Podcasts about permaculture design certification

Today’s episode is with Samantha Garcia - the author of the bestselling book, Regenerative Business: How to Align Your Business with Nature for More Abundance, Fulfillment, and Impact, and is the founder of Dirty Alchemy, the marketing agency & consulting firm for conscious entrepreneurs, coaches & course creators. Sam hosts the Regenerative Business podcast and helps ambitious online business owners to build a thriving business ecosystem that contributes to a better world vision. Sam graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelors in Physics and a minor in Environmental Science and went on to get a Permaculture Design Certification before moving to Maui in 2013. She co-founded the regenerative agriculture business, Living Earth Systems, with her now husband Eddy Garcia in 2015, on the side of growing her marketing business. Sam works and lives off-grid with her husband on their regenerative farm in Maui. We talk about the following and so much more: ✅ What a "regenerative business" is and why it's important in today's world ✅ What inspired her to get involved in the field of regenerative business practices, and what drives her passion for it ✅ Doing more than just “sustaining” our business ✅ The need for regenerating lands as an example of the ways one can set up the framework for regenerating your business ✅ Why working in cycles and seasonality is a method they use If you’d like to join the waitlist for my next coaching program, sign up @ www.InnerKnowingSchool.com Please tag us and tell us what you loved! You can follow @Gateways_To_Awakening on Instagram or Facebook if you’d like to stay connected.

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

On the final episode of Farming for Health, Dr. Amy Sapola talks with Farmer Amanda Harris. Amanda's commitment to the land and the people who work it is rooted in the understanding that holistic design and edible landscapes adapted for specific and local conditions are key to feeding some of the world's most vulnerable communities. She earned her Permaculture Design Certification in 2013 at the Mesoamerican Institute of Permaculture in Guatemala; and earned a dual-Masters in Global Environmental Politics from American University in Washington, DC, and in Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Development from the United Nations-mandated Universidad para la Paz, in San Jose, Costa Rica in 2015. Today Amanda's focus is on developing, launching and promoting regenerative agricultural businesses in Mexico's micro-watersheds that empower communities to solve their own problems through the transfer of knowledge, skills, resources, and leadership training.

This is Video 1 of the free 4-Part Training "Sacred Growth: Nurturing Your Online Business like a Food Forest" - Get the Full Training here: https://www.thedirtyalchemy.com/forestWelcome to Sacred Growth: Nurturing Your Online Business like a Food Forest!I am so excited you're here. So excited to share this body of work with you. And so excited that for all that you're going to be able to unlock through installing the Food Forest Framework for Online Business Success.If you're here I'm going to assume you know who I am, but in case a friend forwarded this training to you, here's a quick 10-second intro.HI! I'm Sam Garcia, founder + lead strategist of Dirty Alchemy Digital Marketing, a boutique marketing agency for thought leaders and course creators whose businesses are devoted to revolutionizing the world + live on an off-grid regenerative farm my husband designed and stewards on Maui.  I wrote the bestselling book Regenerative Business which is about how to use Nature's design principles to have a more impactful, joyful, abundant, and easeful business.Which is what this video series is about too.First - housekeeping:Over these 4 videos you'll be designing your business as a Food Forest - if you don't know what that means, I do not expect you to + will explain shortly:Video 1. What a food forest is, setting the goal of your business as a food forest, and “prepping your site”Video 2. The different types of Food Forests + You'll choose one based on your goalsVideo 3. The 9 layers of a Food Forest to set within your businessVideo 4. Addressing the climate and soil quality of You, and your Energetic BlueprintI am trying to keep these as distilled as possible for maximum potency, so you can focus on actually taking action. The point of this is not to just load you with info — the point is for you to lay the groundwork of a regenerative business. That's why you'll find companion activities below each of these videos.And as a neuro-spicy human I am very aware that different people have different learning styles, so you will find the full transcript below each video if you prefer reading. I'll also publish the audio from this video as an Expiring episode on my podcast, Regenerative Business with Sam Garcia if you want to listen on the go.All 4 videos are available now incase you're a binge-watcher like me, and I'll also be sending you reminder emails to go through everything in case you'd prefer tackling it in smaller chunks.Please note that these videos, podcasts, and activities will only be available for free until November 26th so this isn't work to put off.Okay! Now that that's clear - let's jump into our first training!…The concept of a Food Forest is something I learned when I got my Permaculture Design Certification in 2012.The term perma-culture is a play on the words “permanent agriculture” and was coined to describe designing food growing systems that mimic how Nature grows food. Of course it doesn't actually originate there —The food forest concept I first learned in “permaculture” echos the forest gardens common among the Indigenous societies of North America's northwestern coast, and worldwide.Indigenous peoples around the world have lived and continue to live in relationship with land.Nature doesn't grow food like large-scale commercial farms, with rows and rows of the same crops acting like a salad bar for bugs, requiring pesticides and human intervention, and centered around making a profit. Nature grows food in forests.Rainforests cover less than 2% of the Earth's total surface area, yet they are home to 50% of the Earth's plants and animals.Out of the 3,000 plants the U.S. National Cancer Institute has identified as useful in the treatment of cancer, 70% of these plants are found only in rainforests.At least 80% of the developed world's food originated in the tropical rainforest. Its bountiful gifts to the world include fruits like avocados, oranges, tomatoes; vegetables including corn, potatoes, winter squash; spices like black pepper, coffee and vanilla; and nuts like Brazil nuts and cashews.[Source]These food forests or forest gardens are apart of our human nature and are resilient as fuck.A sad example showing this is the forest gardens established around First Nation villages in Alaska — colonists forcibly removed the indigenous people from their villages 150 years ago but the forest gardens are currently thriving without human intervention.The land is waiting for its people to return.[Source]These systems don't require pesticides to thrive. Or human intervention. They don't require humans at all. Nature designed them to be self-reliant and to self-regulate — through many species of plants, animals, fungi, insects, bacteria, and rocks, minerals, molecules, elements, all collaborating and cohabitating in a multidimensional cycle of death and growth, all in the name of increased alive-ness of the system.In ecological succession, most ecosystems end up like a forest. And without significant disturbances, like wildfires or severe climate changes or humans coming through a clearcutting it, the forest will endure indefinitely, because the system becomes stable and self-perpetuating.So within permaculture, whether you're designing a backyard food growing system, or a 100+ acre farm, you're using this concept of a Food Forest in its design.Because who's the most fertile, abundant, resilient systems designer? Nature.And when we design like Nature does, our systems are less reliant on us. We get our freedom and time back. And we create something beautiful and wild for the world, that can shock the current Industrial status quo.And it doesn't have to stop at food-growing systems.We can use Nature's principles and teachings to design our business systems too.Our focus today is an important one. You may want to skip it because it's less flashy than the next couple trainings, but this step is absolutely necessary to complete before starting the next 2.Today we'll be setting your Food Forest goal and analyzing your site.This is different than your annual revenue goal or anything like that.1. SETTING YOUR ULTIMATE GOALBefore designing a Food Forest you need to be clear on what your goal is. Because a goal of growing enough food for your family with as little work required from you as possible, versus you creating a community hub and demonstration site, versus you wanting as much food production as possible so you can sell your extra to local restaurants and create value added products to sell at farmers markets, all of those could be done on the same plot of land, but what you plant and what systems you set up would be significantly different.Down below this video you'll find a list of questions to go through today to get clear on your business's ultimate goal — it's essentially a short quiz whose answers will enlighten the decisions you'll be making in the next 2 videos.Let's go through them together now - you can mark down your answers as we go along, or return to this later. DO record your answers in a journal or Notes app.Please really tune into what you REALLY want, versus what's flashy or what you could brag about. It is just as worthy and valid and valuable to want to design your business to support your preferred lifestyle and help your people in your corner of the internet, as it is to want to build a massive organization where you're featured on The View.

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Author Samantha Garcia. Sam Garcia is the author of 'Regenerative Business: How to Align Your Business with Nature for More Abundance, Fulfillment, and Impact,' and the founder of Dirty Alchemy, the marketing agency & consulting firm for spiritual entrepreneurs, coaches & course creators. Sam hosts the Regenerative Business podcast, and helps ambitious online business owners to grow their revenue and visibility while actually having a life outside of business in the Regenerative Business Creation Lab. Sam graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelors in Physics and a minor in Environmental Science, and went on to get a Permaculture Design Certification before moving to Maui in 2013. She co-founded the regenerative agriculture business, Living Earth Systems, with her now husband Eddy Garcia in 2015, on the side of growing her marketing business. Sam & Eddy work and live off-grid on their regenerative farm in Olowalu with their 3 dogs, 5 cats, 3 salamanders, chickens, peacocks, sheep, and wild boar.

How might addressing pain and trauma contribute to a more secure and authentic experience of intimacy?Join us on a compelling exploration as we delve into the intricate journey of rebuilding trust in relationships, a profound avenue for healing. Guided by Naomi Harris, a pleasure naturopath, we delve into the impact of pain and trauma on intimacy, unveiling trust's pivotal role. Navigate the path of addressing past wounds, fostering security, and discovering the power of self-awareness in personal growth. Challenge shame's grip on societal norms around sexuality and body image, and embrace unburdened authenticity. Join us to forge a path of self-acceptance, self-love, and genuine fulfillment.Episode Highlights:-Women's sexuality and pleasure-Women's experience with sexual pain-Reasons for pain during sex-Trauma and its impact-Porn industry and sexual education-How to deal with sexual trauma-The disconnect from real-life intimacy-Beliefs impacting sexual experiences-Sexual abuse and disconnection-Healing Traumas and Accessing Pleasure-Importance of having support-Female sexuality complexity-Healing pain and pleasureAbout Naomi Harris:Meet Naomi Harris, a degreed Naturopath with a wealth of international certifications and qualifications. With expertise in Qigong, the Desilets Method, and The Gaia Method Soft Touch De-Armouring, Naomi boasts 180 hours of comprehensive training, alongside her education under pelvic floor experts and in sexual and trauma healing. Former Director of a Women's Residential Recovery program and a seasoned traveler, she's gained insights from walking across countries, gaining a Permaculture Design Certification, and even sleeping under the stars in a South African game reserve. In all her pursuits, Naomi's unwavering commitment to healing and pleasure shines through. As a passionate advocate, she empowers women to overcome sexual and genital challenges, guiding them towards a life rich with pleasure, passion, and profound connections.Find out more about NaomiWebsite: https://www.thepleasurenaturopath.com/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naomi-harris-19344223/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/naomiharrisradianceSubscribe and leave us a rating and reviewApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deborah-peters-show/id1612307739Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Z3JQWX9S4LRWSE6mPOIkMYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDeborahPetersShowConnect with Deborah PetersWebsite: https://neimind.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deborah.peters.754Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealdeborahpeters/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahpetersnei4change/

This is an interview with Megan Offner a graduate of our Permaculture Design Certification program and collaborator in the region Megan started New York heartwoods- https://www.newyorkheartwoods.com/ .Enjoy our candid conversation and please pardon some of the background road noise due to our street side cafe setting.

When I invited Rob Avis of Verge Permaculture to come on the podcast, I thought we'd be talking about food forests and garden design.Little did I know we'd be diving guilt around existence, how to use problems as a roadmap to solutions, and strategies for thinking holistically in every area of life. This is one of my top 5 favorite interviews to date- don't miss it!Be sure to check out Toups & Co, a small homestead family that makes amazing skin products from natural ingredients. Go to ThePrairieHomestead.com/makeup and save 15% with code HOMESTEAD.Learn more about the Modern Homestead Conference here: https://modernhomesteading.com/ Where to find Rob Avis: http://theprairiehomestead.com/verge  Use the code: oldfashioned100 for $100 CAD off any level Permaculture Design Certification (expires May 31, 2023) Weekly musings from my homestead: http://theprairiehomestead.com/letterMy essays on an old-fashioned life: www.prairiephilosophy.comMy homesteading tutorials & recipes: www.theprairiehomestead.comOur Wyoming-raised, grass-finished beef: http://genuinebeefco.comJill on Twitter: http://twitter.com/homesteaderJill on Instagram: @jill.wingerJill on Facebook: http://facebook.com/theprairiehomestead

The Wake the Farm Up Pod is welcomed to their first live show in Tennessee, following a large group plantwalk on the fine land of the InnStead!  After a special introduction from Host Ande the Elf and Stefin101, this exciting show starts with a classic intro to the show from Host Ande the Elf (7:25). Then we welcome our first guest!•Will Halsey (15:29) of the InnStead, shares about his musical road adventures with Voodoo Fix and how it lead to a life of homesteading.  Bass master of this episode!https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Qf0WoM1owji4dnBb566m5?si=FlHnqXxjTje0Up-kLTvEkA•Will and Nicolette Maio Together! (34:40) The reveal the Change of the OhmStead to the Innstead!!!•Nicolette Maio (46:40) Talking wild kitchen, spice cookies, fermenting seed cheeses and more in this whimsically exciting conversation.https://www.nicoswildkitchen.com/•Stefin101-Dedicated (1:05:14) a fun little musical break mid show, enjoy!•Michael Holt (1:07:53) Talking Biodynamic farming and the life of it, His farm Eden River Farm provides customers with produce all winter!   Also, he adds the flare of the Saxophone to the show!https://www.facebook.com/edenriverfarm/•Taylor Wagner (1:32:34) This conversation with the General Operations Manager of Warski Farms,  is full of joyful passionate determination and fruit trees!https://warskifarms.com/•Jonathan Ramerez (1:49:30) Partnering with Ande the Elf, Jonathan will be leading an eight day Permaculture Design Certification course this July 2023.  Here we get to hear about where he came from, where he is at, and how he got involved helping develop permaculture sites in the Nashville area.http://www.thrivingearthfarm.com/events•Stefin101 and Ande the Elf - Caution Light (2:22:10)Enjoy the Show!Special thanks to our friends of Doctor Bionic for their contributions of some of the sounds.https://open.spotify.com/artist/3TPhgDRLSKmQM9Hrehaw4X?si=nEYV5vTvRlmkje0TzP_7cQSupport the showLinks to Stefin101 and Doctor Bionic Check us out on instagram @wakethefarmup @maintaining_ground_podcast@kastle_369Ask how you could be involved in the show, Subscribe and Support the Show

Michael obtained his Permaculture Design Certification via Geoff Lawton, PRI, in 2013, and had been a student of Sustainable Agriculture independently for many years prior to obtaining the PDC. He is formally trained in teaching Permaculture and has a Master's degree in Natural Resources/Agroforestry from the University of Missouri. He also received a Graduate Certificate in Agroforestry from Mizzou in 2018. Don't miss out on the visuals. Join The EAT Community and get access to it ALL!

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Envisioning a world under the principles of permaculture or ancient knowledge with Penny Livingston. She is recognized as a prominent permaculture teacher, designer, and speaker. She holds a -MS in Eco-Social Regeneration and 3 diplomas in Permaculture Design. Penny has also been studying the Hermetic Tradition of alchemy and herbal medicine making in Europe, Indonesia, and the United States. She has sat on the board of the Permaculture Institute of North America as well as, the Building Appeals Board for the County of Marin. She was also a founding board member for the Redwood Empire Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council. And a founding member of the Regenerative Design Institute.And has studied, taught with, hosted, and learned directly from Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, co-founders of Permaculture.Penny has been teaching internationally and working professionally in the land management, regenerative design, and permaculture development field for over 25 years and has extensive experience in all phases of ecologically sound design and natural construction. She specializes in site planning and the design of resource-rich landscapes integrating all its elements. She has taught hundreds of Permaculture Design Certification courses worldwide in addition to advanced courses. She has co-created many programs and their curriculums, pieces of training, colloquiums, and has been featured in several films.

From Permaculture to Bees and everything in between, C. Scott Taylor is a fascinating man. We had a very enlightening chat and discussed learning Permaculture under the creator himself, Bill Mollison, and touched on how Permaculture has progressed over the years. As an avid bee keeper, Scott has a wealth of information and is more than happy to share. It really is a full conversation and we could have kept on chatting for hours. Scott moved to Australia from Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1999, and became a citizen in 2007. He did a Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) course in 1994, in Northern California, taught by Bill Mollison and a group of teachers he assembled. It was one of the most transformative sets of teachings he had ever experienced, from a masterful teacher. It was a pivotal time in his life, taking his interest in Permaculture for the previous decade to the level of professional training. Following the PDC course he returned to Santa Fe, took on design jobs for various clients and was offered an opportunity to teach an Introduction to Permaculture course at the local Community College (in the US this is equivalent to TAFE). He taught that course for two years. Scott gained a lot of experience and eventually came to realise that Permaculture is not something that can be done without the full participation of the humans involved. It is not something one can do for others: they must be part of the system. He brings to this podcast insights into how Permaculture can inspire and inform your life as a responsible part of the greater living system in which we live. Not one to give out lists of what to do, instead he prefers to share an informed framework for you to work within, avoiding common errors, and making your role easier and better. He enthusiastically encourages anyone seeking to live a healthy life as a contributor to their community to take a Permaculture Design Certification course. -- Thank you for watching. Please Like and Subscribe to Eco Convos with Dan... and be sure to Comment and Share too! You can find us on Spotify & Apple Podcasts, as well as - Facebook: @ecoconvos Instagram: @ecoconvoswithdan Website: www.ecoconvos.com.au #SupportLocal #BuyFreeRange #DemandRealFood Credits: Production by 'MAV marketing' Hosted by Dan Vanderhoek - Eco & Lifestyle Property Specialist Guest was C. Scott Taylor Music by Daniel Raymxnd -- Mentions: - Bill Mollison - David Holmgren - Top bar hives - Langstroth hives - PDC (Permaculture Design Course) Certification - Valley Bees (Mary Valley) Books: - RetroSuburbia by David Holmgren https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36645916-retrosuburbia - Why We Garden: Cultivating A Sense Of Place by Jim Nollman https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1033646.Why_We_Garden 15 videos by Bill Mollison: - https://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/15-amazing-bill-mollison-videos-from-1995-on-odysee-com

In the next installment of our "Live at Envision " series, meet one of the co-creators of the event, (and one of the most fun and interesting people I had the pleasure of spending time with that whole week), Sarah Wu. If you were to call Sarah an herbalist you wouldn't be wrong. However, as you'll hear in this episode, it goes much deeper than that! Even if you wouldn't consider yourself a plant-lover per se, listening to Sarah discuss her ever-evolving relationship with the plant world will at least have you looking at plant life through a new lens. Defining herbalism as an art, science, craft and practice, Sarah brings plants into deep focus and encourages viewing the plants around you in ways you might not have considered. It's not only how you experience a plant, but how does a plant experience you? What kind of dialogue takes place and what kind of symbiotic relationship is forged between humans and plants? This podcast is perfect for the "herb nerds" out there, and for anyone else who wants in on the, "What's your favorite herb?" conversation. Enjoy the episode!   Check out the month long Permaculture Design Certification training Sarah and her colleagues are doing this June! They are now accepting applications to enroll: https://www.atitlanorganics.com/php Website: https://villagewitch.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/villagewitch.sarahwu/?hl=en

Such a wonderful chat with Courtney Cosgriff about what to plant in your garden to raise your vitality and to help pollinators thrive. We discuss different approaches to beekeeping and how to do so more holistically. We also discuss ways to honor and celebrate the bees. “Honeybee Herbals is a business that is dedicated to providing Earth centered healing and education in the hopes of restoring our connection to the natural world. Honeybee Herbals is inspired by the divine connection between honeybees and plants, and harnesses this inspiration to heal communities through empowering individuals with tools to heal themselves. I came to the world of herbalism, beekeeping, and earth centered traditions because like many others my heart ached to see not only what we were doing to this earth but also how much of ourselves we had lost in the process. In 2011 I had two near death experiences both car accidents, the first one led me to travel through Oregon where I met a beekeeper and the second one was caused by a wasp stinging me in the eye. It took some time but eventually I came to the conclusion that these and the many other honeybee related events that followed were not simple coincidences but rather signs pointing me to a deeper calling. So I listened and began a long journey of studying with various mentors until forming my own path and relationship to honeybees centered around a deep reverence and fascination with the history, myth, and magic surrounding them.  In addition to beekeeping I am passionate about education and activism on behalf of pollinator conservation. In the winter of 2016 I was hired as the resident beekeeper and educator at The GrowHaus in Denver. Since then I’ve taught in many of their education programs geared towards various age groups. I think the honeybees have many valuable things to teach us and I am passionate about sharing their wisdom with many. When I fell in love with the Honeybee I fell in love with the world.My journey as an Herbalist and Nutritionist also began with the honeybees. When I planted my first garden for the honeybees I knew very little about the magic the plant kingdom possesses. With time I became mesmerized by the plants watching the honeybees travel from flower to flower the thyme, lavender, sages, and hyssop with their beautiful flowers and intoxicating aromas. I was captivated and inspired by this beautiful connection between honeybees and plants.  In 2012 I began school at Metropolitan State University of Denver. It was during this time that I was experiencing a lot of health issues myself while also seeing those I love most suffer deeply. I started to take classes centered around holistic therapies and I was captivated. I didn’t grow up in a household that exposed me to these therapies but when I found them I feel I found a big part of myself. I graduated from Metropolitan State University in 2016 with my Bachelor’s of Science in Integrative Healthcare. After graduating I wanted to dive deeply into plant medicine and nutrition so I continued my studies at The Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism. It was here where I really fine tuned my vision as well as going on a deep journey of personal healing and discovery. In June of 2018 I graduated from this school as a Certified Clinical Herbalist and Nutritionist and Flower Essence Practitioner with over 1,900 hours in clinical training and education. I also hold a Permaculture Design Certification from the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute and an Herbal Wilderness First Responder Certification from The Human Path.It is my vision to utilize my education and skills to bring earth centered healing and education to communities around the world in hopes of helping to restore the balance between humans and the earth through finding healing and balance within ourselves.”-Counrtney Cosgriff from www.honeybeeherbals.coA reminder to Please consider supporting local artists, musicians, healers, farmers and herbalists when possible. Please enjoy and when you listen, screenshot the episode, share it on social media and tag me@thymeinthestudiopodcast. I would love to hear the insights you are taking away!Here we go! 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I want to support and you!Music by KomikuMentioned links/books/resources:https://www.honeybeeherbals.co/https://www.honeybeeherbals.co/blog/2019/8/27/creating-pollinator-sanctuarieshttps://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8437698https://peopleandpollinators.org/Front Range Herbal Medicshttps://herbalmedics.academy/Alpine Botanicals-Nederland, Cohttps://www.alpinebotanicals.com/Shamanic Way of the Bee by Simon BuxtonThe Sacred Bee by Hilda Ransomehttps://www.collegeofthemelissae.com/Good Medicine ConfluenceElderBerry’s Colorado School of Clinical Herbalismhttps://clinicalherbalism.com/Bee breath techniquehttps://www.artofliving.org/yoga/breathing-techniques/bhramari-pranayamaDisclosure:This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only.If considering making changes to your wellness routines please do your own research and decide for yourself what is right for you. If applicable please consult a licensed medical practitioner.You can sign up for my haiku hello newsletter sent every fortnight. Just a haiku, and whatever else comes through to be shared like songs, recipes or photos.  Sign up at my website www.aidazea.com

I want to cover the question "Where do I start?" I've seen this question frequently on social media outlets. I'm going to use quotes from Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, the founders of permaculture, to help answer this question. Permaculture means 'permenant-culture'. It's much more than 'permenant-agriculture', as many would otherwise define the word. There's much more to this movement than agriculture, it's a multi-layered and conscious design on methodologies of sustainability. "The conscious design and maintenance of cultivated ecosystems that have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems" - Bill Mollison "Traditional agriculture was labor intensive, modern industrial agriculture is energy intensive, and permaculture-designed systems are information and design intensive" - David Holmgren "People frequently ask how much land they need for self-sufficiency. The answer is 'As much as you can control'. Any more and you lose self-sufficiency. Let alone the ability to produce an excess. If people ask 'Where do I start?' Then the answer is always, 'At your front doorstep.'" - Bill Mollison What purpose do you want your land to serve? What will you be able to contribute to your land? You will need to create a permaculture plan that will give an overall view of what the land could look like in the end of your journey. However, this will likely change as it goes because permaculture is a dynamic system. Create goals that you wish your land to provide for you. Above all, before doing anything, observe the functions of your land and how it will be able to make way to reach those goals. Don't make any major changes in the land, especially things such as permanent buildings or features. As you learn more about your land, it may have not been placed in the right place. As you build your permaculture plan for your property, you will need to learn as much as you can about permaculture, other alternative agriculture methods, and environmental sustainability. You may consider a Permaculture Design Certification, which is at minimum a 72 hour class. Many of the best permaculture teachers are talking at in a world-wide conversation that will better create a curriculum that all share, and standardize the PDC moving forward with the movement. Don't rule out animals to help establish your permaculture plan at your property. Chickens naturally scratch and till grass to eat bugs and other vegetation. Over time, they will scratch and till the vegetation to bare ground. As you give them tomatoes and other seed bearing fruits or vegetables, they will spread the desirable volunteer seeds for you. When you move the animals, the seeds will germinate and start your first garden. You could plant additional seeds after moving the animals as well. Goats will eat away overgrowth, and virtually any plant is on the menu, including poison ivy. Don't pet your goat after they go into a poison ivy patch, however! Goats are great for clearing the overgrowth for other animals to succeed their place and change the land according to your plan. Pigs are great for rooting plants and bugs in the soil. They will get rid of pesky plants that you wish to get rid of from the roots. Pigs will also wallow in the ground naturally in a hole where a future pond will be. This will create a natural compaction to keep water in the pond instead of it slowly seeping out quickly. There are many ways to use animals to help do the work for you. Once you have studied permaculture thoroughly, created a plan that you will work towards on your property that will ultimately meet goals you've created, as well as identified the time commitment involved, you are well underway to starting out right from your doorstep. Think of starting out as a tree growing, the growth starts in the soil then occurs upward and outward, from the inside out. The first ring started in the middle (your home) and then outward from there. The last ring was the last year's growth,... Support this podcast

In this episode we dive deep with Scott Gallant, a former Evolve guide and Costa Rica Local. We learn a little bit about permaculture, sustainability and how these practices are shaping and changing the traditional student travel programs for school trips. Scott Gallant is an agroforester, food system designer, and permaculture educator with a vision and passion for developing productive landscapes. He has been working at various permaculture centres in Costa Rica since 2009 where he leads an industrious team to cultivate 15 acres of emerging tropical agroforest. Scott is passionate about regenerative agriculture, holistic thinking, ethnobotany, community development, and re-skilling, and teaches Permaculture Design Certification courses in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

Ianhas been foraging for over 13 years, and leading foraging walks for over 11. He has received both a Permaculture Design Certification, as well as the Vegan Permaculture Design Certification, and works as a landscaper in Chicago. Ian has recently received his Master Urban Farmer Certificate, his edible landscape design certificate and is recognized as a Garden Instructor by the Peterson Garden Project. He also leads wandmaking and magick plant classes, as well as the occasional Earth based sabbath ritual.

Listen as Sonya Coté, Executive Chef and Kayce Braden, Projects Manager tell us about the farm to table experience of their restaurant Eden East Austin, why it is important for consumers to care about where their food comes from, and how they are doing their part in building a better food system. About Eden East Austin: Located in East Austin, Eden East is a true farm-to-table dining experience. The restaurant serves a monthly prix fixe menu every weekend and an a la carte brunch on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Every Thursday, Eden East offers an a la carte dinner paired with live music or a DJ. Each month, chefs develop a menu based on the most vibrant seasonal ingredients from the farm, as well as local farms and ranches. Website: https://edeneastaustin.com/ About Sonya Coté: Sonya Coté is a perfect blend of chef, artist and storyteller. With a background in art and graphic design, Coté has had quite a vibrant career. Even as her culinary endeavors expand, she remains an artist. Each new plate is her canvas that tells its own story. As many Austin diners know, Coté is the free spirit behind Hillside Farmacy and Eden East, the latter being located on an urban farm that her and her partner David are currently maintaining. At Eden East, patrons can dine al fresco under the stars on a menu that is based on what’s in season on the farm and as well as shop produce and local goods at farmers market. Coté’s story begins in a coastal community in Rhode Island, where she grew up with a love for camping and an affinity for cooking. Her restaurants reflect her love of the outdoors and all things local. She first left Rhode Island for Dallas in 1989, being “fascinated by the Wild West and its stereotypes, but living in the city, I was surprised that people didn’t know their neighbors.” Since then she has planted roots in Austin and created an amazing community. Coté has received numerous accolades, including recognition as one of Marie Claire’s “Women on Top. She competed on Food Network’s “Chopped”. Her restaurant Eden East was named one of Austin Monthly’s “Best New Restaurants.” Soon after, Coté was named one of Tribeza’s “People of the Year.” About Kaycee Braden: Kaycee Braden has a passion for food. From her earliest memories to her current daily activities, she knew she could find an outlet for her passion and how food is shared, sold & grown, within the food community. The recent “Farm to Table” movement became a way for Kaycee to share what she had learned through her travels & help grow this community in Austin by bringing healthy food resources & alternatives to “big ag”. Fresh faced & starry eyed, she started her journey into the food scene by earning her Permaculture Design Certification with an emphasis on community development and ethno botanical horticulture in her early twenties. Wanting to dig deeper into learning more about food justice Kaycee found herself traveling across the globe study in depth small agriculture and the effects of the green revolution in Rajasthan, India. She then went on to graduate with her BA from Evergreen State College in sustainable agriculture & community development. She then set out to begin her life pursuing her passion. Kaycee is a proud Texas native, a world traveler who has resided in many places. She has recently come back home to Texas to bring us her experiences and love of food culture to the everyday operations of a restaurant located in the heart of Austin. Austin Texas has quickly become a busy, thriving food community with deep roots. Through the years, she worked through each department of the restaurant including kitchen, then ultimately ending up as the General Manager of Eden East.

Todays episode is a deep dive into the philosophy and experience of Nature School Founder Bonnie Davison. Bonnie talks about developing and encouraging SOUL GIFTS in children and adults and takes Julian on a journey to one of his earliest childhood memories. Beginning her career as a music therapist, working with hearing impaired children who were learning to speak, sparked Bonnies interest in helping children learn to fluently speak, read and write. Then, becoming a classroom and learning resource teacher and meeting her mentor Dr Fleurette Sweeney inspired Bonnie to learn about and share Singing English Song-Games & Techniques, an extremely fun way for children to build a strong literacy foundation.   Of course, just like 'they' say, everything changes when you have children. When Bonnie decided she didn't want to be one of those complaining, teacher moms, she actually started her very own forest school.  That's when she realized that children, when at school, are not spending enough time outside, and something has to change in that development of over intellectualizing the parenting experience. And yes, being outside and connected to nature is another passion of hers. So as an avid outdoors woman, why wouldn't she want children to have the greatest classroom experiences available! She became certified by Forest School Canada as a Forest School Practitioner and six years ago started the Victoria Nature School and the Outdoor Learning Association. She recently received a Permaculture Design Certification as well as her Permaculture Teacher Training Certification.    Founder: Victoria Nature School Society Founder: Singing English Education Forest School Practitioner, Permaculture Design Teacher Trainer

Sara Rickards has a Permaculture Design Certification, Bachelors in Biomedical Science, a Masters in Environmental Engineering and she's also a street wizard. Sara has an uncanny ability to see patterns that other people can't. She attributes this superpower to her dyslexia that, despite her multiple degrees, made school work more difficult for her.   But in real life, she uses the non-linear thought patterns to disrupt systems including the education sector, construction and soon the economy. Sara is a real human full of sparkle. She has the same enthusiasm as JVN (from Queer Eye, DUH) and the same life purpose as Oprah- to unlock human potential. In short, Sara teaches what she lives- the simple art of giving a fuck.  

This was an opportunity from a few months ago that I just couldn't pass up. Two of my best friends and mentors in the world of permaculture, Shad Qudsi and Zach Loeks, came together to teach a Permaculture Design Certification course and we got to sit down in the middle to talk about a wide range of topics from respecting the diversity of permaculture, exploring regenerative land management sites in local communities around Guatemala, to different landscape and soil amendment challenges in different sites. It was an blast sitting down with these two on the Abundant Edge homestead with coffee that we grew and processed ourselves so I'll hand things over now to Shad and Zach Resources: Atitland Organics on Instagram Atitlan Organics Zach Loeks on Instagram

This is one of the most delicious applications of large scale permaculture I can think of. Just the idea of chocolate, cardamom and coffee makes my mouth water. In this episode Neal Hegarty of Abundant Edge interviews Lorenzo Maniet, the owner and director of El Porvenir cacao finca in Guatemala. El Porvenir is the most impressive agroforestry system you'll ever find in which large scale cacao, cardamom, and coffee production are grown in the shade of larger hardwood trees for the best health of each species. Lorenzo has taken great care to save “criollo” or indigenous species of cacao from extinxion and as a result is producing the highest quality and most deliscious chocolate in the world, all on a regenerative farm model that's building soil with agroforestry and silvopasture practices. What's more is this unparalleled farm will be the site for the new Permaculture Design Certification course run by the instructors from Abundant Edge where students will get to learn all about the succesive models of planting that got this place up and running, and will help to design a zone 1 and 2 space for intensive food production for the finca. Go to abundantedge.com to learn more about the courses. For "The Abundant Edge" listeners only, you can now get 50% off your digital subscriptions to Permaculture Magazine North America by entering the code PMNA50abedge at checkout. Get your subscription today and dive deep into the local and global solutions that go beyond sustainability. Resources: Jungle Wisdom PDC with Abundant Edge Dalileo Chocolate El Porvenir Finca

Bill Wilson is co-founder of Midwest Permaculture with his wife & partner Becky. I was fortunate enough to attend one of their week-long Permaculture Design Certification trainings, and found it to be the paradigm-shifting kick in the pants that I needed to gain a new perspective on what is possible with sustainable everything: food cultivation, water conservation, social organization, and finding Right Livelihood. I caught Bill on the phone after the training to learn more about the path that led him 35 years ago to Stelle, IL - an intentional community oasis sandwiched between endless fields of industrial agriculture, and into his formative role as the region's passionate champion of the life practice that is Permaculture. Midwest Permaculture: https://midwestpermaculture.com

Episode: Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) Courses Join Joey D'Elia and Tall Paul for their weekly discussion about Going Green and creating sustainable systems utilizing Permaculture.  Topics include water harvesting, alternative energy sources, organic gardening, creating Food Forests, building soil and LOTS more! Joey has been trained and certified by Geoff Lawton in Australia as a Permaculture Design Specialist.  His farm has been designated as the first "Permaculture Research Institute Master Plan Site" in the United States and is called PRI Tipuana Farm, located in San Marcos, CA.  Joey is also an internationally Certified Arborist.     We encourage listeners to call in and ask questions!  Visit Our Websites:  PermacultureCentral.comFruitTreeForest.com  Upcoming Permaculture Conference - March 2014:  PermacultureVoices.com

Episode: Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) Courses Join Joey D'Elia and Tall Paul for their weekly discussion about Going Green and creating sustainable systems utilizing Permaculture.  Topics include water harvesting, alternative energy sources, organic gardening, creating Food Forests, building soil and LOTS more! Joey has been trained and certified by Geoff Lawton in Australia as a Permaculture Design Specialist.  His farm has been designated as the first "Permaculture Research Institute Master Plan Site" in the United States and is called PRI Tipuana Farm, located in San Marcos, CA.  Joey is also an internationally Certified Arborist.     We encourage listeners to call in and ask questions!  Visit Our Websites:  PermacultureCentral.comFruitTreeForest.com  Upcoming Permaculture Conference - March 2014:  PermacultureVoices.com