploma in Horticulture in 1986. I gained a Permaculture Design Certificate in 1997. While in publishing, I’ve been both features and deputy editor of Garden Answers magazine, contributing editor of Kitchen Garden magazine, and have been technical editor of The Organic Way. My long-running ‘digging deeper’ column, exploring the connections between gardening and our wider environment first appeared in Organic Gardening (later Organic Garden & Home) magazine in 2006. I write and blog about greener, earth-friendly gardening for national newspapers, magazines and websites. My work has been published in NFU Countryside, Garden Answers, Garden News, Grow It!, Kew magazine, Organic Gardening (later Organic Garden & Home), the Telegraph, The Garden, The Organic Way and Kitchen Garden, and online at the Guardian and Hartley Botanic. I’m the author of the new and updated Weeds: An Organic, Earth-Friendly Guide to Their Identification, Use and Control and The Bed & Border Planner, the editor of A Gardeners’ Guide to Annuals, and a major contributor to the Garden Organic Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening.” John’s website is a treasure trove of articles and information, please do check it out: http://earthfriendlygardener.net  You can buy a signed copy of John's latest book, Weeds: An Organic, Earth-friendly Guide to Their Identification, Use and Control' here    Get in touch; Email podcast@rootsandall.co.uk  Website www.rootsandall.co.uk  Twitter @rootsandall Instagram rootsandallpod   Patreon Link; Help us keep the podcast free & independent! Donate as much or as little as you like at https://www.patreon.com/rootsandall 

#21. April 25, 2019. Takota Coen is one of Canada's youngest and innovative pioneering permaculture farmers. Takota along with his family farm 250 acres of prime agriculture land just east of Ponoka Alberta near Red Deer Lake. https://www.coenfarm.ca/ They practice a form of land stewardship called Permaculture. Permaculture is a set of design principles centered around whole systems thinking simulating or directly utilizing the patterns and resilient features observed in natural ecosystems. Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; looking at the interaction of plants and animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single product system, which has been the basis of industrial agriculture for decades. Takota was born, raised and now helps steward Coen Farms using permaculture principles. The Coen family has been transforming their farm into an agro-ecological oasis since 1988. Their story began in 1988 the Coen family could no longer ignore the declining health of their land, their animals, their family & their community. They decided to eliminate all chemical fertilizers & biocides. Today, Takota along with his parents continue that tradition, & with the addition of permaculture design & holistic management their 250 acre award winning farm is proud to be a part of the growing regenerative agriculture revolution that is healing the planet & its people. He holds a Permaculture Design Certificate from The Permaculture Research Institute, a Holistic Management Certificate, and a Red Seal Certificate for Carpentry. When he is not busy farming, Takota works to empower others with the tools and resources to design, implement, and manage resilient living systems that are Earth restorative. Takota spoke with me about how he envisions permaculture being the basis of not only a new era in growing food and healing our bodies but also as a model for the economy; a key platform for building an economy of well-being. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mark-anielski/message

Cynthia Espinosa Marrero is a food systems scholar who addresses issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion through her work. She is also an instructor in an online permaculture program that offers a 72-hour Permaculture Design Certificate, as well as a certificate in Social Systems Design.Pulegium ConsultingAdditional show notes can be viewed at Talaterra.com.

Barry Sweeney is a member of the coordinating committee of World BEYOND War, of which I'm the director. Barry is based in Ireland, but is often in Vietnam and Italy. His background is in education and environmentalism. He taught as a primary school teacher in Ireland for a number of years, before moving to Italy in 2009 to teach English. His love for environmental understanding led him to many progressive projects in Ireland, Italy, and Sweden. He became more and more involved in environmentalism in Ireland, and has now been teaching on a Permaculture Design Certificate course for 5 years. More recent work has seen him teaching on World BEYOND War's War Abolition course for the last two years. Also, in 2017 and 2018 he organized peace symposia in Ireland, bringing together many of the peace/anti-war groups in Ireland. Barry is currently living in Vietnam, although he still continues his role of Country Coordinator for World BEYOND War in Ireland. Sign this petition: https://worldbeyondwar.org/ireland

Inspiration through film. In This Podcast: She's had a “greenie” intuition as a youth but spent part of her adulthood pursuing a publishing career and a side venture as a tango dancer, but Antoinette Wilson found herself living in a permaculture-based community for a year and it changed her life.  She partnered up with another community member to write and make documentaries about the lifestyle they were experiencing, and even made some short films about others who were doing their best to have better impacts on their space.  These documentaries and short films are inspiring others to take steps toward change too. Don't miss an episode! Click here to sign up for podcast updates or visit www.urbanfarm.org/podcast Tasmania-born and New Zealand-bred, Antoinette began her professional career in book publishing and dreamt of managing the editorial offices of Random House New York by the age of 40. Instead, just before her 40th birthday she took on the management of the harvest and labour at a CSA in rural New Zealand. She had begun studying towards a Permaculture Design Certificate and was committed to living a low-impact lifestyle. During a 2015 documentary project exploring simple living, she realized the extraordinary capacity of film to educate, and teamed up with Jordan Osmond in Happen Films. The pair write, direct and produce short films and more recently their new feature film, Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future. The self-taught filmmakers live in a 20sq/meter (folks that is 215 square feet) unplumbed but luxurious room on the end of a shed in a friend's 3-acre food-forest and have a passion for sharing stories that educate and inspire about how we can all live beautifully on earth. Go to www.urbanfarm.org/livingthechange for more information and links on this podcast, and to find our other great guests.  

With her background in Economics, Marketing, and Media, Nathalie Markiefka worked for seven years in different industries around Europe before she changed her career path towards environmentalism. She gained experience working in an environmental NGO, holds a Permaculture Design Certificate, and is active in the Community Supported Agriculture movement, and supports her local CSA in Dublin as well as the International CSA Network Urgenci. Nathalie is interested in initiatives for building the solidarity economy as well as social farming/Ecotherapy for health and well-being.  Sinéad Moran is a Trinity College Dublin Natural Science graduate with a background in research and in the NGO sector. She farms organically along with her partner on whats known as HNV (High Nature Value) Farmland and has a keen interest in how farmers can farm in harmony with the landscape, how ethical livestock production can play a role in that, and the ways in which we can re-connect to each other through food and farming.  The Takeaways: Foodture, a social enterprise in Ireland, was founded by Nathalie and Sinead to address Ireland’s growing food system insecurity Foodture’s overarching goal is to reconnect people with farmers, and every action, movement, and initiative Foodture makes aligns completely with this goal The Fair Food Finder is an impressive and convenient resource for community members to research and locate local farms, producers, and eateries that source ethical, sustainable ingredients. Ireland is an extraordinary country, known for its stunning landscapes, gentle rolling hills, fields of vibrant green grass, neighborhood pubs, traditional folk music, and of course, the friendly locals. With two-thirds of Ireland’s land being dedicated to agriculture of some sort, it’s easy to assume this lush country grows exceptional sustainable produce for their residents. Despite the number of acres declared as agricultural land,  only 1% of those acres are actually used for growing produce. Two proactive women, Nathalie Markiefka and Sinead Moran, noticed the growing food security problem in Ireland and founded Foodture to bring awareness to both farmers and food citizens. In addition to the alarmingly minimal number of farms producing fruits and vegetables, they recognized that there were a handful of farmers attempting to counteract this local food gap with innovative farming practices, but awareness among community members was simply lacking. They recognized a problem, and developed a solution. “Our objective is to nurture a culture of food citizenship and help build strong community support around Fair Food farmers, producers, and more in Ireland.” Foodture is shifting the culture from “food consumerism” to “food citizenship”, meaning they want individuals to be aware of where the food they purchase comes from. They encourage people to move away from placing a lazerbeam-like focus on labels like organic, local, green, natural, whole-food, or non-GMO, and focus more on whether the food was grown in a way that’s fair to animals, people, and the land. If you’re interested in how Nathalie and Sinead are changing the structure of the food system in Ireland, take some time to listen to this week’s podcast (you can also watch the full episode here). They discuss Foodture’s Fair Food Finder, which is a database that features farms, producers, and eateries that source ethical, sustainable ingredients. Foodture is creating tangible changes in Ireland’s food system. I cannot thank them enough for recognizing a problem and taking serious action to help their community and, ultimately, help the world. Check out their website for more information, articles, tips, and up-to-date news about the farming scene in Ireland. If you want to stay up-to-date with their Foodture progress, be sure to follow them on Instagram and Facebook. Thank you, ladies, for being on the show! We’re all inspired by your dedication to changing the world, one community at a time. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sam and Suchil Coffman discuss their 2018 plans for The Human Path & Herbal Medics. CLICK HERE FOR THEIR ORIGINAL VIDEOCAST   The Human Path Herbal Medics University The Herbal Medic (Book)   SAM COFFMAN, FOUNDER, HEAD INSTRUCTOR Sam Coffman has over 10 years of military experience as a U.S. Special Forces Medic, an interrogator and a linguist. He studied botany and bioregional medicine both privately and at several outdoor schools in Colorado, and during his military service as a Green Beret Medic he logged thousands of hours in the field as a team medic, military emergency rooms and troop medical clinics. Over the past 25 years, Sam has not only taught survival for military and civilian students, but also has focused on post-disaster and remote-medicine using primarily (if not exclusively) plant medicine. He has worked as a clinical herbalist on his own and in conjunction with functional medicine doctors (M.D. and D.O.) for chronic as well as acute illness and injury. Sam has been highly focused on bio-regional plant medicine for infection, injury and illness most commonly encountered in a post-disaster, remote or underserved environment when there is no higher definitive medical care. Sam has taught wilderness first aid certification, remote and post-disaster herbal medicine, urban and primitive survival skills and self-defense for over two decades. He is co-founder of the non-profit organization – Herbal Medics – that travels to remote areas in Nicaragua as well as medically underserved urban areas in the USA, providing herbal medicine clinics, off-grid and salvage-based engineering solutions (water purification, sustainable power, sustainable agriculture, etc.). Sam is the author of the book The Herbal Medic.  The Herbal Medic is a comprehensive guide for beginners, preppers and experienced herbalists alike that covers practical, clinical herbalism topics for home, remote and post-disaster environments.  SUCHIL COFFMAN, PROGRAM DIRECTOR Suchil is the Program Director for The Human Path as well as the Director for the non-profit organization Herbal Medics. She brings a diverse background to the Provider program at the school, with a strong history of preserving and canning foods, a love of wildcrafting and a mission to take the school into more sustainable and off-grid directions whenever possible. She has a degree in Fine Arts Photography and studied journalism, worked as a neuromuscular massage therapist for a decade, received her Permaculture Design Certificate from Geoffrey Lawton in 2015, and helps to organize and manage apothecary operations in clinics and classes. Suchil teaches homesteading courses at the school and helped to develop The Apothecarist program, an intermediate medicine making course that she helps to instruct with two others. Thanks for listening! HerbRally www.herbrally.com If you've enjoyed the podcast please share with a friend or leave a comment!  

Running a machinery-free farm with nature inspired principles and techniques. In This Podcast: As one of two new millennial farmers, Lyndsay Jacobs and her business partner Lauren are working their farm using their own labor rather than rely on technology. With the exception of removing some sod in the early days, they are growing and harvesting the crops on their small farm without the use of any typical industrial machines.  As they bring their vegetables to market they know they are doing the right thing by all the positive feedback they are getting from their customers! Don't miss an episode! Click here to sign up for weekly podcast updates or visit www.urbanfarm.org/podcast Lyndsay is a graduate of the Zenger Farm Internship Program where she learned how to address food justice issues, develop efficiency and endurance in farming methods, and best chicken husbandry practices. She earned her degree in Graphic Design & Interior Architecture from James Madison University and is using that on marketing, branding, craftsmen experience, and design expertise for farm infrastructure. She received her Permaculture Design Certificate in Portland. Lindsay and her business partner Lauren (who was our guest on episode 293) run Sprout and Blossom Farm in Vancouver, WA combining their social and environmental justice passions, with permaculture and sustainability inspired practices for animal, plant, and human systems on the farm. Go to www.urbanfarm.org/blossom for more information and links on this podcast, and to find our other great guests.

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast My guests for this episode are Nate Kleinman of Experimental Farm Network, Paul Glover the founder of Philadelphia Orchard Project, Robyn Mello of Philadelphia Orchard Project, and Kirtrina Baxter of Public Interest Law Center, recorded earlier this year at Repair the World. Today's interview is the second Philadelphia Roundtable recording and is a question and answer session with the audience. The questions result in answers that touch on the reality of how monies are allocated for projects, the impact of genetically modified foods and plant breeding on our loss of seed diversity, the importance of seed saving, poultry disobedience, and so much more. As a result of the density of this conversation, you'll find a long list of additional resources in the show notes which includes how to contact each of the panelists if you would like to follow up with any of them. All of us have gifts, talents, and abilities that can change the world. Maybe right now they aren't getting used because, as Robyn mentions, we're afraid. Or as Paul says, we have to act with civil disobedience to get there. I can't say how much you can take on or how far you can push the lines before they push back, but am here to help you discover your passion, to jump even though it seems frightening, and get your work done. If after listening to this interview there is any way I can help you on your journey, to do what it is that inspires you, whether to take the first step forward or to arrive at your destination, get in touch. The phone number is and the email address is . If digital means are not your preferred way to reach me, you can also drop something in the mail. That address is: The Permaculture Podcast The Permaculture Podcast From here, coming up is the Mid-Atlantic Permaculture Convergence outside of Charles Town, West Virginia, at The Riverside Project. The keynote speaker for this day is Michael Judd, talking about his experiences as a permaculture practitioner, with opening remarks by Joel Glanzberg. Classes and workshops are scheduled on Living in the Gift, Animals in Permaculture, Broadacre permaculture, whole systems learning, plant walks, and tree ID sessions. If you do plan on attending, please consider carpooling. If you haven't picked up your tickets yet, get them today at midatlanticpermacultureconvergence.eventbrite.com. Seppi's Place is offering a Permaculture Design Course in The Gift. Seppi Garrett, Alexis Campbell, and myself are offering this course as a gift of our time and knowledge. We share this without expectation of further return or compensation. Outside of our time and knowledge there are baseline operational expenses for the course. These costs include: use of the space, books, and educational materials (which each student will receive). Also, we plan to host several guest instructors who will need to be compensated for time and travel. We ask that students cover these baseline expenses for the course in the following manner: $225 for all three units (students will receive a Permaculture Design Certificate) $175 for Unit 1 & Unit 2 (without certificate) $100 for any one unit (without certificate) Unit1: Permaculture Philosophy and Practice: July 7 - 10, 2016. Unit2: Permaculture Immersion: August 11 - 14, 2016. Unit3: Permaculture Design Practicum: September 15 -18, 2016. If you are near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, register today and we'll see you soon. Until the next time, take care of Earth, yourself, and each other. Sponsors Good Seed Company, a business with over 40 years of experience delivering open pollinated, non-GMO seeds, believes we have an inalienable right to these seeds for common use. These are the seeds saved by our ancestors for thousands of years that can sustain us today, and contribute to a bountiful future for the generations yet to come. Find out more about the rich history of this company and the importance of seed saving at goodseedco.net, or shop the catalog of ecologically grown organic seeds online. Store.goodseedco.net. Inside Edge Design, in Helena, Montana, a permaculture design, consulting, and education firm, offers designs that focus on creating sustainable and ecological cultures that support people and the landscape. In cooperation with Broken Ground Permaculture and Penny-Livingston Stark, they are offering a Permaculture Design Course (link) from July 15-27, 2016 specifically created to accommodate families and couples. Find out more at Inside Edge Design or via the link in the show notes. 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