Podcast appearances and mentions of rich bowden

Helen Haines (pictured) is the independent Member for Indi and recently stood up in Australia's Federal Parliament calling for action on climate change, and real and genuine leadership from the Scott Morrison-led LNP Government. Ms Haines warned that the Federal Government would draw criticism from around the world for its inaction on climate change and that quickly became evident when fellow Climactic Collective podcaster, Rich Bowden, who hosts "Climate Shift" alerted me to a story from Ireland published by RTE headed "Australia rejects climate targets despite damning UN report". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

Announcing The RegenEarth 2019 Online Conference: Living Soil   Growing Your Backyard Regen Garden Reversing Climate Change through Regen Gardens The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone. ~ Bill Mollison Because change means all of us Do something that actually makes a difference to your life and the planet’s. The RegenEarth 2019 Online Conference: Living Soils will be presented from 16 – 18 September 2019 from 7pm to 9pm. What’s On? Time 16 September 17 September 18 September 19:00 – 19:40 Why Regen Matters! Climate change, future proofing and building a carbon sink. The greatest secret: No-dig Gardening! Animals in the system! Chickens in a backyard permaculture system. 19:40 – 20:20 The importance of food, how it’s produced and community nutrition. Building soil with earthworms. Intro to Backyard permaculture. 20:20 – 21:00 What is soil? How do we build it? How do we nurture it? Compost and fungi. There’s life in that there soil! Bringing it all together! What you get: A personal carbon sink Change that matters Easy steps Fresh Food A Better Planet Cleaner Water Cleaner Soil End of Chemical Use Grab your place at the Online Conference for just $67 through PayPal  by clicking the “Buy Now” button: Climate Change Actions Of all the things we are asked to do to “save” the planet, nothing makes our own lives any easier. They are all good, virtuous ideas but they are abstract in some sense. The link between having to bring your own shopping bags and changing the climate for good is not obvious. They might provide a warm inner glow but? Surely there is something we can do that actually makes a difference and leaves us in a better position in our lives? Regenerative Ag (Regen Ag) Regenerative agriculture is one of the most effective ways we can draw carbon out of the atmosphere and store it safely. Carbon held in the soil has benefits beyond reducing atmospheric concentrations. It drought proofs soils, turning them into sponges. Droughts will still come and go, this is Australia after all but we lessen their impact. Waterways are cleaned by the filtering effects of regeneratively cared for soil. Chemical use drops to zero as the biological systems do what they have evolved to do. No more dust storms dumping lost topsoil on urban areas. “But I live in a town, a city or even an apartment, what can I do???” A fair question. It turns out there is something we can all do on any area of land, yes even an apartment. Regen Gardening The bonuses from regen gardening are many. No exposure to garden chemicals, healthy yards for children to play in, improved biodiversity, less flooding as suburbs become water sponges rather than flat hard surfaces, food, yes your own food. We’re returning to something humans have been doing for 10,000 years. And you get to grow strawberries, or plant apple or orange trees, bananas if that’s your climate. The ongoing work, even with vegetables, is minimal once the system is set up and then year after year your little piece of the planet is working away diligently to remove excess CO2 from the atmosphere and thereby improving your soil and therefore your food quality and taste. What We Offer Kicking off in September with our  (https://regenearth.net/?page_id=56)  conference you will learn a variety of tried and true methods to create your own regen garden.  Biodynamics, permaculture, soil amendments and the web of living things amongst other things are all on the list to be covered. The focus of this year’s conference will be the biology of the soil. Too many understandings of the soil are based on chemistry (pH) or physics (particle size). We bring the biology. The intersecting webs of life in a living soil. A soil... Support this podcast

Co-host links: RegenEarth Permaculture Plus The Real Food Chain Rich Bowden Writing World Organic News Episode 10 of the Permaculture Plus podcast is a little late, but well worth the wait. Co-hosts Jon Moore and Rich Bowden fill out their RegenEarth project. Now with an associated podcast at RegenEarth, we talk over the developments (and there's been quite a few) over at the Backyard Regen project at RegenEarth.  Remember as permaculture guru Bill Mollison said:  “The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone.”    Jon and Rich now offer professional media (podcasting and writing) services for permies and organics! For more information, see here. Links: https://highcleretasmania.wordpress.com/ Annie's Cake Studio John Seymour Bill Mollison Rich Bowden Writing

Co-host links: RegenEarth Permaculture Plus The Real Food Chain Rich Bowden Writing World Organic News Episode 9 of the Permaculture Plus podcast is beyond special. In it, co-hosts Jon Moore and Rich Bowden discuss a new venture, their RegenEarth project. Now there's not much to see with this at the moment, but Rich and Jon have decided to use this episode to set out their dream, their inspiration and the drive behind this regenerative agriculture project. Remember as permaculture guru Bill Mollison said:  “The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone.”    Jon and Rich now offer professional media (podcasting and writing) services for permies and organics! For more information, see here. Links: https://highcleretasmania.wordpress.com/ Annie's Cake Studio John Seymour Bill Mollison Rich Bowden Writing  

Co-host links: Permaculture Plus The Real Food Chain Rich Bowden Writing World Organic News Co-host Rich Bowden sits down, listens and learns as permaculturalist, gardener and deep systems thinker Dan Hatfield of Healthy Harvest Kitchen Gardens talks permaculture, worm farms and rocket mass heaters. (And a whole lot more besides). It's an incredible wide-ranging discussion, hope you love it! Subscribe to us in the podcatcher of your choice and help spread the word! Jon and Rich now offer professional media (podcasting and writing) services for permies and organics! For more information, see here. Links:   Healthy Harvest Kitchen Gardens Annie's Cake Studio John Seymour Bill Mollison Geoff Lawton The Power of Habit -- Charles Duhigg El Gibbs Paul Wheaton Ianto Evans -- Rocket Mass Heaters Matt Walker The Earth Moved -- Amy Stewart

Co-host links:  The Real Food Chain Rich Bowden Writing World Organic News   This month's episode is a look at pig tractors and silvopasture with co-hosts Rich Bowden and Jon Moore talking about how these two old-fashioned farming methods neatly fit into an organic/permaculture way of life. We think you'll love the show! For solutions, ideas, thoughts, different ways of thinking and background with a permaculture twist, download Permaculture Plus in your podcatcher of choice. Links: Drawdown: the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming Call of the Reed Warbler -- Charles Massy Climactic   Connect with Jon Moore at World Organic News or at http://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/worldorganicnews. Rich Bowden is available for writing or podcasting work here. 

Co-host links:  The Real Food Chain Rich Bowden Writing World Organic News Episode Four of Permaculture Plus is a co-production with Mark Spencer's climate change podcast Climactic, featuring a wonderful chat with permaculturalist and community organiser Lis Bastian. Lis makes it very clear in the interview that permaculture, its ethics and principles, have played a large role in her personal and professional ideals and projects. Nowhere is this more apparent than when Lis talks about her remarkable local media project The Big Fix.  Hint: Listen out folks for Lis's remarkable ideas on incorporating storytellers in our media! Truly inspiring! For solutions, ideas, thoughts, different ways of thinking and background with a permaculture twist, download Permaculture Plus in your podcatcher of choice. Links:   Climactic The Big Fix The Big Fix -- Facebook Journal Sentinel article Connect with Jon Moore at World Organic News or at http://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/worldorganicnews. Rich Bowden is available for writing or podcasting work here. 

Intrepid Climactic co-founder Rich Bowden is back in the interviewing saddle this week as he travels up to the Blue Mountains to speak to a local legend. Lis Bastian is a pillar of the permaculture community, and is now in the media game as well through her amazing initiative, the Big Fix. Hear from Lis on topics of sustainability, permaculture thinking, climate change, and the power of media for good, and why we need to recreate it to serve our communities like it should. Special Guest: Lis Bastian. Support Climactic Links: Trash Bags on Tour —Great Ocean Road, Dec 2nd! Permaculture Plus – New thinking for a sustainable future The Big Fix See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Intrepid Climactic co-founder Rich Bowden is back in the interviewing saddle this week as he travels up to the Blue Mountains to speak to a local legend. Lis Bastian is a pillar of the permaculture community, and is now in the media game as well through her amazing initiative, the Big Fix. Hear from Lis on topics of sustainability, permaculture thinking, climate change, and the power of media for good, and why we need to recreate it to serve our communities like it should. Special Guest: Lis Bastian.Support ClimacticLinks: Trash Bags on Tour —Great Ocean Road, Dec 2nd! Permaculture Plus – New thinking for a sustainable future The Big Fix See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Intrepid Climactic co-founder Rich Bowden is back in the interviewing saddle this week as he travels up to the Blue Mountains to speak to a local legend. Lis Bastian is a pillar of the permaculture community, and is now in the media game as well through her amazing initiative, the Big Fix. Hear from Lis on topics of sustainability, permaculture thinking, climate change, and the power of media for good, and why we need to recreate it to serve our communities like it should. Special Guest: Lis Bastian. Support Climactic Links: Trash Bags on Tour —Great Ocean Road, Dec 2nd! Permaculture Plus – New thinking for a sustainable future The Big Fix Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/

Co-host links:  The Real Food Chain Rich Bowden Writing World Organic News Episode Three of Permaculture Plus is very special. Our first guest is interviewed on Permaculture Plus! A fascinating and informative chat, co-host Rich Bowden talks to Meg on a wide range of issues, all loosely based on permaculture ethics and principles. Meg talks on everything from applying permaculture in the home and your life, to the rise of independent candidates in Australian politics, to how to talk to people who disagree with you (hint: it's all about the tenth permaculture principle!) For solutions, ideas, thoughts, different ways of thinking and background with a permaculture twist, download Permaculture Plus in your podcatcher of choice. Links: Smarter than Crows Of course permaculture is political! Earth User's Guide to Permaculture -- Rowe Morrow https://www.facebook.com/Permacoach/ Becoming Superhuman (Catalyst show) Bissy's permaculture cafe (Orange,NSW) Project Drawdown (Paul Hawken) The Big Fix (Lis Bastian)   Connect with Jon Moore at World Organic News or at http://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/worldorganicnews. Rich Bowden is available for writing or podcasting work here. 

Co-host links:   The Real Food Chain Rich Bowden Writing World Organic News   Episode Two of Permaculture Plus sees co-hosts Jon Moore and Rich Bowden discuss a range of issues from farmers' dependency on Roundup (and how to escape it) and the Australian government's apparent unwillingness, or inability, to do anything about climate change in the wake of the IPCC report handed down last week.   Again we offer a solution.   For solutions, ideas, thoughts, different ways of thinking and background with a permaculture twist, download Permaculture Plus in your podcatcher of choice.    Links:   Counter political inaction on climate change (do it yourself) Next few years the most important in history – IPCC’s wake-up call to world (pity Australia is opting out) The heat in the east: Wentworth goes into fierce battle for climate and democracy Attra -- Sustainable Agriculture Of course permaculture is political! Cancer Council calls for Australian review amid Roundup cancer concerns Connect with Jon Moore at World Organic News or at http://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/worldorganicnews. Rich Bowden is available for writing or podcasting work here. 

This week, Climactic co-host Rich Bowden trudges back — with microphone and coffee money in hand — to his previous hometown of Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. There he sat down with old friend, community activist, freelance writer, disability advocate, Aussie Rules footy fan and local legend El Gibbs after a brilliant lunch for a fun, fascinating and, at times, passionate interview. Rich wore out the bleeper covering the swear words on this one! Those who know El well know of her passionate (that word again) defence of the community and desire to always put regular people first, on every issue. She discusses her battles over implementing progressive legislation during her time as a councillor on Blue Mountains City Council. Just as interestingly, she tells of the way she got around entrenched opposition to legislation on everything from climate change and sustainability, to the widening of the highway through the Blue Mountains. El's advice for the best way for people to act on climate change? “Lobby like hell!” Also listen out for El taking the long handle to Rich as she disagrees vehemently with one of his questions. Join us as we talk to El Gibbs. Credits:Caleb Fidecaro — ProducerRich Bowden — Co-FounderMark Spencer — Co-FounderAbigail Hawkins — DesignerGreg Grassi — Composer Special Guest: El Gibbs. Support Climactic Links: El Gibbs (@bluntshovels) | Twitter BAFL Radio (@bafl_radio) | Twitter Blue Mountains City Council - Home See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Climactic co-host Rich Bowden trudges back — with microphone and coffee money in hand — to his previous hometown of Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. There he sat down with old friend, community activist, freelance writer, disability advocate, Aussie Rules footy fan and local legend El Gibbs after a brilliant lunch for a fun, fascinating and, at times, passionate interview. Rich wore out the bleeper covering the swear words on this one!Those who know El well know of her passionate (that word again) defence of the community and desire to always put regular people first, on every issue. She discusses her battles over implementing progressive legislation during her time as a councillor on Blue Mountains City Council. Just as interestingly, she tells of the way she got around entrenched opposition to legislation on everything from climate change and sustainability, to the widening of the highway through the Blue Mountains.El's advice for the best way for people to act on climate change? “Lobby like hell!” Also listen out for El taking the long handle to Rich as she disagrees vehemently with one of his questions.Join us as we talk to El Gibbs.Credits:Caleb Fidecaro — ProducerRich Bowden — Co-FounderMark Spencer — Co-FounderAbigail Hawkins — DesignerGreg Grassi — ComposerSpecial Guest: El Gibbs.Support ClimacticLinks: El Gibbs (@bluntshovels) | Twitter BAFL Radio (@bafl_radio) | Twitter Blue Mountains City Council - Home See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Climactic co-host Rich Bowden trudges back — with microphone and coffee money in hand — to his previous hometown of Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. There he sat down with old friend, community activist, freelance writer, disability advocate, Aussie Rules footy fan and local legend El Gibbs after a brilliant lunch for a fun, fascinating and, at times, passionate interview. Rich wore out the bleeper covering the swear words on this one!

This week, Climactic co-host Rich Bowden trudges back — with microphone and coffee money in hand — to his previous hometown of Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. There he sat down with old friend, community activist, freelance writer, disability advocate, Aussie Rules footy fan and local legend El Gibbs after a brilliant lunch for a fun, fascinating and, at times, passionate interview. Rich wore out the bleeper covering the swear words on this one! Those who know El well know of her passionate (that word again) defence of the community and desire to always put regular people first, on every issue. She discusses her battles over implementing progressive legislation during her time as a councillor on Blue Mountains City Council. Just as interestingly, she tells of the way she got around entrenched opposition to legislation on everything from climate change and sustainability, to the widening of the highway through the Blue Mountains. El's advice for the best way for people to act on climate change? “Lobby like hell!” Also listen out for El taking the long handle to Rich as she disagrees vehemently with one of his questions.Join us as we talk to El Gibbs. Credits: Caleb Fidecaro — Producer Rich Bowden — Co-Founder Mark Spencer — Co-Founder Abigail Hawkins — Designer Greg Grassi — Composer Special Guest: El Gibbs. Support Climactic Links: El Gibbs (@bluntshovels) | Twitter BAFL Radio (@bafl_radio) | Twitter Blue Mountains City Council - Home Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/

Setting the scene in this first episode, Mark Spencer, founder of Climactic, and co-host Rich Bowden talk about the goals they have for their new podcast. The pair discuss the storytelling approach they will take to bringing listeners information and ideas on sustainable living. Mark and Rich also give an insight into the interviews they will be using to anchor the show as well as the importance they give to listener engagement to the success of the show. Both Mark and Rich love talking to the people doing the hard yards on the ground, as much if not more so than the famous figures in the environmental movement, so if you'd like to tell your story, we'd be very happy to help. Climactic.fm - The voice of the people on climate change. The introductory trailer episode also includes preview “teaser” clips from the following interviews: Dugald HolmesAsia-Pacific Support Manager for Papercut, and Grassroots Environmental Campaigner.https://www.linkedin.com/in/dugaldholmes/http://noplasticstofuel.com/ El GibbsCommunity champion.Freelance writer, disability advocate and former councillor in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.https://twitter.com/bluntshovels Costa GeorgiadisABC personality, speaker, permaculture and sustainability advocate and presenter of the long-running Gardening Australia.https://www.facebook.com/CostasWorld/ Maxine BazelyMaxine is a volunteer host at the New Joneses, a professional in the recruitment industry, and a very inspiring woman. She walked the walk and quit her day job in order to live on a block in Torquay, near Melbourne on the Surf Coast, to pursue her goals of personal and environmental sustainability. She's doing great work with her new agency, Teal Collaborative, and she will always be Climactic's favourite first guest.https://www.tealcollaborative.com.au/ Oli MoraesA volunteer facilitator at Climate for Change. Cr John FryCouncillor and long-time Landcare expert in Central West NSW. Cr Tim BaxterTim is a member of the Port Phillip City Council, representing the Canal Ward, and is associated with the Greens Party. He was the first elected official to volunteer to be on Climactic. He's a great thinker on the future of democracy, sustainability, and local government, and is a very friendly and approachable guy. We know he'd love it if you got in touch with him for a chat. Cr Katherine CopseyKatherine is a passionate local, who cares about the community she lives in. She is proud of our eclectic neighbourhoods, our thriving local marketplaces, our rich cultural heritage and our natural environment. She cares about the protection of our neighbourhoods and fostering community renewable energy solutions. Interested in becoming part of the Climactic community? We're really looking for your engagement, suggestions, feedback and guests to improve and tweak our future shows. We really see this as a listener-driven podcast. Contact us at the following:https://twitter.com/climacticshowhttps://www.facebook.com/climacticshowhello@climacticshow.fm Special Guests: Dugald Holmes, El Gibbs, Katherine Copsey, Maxine Bazeley, Oli Moraes, and Tim Baxter. Support Climactic See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Setting the scene in this first episode, Mark Spencer, founder of Climactic, and co-host Rich Bowden talk about the goals they have for their new podcast. The pair discuss the storytelling approach they will take to bringing listeners information and ideas on sustainable living. Mark and Rich also give an insight into the interviews they will be using to anchor the show as well as the importance they give to listener engagement to the success of the show. Both Mark and Rich love talking to the people doing the hard yards on the ground, as much if not more so than the famous figures in the environmental movement, so if you'd like to tell your story, we'd be very happy to help. Climactic.fm - The voice of the people on climate change. The introductory trailer episode also includes preview “teaser” clips from the following interviews:Dugald HolmesAsia-Pacific Support Manager for Papercut, and Grassroots Environmental Campaigner.https://www.linkedin.com/in/dugaldholmes/http://noplasticstofuel.com/El GibbsCommunity champion.Freelance writer, disability advocate and former councillor in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.https://twitter.com/bluntshovelsCosta GeorgiadisABC personality, speaker, permaculture and sustainability advocate and presenter of the long-running Gardening Australia.https://www.facebook.com/CostasWorld/Maxine BazelyMaxine is a volunteer host at the New Joneses, a professional in the recruitment industry, and a very inspiring woman. She walked the walk and quit her day job in order to live on a block in Torquay, near Melbourne on the Surf Coast, to pursue her goals of personal and environmental sustainability. She's doing great work with her new agency, Teal Collaborative, and she will always be Climactic's favourite first guest.https://www.tealcollaborative.com.au/Oli MoraesA volunteer facilitator at Climate for Change. Cr John FryCouncillor and long-time Landcare expert in Central West NSW. Cr Tim BaxterTim is a member of the Port Phillip City Council, representing the Canal Ward, and is associated with the Greens Party. He was the first elected official to volunteer to be on Climactic. He's a great thinker on the future of democracy, sustainability, and local government, and is a very friendly and approachable guy. We know he'd love it if you got in touch with him for a chat.Cr Katherine CopseyKatherine is a passionate local, who cares about the community she lives in. She is proud of our eclectic neighbourhoods, our thriving local marketplaces, our rich cultural heritage and our natural environment. She cares about the protection of our neighbourhoods and fostering community renewable energy solutions.Interested in becoming part of the Climactic community? We're really looking for your engagement, suggestions, feedback and guests to improve and tweak our future shows. We really see this as a listener-driven podcast. Contact us at the following:https://twitter.com/climacticshowhttps://www.facebook.com/climacticshowhello@climacticshow.fmSpecial Guests: Dugald Holmes, El Gibbs, Katherine Copsey, Maxine Bazeley, Oli Moraes, and Tim Baxter.Support Climactic See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Setting the scene in this first episode, Mark Spencer, founder of Climactic, and co-host Rich Bowden talk about the goals they have for their new podcast. The pair discuss the storytelling approach they will take to bringing listeners information and ideas on sustainable living. Mark and Rich also give an insight into the interviews they will be using to anchor the show as well as the importance they give to listener engagement to the success of the show. Both Mark and Rich love talking to the people doing the hard yards on the ground, as much if not more so than the famous figures in the environmental movement, so if you'd like to tell your story, we'd be very happy to help. Climactic.fm - The voice of the people on climate change. The introductory trailer episode also includes preview “teaser” clips from the following interviews: Dugald Holmes Asia-Pacific Support Manager for Papercut, and Grassroots Environmental Campaigner. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dugaldholmes/ http://noplasticstofuel.com/ El Gibbs Community champion. Freelance writer, disability advocate and former councillor in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. https://twitter.com/bluntshovels Costa Georgiadis ABC personality, speaker, permaculture and sustainability advocate and presenter of the long-running Gardening Australia. https://www.facebook.com/CostasWorld/ Maxine Bazely Maxine is a volunteer host at the New Joneses, a professional in the recruitment industry, and a very inspiring woman. She walked the walk and quit her day job in order to live on a block in Torquay, near Melbourne on the Surf Coast, to pursue her goals of personal and environmental sustainability. She's doing great work with her new agency, Teal Collaborative, and she will always be Climactic's favourite first guest. https://www.tealcollaborative.com.au/ Oli Moraes A volunteer facilitator at Climate for Change. Cr John Fry Councillor and long-time Landcare expert in Central West NSW. Cr Tim Baxter Tim is a member of the Port Phillip City Council, representing the Canal Ward, and is associated with the Greens Party. He was the first elected official to volunteer to be on Climactic. He's a great thinker on the future of democracy, sustainability, and local government, and is a very friendly and approachable guy. We know he'd love it if you got in touch with him for a chat. Cr Katherine Copsey Katherine is a passionate local, who cares about the community she lives in. She is proud of our eclectic neighbourhoods, our thriving local marketplaces, our rich cultural heritage and our natural environment. She cares about the protection of our neighbourhoods and fostering community renewable energy solutions. Interested in becoming part of the Climactic community? We're really looking for your engagement, suggestions, feedback and guests to improve and tweak our future shows. We really see this as a listener-driven podcast. Contact us at the following: https://twitter.com/climacticshow https://www.facebook.com/climacticshow hello@climacticshow.fm Special Guests: Dugald Holmes, El Gibbs, Katherine Copsey, Maxine Bazeley, Oli Moraes, and Tim Baxter. Support Climactic Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/

Dan interviews Rich Bowden about his commitment to this cause. Listen as the passion for this event comes over the airwaves!

Dan interviews Rich Bowden about his commitment to this cause. Listen as the passion for this event comes over the airwaves!

CONTACT:  podcast@worldorganicnews.com This is the World Organic News for the week ending 19th of June 2017. Jon Moore reporting! This is the world organic news for the week ending 26 June 2017. Jon Moore reporting. This week I’m out of town and so I’m presenting for your listening pleasure, episode 3 of the Real Food Chain, a podcast I co-host with Rich Bowden. Check it out in iTunes! This episode is about gut health and fermented foods. I’ll be back next week with the usual roundup of ideas from the blogosphere on all matters organic. Until then here is episode 3 of the Real Food Chain. **** Episode 3 The Real Food Chain Contact Us www.realfoodchain.wordpress.com/contact-us/ Host links: Jon Moore's World Organic News. Rich Bowden's Rich Bowden Writing   Mel's links and suggestions: Emu Wellness Facebook Page Recommended site by Melinda: Dr Axe -- (excellent information and graphics) Recommended author by Melinda: Dr David Perlmutter. Books available here.   Welcome to episode 3 of The Real Food Chain podcast! This month our program is based on a fascinating interview The Real Food Chain's co-host Jon Moore conducted with Melinda Blundell, owner of Emu Wellness, a holistic lifestyle training company based in the Lower Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, Australia. Mel's a functional nutritionist, presenter and wellness advocate and has spent the last five years teaching people the benefits of wholefoods and balanced gut health after making dietary changes that completely eliminated her own physical and mental symptoms. In the interview, Mel talks about such issues as the relevance of gut health to mental and physical health, as well as the destructive effect on good gut bacteria caused by antibiotics and the Western diet (think processed food!). She describes the way science has now confirmed that our gut biota can determine, not just our health, but moods and can even help reduce depression. Mel uses her own experience to show how people's health and lives can be changed by a more holistic, gut biota-focused diet. "We're not just what we eat, we are what we absorb," -- Melinda Blundell. Interested in finding out more about gut health? Why not register for one of Mel's gut health workshops? More details here. Now sit back and enjoy episode three of The Real Food Chain's podcast. Mel's links and suggestions: Emu Wellness Facebook Page Recommended site by Melinda: Dr Axe -- (excellent information and graphics) Recommended author by Melinda: Dr David Perlmutter. Books available here. Host links: Jon Moore's World Organic News. Rich Bowden's Rich Bowden Writing *** If you’ve liked what you heard, please tell everyone you know any way you can! I’d also really appreciate a review on iTunes. This may or may not help others to find us but it gives this podcaster an enormous thrill! Thanks in advance! Any suggestions, feedback or criticisms of the podcast or blog are most welcome. email me at podcast@worldorganicnews.com Thank you for listening and I'll be back in a week.

Links: The Real Food Chain The Real Food Chain Facebook Page The Real Food Chain Twitter Page World Organic News (Jon’s site) Michael Pollan interviewed by Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman The Real Food Chain podcast No.1 The first podcast for The Real Food Chain gave us — co-hosts Rich Bowden and Jon Moore — a chance to say hello and discuss our aims for this new Oz-themed wholefoods show. We chatted about how wholefoods is really a return to the past of food production. We explore how organic food is not a new concept at all, but a return to the ways our grandparents farmed and ate real food — sans chemicals. Key quote: Organic food is what they used to call food ~ Jon Moore In the second half of the show, you can hear me (Rich) talk about who we are aiming at reaching with the website and podcast. The answer is it’s ordinary people, like us. Those of you who are interested in organic foods for health foods but may not be able to afford the premium that organic grocers attract. Or perhaps you need to change your diet to improve your health for medical reasons. Or you may be a young Mum or Dad looking for the best for your kids’ diet but looking at ways to keep costs down. I talk about our idea of making The Real Food Chain a reference point for anyone interested in real foods but something more. I want it to have that distinct Aussie accent. Taking inspiration from around the world yes, but keeping it local for Australians. I add that each podcast will be based on a relevant wholefoods topic and Jon and I will be interviewing guests who will give us an insight into organic food. Topics we’ll be covering in future podcasts: Fermenting foods Gut health Where to find affordable organic food Growing your own organic produce Cooking with wholefoods Breadmaking Farmers’ markets Heirloom tomatoes And much, much more.   Links: The Real Food Chain The Real Food Chain Facebook Page The Real Food Chain Twitter Page World Organic News (Jon’s site) Michael Pollan interviewed by Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman

Links WORLD ORGANIC NEWS in the Australian Podcast Awards Click here Bacteria Surf the Fungal Web – Permie Flix http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-e5R   Endless economic growth – Joy of Reading http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-e6p   Let’s all build an environmental mindset. – The Food Geographer http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-e6s   Quote:   Food growing – volunteer at an urban farm Vegetarian cooking – ask someone to teach you How to make your home more sustainable – turn your apartment into a garden! Recycling schemes in your area – contact your Council, support Hubbub’s new coffee cup campaign Air pollution – plant more trees, sign a campaign every week Wildlife conservation – vertical farming, or identifying bird songs to help conservation Improving public transport and biking – write a letter to your government rep. Young people and education – learn how to teach or host workshops at school   End Quote.   World Organic News No-dig gardening book Sustainable House: click here Zero Waste Movement The Real Food Chain ***   This is the World Organic News for the week ending 30th of January 2017. Jon Moore reporting!   This week’s show marks the one year anniversary of the podcast! Those of you who have been with us from the beginning, thanks, and to those you have joined us on the way, also thanks. It is an humbling and gratifying thing to see the stats improve over the year. It is also very motivating so, once again, thanks to all my listeners.   A post from Permie Flix this week seemed appropriate for the one year anniversary: Bacteria Surf the Fungal Web. Regular listeners will know my obsession with the fungal webs beneath forest communities and our need to preserve these structures from clear felling and ploughs. This video from the Scientific American Blog shows actual bacteria travelling along these fungal super highways. The video is only 1 minute 31 seconds long but seeing the bacteria moving along these fungal pathways will change the way you see the world forever. So much goes on underground, out of sight and until recently, out of mind. We are just scratching the surface on this world, pun intended. Have a look and change your life! Link in the show notes.   In contrast to this system of balance and flow comes a post from the blog: Joy of Reading entitled: Endless economic growth.   Quote: The Western monopoly capitalist paradigm that allows big money to chase after more for the profit of the few, using Mother Earth as a disposable factor of production, is neither sustainable nor logical based on modern science and natural law. End Quote.   I’ll admit this sounds a little Malthusian but I can live with that. The point is well made. Converting Nature into, not so much pieces of paper with an agreed value of exchange but now into arrangements of electrons to do the same job does seem like a fool’s errand. Many people no longer live in poverty as a result of this system but it is possible to, and I would, argue their poverty was a result of the system in the first place.   There is change afoot.   Quote: Endless economic growth based on finite natural resources is finished. It is a mind-centered egotistical fantasy to thrive at the expense of other Nations. The death of the paradigm has already begun. End Quote.   To follow on from this blog The Food Geographer brings us a call to action: Let’s all build an environmental mindset.   Quote: I have found myself in a situation that I think many people are in: Caring about the environment, but feeling paralysed by the enormity of the task at hand, and how ‘little’ they feel in comparison. End Quote.   This sums up our dilemma succinctly. Yet thefoodgeographer provides solutions:   Quote: I think what we need is a mindset shift, which will then lead to an action shift. Here are my simple suggestions: Remember that, unless you are the next Gandhi, you alone cannot change the entire world. End Quote.   So we each can do a little. In so doing we will discover the next Seymour, Mollison or Fukuoka. Thefoodgeographer suggests skills we could learn, improve on and/or pass onto others:   Quote:   Food growing – volunteer at an urban farm Vegetarian cooking – ask someone to teach you How to make your home more sustainable – turn your apartment into a garden! Recycling schemes in your area – contact your Council, support Hubbub’s new coffee cup campaign Air pollution – plant more trees, sign a campaign every week Wildlife conservation – vertical farming, or identifying bird songs to help conservation Improving public transport and biking – write a letter to your government rep. Young people and education – learn how to teach or host workshops at school   End Quote.   Now we could call this the Noble Green Eightfold Path to save ourselves and our communities.   Let’s examine each of these in turn.   Food growing, my eBook on no-dig gardening is a great starting point, even though self praise is faint praise, I am quite proud of it. Click here. We can all grow some food and surprisingly large amounts of it in small areas. Local urban and community gardens and farms are also ways into this wonderful activity. Vegetarian cooking, a simple google search will help if you are driven in this direction. A sustainable home is possible. Even a more sustainable home is a good start. Michael Mobbs in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia has done it and will show you how: Click Here. He lives off grid in an inner suburban terrace house. He generates his own energy  and much of his own food. So it really is doable. Recycling, this is so 1970s I shouldn’t even have to mention it. Maybe a look at the Zero Waste Movement might help. Air Pollution. All pollution in fact is a problem. Think of Bill Mollison’s quote: Waste is a resource is the wrong place. Starting there can and will change the world dramatically. Wildlife conservation is as much a given as recycling, I’d have thought but to that we add the specialisation of pollinator protection. No bees, little food variation. Pineapples, wheat, rice and potatoes. Not much of a diet. So this is an area we call make a difference. Public transport, pushbikes and so on as well as the move to electric vehicles helps. Provided the electricity is green, this will also help with #5, air pollution. Youth, it’s a cliche to say they are the future but educating children on these matters works. Way back in 1972, I had a teacher who, I see now, while a sufferer of anxiety, instilled in me the path towards this podcast. It all started with the wastefulness and pointlessness of coloured toilet paper. Yes such a thing did and I assume may still exist. Simple changes seem to make the biggest differences. After all, white toilet paper and even recycled white-ish toilet paper is much better for checking bowel health as well as planetary health. So, little things in the minds of children can have exponential change.   So there we have a Green manifesto and a set of steps to save the world. Let’s aim high!   To that end a friend and colleague of mine Rich Bowden and myself are starting a new podcast and blog in the near future. The Real Food Chain. There’s a link to the Facebook page in the show notes. The podcast will be interview based so keep your eye and ear out for that one. I’ll let you know when it launches.   And that brings us to the end of this week’s podcast.   If you’ve liked what you heard, could please follow the link in the show notes and vote for World Organic News in the Australian Podcast Awards Click here Thanks in advance.   Any suggestions, feedback or criticisms of the podcast or blog are most welcome. email me at podcast@worldorganicnews.com. Thank you for listening and I'll be back in our second year next week. **** Links WORLD ORGANIC NEWS in the Australian Podcast Awards Click here Bacteria Surf the Fungal Web – Permie Flix http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-e5R   Endless economic growth – Joy of Reading http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-e6p   Let’s all build an environmental mindset. – The Food Geographer http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-e6s   Quote:   Food growing – volunteer at an urban farm Vegetarian cooking – ask someone to teach you How to make your home more sustainable – turn your apartment into a garden! Recycling schemes in your area – contact your Council, support Hubbub’s new coffee cup campaign Air pollution – plant more trees, sign a campaign every week Wildlife conservation – vertical farming, or identifying bird songs to help conservation Improving public transport and biking – write a letter to your government rep. Young people and education – learn how to teach or host workshops at school   End Quote. World Organic News No-dig gardening book Sustainable House: click here Zero Waste Movement The Real Food Chain