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A Garden Chat with Don TitmusJoin Farmer Greg Peterson and Don Titmus, a horticulturist and permaculturist dive into month 2 of their yearlong discussion of the principles of permaculture. They discuss foundational aspects of observation, protracted and thoughtful observation (PATO), and the importance of understanding local environments. They also highlight their 'Garden Chats' available at gardenchat.org and urbanfarmpodcast.com, where listeners can learn more about permaculture ethics and principles. Additionally, they emphasize the need for in-person courses to build a strong community and offer practical examples of challenges like managing pests, weather patterns, and optimizing plant growth. Finally, they encourage documenting observations and naming one's farm to cultivate a sense of ownership and community engagement.Our Guest: Don grew up in London and at age 16 spent 4 years being trained in horticulture through an apprenticeship and a college course. From there he continued landscaping in his hometown until he moved to Arizona in 1981, where he worked in landscaping and then starting his own business in garden maintenance. In 2003 he attended a Permaculture Design Course, which was life-changing for Don. He knew right away that this was the path he'd been waiting for, and later attended two Permaculture Teacher Trainings.Visit www.urbanfarm.org/877-garden for the show notes on this episode, and access to our full podcast library!Toby Hemenway's Book Reference - Gaia's GardenNeed a little bit of advice or just a feedback on your design for your yard or garden?The Urban Farm Team is offering consults over the phone or zoom. Get the benefits of a personalized garden and yard space analysis without the cost of trip charges. You can chat with Greg or choose one of the senior members of our Urban Farm team to get permaculture based feedback.Click HERE to learn more!Become an Urban Farm Patron and listen to more than 850 episodes of the Urban Farm Podcast without ads. Click HERE to learn more. *Disclosure: Some of the links in our podcast show notes and blog posts are affiliate links and if you go through them to make a purchase, we will earn a nominal commission at no cost to you. We offer links to items recommended by our podcast guests and guest writers as a service to our audience and these items are not selected because of the commission we receive from your purchases. We know the decision is yours, and whether you decide to buy something is completely up to you.

Here's what to expect on the podcast:What is permaculture gardening, and what are its operational principles?The benefits of growing your own fruits and vegetables.Why do people prefer using a tower garden over traditional gardening methods?Specific concerns or risks associated with purchasing food from the market in terms of quality and safety.And much more! About Greg:Greg Peterson is a green living and sustainability innovator who is well-known regionally. He has appeared extensively on television and radio and is a frequent guest columnist for publications. His mission is to inspire people to embrace their own greenness, which he does daily by living what he speaks.  Connect with Greg Peterson!Website: https://www.urbanfarm.org/Health Soil Workshop: https://urbanfarm.leadpages.co/healthy-soil-hacked/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheUrbanFarmYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/theurbanfarmBook: Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture by Toby Hemenway https://amzn.to/439w4Xe Connect with Wendi Bergin!Website: https://joyfullyprepared.com/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/joyfulprepInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyfulprepper/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/selfreliantmoms/Download Home Storage Checklist: https://www.joyfullyprepared.com/52weeks

Today, I am talking with Kenny G from R3 Contingencies about being prepared for travel, both by car and by plane, as well as developing situational awareness while planning your trips. Featured Event: Save the Date for the LFTN Workshop Ticket Sales, January 20, 2024 at 9am Central. Theme, “Back to the Basics.” Workshop is April 25-27. Sponsor 1: The WealthSteading Podcast, InvestableWealth.com Sponsor 2: Last change for the $35 Homesteading and Permaculture Bundle with a 17 episode podcast analysis of Toby Hemenway's Gaia's Garden and a whole HOST of other things! https://permies.com/w/bundle?f=495  Show Resources R3 Contingencies Website Main content of the show Kenny G started R3 contingencies in 2020, Since then he has helped expand their services. So they can help if you lost everything from your cell phone charger to a full suit, to giving you a plan after a break-in. Why should I prep for travel? I have a good travel agent isn't that enough? What should I be concerned with road trips I have AAA is'nt the best thing to have? What is the most common problem you see and what is the easiest way to prevent it? How about flying? What if I want to travel internationally? What if it's for business vs pleasure? Does it change my travel plans? Make it a great week GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.  Community Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Holler Roast Coffee Harvest Right Affiliate Link Transcript 00:03.643 --> 00:09.346 Howdy, everybody, and welcome to today's live interview with Kenny G. Kenny G, you going to play some music? 00:11.448 --> 00:12.228 Maybe a little later. 00:12.248 --> 00:14.569 I think I forgot my guitar at the show.   00:14.810 --> 00:16.230 Is Kenny G your real name?   00:17.231 --> 00:17.891 Close enough.   00:19.712 --> 00:20.293 That's right, guys.   00:20.833 --> 00:29.518 Kenny G's been on our podcast before on a different topic, but he reached out to me and said, hey, I want to talk about things people should know while traveling.   00:30.359 --> 00:30.519 And   00:31.329 --> 00:47.931 I kind of added because I know you're going to end up talking about this like situational awareness, something that has really struck me in the last couple of years that I've been on the road is so I was driving to Texas and you know how those alerts come over your phone that everybody turns off because they're annoying.   00:47.952 --> 00:48.873 Yep.   00:49.721 --> 00:51.261 Okay, so one of those alerts came over my phone.   00:51.301 --> 00:53.022 I'm like, I have Amber Alerts.   00:53.302 --> 00:53.742 Shut off.   00:53.782 --> 00:54.442 Like, what's up?   00:54.622 --> 00:56.982 And a convict had escaped prison.   00:57.022 --> 01:00.963 So it was a different kind of alert.   01:01.383 --> 01:03.223 And he had taken people hostage.   01:04.364 --> 01:07.384 And they said, this is going on in this area.   01:07.404 --> 01:14.246 Well, I had made the critical error of following my GPS instead of my map to get around, to route around a traffic issue.   01:14.886 --> 01:16.446 So I didn't actually know where I was.   01:18.511 --> 01:23.636 And so when it said where it was, I didn't know where I where I was, where it was in relationship to that.   01:23.756 --> 01:30.864 And luckily, I had more than half a tank because I usually top off about every half tank when I'm driving somewhere long distance.   01:31.364 --> 01:33.206 And I got all the way to my destination.   01:33.226 --> 01:35.829 And it turned out I was within a couple of miles.   01:36.029 --> 01:41.795 And the guy ended up taking a family hostage, driving to Ohio and killing them before he was caught.   01:42.905 --> 01:45.507 And so that's what I mean by situational awareness.   01:45.587 --> 01:53.572 Like we get so used to technology that sometimes it's a really bad idea to just put your faith in it.   01:53.672 --> 01:55.033 But there's a lot of stuff you can do.   01:55.053 --> 01:56.074 Oh, I lost the light.   01:56.454 --> 01:59.516 There's a lot of stuff you can do between now and then.   01:59.656 --> 02:02.038 But let's start with before we jump into that.   02:02.418 --> 02:03.939 I'm just giving everybody the overview.   02:06.021 --> 02:09.283 Tell us who you are and how you ended up on LFTN anyway.   02:11.467 --> 02:14.528 Um, Ken or Kenny G if you prefer.   02:14.608 --> 02:17.630 And yes, that is the real first initial for my last name.   02:18.650 --> 02:24.372 Um, I am working or I work for the emergency concierge service, our three contingencies.   02:24.953 --> 02:27.774 We see a lot of things happen up, down, left, right.   02:28.634 --> 02:31.595 And I thought it would be a great topic here.   02:31.715 --> 02:35.357 And not to mention, I've reached out to Nicole for several things regarding business.   02:35.477 --> 02:37.338 So pay it back, right?   02:37.858 --> 02:37.998 Yeah.   02:38.018 --> 02:40.759 So what is our three contingencies before we jump in there?   02:41.738 --> 02:46.003 They are, as far as I know, the world's only emergency concierge service that there is.   02:47.684 --> 02:50.528 What does an emergency concierge service do?   02:51.949 --> 02:57.795 For example, let's say you go on a flight and they lose your luggage and you have a business meeting.   02:58.656 --> 03:02.861 It would have been something that we prep for and we would have clothes delivered to your hotel room.   03:04.275 --> 03:05.236 Well, that's pretty cool.   03:05.316 --> 03:13.801 With, you know, a Visa gift card if you need it, a phone charger, standard stuff that you may have forgotten or gotten lost.   03:13.921 --> 03:16.883 Or example, you run out because your kid's in the hospital.   03:17.343 --> 03:23.247 We deliver a phone charger to you, food, basic necessities, toothbrush, toothpaste, stuff like that.   03:24.226 --> 03:24.406 Wow.   03:24.426 --> 03:25.207 That sounds really good.   03:25.227 --> 03:25.547 Yeah.   03:26.588 --> 03:26.748 Yeah.   03:26.928 --> 03:27.829 I found your website.   03:27.929 --> 03:30.111 So I thought I had to, you know, show it.   03:30.972 --> 03:33.234 Cause we have that capacity here.   03:33.374 --> 03:33.694 Okay.   03:33.774 --> 03:35.936 So let's go back to traveling though.   03:35.996 --> 03:39.779 Cause traveling has probably taught me more about prepping than anything else.   03:40.540 --> 03:45.164 One thing I learned is you never leave the house without a snack in your bag.   03:46.414 --> 03:53.399 Because you're going to end up on a train somewhere in the middle of the night in Eastern Germany and you didn't have time to get dinner.   03:53.479 --> 03:55.560 And luckily you have that snack in your bag.   03:56.120 --> 03:59.102 But why should I prep for travel?   04:00.203 --> 04:05.526 And if I'm like with a tour group, should I still should I still prep for travel?   04:05.546 --> 04:06.167 And if so, why?   04:08.505 --> 04:10.647 Absolutely, you should still prep for travel.   04:10.907 --> 04:14.550 And prepping for travel is essential because let's face it, you never know.   04:16.311 --> 04:18.452 I live in New Hampshire, I'm really close to Boston.   04:18.833 --> 04:26.278 When the big dig was happened, I have literally driven into Boston and had the road closed that I drove in on, on the way out.   04:28.099 --> 04:29.200 Yeah, what's that mean?   04:29.220 --> 04:30.281 Do you just get stuck on the road?   04:31.901 --> 05:00.958 uh yeah i had to get rerouted and i was stuck in a traffic jam for about four hours what should have been an hour and a half trip literally took me all day and had i not done things like you know make sure my gas tank is kept half topped off bare minimum i keep a gallon of water in the car i keep cliff bars in the car i mean i know they're not the healthiest thing for you but they do help satisfy your hunger and there is such a thing as driving hangry and i would not recommend it   05:01.869 --> 05:02.469 Well, why not?   05:02.489 --> 05:06.971 Because you make stupid choices when you're hangry.   05:08.592 --> 05:11.893 I mean, I know it says no U-turn, but I don't see anyone here and I'm starving.   05:14.334 --> 05:22.897 Yeah, I took a wrong turn on my way from Oklahoma City to Tennessee, which literally all you need to do is stay on the stupid freeway, which is I-40, right?   05:23.958 --> 05:24.198 Right.   05:25.126 --> 05:27.688 But I got on the freeway going the wrong direction after getting gas.   05:27.728 --> 05:30.391 And then I took the next exit, which was a terrible idea.   05:30.511 --> 05:36.896 Ended up driving 28 miles one direction to where I could finally turn around after paying a toll and 28 miles back.   05:36.916 --> 05:41.680 And I kept looking at the gaps every so often that said, don't drive through here.   05:42.741 --> 05:45.922 And I finally like I was like, well, there's so many cars coming.   05:45.962 --> 05:47.063 I'm not going to do it right.   05:47.143 --> 05:52.685 But I was really tempted and I got to the toll booth and I asked about those things like, oh, yeah, we actually have cameras up.   05:52.705 --> 05:56.226 We would have busted your ass because people get into accidents when they do that.   05:56.826 --> 06:00.828 So I made the right choice in that turn and in that situation.   06:00.968 --> 06:06.470 But what does what does prepping for travel look like?   06:08.410 --> 06:08.970 Depends.   06:09.070 --> 06:10.551 Are you flying or driving?   06:10.951 --> 06:13.631 I mean, we're talking about driving, so let's go with that.   06:13.651 --> 06:16.772 A simple low-hanging fruit is get AAA.   06:17.632 --> 06:23.974 It doesn't cost much, and if you get one tow, just one in like four years, it pays for itself.   06:24.994 --> 06:30.875 I used to work for a towing company back when I was younger and had hair, and it started out like $150 to pick you up plus $15 a mile.   06:30.915 --> 06:32.256 That adds up really, really fast.   06:38.846 --> 06:39.186 Yeah.   06:39.747 --> 06:46.232 So I have AAA for this reason and the poor people have had to tow me at least twice a year since I got it.   06:47.933 --> 06:52.417 And except for this year, because it's the second or third or something.   06:54.379 --> 06:59.102 What happened in 2020 with AAA is they would pick your car up, but not you.   06:59.122 --> 07:03.006 Yeah, that sounds about right.   07:03.326 --> 07:06.048 And they said they didn't want to risk giving the drivers COVID.   07:06.108 --> 07:07.129 So I was in 2020.   07:09.451 --> 07:10.411 Maybe it was 2021.   07:10.471 --> 07:11.932 It was still in effect.   07:12.092 --> 07:19.073 I get caught in the middle of the wilderness, basically, between Chattanooga and Sparta.   07:19.893 --> 07:21.714 So I'm like literally on the side of the road.   07:21.734 --> 07:22.874 There's nothing around.   07:22.914 --> 07:26.115 And they're like, well, you can't ride with the driver because of our policies.   07:27.555 --> 07:28.755 And I'm like, what am I supposed to do?   07:28.775 --> 07:29.755 You know what they told me to do?   07:29.775 --> 07:31.276 Get an Uber?   07:32.036 --> 07:32.676 Call a cab.   07:34.890 --> 07:37.215 I'm like, I don't know if you understand where I am right now.   07:37.275 --> 07:38.999 Because, you know, they're always like, are you safe?   07:39.059 --> 07:40.361 I'm like, no, I'm not safe.   07:41.143 --> 07:43.448 I'm on the side of the road in the middle of the winter.   07:44.700 --> 07:47.401 And so they were like, well, we don't know what to tell you, ma'am.   07:47.521 --> 07:49.561 This is this is the deal during covid.   07:50.502 --> 07:58.404 And that made me rethink my relationship with Triple A. Now, what I ended up doing was asking the driver if he cared if I jumped in and he said, are you sick?   07:58.464 --> 07:59.004 And I said, no.   07:59.024 --> 08:00.085 He said, then go ahead.   08:00.725 --> 08:01.485 And I did get it.   08:01.785 --> 08:03.586 Like it was a driver decision.   08:03.606 --> 08:08.147 And I did have friends coming to pick me up if that didn't happen.   08:08.167 --> 08:11.188 But they were going to have to drive like two hours to get me.   08:12.228 --> 08:14.631 Meanwhile, my car was towed, you know, because it was broken down.   08:15.011 --> 08:19.635 So what do you think about that in AAA?   08:19.675 --> 08:25.441 Like they're kind of dead to me, but not dead to me because it's the only towing service I've really found that seems to work at all.   08:26.342 --> 08:28.764 That doesn't cost you an arm and a leg when you have to get it.   08:28.784 --> 08:28.864 Yeah.   08:29.205 --> 08:29.445 Yeah.   08:30.552 --> 08:35.134 Yeah, like, okay, first of all, everyone went insane during COVID.   08:35.634 --> 08:41.617 I mean, let's face it, totally reasonable, rational people I know lost their freaking minds.   08:42.497 --> 08:46.839 So I can't fault AAA too much, and they've probably done away with that policy.   08:47.419 --> 08:53.082 Like way, way back in the day, 2010, they actually could not leave you on the side of the road.   08:53.862 --> 08:55.203 They had policies against that.   08:55.771 --> 09:00.993 If you had to like load five people into your tiny two person cab, you did it.   09:01.433 --> 09:04.014 You drive to the next exit and you let them off.   09:04.554 --> 09:09.355 But as I said, people lost their minds during COVID.   09:10.696 --> 09:12.416 Yeah, that happened once to my mom too.   09:12.436 --> 09:19.259 She was stuck in the middle of the freeway, like the middle left middle because the car went into limp mode.   09:19.279 --> 09:19.939 Do you know what that is?   09:20.993 --> 09:24.395 Yes, that is when it enters in when it only does 30 miles an hour.   09:24.516 --> 09:33.182 Oh, no, it did five, five, five in a rainstorm on I-40 won't go more than five rush hour traffic.   09:33.262 --> 09:35.883 She pulls into the left shoulder, calls AAA.   09:37.204 --> 09:40.667 And they're like, well, we can't get there for four hours.   09:42.448 --> 09:43.048 Are you safe?   09:43.088 --> 09:44.790 And I'm like, no, she's actually not safe.   09:45.578 --> 09:50.641 Like anybody could just reef into the back of that car and they go super fast and whatever.   09:50.881 --> 09:51.501 And you can't see.   09:51.982 --> 09:55.884 So the police came and they actually drove her to the next exit, which was nice.   09:57.585 --> 10:01.687 That is something you should probably look at depending on your location.   10:02.227 --> 10:06.089 Suppose the police had said, no, we don't want to wait for AAA.   10:06.109 --> 10:08.010 We're going to call one of our guys and they'll tow you.   10:09.651 --> 10:14.254 And a lot of AAA states, if they cannot get to you in a reasonable amount of time, they will pay for the tow.   10:15.586 --> 10:18.849 I have had that happen with them too, where they couldn't get there for four hours.   10:18.889 --> 10:20.130 And I said, what's my option?   10:20.170 --> 10:21.471 And they said, you get reimbursed.   10:22.731 --> 10:24.473 And then they reimbursed me 80 bucks.   10:27.315 --> 10:29.136 Yeah, that probably wasn't enough to cover the tow, was it?   10:29.356 --> 10:32.417 It actually was in that case, because I live in the middle of nowhere.   10:32.777 --> 10:33.057 Yeah.   10:33.657 --> 10:37.759 It would not have been the case had it been that incident in the middle of the road.   10:38.679 --> 10:40.359 So we didn't know what limp mode was.   10:40.580 --> 10:44.801 So I didn't know why the car was only going five miles per hour and going doop, doop, doop, doop, doop.   10:44.921 --> 10:47.242 But I was like, hmm, sounds like a transmission problem, right?   10:47.802 --> 10:55.344 Had I known about limp mode, I would have been like, hey, cops, let us get over to the right hand shoulder and then we'll just limp to the next exit.   10:55.464 --> 10:56.404 Down to the next exit.   10:56.504 --> 11:05.206 It seems to me that limp mode is a really dangerous thing when it drops you to five miles an hour and won't let you do anything because you basically can't get yourself out of a situation at that point.   11:05.246 --> 11:06.846 I don't have that car anymore for that reason.   11:08.606 --> 11:09.226 They're dead to me.   11:09.847 --> 11:11.227 People become dead to me easily.   11:13.737 --> 11:21.261 Well, if it's between limp mode and the car not running, I prefer limp mode because, you know, at least I can move a little bit versus some cars.   11:21.301 --> 11:23.743 They will literally just shut down and tell you, nope, not moving.   11:24.063 --> 11:25.044 But you're capable of it.   11:25.244 --> 11:25.564 Don't care.   11:25.604 --> 11:26.004 Not doing it.   11:26.664 --> 11:27.145 Exactly.   11:27.165 --> 11:42.634 I mean, I've driven on on rims before to get out of dangerous situations just because I'm like, I know this is going to cost me a lot, but I'd rather pay money for that than like die on the side of the road because my car had a blowout of some sort in a really dangerous place.   11:43.514 --> 11:47.436 Um, but you know, I'm a weirdo and everybody's like, why do women always do that?   11:47.476 --> 11:50.278 I'm like, cause I'm not going to get out of my car and get hit by a semi.   11:50.378 --> 11:58.121 That's why I, I feel like woman versus semi semi wins every time, every time.   11:59.402 --> 11:59.782 Yeah.   12:00.202 --> 12:04.405 Red fire made it says waited six hours in Austin at night with a motorcycle.   12:04.465 --> 12:04.745 So, um,   12:05.737 --> 12:09.778 How what else should you do besides have something like AAA?   12:09.798 --> 12:11.319 Because I mean, it works.   12:11.499 --> 12:12.759 It is better than nothing.   12:12.839 --> 12:18.081 It's probably the best option I found out there from a price to benefit ratio.   12:18.821 --> 12:22.702 But obviously, I have lots of stories about being stranded by AAA.   12:22.782 --> 12:24.382 And we have some in the comments here.   12:24.422 --> 12:26.623 Like, what else can you do?   12:28.985 --> 12:57.057 something else this is just very basic stuff get a floor jack one with wheels on it i don't recommend the bottle jack and the reason i say the floor jack with wheels is because if you need to you can use it to help get your lug nuts off keep your car on the ground put those stupid little bar they give you and put the jack on the side of the bar so that way when you jack it up it turns the lug because some people out there like my wife she weighs 110 pounds soaking wet   12:58.044 --> 13:02.385 If she's driving an F-250, she does not have the body mass to get that lug off.   13:03.025 --> 13:03.686 It doesn't matter.   13:03.826 --> 13:04.646 It's not happening.   13:05.346 --> 13:12.448 However, she can jack it up, then stand on it, or use the jack in reverse to retighten the bolts if she needs to.   13:14.389 --> 13:19.850 And to know how to do that, how do you know those things to do besides just that one tip?   13:22.731 --> 13:25.732 Heard a lot of horror stories and found ways around them.   13:25.752 --> 13:26.452 Yeah.   13:27.524 --> 13:30.086 The other thing is try to have more than your cell phone.   13:30.206 --> 13:33.268 I mean, I know, like you said, we've become so reliant on these things.   13:33.588 --> 13:34.309 It has a light.   13:34.409 --> 13:35.970 What do I need a flashlight for?   13:35.990 --> 13:37.731 You want a flashlight.   13:37.851 --> 13:43.355 If it's pouring rain out, you do not want your cell phone sitting there as you're trying to get your lugs off.   13:45.338 --> 13:51.063 And your cell phone is not as bright as something like a Streamlight or like a decent pocket flashlight even.   13:53.244 --> 13:53.825 Correct.   13:53.985 --> 13:59.389 Another thing is, and I hate saying this, but dollar store glow sticks, they're not road flares.   13:59.869 --> 14:06.254 But, you know, if you buy five of them and just crack them and toss them down the road, at least they give people something.   14:06.354 --> 14:09.116 And worst case scenario, you have a glow stick light.   14:10.617 --> 14:11.738 Yeah, that makes sense.   14:11.798 --> 14:13.139 You know, I have one of those...   14:14.682 --> 14:21.028 cigarette lighter plug-in tire inflator, like compressors, it has a built-in light too.   14:21.048 --> 14:22.829 So every time it's on, it's flashlights on.   14:22.869 --> 14:27.313 Cause they just assume you need me in the middle of the night and you can't see anything outside.   14:28.574 --> 14:30.496 So that's another good one to have.   14:31.057 --> 14:34.560 The only thing I worry about with those is if your alternator dies or   14:35.094 --> 14:40.559 Because most people don't know that their alternator dies until they're going, why are my headlights getting dimmer?   14:40.879 --> 14:41.139 Yeah.   14:41.619 --> 14:43.401 And why did my radio stop?   14:44.122 --> 14:44.882 Oh, that's weird.   14:45.102 --> 14:48.085 So they just keep driving and then now your car is literally out of power.   14:48.906 --> 14:49.306 Right.   14:50.227 --> 14:53.008 I mean, those you're using it because you have a flat tire.   14:53.088 --> 14:56.890 And I don't know if you know this about me, but I have the flat tire curse.   14:57.971 --> 15:05.235 I may have actually finally passed it on, but there was a series of years where every time I went on any road trip of any kind.   15:06.846 --> 15:13.032 There was a tire blowout or a flat or I came out from the hotel one morning and there it was flat.   15:13.652 --> 15:20.659 And so that's why I have that thing, because I was like, OK, I can pump it up, get to where I need to go to get it patched or whatever.   15:20.699 --> 15:21.940 I do have a patch kit.   15:22.160 --> 15:24.723 I'm not terribly good at patching tires myself.   15:25.640 --> 15:28.041 But I like I can plug them if I need to.   15:28.341 --> 15:34.905 Usually it's it's a strength issue of getting the thing into the hole.   15:35.265 --> 15:35.765 The reamer.   15:35.965 --> 15:36.185 Yeah.   15:36.205 --> 15:36.525 Yeah.   15:37.266 --> 15:37.506 Yeah.   15:37.566 --> 15:39.507 That's that's my challenge with those.   15:39.647 --> 15:43.689 But I think like the more stubborn I am about it, the better it is.   15:43.749 --> 15:51.133 But having that way of inflating tires, no matter what, has been really helpful because I'm usually 20 miles from somewhere useful.   15:51.773 --> 15:53.515 at any given time when there's a problem.   15:53.575 --> 15:58.221 It's not like, oh, hey, look, there's a repair guy and my car just broke right here.   15:58.301 --> 16:00.944 Or there's a gas station and my car just broke right here.   16:00.964 --> 16:04.287 It's always like, okay, nope, no self service.   16:06.049 --> 16:06.770 Now what do I do?   16:06.810 --> 16:08.713 I got to get somewhere where I can go somewhere.   16:09.493 --> 16:11.736 So what's the most common?   16:12.337 --> 16:12.497 What?   16:13.587 --> 16:18.268 Another advantage to those is, at least around here, we get weather that's like negative 20.   16:18.848 --> 16:22.389 And when it is, those gas station compressors will not work.   16:22.990 --> 16:24.930 They turn on, but they don't pump air out.   16:25.290 --> 16:29.531 Those little plug into your lighter air compressors still work.   16:30.192 --> 16:31.492 Yeah, especially if your car is warm.   16:32.692 --> 16:33.192 Exactly.   16:33.813 --> 16:37.734 What do you tell people to do who are driving in environments like yours where it is really cold?   16:37.754 --> 16:42.675 Like what else should they have in the car besides some, you know, basic water and food?   16:43.775 --> 17:09.888 space blanket you can buy 10 of them for like 12 bucks on amazon and they are a lifesaver and this may sound weird but believe it or not if you are broken down in a car with no gas the car will be colder than the actual outside because why is that a giant ice box something to do with the metal and thermal dynamics and some math that is just beyond me at the moment   17:10.339 --> 17:14.622 But yes, there have been multiple studies done, one of them actually done by AAA.   17:15.222 --> 17:19.465 And it turns out outside of your car actually is warmer than inside of your car at a certain point.   17:19.765 --> 17:21.627 Yeah, unless you have a windshield, I assume.   17:21.647 --> 17:23.188 That's insane.   17:23.728 --> 17:23.948 Yeah.   17:26.250 --> 17:26.870 Oh, the cat.   17:27.871 --> 17:28.291 What else?   17:28.612 --> 17:30.893 Space blankets, water, food, anything else?   17:31.273 --> 17:32.814 Hand warmers, anything like that?   17:33.535 --> 17:35.817 Hand warmers are a nice one to keep.   17:35.897 --> 17:37.698 However, most people lose them.   17:39.180 --> 17:41.381 I've stopped recommending them because people throw them in their trunk.   17:41.422 --> 17:45.444 Then when they need them, I can't find them or they throw them in their glove box.   17:45.524 --> 17:50.006 And then, you know, I throw 10,000 other things in my glove box and I cannot find them.   17:50.647 --> 17:54.269 You mean they don't all have a little kit in their card with all the stuff in it?   17:54.689 --> 17:55.489 No, no, no.   17:55.529 --> 17:56.110 Most people don't.   17:56.150 --> 17:59.271 They just throw it in the back of their truck or in their trunk, whatever.   18:01.713 --> 18:05.495 Another thing I tend to recommend is just some basic toiletries.   18:06.431 --> 18:09.033 Toothbrush, toothpaste, face cloth, soap.   18:10.234 --> 18:19.961 I mean, if you happen to get stuck or God forbid sleeping in your car because the roads are closed, they washed out, they had to close down the road because some guy's holding a family hostage.   18:21.142 --> 18:28.628 If you can sleep in a Walmart parking lot, go into the Walmart and just, you know, wash your face, some other necessities.   18:28.788 --> 18:30.449 It makes you feel 10 times better.   18:31.860 --> 18:32.120 Yeah.   18:32.180 --> 18:35.122 I know somebody who actually ended up in a Walmart parking lot.   18:35.162 --> 18:42.948 I think recently waiting for her husband when the past got just jacked up with truck trucks sliding all over the place.   18:42.968 --> 18:44.509 And luckily they got a hotel that night.   18:44.749 --> 18:50.713 That's the other thing is when they closed the highway snow or something, all of the hotels are instantly booked.   18:51.534 --> 18:51.694 Yep.   18:52.655 --> 18:54.396 So how do you get your hotel room in that case?   18:54.476 --> 18:57.198 If you see a road closing, how do you get the hotel first?   18:59.209 --> 19:01.230 Go for off the beaten path.   19:01.350 --> 19:03.212 Don't look for hotels next to airports.   19:03.252 --> 19:04.332 That's what everyone goes for.   19:05.133 --> 19:07.134 And those tend to be the first ones that fill up.   19:08.175 --> 19:10.116 And this is a little tweak here.   19:10.436 --> 19:11.317 Don't look for hotel.   19:11.357 --> 19:12.157 Look for motel.   19:12.437 --> 19:13.618 Everyone looks for hotel.   19:13.938 --> 19:14.679 Those fill up.   19:14.819 --> 19:15.820 Look for motel.   19:16.480 --> 19:18.782 And you might be able to find something a little better.   19:19.942 --> 19:24.505 Downside motels tend to be a little lower quality.   19:24.645 --> 19:25.706 So, yeah.   19:26.306 --> 19:27.307 Bed bugs are a thing.   19:28.047 --> 19:28.468 Oh, yeah.   19:29.304 --> 19:35.029 Well, that and fights outside your door at certain motels.   19:35.329 --> 19:36.110 Oh, yeah.   19:36.130 --> 19:36.991 Three in the morning.   19:37.271 --> 19:37.591 Yeah.   19:38.212 --> 19:38.352 Yeah.   19:38.432 --> 19:43.076 I like to when I'm going to be if I'm at a motel that feels sketchy, which I try not to do.   19:43.756 --> 19:47.800 I love to be on the front office side of the building.   19:49.521 --> 19:52.544 Because the fights all seem to happen in the pool area.   19:53.826 --> 20:14.091 where they can't see so just a little i mean if you end up in that situation and it's safer than staying in your car then you know see if you can get located somewhere where the people who are there all night and awake all night are are also able to see your door that's super helpful um   20:15.379 --> 20:20.782 The thing I noticed, so I was one time, I've done a lot of things on I-40.   20:20.822 --> 20:22.703 This was in New Mexico.   20:23.183 --> 20:24.504 Blizzard was coming through.   20:24.524 --> 20:29.327 And one person was driving, one person was calling.   20:30.427 --> 20:33.309 to make reservations.   20:33.409 --> 20:39.995 Calling was better than the websites at that time because the websites would allow reservations to go through when there weren't rooms.   20:40.735 --> 20:41.716 So it was better to call.   20:42.197 --> 20:50.323 It's almost better to pull over for 10 minutes and find where you're going and then go rather than drive as fast as you can out of that situation.   20:50.383 --> 20:54.647 But everything was booked for hours around that closure.   20:54.687 --> 20:57.329 And I-40 was closed for a couple of days because of that blizzard.   20:58.314 --> 21:01.195 I ended up actually driving south.   21:01.916 --> 21:02.796 We didn't get a hotel room.   21:04.077 --> 21:04.717 We drove south.   21:04.737 --> 21:07.378 Because you know what happens as you go further south?   21:07.638 --> 21:09.880 Usually, it gets warmer.   21:10.780 --> 21:15.582 And eventually, we got to the rain part of the storm instead of the snow part of the storm.   21:15.622 --> 21:16.383 And then we get heavy.   21:16.423 --> 21:20.524 So we just replanned our entire route around.   21:21.285 --> 21:23.606 I'm not driving in the snow and I-40 is closed.   21:27.503 --> 21:29.025 Oh, I get that.   21:29.425 --> 21:38.395 Something I've seen is if it's a blizzard, hotels actually will put a cot in like the gym and only be like, tell you what, 50 bucks on a choice.   21:39.697 --> 21:40.438 Is it pleasant?   21:40.758 --> 21:41.078 No.   21:41.098 --> 21:42.680 Is it better than sleeping in your car?   21:43.101 --> 21:43.361 Yep.   21:44.262 --> 21:44.642 Yep.   21:45.183 --> 21:46.645 That's actually not a bad play.   21:48.004 --> 21:49.265 Lots of cots in the gym.   21:49.305 --> 21:49.825 Who cares?   21:49.905 --> 21:52.326 I mean, it's actually better than dying outside.   21:53.606 --> 21:59.548 What's the most common problem you see when people are traveling and are there ways to prevent it?   22:02.229 --> 22:06.371 Most common problem, especially with flying, is lost luggage, believe it or not.   22:08.152 --> 22:11.253 There is, well, I haven't used this trick in a few years, but   22:12.637 --> 22:15.618 A friend of mine actually recommended this one to me for your carry-on.   22:16.278 --> 22:21.440 If you put a starter pistol in your bag, you have to declare that you have a gun in your bag.   22:21.940 --> 22:29.602 Starter pistols are legal in all 50 states, and they are then required to take much better care of that bag.   22:31.223 --> 22:35.304 So it increases the tracking on it and increases the odds that it'll get to your destination.   22:36.400 --> 22:45.284 Now, if you don't want to go this route, and if you don't have a starter pistol, it's just not something you want to do, it depends.   22:45.344 --> 22:46.965 Are you traveling for business or pleasure?   22:47.685 --> 22:52.807 If I'm flying for pleasure and I get there and they've lost my bag, whatever.   22:53.227 --> 22:54.828 My friends make fun of me a little bit.   22:54.948 --> 22:56.909 I wear the same clothes for a few days.   22:57.029 --> 22:57.990 I go to Goodwill.   22:58.010 --> 22:58.950 It's not a big deal.   22:59.867 --> 23:03.850 Suppose I'm traveling for business and my bag had my suit in it.   23:04.350 --> 23:10.094 This is now a significantly bigger deal because I need to go to the place and look nice.   23:10.154 --> 23:17.840 I can't show up in my travel clothes because let's face it, I look like a hobo at this point because I dress for comfort on the flight, not to impress anyone.   23:18.860 --> 23:26.186 In this case, something we recommend doing is if you're traveling locally, look up places where you could buy a replacement and get an idea.   23:27.142 --> 23:43.909 so you know i need a new suit well i don't want to buy one well there's a men's warehouse right here how much will this cost me okay cool if you're traveling internationally this changes significantly because at this point now you need to before you go look up the translations   23:45.385 --> 23:47.546 Europe does not use the same sizes we do.   23:48.326 --> 23:53.448 And if you go in there with American sizes, you are not going to get clothes that fit at all.   23:53.928 --> 24:01.430 And it can save you a lot of hassle in the long run, just looking up basic translation for sizes, especially when it comes to undergarments.   24:03.991 --> 24:07.712 The way I learned that was by being there and asking him, what size do you think I should try on?   24:10.143 --> 24:14.606 but I actually get really frustrated with the American sizes on Birkenstocks.   24:14.686 --> 24:20.811 Cause I know my Birkenstock European shoe size, which is different in a Birkenstock than other shoes in Europe.   24:21.652 --> 24:28.137 They are the same sizes, but yeah, anyway, something about the wider footbed means I can have a smaller size on that.   24:30.880 --> 24:34.262 You order them on Amazon and they're like, get size nine.   24:34.303 --> 24:35.944 And I'm like, but is it,   24:37.691 --> 24:38.812 Is it a 42?   24:39.072 --> 24:39.853 Is it a 40?   24:40.073 --> 24:40.914 Is it a 39?   24:40.954 --> 24:42.316 Like, what are you actually going to send me?   24:42.976 --> 24:46.620 So I've had a lot like it varies the translation a little bit.   24:49.322 --> 24:52.345 It varies, especially depending on undergarments.   24:55.528 --> 25:00.213 Bras in particular tend to go by much different sizes over in Europe than they do here.   25:01.491 --> 25:04.413 So that's something you need to prepare for and be aware of.   25:04.433 --> 25:11.918 I mean, I know women's sizes are all over the place anyway, but you're going to have to deal with the translation and the sizes being all over the place.   25:12.679 --> 25:15.921 Yeah, I was really frustrated because I had to order a bra here.   25:15.941 --> 25:21.525 And it's like you measure yourself under your boobs and there's a number.   25:21.545 --> 25:24.447 So one would think logically you use that number.   25:24.487 --> 25:27.769 No, you add two to four inches to that number and then you order that size.   25:28.618 --> 25:29.738 And I had to go look it up.   25:29.818 --> 25:33.699 I'm like, how do I stop getting bras that are like too tight?   25:33.739 --> 25:34.659 Cause I'm not going to wear these.   25:34.679 --> 25:35.700 I kept returning them.   25:35.720 --> 25:38.120 And I was like, Oh, because it doesn't make sense.   25:38.140 --> 25:40.421 That's why it does not make sense.   25:41.381 --> 25:41.561 So.   25:41.581 --> 25:44.102 Men's sizes are easy, at least in America.   25:44.122 --> 25:46.242 Like you just wrap a tape measure around your waist.   25:46.262 --> 25:46.522 Okay.   25:46.722 --> 25:47.043 34 inches.   25:47.343 --> 25:50.403 That's how it should be done for women.   25:50.503 --> 25:56.425 Like waist, this hip, that like, here's your size in seam.   25:56.465 --> 25:56.805 The other.   25:58.175 --> 25:58.836 Imagine that.   25:58.916 --> 26:03.599 No, we have to call them numbers so we don't admit how big around our waist are.   26:03.739 --> 26:05.620 I think it's a vanity thing here.   26:06.440 --> 26:08.301 Somebody in the comments is going to fix that for me.   26:08.321 --> 26:10.103 They're going to be like, no, it's based on blah, blah, blah.   26:11.844 --> 26:13.184 No, I agree with you.   26:13.224 --> 26:16.406 I think it's, oh my God, my hips are this big?   26:17.547 --> 26:19.909 Instead of just saying, oh yeah, you're a size 12.   26:20.429 --> 26:21.730 Yeah.   26:21.750 --> 26:22.430 12 is beautiful.   26:22.990 --> 26:25.392 And then 12 has changed from the 50s till now.   26:27.396 --> 26:27.977 What hasn't?   26:28.617 --> 26:30.459 Yeah, that's also true.   26:30.479 --> 26:32.921 I mean, and it will again by the next 50s.   26:32.961 --> 26:34.642 I'm not sure I'll be alive for the next 50s.   26:34.662 --> 26:35.003 We'll see.   26:37.205 --> 26:43.110 OK, well, so let's go back to getting prepared for air travel.   26:43.170 --> 26:45.812 Like, what do you recommend people do for that?   26:48.573 --> 26:52.837 Okay, the key to being prepared for air travel is being prepared for the TSA.   26:53.457 --> 26:55.639 I hate to say it, but that is the number one thing.   26:56.159 --> 26:59.162 Make sure you wear shoes that you can take off easily.   26:59.702 --> 27:06.388 Try to limit the metal on you, like your watch, your ring, whatever, take it off, throw it in your carry-on.   27:07.449 --> 27:09.610 Always make sure when you travel, you have a carry-on.   27:09.670 --> 27:16.276 Worst case scenario, at least you have, you know, a spare pair of pants, boxers, shirt, and socks that you can change into.   27:16.561 --> 27:18.942 I mean, I always need that spare pair of boxers in my luggage.   27:20.063 --> 27:20.883 I figured you would.   27:24.064 --> 27:25.685 I got what I get pulled out for.   27:25.705 --> 27:32.889 I got I actually started setting off the the thingy on my last trip.   27:34.509 --> 27:37.991 And oh, I have a metal hair comb.   27:40.313 --> 27:56.332 that on you know in nashville didn't set it off but it totally set it off at this other airport and they were like you got to take it all the way out ma'am we have to make sure that's what it is i was like okay here yeah here's my non-sharp metal hair comb   27:58.050 --> 28:03.094 The TSA is not a group you want to play a F around with.   28:03.354 --> 28:03.734 Yeah.   28:04.114 --> 28:07.397 And I will drag you into a side room faster than you can blink.   28:07.457 --> 28:07.757 Yeah.   28:07.837 --> 28:11.920 I mean, whatever it's, it's, it is important to know that I, I travel a lot.   28:11.980 --> 28:14.501 So I work really hard not to have to get pulled aside.   28:15.062 --> 28:23.708 And in the last year, because I travel with my food now, mostly to stay on my eating plan, the food trips them up more than anything else.   28:25.629 --> 28:32.016 Like, if you have a summer sausage in your bag, you can guarantee that they're going to have to look at it and make sure it's not a liquid.   28:32.977 --> 28:33.938 Oh, yeah.   28:34.498 --> 28:38.362 I have problems with highly processed food.   28:38.843 --> 28:41.586 So a lot of the times I'll pack a protein powder with me.   28:42.407 --> 28:45.570 Every time I go through, they need to get someone to test that powder.   28:46.551 --> 28:47.132 Every time.   28:48.503 --> 28:50.325 The same goes for cheese starters.   28:50.805 --> 29:02.153 Like the cheese, I did a cheese making class and I had to go through and I, you know, like when you're teaching a class, you're not going to check under the plane, risking it getting lost the culture you need to teach the cheese class.   29:03.254 --> 29:08.698 So I had this little white packet of powder and they were like, what's that?   29:08.978 --> 29:13.162 And I was like, well, it's a mesophilic culture for making cheese.   29:14.383 --> 29:14.843 Duh.   29:16.363 --> 29:19.067 And they were like, yeah, we can have to get someone to do this.   29:19.448 --> 29:22.032 We need to make sure that's not cocaine, ma'am.   29:22.072 --> 29:22.773 I'm like, really?   29:24.943 --> 29:26.364 Do I look like I'm on cocaine?   29:26.384 --> 29:27.245 But I guess whatever.   29:27.545 --> 29:28.986 Maybe I do look like I'm on cocaine.   29:29.006 --> 29:30.648 I do drink a good amount of coffee.   29:33.030 --> 29:33.650 You and me both.   29:35.432 --> 29:36.693 I love me some good coffee.   29:37.754 --> 29:40.516 So let's go back to situational awareness now.   29:40.556 --> 29:45.160 Let's say I know I need to fly to Texas in May for Exit and Build Lamb Summit.   29:45.220 --> 29:49.623 And I'm going to go from Nashville to Austin.   29:50.524 --> 29:57.527 And then I'm going to like grab an Uber to wherever I'm staying for the exit and build land summit in Bastrop.   29:58.368 --> 30:09.212 How do I figure out from a just geopolitical slash whatever's going on standpoint, what I need to be aware of there?   30:09.372 --> 30:19.697 And it's sort of like, I guess the background for this question is when I flew from California home for Christmas or home here after Christmas, I got a text from my dad saying, did you make it home?   30:21.092 --> 30:21.852 And I was like, yeah.   30:21.932 --> 30:26.294 He's like, well, there were protests that shut down the airport in LAX.   30:26.334 --> 30:28.134 And I was like, well, I didn't fly out of LAX.   30:28.214 --> 30:29.815 So because I just try not to.   30:31.495 --> 30:40.558 But I know I've been in one other incident where protests and riots kind of broke out at the hotel I was in in Ferguson.   30:41.741 --> 30:49.927 Which I totally, by doing a little bit of situational analysis, could have avoided that one by just knowing what was going on in the world.   30:49.967 --> 30:54.211 So like, are there steps you recommend people take or how do we prepare ourselves for that?   30:56.212 --> 31:00.356 Depending on where you're going in the world, as you know, most places have patterns.   31:01.056 --> 31:02.077 It's something to look into.   31:02.557 --> 31:06.921 Like last time I checked, France rioted around the same time every year.   31:07.878 --> 31:09.159 Don't go to France during that time.   31:10.300 --> 31:13.143 If you get invited to stay at a place, do a little bit of Googling.   31:13.663 --> 31:18.507 This may sound basic, but look at house prices around there.   31:18.688 --> 31:25.834 If you're seeing a giant four-bedroom house that's 2,000 square feet and it's only valued at $40,000, not a good neighborhood.   31:26.615 --> 31:27.375 Not a good neighborhood.   31:29.827 --> 31:31.408 Be aware of that before going in.   31:32.248 --> 31:34.009 And most of all, listen to your gut.   31:34.409 --> 31:38.110 If your gut says, uh-oh, bad things, bad things, don't go.   31:38.130 --> 31:42.352 It doesn't matter if you're Sac-A-Meal or Navy SEAL.   31:42.912 --> 31:45.433 There are certain situations that you do not want a part of.   31:45.813 --> 31:47.894 And even if you win, you lose.   31:49.568 --> 31:59.485 and this is a tip for international travel a lot of places they have signs that say beware of pickpocket everyone does the same thing they touch their wallet when they see that sign   32:00.543 --> 32:02.083 Don't touch your wallet.   32:02.744 --> 32:04.864 If you're a woman, keep your purse zipped up.   32:05.224 --> 32:08.625 Keep it going around your body, not hanging off one shoulder.   32:09.046 --> 32:11.466 If you're a man, keep your wallet in your front pocket.   32:11.906 --> 32:13.567 No one goes for your front pocket.   32:13.887 --> 32:15.868 It is way too close to the family jewels.   32:16.288 --> 32:20.609 If someone sticks anything in my front pocket, I am aware that they are there.   32:22.349 --> 32:23.950 I got pickpocketed in Prague.   32:25.175 --> 32:32.182 And it was not a lot of money, but I always kept a little change purse in my bag.   32:32.963 --> 32:36.286 And somebody got it out of my bag and that was it.   32:36.366 --> 32:39.829 And I was like, well, I'm glad I don't keep, like I always wear one of the undershirt   32:41.673 --> 33:06.621 things when i have to travel with cash and that's where you know my important stuff was but i lost five bucks man so they had a good day so even when you know you could be pickpocketed and you think you're situationally aware you can still get pickpocketed and not know it absolutely if you're going into a high pickpocket area it is not a good idea to carry cash in your wallet   33:07.589 --> 33:35.989 or in your bag worst of all um another place people usually get swiped is falling asleep at the airport oh yeah yeah tell you how many people i've talked to said hey i fell asleep in the airport and my laptop's gone my wallet's gone my cell phone's gone i'm calling you from a random person's cell phone can you please help me yes we could but still shouldn't have been in that situation in the first place oh i know somebody whose laptop got swiped on the airplane   33:37.401 --> 33:38.421 That's kind of impressive.   33:38.601 --> 33:39.021 It was.   33:39.061 --> 33:40.362 They were in the airplane.   33:41.162 --> 33:44.742 They worked on their laptop, put it in the bag, and at some point got up to pee.   33:45.723 --> 33:52.684 Came back to their seat, didn't notice it until they walked off the plane and were going to sit down and do something, and their laptop had been taken out of their bag.   33:53.324 --> 33:55.544 Presumably by the person sitting next to them.   33:56.705 --> 34:00.865 They were able to report it and catch the person before they got to the next flight.   34:01.225 --> 34:04.006 So they got their computer back, but...   34:05.319 --> 34:13.866 Like some people are very brazen about stuff, which is kind of interesting because now I'm making everybody paranoid about being around people all the time and their stuff getting stolen.   34:13.906 --> 34:16.188 But the other thing is when you travel.   34:18.550 --> 34:20.771 Do your best not to bring stuff that can't get stolen.   34:20.811 --> 34:22.513 That's that's something I've always thought like.   34:23.900 --> 34:28.024 If this gets stolen, it's going to be a bummer, especially if they can crack my password.   34:28.064 --> 34:32.648 But if they can't crack my password, what happens is this gets reset, right?   34:33.749 --> 34:36.171 And gets resold somewhere in theory.   34:37.912 --> 34:43.917 Everything that's on this, I can restore to another one of these in about 10 minutes right now.   34:45.699 --> 34:49.202 My laptop, it would actually really hurt if that got stolen right now.   34:51.331 --> 34:54.797 So that's where I'm like, oh, that's my weak spot.   34:54.817 --> 34:56.519 Because that's usually like this.   34:56.599 --> 34:57.721 It usually can be restored.   34:57.761 --> 35:03.891 But right now there are some decisions I made about the laptop that need to be unmade if it's going to travel with me.   35:05.683 --> 35:07.705 And some things like that you can't get around.   35:08.265 --> 35:11.528 I mean, I need to bring my laptop if I'm traveling, period.   35:11.588 --> 35:12.088 End of story.   35:12.108 --> 35:12.869 It has stuff on it.   35:13.309 --> 35:14.470 I mean, like you said, my phone.   35:15.251 --> 35:18.954 I can, you know, back up everything and get it all on my new phone in 10 minutes.   35:19.534 --> 35:23.558 Also, I have a nifty app that allows me to track this, take pictures, and listen to what you're saying.   35:24.398 --> 35:27.601 So, yes, I stand good odds of getting my phone back.   35:27.701 --> 35:30.183 But if it gets lost, eh, whatever.   35:30.523 --> 35:33.085 I can literally pick up a burner at Walmart and is it great?   35:33.345 --> 35:33.546 Nope.   35:33.926 --> 35:34.747 Will it do what I need?   35:34.987 --> 35:35.147 Yep.   35:35.492 --> 35:36.192 Will it get me through it?   35:36.552 --> 35:36.752 Yep.   35:38.573 --> 35:45.434 Another thing people can do is take photocopies of your identification and any cards you have with you and put them in your safe at home.   35:46.634 --> 35:56.896 And then if you're out and about and your passport gets stolen, at least you have the information you need to start the ball rolling to get some sort of identification.   35:57.816 --> 35:59.996 That brings me up to another travel tip.   36:01.016 --> 36:03.857 Take copies of your ID and email them to a friend.   36:04.757 --> 36:04.997 Oh, yeah.   36:05.768 --> 36:09.451 We keep copies of frequent travelers ID on hand.   36:09.871 --> 36:14.595 And if you lose your driver's license, your odds of checking into that hotel go way down.   36:16.197 --> 36:21.641 If we send them a picture of your driver's license, about 50 to 60% of the time, they'll take that.   36:22.422 --> 36:25.104 And they'll go, okay, you lost your driver's license.   36:25.144 --> 36:25.645 Totally get it.   36:26.305 --> 36:27.386 We'll work with you on this.   36:27.807 --> 36:29.508 Hopefully your card was already on file.   36:30.390 --> 36:30.650 Yeah.   36:31.251 --> 36:35.354 Well, and if you if you store things in more than one place in that situation.   36:35.374 --> 36:39.517 And this is because I've done months of travel with a backpack.   36:41.078 --> 36:44.060 If you don't have all of your identification with you.   36:44.360 --> 36:45.922 So if you have some at home, that's real.   36:46.846 --> 36:48.408 that can be overnighted to you.   36:49.148 --> 36:56.576 If you have a passport and a driver's license in two different places, if one gets stolen or lost, you probably have the other one.   36:56.596 --> 37:02.062 If you have them all in a nice, neat little container with your credit cards, you just lost everything at once.   37:03.163 --> 37:10.090 So I usually would have two different credit cards, separate places, two different IDs, separate places and cash separate places.   37:11.593 --> 37:11.773 Yep.   37:12.153 --> 37:14.555 And sometimes you lose your social security card too.   37:15.935 --> 37:17.336 I do not walk around with that thing.   37:17.736 --> 37:18.597 Me neither.   37:20.218 --> 37:22.099 No, don't walk around with your social security card.   37:23.139 --> 37:27.742 Like some of our frequently travel clients, what they do is they keep an Amex on file with us.   37:28.262 --> 37:28.522 Yeah.   37:28.682 --> 37:30.963 So that way, like, and they just leave their Amex at home.   37:31.443 --> 37:38.067 So no matter what happens, oh crap, I got here and the border patrol literally stole my wallet.   37:38.367 --> 37:39.728 They do that depending on where you go.   37:40.859 --> 37:46.142 Okay, we got you, call up, get you this, get you this, get you that, charge it all, you're set.   37:47.042 --> 37:55.206 What could have been a major, you know, hiccup now just became a slight little bump in the road and you can go on with your trip in relative ease.   37:56.907 --> 38:01.369 So with your concierge service, if I lose my ID, like how do you help me out?   38:02.790 --> 38:07.332 We'll email you a copy of your ID that we got previously from you because you told us that you travel.   38:08.052 --> 38:12.975 We'd also get a general indication of the sizes and type of clothes you like to wear, long or shoe sizes.   38:13.956 --> 38:16.498 Know what type of phone you have, whether it's an iPhone or Android.   38:16.558 --> 38:18.879 So that way we can send you an appropriate charging cord.   38:20.941 --> 38:23.082 Do you ever like shoot out phones to people?   38:24.083 --> 38:24.243 Yep.   38:24.623 --> 38:26.405 We had one guy who called us.   38:26.745 --> 38:28.866 I remember this one because it was from the Washington airport.   38:29.687 --> 38:31.528 And he's like, hey, can you help me?   38:31.988 --> 38:33.149 Everything just got stolen.   38:33.569 --> 38:34.810 I'm like, okay, you got your phone?   38:35.010 --> 38:37.092 No, I'm calling you from some random stranger's phone.   38:37.771 --> 38:39.032 Okay, what's around you?   38:39.052 --> 38:40.072 I'm at the Washington Airport.   38:40.132 --> 38:40.513 No, no, no.   38:40.613 --> 38:41.913 What is actually around you?   38:42.254 --> 38:43.114 There's the five guys.   38:43.514 --> 38:43.854 Cool.   38:43.894 --> 38:44.555 You like burgers?   38:44.655 --> 38:44.855 Yep.   38:45.175 --> 38:47.697 We're going to order you a burger, fry, and a drink.   38:48.437 --> 38:49.037 Go over there.   38:49.157 --> 38:49.417 Get it.   38:49.578 --> 38:50.058 Sit down.   38:50.478 --> 38:51.058 Relax.   38:52.259 --> 38:57.102 And we had someone deliver him a cell phone, a $500 Visa gift card.   38:57.522 --> 39:01.864 We emailed a copy of his ID to the hotel and had an Uber pick him up and take him there.   39:03.445 --> 39:04.646 I bet he was happy about that.   39:05.529 --> 39:07.651 He was, he upgraded it next time he got home.   39:10.493 --> 39:11.714 So how does that get paid for?   39:11.774 --> 39:19.580 It's like, okay, so this $500 gift card, is that you pay in addition to it and the subscription that you're paying is like for the service or how does that work?   39:20.561 --> 39:24.664 In his case, the $500 gift card was wrapped up in his subscription fee.   39:25.644 --> 39:25.885 Okay.   39:26.482 --> 39:29.024 So that was just part of part of the service.   39:29.824 --> 39:39.651 On the financial side, does that work because you have multiple people you're working with and it leverages together or do you buy insurance policies on top of that to cover costs?   39:39.671 --> 39:45.815 So we refer to it as flex funds per account and your flex funds can be used for anything.   39:46.556 --> 39:48.117 I need a $500 gift card.   39:48.218 --> 39:48.478 Okay.   39:48.618 --> 39:49.259 I need a phone.   39:49.419 --> 39:49.760 Okay.   39:50.280 --> 39:56.488 I need Uber Eats delivered to me for a week straight because my kid just got into a motorcycle accident and I'm not leaving his side.   39:56.808 --> 39:57.169 Gotcha.   39:58.671 --> 39:58.911 Okay.   39:59.031 --> 40:03.577 So you pay, I noticed on your site, it's like $50 a year up to $1,200 a year.   40:06.105 --> 40:06.866 Yep.   40:06.966 --> 40:08.768 Are you adding flex funds on top of that?   40:09.048 --> 40:10.850 Or is that part of that?   40:10.870 --> 40:13.932 Flex funds are wrapped up into the subscription fee.   40:15.033 --> 40:17.395 Some guy, he travels in and out of Canada a lot.   40:17.435 --> 40:20.398 He cannot stop mouthing off to the border patrol.   40:20.858 --> 40:24.021 So they take his cell phone every single time.   40:24.702 --> 40:28.305 So every time he gets out, he's like, hey, can I get another cell phone?   40:28.665 --> 40:29.005 Yep.   40:30.587 --> 40:32.749 He should just not have a cell phone in Canada.   40:34.338 --> 40:39.359 You know, he actually tried just deleting everything off it so they wouldn't have anything to hold them for.   40:39.679 --> 40:40.459 And they held them for that.   40:41.419 --> 40:42.839 Wait, why'd you delete everything off this?   40:43.560 --> 40:44.120 What are you hiding?   40:44.900 --> 40:47.900 Because at the border, you're required to open your cell phone.   40:48.720 --> 40:49.161 Really?   40:50.221 --> 40:50.421 Yeah.   40:50.741 --> 40:51.281 You didn't know that?   40:51.901 --> 40:59.562 No, because I don't know that I've gone to Canada with a cell phone since before flip phones went out of fashion.   41:00.142 --> 41:03.083 When you come back, they will tell you to open up your cell phone.   41:04.568 --> 41:05.509 What are they looking for?   41:05.529 --> 41:10.853 Nefarious text messages?   41:11.494 --> 41:11.814 Yes.   41:12.254 --> 41:14.396 Proof of nefarious acts, stuff like that.   41:15.177 --> 41:17.659 It's one of those, what I believe is government overreach.   41:18.019 --> 41:19.000 That is awful.   41:19.941 --> 41:20.261 Isn't it?   41:20.281 --> 41:23.924 Is that going into Canada or coming back to the U.S.?   41:24.164 --> 41:24.825 Coming back.   41:25.305 --> 41:25.605 Okay.   41:26.406 --> 41:26.986 So it's the U.S.   41:27.027 --> 41:27.707 government doing that?   41:28.688 --> 41:28.788 Yep.   41:29.468 --> 41:31.170 Well, at least he always gets held up coming back.   41:31.250 --> 41:31.610 So, yes.   41:31.950 --> 41:32.371 It must be.   41:32.391 --> 41:33.071 Yeah, those are U.S.   41:33.151 --> 41:34.893 agents asking to see yourself.   41:35.173 --> 41:41.899 Yeah, so I have traveled with smartphones to Europe and back and not had that.   41:41.959 --> 41:43.741 I don't know why Canada would be different.   41:46.523 --> 41:48.805 They're more worried about it because we're their neighbors.   41:48.886 --> 41:49.706 I don't know what to tell you.   41:49.726 --> 41:52.669 I mean, but it's our agents on your way back in, not their agents.   41:53.370 --> 41:53.710 Correct.   41:54.010 --> 41:54.771 And heck, screw you.   41:56.752 --> 41:57.573 just gave up my rights.   41:57.673 --> 41:57.773 Okay.   41:57.793 --> 41:58.493 We have a question.   41:58.513 --> 42:03.276 Do they, do you help people with alternative travel arrangements?   42:03.336 --> 42:06.498 Example in July, I took a train from Hungary to Romania.   42:07.079 --> 42:14.484 There was a train wreck and one train for eight hours became a five plus a bus for 22 hours.   42:14.584 --> 42:20.928 So basically in that situation, do you help them find a better way to get somewhere when, when stuff goes wrong or.   42:21.792 --> 42:24.073 Yes, that is one of the reasons we are here.   42:24.193 --> 42:30.395 We have done everything from getting you a ride service because they have different ride services depending on where you go.   42:30.955 --> 42:33.316 And we also partner with various travel agencies.   42:34.696 --> 42:34.936 Okay.   42:35.116 --> 42:39.598 I mean, generally speaking, if you book through a travel agency and something happens, they got you.   42:40.138 --> 42:41.939 They will help you work around that.   42:42.299 --> 42:43.939 Will they answer the phone 24 hours?   42:44.120 --> 42:44.820 Usually not.   42:45.520 --> 42:48.441 But when they do pick up the phone, they will help you.   42:49.764 --> 42:53.867 we had a client who his flight got canceled and he's like, I don't know what to do.   42:53.887 --> 42:54.888 I just need a ride home.   42:55.308 --> 42:56.269 I just need a ride home.   42:56.329 --> 42:57.170 I just need a ride home.   42:57.190 --> 42:58.351 I'm like, relax, relax.   42:58.871 --> 42:59.852 Ended up calling everyone.   43:00.252 --> 43:01.353 No one had a ride for him.   43:01.413 --> 43:05.336 The only thing was like one taxi service and it was going to cost a small fortune.   43:05.856 --> 43:08.819 Well, it turns out it was off season for limo services.   43:09.659 --> 43:12.962 So they were offering rides like dirt cheap.   43:13.302 --> 43:15.163 So we got this guy to stretch the limo.   43:17.265 --> 43:18.386 That's actually hilarious.   43:19.761 --> 43:20.602 Screw the taxis.   43:20.662 --> 43:21.542 I'm taking a limo.   43:22.883 --> 43:24.244 If it's cheaper, why not?   43:26.045 --> 43:31.449 Well, what basic overview advice would you give anybody who's looking to travel in 2024?   43:32.129 --> 43:33.690 Just like around the U.S.   43:37.172 --> 43:41.375 Number one piece of advice is know where you're going and know the local culture.   43:42.656 --> 43:45.398 I mean, I know that seems simple, but it's...   43:46.428 --> 43:47.990 Really not.   43:49.431 --> 43:51.333 Example, you go to Hawaii.   43:51.914 --> 43:53.115 They don't like to be rushed there.   43:53.716 --> 43:54.197 Period.   43:54.677 --> 43:55.578 End of story.   43:56.699 --> 43:59.762 I once lived there for over two years and I never once heard a car horn.   44:00.704 --> 44:05.288 Versus you go to Boston and it's, hi, welcome to Boston.   44:05.889 --> 44:07.431 I mean, it's just the way it is.   44:07.451 --> 44:08.432 Same thing with New York.   44:10.816 --> 44:14.580 Verse over there, you'll never hear a horn when the emergency vehicles come down.   44:14.921 --> 44:15.942 Everyone just pulls over.   44:15.962 --> 44:17.463 It doesn't matter what side of the road you're on.   44:17.964 --> 44:19.045 They don't like to be hurried.   44:19.085 --> 44:20.647 Your meal's coming out slow.   44:21.828 --> 44:24.351 And if you're a tourist, they're going to refer to you as a Howley.   44:24.371 --> 44:27.674 They will be very polite to you because you are bringing them a large amount of money.   44:27.694 --> 44:29.837 However, you are not one of them.   44:29.897 --> 44:30.838 Do not confuse it.   44:32.372 --> 44:41.359 Go down south, people tend to be a bit more on the polite side when it comes to customer service and a bit more rude in their personal lives.   44:42.099 --> 44:45.662 It's a weird formula, but is what it is.   44:46.422 --> 44:55.849 You go to New York, Boston, California, people talk fast, people drive fast, and you might as well get used to hearing the sounds of horns with red lights because that is your life.   44:57.470 --> 45:01.373 I'll tell you what, I live in the south and I flew home to Portland, Oregon.   45:02.227 --> 45:06.831 Well, it's not home anymore, but at the time, and I'd been here for years.   45:07.111 --> 45:13.036 And what happens in the checkout line here is you talk to people you don't know and nobody thinks it's weird.   45:14.918 --> 45:20.063 So I'm at the airport and we're going down the escalator and it's like kind of backed up.   45:20.123 --> 45:26.128 And I say something to the people in front of me and they're like, like, I'm going to ask them for money.   45:28.337 --> 45:29.638 Why did you talk to me?   45:29.698 --> 45:32.079 Northwest, you don't talk to strangers, apparently.   45:32.099 --> 45:40.545 And it seemed very unfriendly to me because I had apparently acclimated to polite conversation here out and about.   45:41.445 --> 45:42.146 Exactly.   45:42.166 --> 45:45.688 And I thought, man, I'm from here and you guys are rude.   45:47.819 --> 45:52.643 Or you go to New York and you try that, people are going to be reaching behind their back or backing up slowly.   45:53.023 --> 45:54.545 Because, oh, they're going to rob me?   45:55.065 --> 45:56.967 I talk to people in New York all the time.   45:57.007 --> 45:59.288 And what I learned is usually I'm asking directions.   46:00.650 --> 46:02.951 Like, is it that way to this street or that way?   46:02.972 --> 46:06.795 Because they all pop up out of the ground like a freaking prairie dog.   46:06.815 --> 46:07.856 And I'm like, I don't know where I am.   46:07.876 --> 46:10.298 And they'll be like, it's Fifth Avenue that way.   46:10.418 --> 46:15.121 And as long as you're walking the direction they are, they usually be like, yeah, that way.   46:15.998 --> 46:18.841 But if you try to stop somebody and ask them, they'd be like, screw off.   46:19.682 --> 46:22.104 So that was my hack in New York.   46:23.646 --> 46:27.770 New York, New York, and like Pine Bush, New York, very different cultures.   46:27.810 --> 46:30.573 You think that you just crossed six borders in a time zone.   46:31.293 --> 46:32.535 That is how different they are.   46:33.813 --> 46:35.394 Pine Bush, New York is out in the country.   46:35.454 --> 46:37.395 Last time I checked, it was a UFO hotspot.   46:37.895 --> 46:40.176 People went out there, watched little lights dance in the sky.   46:41.116 --> 46:42.657 Everyone's all friendly, whatever.   46:43.117 --> 46:45.938 You go to New York, New York at like two in the morning, you step outside.   46:46.619 --> 46:47.679 Very different environment.   46:48.420 --> 46:50.821 Yeah, I don't I haven't really been to rural New York much.   46:51.501 --> 46:56.443 I had an uncle who lived in Manhattan, so he used to always go there and visit him.   46:56.503 --> 46:58.344 But I don't know if he's still there or not.   46:58.624 --> 46:58.964 Anyway.   46:59.324 --> 47:02.746 OK, well, if people want to learn more about your service, like how do they do that?   47:04.281 --> 47:07.422 Go to r3-kon.com.   47:07.862 --> 47:19.767 Also, we are starting up a YouTube channel, giving various sorts of advice, like how to avoid bed bugs, especially if you have a job that requires you to travel and puts you up in cheap hotel rooms.   47:21.108 --> 47:21.468 All right.   47:21.668 --> 47:22.529 Any last words?   47:25.710 --> 47:26.370 Arrivederci.   47:27.290 --> 47:27.611 All right.   47:27.651 --> 47:28.771 Well, thanks for being on today.   47:28.891 --> 47:31.932 Thanks for having me, Nicole.   47:32.232 --> 47:33.253 It was a great

Gaia's Garden by Toby HemenwayPermaculture City by Toby HemenwayToby Hemenway born April 23, 1952In grade school, he loved reading and writing, would entertain his fellow students with a series of short stories about the adventures of a boy genius, according to his sister, Ann“He studied a lot and read on his own,” she said of his early days growing up in the Detroit and Chicago areas where his father was in marketing and sales for General Electric and auto companies.“He was a busy kid, a brilliant, busy child, always doing science experiments. Things were blowing up in the basement a lot,” she said.After obtaining a degree in biology from Tufts University, Toby worked for many years as a researcher in genetics and immunology, first in academic laboratories including Harvard and the University of Washington in Seattle, and then at Immunex, a major medical biotech company. At about the time he was growing dissatisfied with the direction biotechnology was taking, he discovered permaculture, a design approach based on ecological principles that creates sustainable landscapes, homes, and workplaces. A career change followed, and Toby and his wife, Kiel, spent ten years creating a rural permaculture site in southern Oregon. He was the editor of Permaculture Activist, a journal of ecological design and sustainable culture, from 1999 to 2004. He moved to Portland, Oregon in 2004, and spent six years developing urban sustainability resources there. He served as an adjunct professor at Portland State University, Scholar-in-Residence at Pacific University, and field director at the Permaculture Institute (USA).In 2009, he published his first book “Gaia's Garden: a guide to home scale permaculture” still the best selling book on ecological gardeningFrom Permies.com,Paul reviews the third [permaculture] ethic with Toby Hemengway [return of surplus]. Toby finds it ironic that people are quick to tell him he should be giving away his book as surplus. Toby goes through some history on how he got his first workshop paid for. When people come to Toby looking for a break on a price he gets upset when people are able bodied and intelligent. Asking for a subsidy should be a last resort.Paul explains that some people are taking advantage of the third ethic and surplus. People do not have the right to come in and tell you what you have in surplus and how you should give things away. Paul and Toby discuss the difference between a gift economy and a theft economy. Toby explains how an ethic works and how it is meant to serve the community. Ethics are not meant to serve a person.An interview by Chelsea Green, publisher of Toby Hemenway's new book The Permaculture City, published in 2015, provides a new way of thinking about urban living, with practical examples for creating abundant food, energy security, close-knit communities, local and meaningful livelihoods, and sustainable policies in our cities and towns.CG: You started off in Seattle, moved to rural Oregon, and then to Portland, and you now live in the Bay Area. How did this follow your own evolution in terms of using permaculture design principles to guide your own daily life and choosing where to live – rural versus urban?TH: I met my wife in Seattle in 1990 when I was working in biotech and she was at Microsoft. We both soon realized that our lives, stressful and busy, had strayed far from giving us what we desired in life. I had just discovered permaculture, and at that time, it was being applied mainly on large, rural properties. So we bailed on city life and moved to ten acres in southern Oregon. In retrospect, being such a newbie to permaculture, the move was a hasty decision that wasn't well grounded in permaculture principles: our property didn't have good water or soil, for example. But I believed firmly that by using permaculture design, I could make up for that. And we did, to a large extent. So it was a trial by fire and I made a lot of mistakes. One thing I learned, very much the hard way, was that each time I violated a permaculture principle, it didn't work out well. Because we had a lot of land, I planted far more fruit trees than I needed—I didn't do a good assessment of my needs, I just wanted it all—and put them far from the house. So I wasn't following the principles of start small and start at your doorstep. And once all my other systems started producing, those trees got neglected and suffered. I also was trying to run a large homestead by myself, not following the principle of “each function should be supported in multiple ways.” And the land itself didn't really want to be a food forest; the soil and microclimate were much more suited to being conifer forest. Thus I wasn't working with nature but against it. In spite of all those mistakes, the land became very productive and diverse, and we accomplished a lot—pretty much everything we had gone there to do. That's when we realized we were driving everywhere and burning tons of fuel and other resources to sustain this supposedly sustainable lifestyle, and we were lonely. So we moved to Portland and were amazed at how much our resource consumption shrank. I was still able to grow a huge amount of food in a 6000-square foot yard, but we didn't need to drive long distances to have a social or cultural life. That brought us back in tune with the principle of relative location: placing the things you use the most near where you spend your time. Thus I really learned the power of permaculture's principles by breaking most of them and being taught by that why they were worth following.Sadly, tragedy struck Toby and his family in 2015. In the fall of that year, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. After undergoing chemotherapy, he was nevertheless told that his cancer had spread from his pancreas to his liver. While Toby had begun his second round of chemo in October, he developed septic shock. Septic shock occurs when an immune system weakened by cancer allows for a widespread infection in the blood, as well as dangerously low blood pressure. Since, additional scans show the cancer continued to spread.Toby passed away December 20th, 2016 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.However, there are many recorded presentations and podcasts of Toby so that his teachings will continue to inspire the next generation of those working to restore and repair the land we live with.FarmHopLife websiteFarmHopLife #20x23projectFarmHopLife LinktreeSource 1, Source 2, Source 3, Source 4, Source 5Image credit: permacultureacademy.com

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

On this episode, we're gettin' down and dirty with sheet mulch. Sheet mulching is a no-till, no-dig gardening practice of removing unwanted vegetation and building fertile soil by layering organic matter and letting it compost in place. While the layers suppress weeds by blocking sunlight, subterranean soil biology goes to work to break down the layers into new soil. The beauty of this simple practice is that you can do it at any time of year with materials you have on hand (like cardboard, shredded paper, and leaves) or can source for free from local sources (arborist wood chips, coffee grounds, and spent mushroom substrate). We discuss the reasons for sheet mulching, when and how to do it, and what to use. Then we dive into the corrugated controversy around cardboard and ponder the role of science in gardening.  Mentioned in this episode: “Pocket Prairies with John Hart Asher” (Horticulturati podcast episode, 2022); JHA pocket prairies ep of Horticulturati; Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture by Toby Hemenway (2001); “Fungal Vision with Daniel Reyes” (Hothouse podcast episode, 2018); Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets (2005); Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web by Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis (2006); “Mulches: The Good, The Bad, and the Really, Really Ugly” by Dr. Linda Chalker Scott (presentation to the Clackamas County Master Gardeners, 2019); “The Cardboard Controversy” by Chalker-Scott (Garden Professors blog, 2015); “Permaculture - More Concerns” by Chalker-Scott (Garden Professors blog, 2010). Join us on Patreon for bonus episodes! Email us info@horticulturati.com 

On this episode, we're gettin' down and dirty with sheet mulch. Sheet mulching is a no-till, no-dig gardening practice of removing unwanted vegetation and building fertile soil by layering organic matter and letting it compost in place. While the layers suppress weeds by blocking sunlight, subterranean soil biology goes to work to break down the layers into new soil. The beauty of this simple practice is that you can do it at any time of year with materials you have on hand (like cardboard, shredded paper, and leaves) or can source for free from local sources (arborist wood chips, coffee grounds, and spent mushroom substrate). We discuss the reasons for sheet mulching, when and how to do it, and what to use. Then we dive into the corrugated controversy around cardboard and ponder the role of science in gardening.  Mentioned in this episode: “Pocket Prairies with John Hart Asher” (Horticulturati podcast episode, 2022); JHA pocket prairies ep of Horticulturati; Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture by Toby Hemenway (2001); “Fungal Vision with Daniel Reyes” (Hothouse podcast episode, 2018); Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets (2005); Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web by Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis (2006); “Mulches: The Good, The Bad, and the Really, Really Ugly” by Dr. Linda Chalker Scott (presentation to the Clackamas County Master Gardeners, 2019); “The Cardboard Controversy” by Chalker-Scott (Garden Professors blog, 2015); “Permaculture - More Concerns” by Chalker-Scott (Garden Professors blog, 2010). Join The Horticulturati on Patreon for bonus episodes! Email us info@horticulturati.com 

J talks with community gardener, student and permaculture teacher, Delvin Solkinson; he runs the Visionary Permaculture Program at COSM. Completing a PDC, Diploma and Masters Degree with Bill Mollison, Delvin has spent the past two decades traveling the world completing a myriad of advanced courses and teacher trainings with Permaculture pioneers like David Holmgren, Geoff Lawton, Toby Hemenway, and Rosemary Morrow just to name a few. • They talk about everything from how applying the principles and ethics of Permaculture and design can upgrade our life, to moving towards a future of regenerative resources of caring for our ecosystem, collaborative work that transcends space and time, and more. • You can find Delvin at https://www.visionarypermaculture.com/ (https://www.visionarypermaculture.com) as well as on IG at https://instagram.com/visionary_permaculture (https://instagram.com/visionary_permaculture) • Get Delvin's book directly: https://www.etsy.com/listing/996082169/permaculture-design-notes-2021 (https://www.etsy.com/listing/996082169/permaculture-design-notes-2021) and pre-order the 230-card Permaculture Design Deck: https://www.permaculturedesign.earth/designdeck (https://www.permaculturedesign.earth/designdeck) • And be sure to find us: https://linktr.ee/itd.jcosta (https://linktr.ee/itd.jcosta) Delvin's Movie Recommendations: 'Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective' - Costa Boutsikaris // 'The Need to Grow' - Larry Santoyo // 'Permaculture' - Geoff Lawton // 'The Growing Edge' - Starhawk & Donna Read // 'Fantastic Fungi' - Paul Stamets

Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today's episode was originally, Episode-1556- Toby Hemenway on Liberation Permaculture and originally aired on April. 14th, 2015. The following are the original show notes from that … Continue reading →

In a world first for this project, this episode shares one of last year's sessions with the Making Permaculture Stronger Developmental Community. Huge thanks to Han Kortekaas, Ronella Gomez, Nicholas Franz, Zola Rose, Barry Gibson, Jon Buttery, Arthur Buitelaar, Dan Milne, Byron Birss & Joel Mortimer for co-creating this with me and for their gracious permission to share here. Here are some of us during a more recent session. Learn more about the Making Permaculture Stronger Developmental Community here. Below is the section on systems thinking in the book Practical Permaculture by Jessi Bloom & Dave Boehnlein (p. 18) that is mentioned during this episode. This section is viewable as a free preview at google books. Similarly, you can also check out page 20 of Toby Hemenway's The Permaculture City here if you like. From Practical Permaculture by Jessi Bloom & Dave Boehnlein

In the heat of the dog days of summer, Cultivating Place celebrates the farms and gardens striving to not draw down resources but to contribute resources back into the world's flow of energy: fro providing shade, food, and retreat, these kinds of gardens are also replenishing rather than drawing down or polluting groundwater, they are sequestering carbon rather than spewing it, they are growing soil and mending the torn fabric of habitat corridors one urban, suburban, and rural home garden at a time. Many gardeners will remember with delight reading Gaia's Garden by author and activist Toby Hemenway, originally published in 2001. Toby passed in Sebastapol, CA in 2016, but not before he lit a spark and passed a metaphoric mantle to today's guest, Matthew Trumm. Matthew went on to learn under Dr. Elaine Ingham, among other mentors and has for years been learning from the wisdom of the land itself – first near rural Berry Creek, California before the #CampFire in 2018, and for the last handful or years also on an urban lot in Oroville, CA. I was introduced to Matthew by CP producer Matt Fidler, who mentioned over Zoom one day in lockdown: "you have to see this guy's backyard – it's amazing!" And so today, Matt Fidler and I take you on an actual field trip to the energetic, permaculture-regenerative-urban agriculture-food forestry-and indigenous-land-stewardship informed back yard paradise Matthew Trumm tends and grows with. He is a teacher, designer, activist, and a Gardener with a capital G. Over the course of our conversation and tour, we begin in Matthew's house, head out to the garden itself and end up with our heads and hearts in the stars of all that is possible through our garden relationships. Enjoy! Cultivating Place now has a donate button! We thank you so much for listening over the years and we hope you'll support Cultivating Place. We can't thank you enough for making it possible for this young program to grow even more of these types of conversations. The show is available as a podcast on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Podcast, and Stitcher. To read more and for many more photos please visit www.cultivatingplace.com.

Today we celebrate the man who introduced Europe to the Piggyback Plant - it’s now a popular houseplant. We'll also learn about the man who was an early evangelist for gardening and working with Mother Nature. We hear an excerpt from a book by a celebrated plantsman as he discusses a beloved snow gum tree. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a joyful book about permaculture. And then we’ll wrap things up with the colorful story about the Indiana State Flower and how the Zinnia lost to the Peony.   Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart To listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to “Play the latest episode of The Daily Gardener Podcast.” And she will. It's just that easy.   The Daily Gardener Friday Newsletter Sign up for the FREE Friday Newsletter featuring: A personal update from me Garden-related items for your calendar The Grow That Garden Library™ featured books for the week Gardener gift ideas Garden-inspired recipes Exclusive updates regarding the show Plus, each week, one lucky subscriber wins a book from the Grow That Garden Library™ bookshelf.   Gardener Greetings Send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes, and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org   Curated News Designing a Pollinator Habitat: Four Things to Consider | Story | The Xerces Society Facebook Group If you'd like to check out my curated news articles and original blog posts for yourself, you're in luck. I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. So, there’s no need to take notes or search for links. The next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community, where you’d search for a friend... and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.   Important Events March 15, 1754 Today is the birthday of the Scottish surgeon, botanist, and naturalist Archibald Menzies. Now there's a famous story about Archibald that goes something like this: One time, Joseph Banks sent Archibald on an expedition. At some point, Joseph ended up dining with the leadership of the country of Chile. Archibald was served nuts from the Chilean Pine Tree during the meal, and these nuts were featured as part of an elaborate dessert for this grand meal that Archibald enjoyed. As Archibald is sitting there, he begins to eat some of these nuts. But then, his inner-botanist took over, and Archibald realized that the nuts were actually large seeds. And so, Archibald does what any good botanist would do: he tucks five of the nuts in his pocket. And then, on his way back to England, Archibald planted the five seeds and started growing the Chilean Pine Tree right there on the ship. And guess what? He ended up growing them successfully. Now, once these trees started growing in England, they became known by a new common name when people started calling them the Monkey Puzzle Tree - because someone remarked that even a monkey would not be able to climb the Chilean Pine Tree. And as a result of this, Archibald became known as the Monkey Puzzle Man. Now today, sadly, Monkey Puzzle Trees are considered endangered. But like Archibald, gardeners still attempt to grow these curious trees from seed, and if you're fortunate, you can find those seeds online. Now another plant that Archibald discovered is the Piggyback Plant. Today, this is a popular houseplant, and its botanical name is Tolmiea menziesii in honor of Archibald Menzies. You may be wondering how it got the common name, the Piggyback Plant, which I think is an adorable name that is inspired by the way this plant grows. It turns out that Piggyback Plants develop buds at the base of each leaf where it meets the stalk. Then the new plants basically piggyback off the parent leaf, which forces the stem to bend down to the ground under the weight of that new plant, and the new baby Piggyback Plant can take off from there. Now because of its growing habit, Piggyback Plants are perfect for hanging baskets. And they really do make excellent houseplants because they like indirect light and partial shade. Online, I noticed that the Piggyback Plant is compared to the Strawberry Begonia because they both have attractive foliage, and they are super easy to propagate - which makes them a double win in my book. Anyway, happy heavenly birthday to Archibald Menzies - and thank you for the Monkey Puzzle Tree and the Piggyback Plant.   March 15, 1858  Today is the birthday of the American horticulturist and botanist who co-founded the American Society for Horticultural Science, Liberty, Hyde Bailey, who was born on this day, March 15th in 1858.   We owe a huge debt of gratitude to Liberty Hyde Bailey. He is responsible for starting so many things, including the 4-H movement, the nature study movement, parcel post, and even making sure that electricity got into rural parts of America. He truly was a pioneer. Looking back, it's actually rather staggering to reflect on Liberty Hyde Bailey’s work.  Luckily for us, we’re able to get a clear picture of his activity because he was such an excellent writer. Liberty had some tremendous mentors in his life. First, he served as a research assistant to the great Asa Gray at Harvard in his herbarium, and he worked with Asa for over two years. Between being at Harvard and regularly working with Asa, he got the finest horticultural education and experience that a person could get in the late 1800s in the United States. After Harvard, Liberty went on to work in New York. Specifically, he served as the Department Chair for Horticulture at Cornell University. And if you recall studying genetics, learning about  DNA, genes, and Mendel in middle school, that is due to Liberty Hyde Bailey. This is because Liberty evaluated what Mendel had done, and he realized that it was genuinely revolutionary work. Essentially, Liberty plucks Mendel out of obscurity and puts him in a place of honor - a spot Mendel so clearly deserved. Now, if you're having trouble remembering what Mendel accomplished, here’s a quick little primer. Mendel discovered the basic principles of heredity, and he did that by working with peas in his garden at an Augustinian monastery in Burno, in the Czech Republic. Over the course of seven years, Mendel grew nearly 30,000 pea plants. As he grew the peas, he documented everything about them - jotting notes about their height and shape and color, and all of this work resulted in what we now know as the laws of heredity. In fact, it was actually Mendel who came up with the genetic terms and the terminology that we still use today - like dominant and recessive genes. Mendel is a fascinating person to talk about with kids who are interested in gardening because he really was, at heart, a gardener. Mendel grew so many plants and took such pains to document everything about them; that’s a great story to share with any young gardeners that you may be working with this year. Anyway, back to Liberty Hyde Bailey. There was an excellent book that was written in 2019 that revived Liberty’s best essays, and it was edited by two men named John: John Stepien and John Linstrom. These two men pulled together Liberty’s writings which reveal a man who was a passionate evangelist for gardening. Indeed, Liberty loved gardening, and he wanted everyone else to love gardening, too. In fact, one of his famous quotes is that “Every family can have a garden.” This quote reminds me of the little phrase from the movie Ratatouille, “Everyone can cook.”  Now, before I share a few more of Liberty's great quotes, I just wanted to read to you what the publisher said about Liberty's work. “Liberty Hyde Bailey built a reputation as the father of modern horticulture. And an evangelist for what he called the “garden sentiment,” the desire to raise plants from the good earth for the sheer joy of it, and for the love of the plants themselves.” Here are a few wonderful garden quotes that Liberty wrote. “If a person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he's either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion.”  And here's one of my favorites. "A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion." When I read that quote, it reminded me of my relationship with Creeping Charlie. A few summers ago, it was driving me crazy, and then I found a way to change my mindset around it -  kind of like the way I ended up making peace with the rabbits in my garden. Somehow, I managed to reframe my thinking around Creeping Charlie, and I really think it all boiled down to learning about its medicinal qualities and how it was used and valued in gardens in the 1700s and 1800s. Now, I have one more additional quote by Liberty Hyde Bailey that I thought would be a great one to wrap up the segment on botanical history today, and it's a little verse that he wrote about spring. Yesterday the twig was brown and bare; Today the glint of green is there; Tomorrow will be leaflets spare; I know no thing so wondrous fair, No miracle so strangely rare. I wonder what will next be there!   Unearthed Words One of my favorite trees in the Hillier Gardens and also popular with visitors, especially children, was the snow gum from the Australian Alps of New South Wales. Planted small from a pot in 1962, it had achieved a height of around 19 feet with several branches but had a distinct lean, enabling small children to sit astride its lower stem. Its exfoliating bark exhibited several shades of green, creamy-white, and silvery-gray, which I used to liken to the skin of a python. It was also solid and cool to the cheek, especially so on a hot summer's day. On one occasion, I introduced a group of partially-sighted visitors to this tree, encouraging them to stroke or hug the stem and to listen to the sound of the scimitar-shaped, leathery leaves shaking in the breeze. It was a special moment for them and me. Nearby grew a tall-stemmed Apache pine... The pine is today [a champion tree] while the snow gum, despite being supported, eventually blew down in a gale. — Roy Lancaster, My Life with Plants, Chapter: Spreading My Wings   Grow That Garden Library Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway This book came out in 2009, and the subtitle is A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture.  Now, this book is one of my favorites. It truly is a garden classic, and I think it belongs in every Gardner's home library. Today most of us have had a decent amount of exposure to permaculture. But back in 2009, it still was a novel topic for many gardeners. Now the principle that is underlying every page of Gaia's garden is this: working with nature and not against her results in more beautiful, abundant, and forgiving gardens. I remember thinking the first time I read this book that Toby is such a joyful gardener - and this comes through on every page. That's why this book still remains a book that I recommend to beginning gardeners - as well as established gardeners — looking to refine and hone their gardening skills. Gaia's Garden shares everything you need to know to create a beautiful backyard ecosystem. And if you started gardening in 2020 during the pandemic, and you'd like to learn more about permaculture, Toby's book is a must-have. And I just have to share that one of my favorite garden experts, Robert Kourik, said this about Toby's book, “Permaculture gardens are no longer a thing of the future. They are here to stay and flourish. Gaia's Garden is enlightening and required reading for all people who desire to make their home landscape healthy, sustainable, and healing — and that perfectly encapsulates Toby's book.”  This book is 313 pages of a garden classic, introducing best practices in gardening — working with mother nature to strengthen and sustain ecosystems in your own backyard. You can get a copy of Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway and support the show using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $17   Today’s Botanic Spark Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart March 15, 1957 It was on this day that the peony became Indiana's fourth state flower. The story of how the peony became selected as the state flower of Indiana is actually rather quite interesting. Apparently, the fine people of Indiana had initially considered the Zinnia for the honor, but when that was struck down, they started talking about the bloom of the redbud. But then that caused a ruckus because people could not figure out whether the redbud was a flower or a tree, or a shrub. This is when a young, distinguished member of the Indiana legislature in Indiana named Lawrence Baker, who happened to be a peony grower, suggested the peony. And that is how the peony ended up on the ballot. Now in 2016, the Daily Journal wrote an excellent article, and it was called “Indiana State Flower has a  Colorful Past.”I thought you would get a kick out of it.  The Indiana legislature has adjourned for another year. It was a turbulent session. But at least the lawmakers did not have to grapple with the thorny issue of the State Flower. It was March of 1957 that Governor Handley signed a bill, which designated the peony as the official State Flower of Indiana. The act surprised a lot of Hoosier's suddenly uprooted was the reigning State Flower, the Zinnia. What followed was quite a tempest in a flower pot. It is a tale that smells of intrigue, and the garden editor of the Indianapolis Star blamed the flower switch on a “small cult of Zinnia-haters. Perhaps a little history is an order. Every state in the union has an official flower, from the Camillia and Alabama to the Indian Paintbrush in Wyoming. Back home in the Hoosier state. We can't seem to make up our minds. In 1913 we picked the carnation. Ten years later, we favored the tulip tree blossom. Then, in 1931, lawmakers gave the nod to the Zinnia. Motives for these changes seem to be lost in the midst of time. There appears to have been a trade-off in 1931 when we dropped the tulip tree blossom as the state flower. In that same year, the tulip poplar became the official state tree. That probably salved the hurt feelings of tulip blossom fans. Zinnia lovers were caught off guard when the flower switch came in 1957. The director of the Farm Bureau pet and hobby clubs put up a protest. “We have 650 clubs with about 10,000 members,” she complained, “and one of our projects for years has been to provide the children with Zinnia seeds to grow. Imagine the children growing peonies!” Officials at Indiana National Bank already had ordered huge amounts of Zinnia seeds to be given out at the Indianapolis Home Show that year. They could not cancel that order, so they carried on. Now, if you're a Zinnia lover, you'll be happy to know that Indiana's Zinnia fans did not go down without a fight. They began a letter-writing campaign for newspapers all around the state. In fact, a woman named Meredith Haskett felt compelled to wax poetic about the switch. Somehow the men seem quite impelled The Zinnia to discard  As Indiana's flower and  I think they should be barred.  From making further boo-boos;  I'd fire them all, perhaps —   If I could have my say. I'd probably call them saps  For spending time and money To make the Peony queen;  She lasts a day or two in the spring — That’s all — no more she’s seen. Indiana is a proud state, Colorful and strong And sturdy as a Zinnia; Somebody’s done her wrong.   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener. And remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

If you've heard of permaculture but you're not sure what it actually is, you're in luck! Join me for a conversation with Lee Recca, President of the Denver Permaculture Guild (DPG). In this interview, we'll explore what permaculture is and discuss their upcoming Permaculture Design courses. Denver Permaculture Guild (DPG) is a community-organized, membership-based nonprofit with the aim of building healthy, resilient, regenerative, and inclusive Denver area communities. DPG is offering a Permaculture Design Course from April through October 2021, with a mix of remote and in-person workshops. The course includes the core 72-hour internationally certified curriculum as well as detailed breakout sessions and regionally appropriate resources. DPG is also offering a hands-on, intensive outdoor course starting in late July. Additional 2021 course offerings include Social Permaculture, Advanced Landscape Design using Permaculture, Financial Permaculture, Decolonizing, and Indigenous Phenology. Links: -- Denver Permaculture Guild https://denverpermacultureguild.org/ Books: There are many great books on permaculture. Here are a few: -- The Permaculture Handbook: Garden Farming for Town and Country by Peter Bane https://newsociety.com/books/p/the-permaculture-handbook -- Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/gaias-garden/ -- The Permaculture City: Regenerative Design for Urban, Suburban, and Town Resilience, by Toby Hemenway https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/the-permaculture-city/ -- Permaculture in Pots: How to Grow Food in Small Urban Spaces by Juliet Kemp https://www.amazon.com/Permaculture-Pots.../dp/185623097X -- Permaculture: A Designer's Manual by Bill Mollison (co-founder of the movement) https://www.amazon.com/Permaculture.../dp/0908228015 UPCOMING EVENTS 2021 Earth Week Summit April 17-24, 2021 Live workshops, happy hours, 1000 tree campaign, April pop-up group, and more! FREE Registration https://www.earthweeksummit.com 2021 International Climate Action Challenge Kicks off August 18, 2021 Register by April 10 for 50% discount and introduction in Earth Week Summit https://www.climateactionchallenge.net

A classic audio collage by Chazk / Virtual Renderings, condensed a bit by KD. It explores the root of today's social, economic, and environmental crises: Western civilization's out-of-touch-ness with the natural world. American Indians provide better examples of how to thrive in the world. Part 2 include Prof. John Mohawk on European vs. Indian views of nature and Toby Hemenway on why grain agriculture was a calamity for humanity and the natural world. (Con'd...)

A classic audio collage by Chazk / Virtual Renderings, condensed a bit by KD. It explores the root of today's social, economic, and environmental crises: Western civilization's out-of-touch-ness with the natural world. American Indians provide better examples of how to thrive in the world. Part 2 include Prof. John Mohawk on European vs. Indian views of nature and Toby Hemenway on why grain agriculture was a calamity for humanity and the natural world. (Con'd...)

In which I call out what is wrong or missing in Permaculture and suggest changes so we can build something that actually can end the mass extinction, reverse climate change and provide abundantly for humanity. ResourcesPermaculture in One PageEdenicity Reference DesignCurtis Stone, What Permaculture Got Wrong, Medium, June 15, 2018Lillklobb Permaculture, A Response To Curtis Stone’s What Permaculture Got Wrong, June 30, 2018Mollison Lazy Gardener VideoHolzer, Sepp, Sepp Holzer's Permaculture: A Practical Guide to Small-Scale, Integrative Farming and Gardening (Chelsea Green, 2004)Mollison, Bill, Permaculture: A Designer's Manual (Tagari Press, 1988)Hemenway, Toby, The Permaculture City: Regenerative Design for Urban, Suburban, and Town Resilience (Chelsea Green, 2015)Support the show (https://teespring.com/stores/edenicity)

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast My guest for this episode is Rob Hopkins the creator of the idea of Transition Towns, a way for us to move from oil dependency to local resilience. That lead to his writing The Transition Handbook, something every permaculture practitioner should have in their library and which serves as a good introduction, along with Toby Hemenway's The Permaculture City, to look at how we can move from the landscape to the people space.   Find out more about Rob and his work at TransitionNetwork.org and the other resources below.   If you are interested in starting your own transition town or want more information on the movement, let me know. Email: The Permaculture Podcast Until the next time, spend each day eating wild and creating the world you want to live in by taking care of Earth, your self, and each other. Resources Transition Network Rob Hopkin's Blog Reconomy Project Atmos Totnes Making Permaculture Stronger LAND (Learning and Network Demonstration) Evidence based Permaculture Green City Acres – Home of Curtis Stone, author of The Urban Farmer  

Episode HighlightsGetting into permacultureUsing rainwater and greywaterDesigning living and functional ecosystemsPlanting ecosystemsSequestering excess carbon from the atmosphere uses plants and soilYour Show HostJosh Robinson is a father, gardener, farmer, teacher, and ecological instigator. He has over 19 years of experience in the field designing, installing, and teaching about creating ecological abundant gardens, home, farms, and businesses. Josh has been teaching permaculture to hundreds of people since 2005. He holds a Master's Degree in Ecological Landscape Design from Prescott College.His work has received multiple awards as well as being featured in Toby Hemenway's Gaia's Garden and Art Ludwig's Create an Oasis with Greywater. Josh has started multiple permaculture based landscaping businesses including his current business, Ecology Artisans, where he designs and leads crews in installing beautiful, functional, and abundant landscapes throughout San Diego. In addition, Josh is the Director of the permaculture educational organization, The San Diego Sustainable Living Institute.Currently Josh is working with his family and friends in developing the 17 acre permaculture designed farm and education center at Terra Corazón in Valley Center, California

Paul Wheaton and Alan Booker do a book review of the 12th and final chapter of Gaia’s Garden by Toby Hemenway. Part 3 of 3. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this podcast on this thread at Permies.

Paul Wheaton and Alan Booker do a book review of the 12th and final chapter of Gaia’s Garden by Toby Hemenway. Part 2 of 3. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this podcast on this thread at Permies.

Paul Wheaton and Alan Booker do a book review of the 12th and final chapter of Gaia’s Garden by Toby Hemenway. Part 1 of 3. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this podcast on this thread at Permies.

In this episode of Further Reflections we hear about Permaculture and life in China. In 2012 Mark gave a presentation while he was volunteering in Peru about Permaculture design principles. He touches on the works of Bill Mollison, Toby Hemenway and Sepp Holzer, discusses sustainable living and raises the issue of ethics in this interactive talk. Mark then returns to the subject of China and reflects on the years 2005-2006 when he was living for a year in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province. Hear both the highs and lows of that experience, learn about travel in Jiangsu, Shandong, Anhui and Zhejiang and the story of the girl on the train. In the Final Five minutes Mark talks about War and Peace.

‘In light of your strengths, your weaknesses, your successes and failings, how could you design your business in a way that is more effective, more efficient and hopefully more ethical too?’ - Delvin Solkinson Welcome to the tenth episode of the ETAPP podcast, hosted by Sven Goyvaerts. In this episode we travel to New York State to meet up with up with Delvin Solkinson, the Yoda of permaculture. Delvin is a permaculture teacher and community gardener. He works for CoSM, a non-profit arts organisation, as a full-time volunteer on the Board of Directors and in the media lab. He is the Senior Editor of the CoSM Journal for Visionary Culture. Delvin has completed a PDC, Diploma and Masters Degree with Bill Mollison and done advanced teacher trainings with Rosemary Morrow, Toby Hemenway, Larry Santoyo, Looby Macnamara, David Holmgren, Geoff Lawton, Patricia Michael, Robyn Francis, the Bullock Brothers, Tom Ward, Jude Hobbs, Scott Pittman, Michael Becker, Robin Wheeler, Robina McCurdy, Starhawk, Robina McCurdy and Robin Clayfield. He is an accredited teacher through the Permaculture Research Institute (Australia), Permaculture Academy (UK) and a Field Mentor through the Permaculture Institute (USA). Recently he completed a PDC in Portland with Toby Hemenway, one in Greece with Rosemary Morrow and a second Diploma through the Permaculture Institute. Currently he is doing graduate work under the mentorship of Larry Santoyo and Looby Macnamara. Creating curriculum, making media and crafting free, open source learning and teaching tools has been focus of his current Doctoral Degree in permaculture education. AppleSeed's Regenerative Enterprise: www.appleseedpermaculture.com/8-forms-of-capital/ Permaculture Design Certificate Course 2019: https://www.visionarypermaculture.com/permaculturedesigncertificate Delvin's Permaculture Design Deck: www.visionarypermaculture.com/designdeck Permaculture Design Notes www.visionarypermaculture.com/notes Watch INHABIT, a film about permaculture: http://inhabitfilm.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Joel Glanzberg - the sequel I was fully stoked to have this second chat with Joel Glanzberg where we continue exploring his journey with living systems thinking and working within a regenerative paradigm (after first talking in episode twelve). Same topic yet very different energy as the previous episode with Joel's long-term colleague Carol Sanford. As we discuss Joel is heading to Melbourne in July 2019, where in addition to running some Regenerative Practitioner training he'll be giving a free talk July 17 and a one-day workshop on Regenerating Place July 27 - both in Brunswick, Melbourne. He'll also be tagging along with me to some of my current projects so I look forward to reporting back on those adventures and conversations in due course :-). Check out Regenisis Group here, the Regenerative Practitioner training here, and Joel's personal site Pattern Mind here. Here is the full text from Joel's open letter to the permaculture movement (please share any thoughts you have about this or the episode in a comment - I always so appreciate hearing how this stuff is landing out there): First of all, I want to thank you, not only for your good efforts, time, and energy but for your caring…your caring not only for this living earth but for the people and the beauty of life. Thank you.Many of you may know of my work from the example of Flowering Tree in Toby Hemenway’s excellent book Gaia’s Garden and the video 30 Years of Greening the Desert, others from my regenerative community development work with Regenesis. In any case I know that you share my concerns for the degrading condition of the ecological and human communities of our biosphere and I am writing to you to ask for your help.We are at a crisis point, a crossroads and if we are to turn the corner we need to use everything at our disposal to its greatest effect. My concern is that we are not using the very powerful perspective of permaculture to its greatest potential and that we need to up our game. We know that the living world is calling for this from us.I often feel that permaculture design is like a fine Japanese chisel that is mostly used like a garden trowel, for transplanting seedlings. It can of course be used for this purpose, but is certainly not its highest use.Permaculture Design has often been compared to a martial art such as Aikido because at its heart it is about observing the forces at play to find the “least change for the greatest effect”; a small move that changes entire systems. This is how nature works and is precisely the sort of shortcut we desperately need.The lowest level of any martial art is learning to take a hit well. Yet this is where so much of our energy seems to be directed: setting ourselves and our communities up to be resilient in the face of the impacts of climate change and the breakdown of current food, water, energy, and financial systems.The next level is to avoid the blow, either through dodging, blocking or redirecting it. Much of the carbon farming and other efforts directed toward pulling carbon out of the atmosphere and developing non-carbon sources of energy fall into this category.At their highest expression practitioners track patterns to their source, shifting them before they take form, redirecting them in regenerative directions. This is what is behind principles like “obtain a yield” or “the problem is the solution” and the reason for protracted and thoughtful observation. We learn to read energies and to find the acupuncture-like inoculation or disturbance that changes the manifestation by changing the underlying pattern. Problems are turned into solutions and provide us with yields if we can stop trying to stop or block them. This is the pattern of Regeneration.Every permaculture technique is a small disturbance that shifts the underlying pattern and hence the system. Water-harvesting structures, rotational grazing, chicken tractors, mulching, spreading seed-balls,

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Thank you to everyone who has supported this show over years, as this episode marks the 8th anniversary of the podcast. You've donated, joined Patreon, shared episodes with your friends, listened to your favorites with your co-workers, left reviews on iTunes, Stitcher, Podcast Addict, or wherever you listen to this show. You've shared your comments in the show notes, gave me a call, or sent me a letter or email. If it wasn't for you, there wouldn't be 500 episodes full of interviews, news, and updates about permaculture, sustainable design, and regenerative business. There wouldn't be conversations with the authors you probably already had on your shelves such as Tao Orion, David Holmgren, Toby Hemenway, or Jessi Bloom. To hear from the latest thought leaders to elders of the community. Without you, this show would never have become a resource to hear from the latest thought leaders and elders of the community, or where new authors would sit down to record their first media interviews. One of those once-first-time authors is my friend Jereme Zimmerman, who joined me in 2015 to talk about Make Mead Like a Viking. He returns today for this anniversary episode to talk about his latest book, Brew Beer Like a Yeti. Recorded in-person at Mother Earth News Fair in Seven Springs, Pennsylvania, we talk about ancient brews, interesting flavors, and the domestication of yeast. We dive into the historical importance of fermented beverages, hops, and water. How brewing was, for most of human history, of a communal nature. Find out more about Jereme and his work at jereme-zimmerman.com. What are you brewing? What would you like to make? Let me know. Leave a comment in the show notes or get in touch. Email: The Permaculture Podcast Or drop something in the post. The Permaculture Podcast The Permaculture Podcast Thank you for joining me to celebrate 8 years of The Permaculture Podcast and this conversation with my friend Jereme Zimmerman. Until the next time, as we move into the ninth year of the show, spend each day creating the world you want to live in by fermenting tasty beverages, and taking care of Earth, yourself, and each other. (The resources section contains affiliate links for Jereme's books. I earn a referral fee if you make a purchase through these links, at no extra cost to you, which helps to keep the podcast going. Thank you for your support.) Resources Brew Beer Like a Yeti (Chelsea Green Publishing) Make Mead Like a Viking Jereme Zimmerman Sahti (Wiki) 1825 - The Wildcrafting Brewer with Pascal Baudar 1625 – The New Wildcrafted Cuisine with Pascal Baudar

I love the book "Gaia's Garden", by Toby Hemenway, and I'm not afraid to say it. This book is jam-packed with useful information on sustainable gardening methods and permaculture principles. I have turned to this book time and time again for needed information here on the homestead and in my business of edible landscape design. In this episode I cover some of the few things I have found most useful. I strongly suggest getting this book to assist you on your way to living a more sustainable life.If you like growing things, then go to www.happyleafled.com and get all the stuff you need to get started on your very own hydroponics system.Please come visit us at www.havenhomestead.com to find out what we are up to here on the homestead.Become a true "Havenite" at www.patreon.com/havenhomesteadand last but not least show some support to Lindsay's kickstarter at www.kickstarter.com/projects/968829671/a-christmas-angel-the-board-book?ref=discoveryThanks for listening!

I love the book "Gaia's Garden", by Toby Hemenway, and I'm not afraid to say it. This book is jam-packed with useful information on sustainable gardening methods and permaculture principles. I have turned to this book time and time again for needed information here on the homestead and in my business of edible landscape design. In this episode I cover some of the few things I have found most useful. I strongly suggest getting this book to assist you on your way to living a more sustainable life.If you like growing things, then go to www.happyleafled.com and get all the stuff you need to get started on your very own hydroponics system.Please come visit us at www.havenhomestead.com to find out what we are up to here on the homestead.Become a true "Havenite" at www.patreon.com/havenhomesteadand last but not least show some support to Lindsay's kickstarter at www.kickstarter.com/projects/968829671/a-christmas-angel-the-board-book?ref=discoveryThanks for listening!

SUBSCRIBE: WWW.EARTHREPAIRRADIO.COM In this episode we explore wildfire with renowned old growth Permaculture teacher and practitioner, Tom Ward, also known as Hazel. With the combination of climate changes and historic forest management, wildfires have reached a new level of threat and explosiveness. But not all wild fires are bad, and in fact, fire is an important element to healthy ecological functioning. So how can we tell a good from bad fire? How did we get to this point? What are some strategies and practices that address this precarious ecological situation that people living in fire-prone ecosystems now face? As someone who lives deeply local on the land in combustable Southern Oregon and who uses controlled burns to manage a landscape, Hazel provides the answers and reveals many truths about fire management history, current conditions, and reveals a visionary perspective on where to go from here with regards to forest management and climate change adaptation. Hazel's links: www.siskiyoupermaculture.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhATikyzLOo Tom Ward aka Hazel full biography: Tom Ward is an Ecotopian old growth permie, well known in the Pacific Northwest as a trouble maker and edge pusher. He lives off the grid in a cabin made of brushwood in the Little Applegate Valley of Southern Oregon and is cooking charcoal and weaving baskets to stay sane enough to keep dreaming of a green future. Tom Ward is a long time resident of the Southern Oregon bioregion first settling here in the early 70's, and has been advising farms and teaching Permaculture for over thirty years. He has degrees in Forestry and Botany from Syracuse University and has taught at Laney College in Oakland CA., D-Q University in Davis CA, and at Thlolego Learning Centre in South Africa among many other institutes and communities. He is presently managing a Social Forestry experimental station in Little Wolf Gulch near Ruch, OR, where he is demonstrating natural building, fuel hazard materials utilization, multiple products woods-crafting, wildlife enhancement and desert forest water management. He joined with Melanie Mindlin and Karen Taylor in 2010 to form Siskiyou Permaculture, a business organization offering courses, counseling and design services. Tom Ward has taught dozens of permaculture design courses, advanced permaculture courses and permaculture teachers training courses in Southern Oregon and Northern California over the last 30 years, as well as occasional jaunts farther afield. He was a frequent guest instructor with the late Toby Hemenway and other instructors in the Northwest. In conjunction with Siskiyou Permaculture, he teaches a weekend PDC each winter in Southern Oregon and advanced permaculture courses at his site in the Little Applegate, including Optical Surveying and Social Forestry. He is the author of Greenward Ho! Herbal Home Remedies: An Ecological Approach to Sustainable Health. Tom gives talks on all aspects of Permaculture with recent topics being Permaculture for the Masses, Social Forestry, Ecological Opportunities and Constraints of the Upper Bear Creek Basin and Becoming Indigenous to the Siskiyous.

Today we are going to talk about what NOT TO DO when you first move to your new homestead. These are three things that I really wish we had known before we dove into the Holler Homestead. Also today, a brand new gluten free, dairy free, soy free potluck recipe. I've got some updates to share about the Holler Homestead and we will go over Toby Hemenway's 8th chapter of Gaia's Garden. Eating Seasonally and Tales from the Prepper Pantry This is where we share what we are eating as it comes to us - and talk about ways to use what we store. Wild Mustard is everywhere Wild Salad Harvesting Dandelion Roots Harvesting Sassafrass Root Prepper Pantry Recipe: Roasted Garlic Spread Gluten free, dairy free, soy free potluck dish Getting the Gardens Ready Where we share what we are doing to get our food growing operation up and running. Operation Eyesore Final bed preparation is in process and it will take a few weeks to finalize Blackberry Propagation Seedling light update 3 Mistakes to Avoid on Your New Land Don't rush in Don't do everything at once Don't underestimate Three things you should do on your new land: Take time and observe Set clear priorities with your big picture goal in mind and stick to them Double your estimate in time and money for everything so that you have enough resources to complete your projects Toby Hemenway Chapter 8 of Gaia's Garden Questions to ask yourself about this chapter What one community do I want to set up this year? How can I make plants, insects, soil organisms, birds and mammals work in concert on my land? Where can I try out polyculture in my garden this year and what succession will I aim for? Do I have time each day to oversee a succession planting project in my veggie garden? And with that, remember, if like the show you can support us while drinking a marvelous cup of hand-roasted coffee! Order here. You want to drop me a question, topic idea, or comment, feel free to email me. And for those of you who prefer youtube, we have the show up over on a youtube channel, but they won't let me do a vanity domain until I have 100 followers - apparently this is something new. Youtube Link It is funny how simplifying your life, putting more energy into gleaning a living from a piece of land, when done well, can add resilience to your household. Next week we will talk about this resilience a bit more when I share with you s big change that has happened in my job. I am so glad to see spring springing here in Tennessee - along with its new plants, snow, 70 degree days and more visits from friends. Living this way is great fun, really hard, sometimes scary - but it is always rewarding to know that we have made what we have with our own two hands. Make it a great week! Song: Sauce, Belly Dancing Vamp Song

And a listener shot me an email last week after hearing the garden section with a pretty important question that has led to today's topic: Starting Seedlings for the Newbee. Also today, a comment on some of the divisiveness we have all been experiencing and some thoughts on why certain words are triggering bad behavior - especially online. More importantly, we will talk about something you might do to de-escalate these situations. Also, we will be re-upping the Toby Hemenway segment not THIS WEEK, but next week - Honestly - chapter 8 is taking me a long time to develop because there is so much information in it and I just don't want to do a bad job for you. Be ready next week for that one. Notes at: http://livingfreeintennessee.com/2017/03/06/episode-26-starting-seedlings-for-the-newbee/  

Fertilizer from Food Waste   Tinia Pina is making fertilizer from food waste. How cool is that? During our interview, we learn that Tinia was volunteering in an inner city school located in what we call a food desert - an area where access to fresh food is either non existing or not affordable to the population.   She was helping students study for an examination and noticed that most had donuts for breakfast. While they started out the day with lots of energy, after a few hours, the students were unable to concentrate while she, fueled with a healthy breakfast, had no problem to keep going.   She also noticed that New York was producing huge amounts of food waste which had to be transported far to be disposed of. These were some of the experiences which gave Tina the idea to produce fertilizer from food waste and ideally help to grow fresh produce right in the areas where none was available.   Tinia Pina's Bio:   Tinia received her B.S. in Business Information Technology from Virginia Tech and has six years of experience in the financial services industry and five years as a business development professional in the sustainability industry.  Her experiences related to advocacy and community building through food waste management, food systems and sustainability have fueled her passion to increase our communities' resilience, prosperity, and knowledge to help us live more conscious lives. Tinia's pioneering business model has earned her a Huffington Post Millennial Impact Grant, the American Express Emerging Innovator award and a MillerCoors Urban Entrepreneur grant, among other honors.   Our interview   1:00  Introducing Tinia Pina and Re-Nuble 3:00  What is Hydroponics? 6:12 Different Hydroponic systems   NFT  short for Nutrient Film Technique Deep Water Pool Technique   7:00 Re-Nuble gives the same results as mineral fertilizers which is difficult if not impossible to achieve with other organic fertilizers. The best part, Re-Nuble is made from organic food waste.   7:30 Even Ikea sells hydroponic system most common crops; basil and other herbs, lettuce, tomatoes can be grown indoors or in a protected outdoor area   8:30 Why Tinia started the company Work in the financial service industry Volunteer work with New York Cares Awareness of food waste on one side and bad nutrition for the students on the other Consciences and spiritual person   12:50 New York City Ag Collective  Bringing food to underserved areas Teaching skills to High school students New York Sunworks is doing a great job already 17:25  Vertical Farming and repurposing of empty warehouse spaces 19:25  Rooftop Farms             Gotham Greens http://gothamgreens.com/our-farms/             Brooklyn Grange http://www.brooklyngrangefarm.com/ 19:52  Aquaponics            Edenworks http://edenworks.com/ 21:00 Ways to follow Re-Nuble and Tinia             Website and social media links: (1.) Company website: www.re-nuble.com (2.) Twitter: https://twitter.com/re_nuble (3.) Google +: https://plus.google.com/+Re-nuble (4.) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReNuble/ (5.) Instagram: instagram.com/re_nuble (6.) Pinterest: https://uk.pinterest.com/renuble/   22:00  Sourcing locally and what is organic.         Sourcing from a 200 mi radius         Organic vegetable waste         Omri certified input  http://www.omri.org/   23:40 The Re-Nuble products https://www.re-nuble.com/collections/all 27:26 Biomimicry 29:56 How to obtain the Re-Nuble fertilizers 31:00 A fertilizer has to be permitted in each State, who knew?           Did Tinia's background in the financial sector make it easy breezy to start         this business? Tina shares her experience and lots of resources for anybody who is thinking about starting their own business.            Score www.score.org/            Work full time for the first three years and around the clock on the  company and invested all her money into the project             Received some grants for research and development             Project seed money             Gust https://gust.com/             F6S https://www.f6s.com/             Setting a deadline to evaluate if it is time to go back to a full time job             Getting product into thought influencers hands to evaluate and give feedback              Future plans: Be able to serve the industrial customer             Explore interest in the process expressed by countries like Tanzania and                     Pakistan where there is an abundance of food waste, but not so much water. 39:00 Tinia turns the tables and starts interviewing me            Urban Permaculture            Toby Hemenway who sadly passed away recently             His book: Gaia's Garden                  Links to places and organizations near and dear to Tinia:   (1.) 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Ben Watson, a senior editor at Chelsea Green, joins me to talk about his work with Toby Hemenway on the first edition of Gaia's Garden back in 2000 and how much of an influence that book had on the permaculture movement and the future of books in this space. Learn more at www.permaculturevoices.com/149 Support the show at www.permaculturevoices.com/support

Liberation Permaculture by Toby Hemenway. This episode is the rebroadcast of Toby talk from PV2 in March 2015. Permaculture offers more than a path to a sustainable and just food system. It can move entire segments of our society off the radar screens of state oppressors and help return equality, abundance, and justice to people while restoring healthy ecosystems. This talk will tell you how. Here's a hint on how that's possible. If you can't measure it, you can't tax it. Enjoy it, I hope it gets you thinking. Learn more at www.permaculturevoices.com/148 Support the show at www.permaculturevoices.com/support

Today, let's take a look at permaculture.  Let's go beyond the land, and beyond food to take a look at a concept that Toby is calling liberation permaculture. "Permaculture offers more than a path to a sustainable and just food system. It can move entire segments of our society off the radar screens of state oppressors and help return equality, abundance, and justice to people while restoring healthy ecosystems. This talk, being premiered at Permaculture Voices, will tell you how. If you’ve appreciated Toby’s series on permaculture and civilization, you’ll want to see this significant new chapter." Learn more at www.permaculturevoices.com/147 Support the show at www.permaculturevoices.com/support

Backing Away from the Energy Cliff: A Permaculturist's Guide to Thinking About Energy.    Fossil fuels are the underpinning of our civilization, and our desperate attempts to keep cheap oil flowing runs the risk of collapsing ecosystems and cultures. This lecture uses a permacultural approach to evaluate energy sources and to design possible energy futures.    Presented by Toby Hemenway at PV1 in March 2014.   Learn more at www.permaculturevoices.com/146   Support the show at www.permaculturevoices.com/support

Ten thousand years of agriculture has devastated every ecosystem it has come in contact with. Horticultural societies point toward a solution, and permaculture can help us design a way to overcome agriculture's deficiencies, preserve many of the best features of our culture, and create a horticultural society that has a good chance of proving sustainable. This lecture shows how we got into this mess, and offers a route out of it. Presented live at PV1 in March 2014. Learn more at www.permaculturevoices.com/145   Support the show at www.permaculturevoices.com/support  

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast   What can I say, 2016 was a tumultuous year for many. As this latest trip around the sun drew to a close there were many memes and references that 2016 was a year where people would make sure to stay up to midnight just to watch to it die, while looking forward to 2017 being an entirely different, perhaps brighter, year. I don't put much stock in a year being good or bad, as even with all my own ups and downs, a divorce, two moves, and some health issues, I'm quite pleased with what happened over the last 12 months: time spent with my children, dozens of interviews recorded, hundreds of phone calls and emails responded to, people met, and projects launched. Already this new year, 2017 is shaping up to be beautiful. But, there was some big news this year. Out of everything that happened around the globe, perhaps the biggest news for our community as a whole was the loss of two important figures to the movement: one of the founders and one of our best communicators. I speak of course of Bill Mollison and Toby Hemenway. I never knew Bruce Charles “Bill” Mollison, who passed away on September 24, 2016 at the age of 88, but I wouldn't be here without his efforts to popularize the ideas he developed with David Holmgren. Slow to build in the early years, seeing the number of trained practitioners grow from dozens to hundreds throughout the 1980s, and the books rise from a handful to perhaps a dozen, we are now seeing a flourish of activity building upon what Bill started with David more than 40 years ago. When I first came to permaculture nearly two decades ago, Mollinson's The Designers' Manual, the big black book of Permaculture,  was about all we had to go on in the West. Starting in the early 2000s with Gaia's Garden, the number one selling book on permaculture thus far, the roots of this discipline took hold and allowed the rest to flourish. It is with a still heavy heart that I hold the loss of Toby Hemenway, who passed away on December 20, 2016. I had the good fortune to get to know him through correspondence and our interview together . Though Gaia's Garden touched many, it was his second book, The Permaculture City, that continues to hold my thoughts because of the critiques he offered on running away to the countryside, as opposed to being where people are: in our cities. He also throughout those pages encouraged us to focus on our talents and to create systems that account for them, rather than pushing to embrace someone else's example of what to do. To truly design our systems around ourselves. I was looking forward to a follow-up to that book, and was outlining a second interview with Toby when word of his illness reached me. Not long after, he passed. Both Toby and Bill will be missed and I'm thankful for the time they did have to share their thoughts through their writing, interviews, and, thanks to the good fortune of the internet, videos. With the big news from our community, there is the smaller news of this show, which entered it's seventh year in October, 2016. Between guest host David Bilbrey and myself, we produced forty-seven episodes this year. If you are new to the show, or want to check out some highlights, some shows that I recommend include: Mary Reynolds, the Irish author of The Garden Awakening, shared with us a way to reconnect with the stories of a place and to become a guardian of Earth. To listen to the myths and legends of the people and the land to reconnect with what we've lost culturally. Whatever our backgrounds, we come from somewhere and should get to know that where. Steven Martyn, The Sacred Gardener from Canada, reminded me, in a similar way to Mary, for the need to reconnect, by creating a relationship with the land that we are on. For those of us who can look to our ancestors and know that their stories are not those of the land we are on, we can reach back to those who called the ground we walk on home and learn about and from them the wisdoms of the first people, while also being allies to their cause, as continues to happen with the Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock. I also think, from Steven's examples, about how many of us are displaced from the places where our stories come from and how we were once all indigenous. Those traditions, stories, and folkways often still exist, we just call them myths, legends, and old wives tales, and can rediscover them by connecting to our families or the land they come from. Moving from the land to our social and economic structures, both of the conversations with Shaun Chamberlin bring his work with David Fleming, and David's legacy, to life. Surviving the Future and Lean Logic, both books on my Best Of for this year, create a connection between the long standing work of permaculture to build in the landscape, and take it a step closer towards meeting the needs of our social and economic systems by addressing the tension we feel between our always on, just-in-time economy, and the slower traditions of community. David's vision, continued by Shaun, is not rooted in some sense of nostalgia, but on the prospect of what the world will be like when energy and employment cease to exist as we know them today. We can slow down and react through an outreach of our gifts throughout our community, which is what Eric Chisler, my dear brother, joined David Bilbrey to share his thoughts on. This subject dear to my heart as the boundaries of permaculture continue to push beyond the roots in the landscape, and Eric shared his own experiences and current efforts with The Emergence Network to create the opportunities the future will require. The interview with Eric meant a lot for me personally because it was recorded just as he and I were preparing to leave Seppi's Place, as that project came to a close. I give thanks for my time with Eric and how our conversations drove me deeper into exploring community and alternative structures as we spent late nights in the kitchen cleaning and preparing food, wrapt in conversations, while listening to heavy metal in the background. A colleauge of Shaun's, whose work he extended in The Transition Timeline, is Rob Hopkins, originator of the of Transition Town movement, joined me shortly after the Brexit vote, while we American's were reaching the zenith of the United States presidential election, to talk about the current state of Transition. During that conversation we also look at some of the critiques of permaculture to accomplish the work that is necessary to create not only permanent human agriculture, but also permanent human culture that can survive the climate crisis that is already upon us, and the looming thread of energy descent. Though we may not talk about these two motives for permaculture, especially as oil prices drop and we adjust to the “new normal” of weather weirding, but the dangers are not going away and soon will come to call. Dr. Talia Fletcher and her family visited me while still living at Seppi's Place. There we got to know one another and discuss a holistic approach to veterinary medicine, which we then turned into a later interview. For those of us practicing permaculture, we have allies among all disciplines, we just need to find them, as demonstrated in the conversation with Dr. Fletcher Just as we can find allies around us, we can also be allies in our communities, as I found from interviewing Robyn Mello, the program director of The Philadelphia Orchard project. After provided an introduction to that project,  Robyn shared her own story about the community choices she's made by living in the inner city of Philadelphia. Having known Robyn a long time, she remains someone whose work I follow to remember what is possible in the urban environment. While others are still formulating and collecting their thoughts, she is actively doing the work through POP and her own life choices, all while living in the fifth largest city in the United States. Ending the retrospective on interveiws a conversation that started the year: Taj Scicluna, the Perma Pixie. In this continuation of the conversation we had at the end of 2015, Taj shared her experiences as a small business permaculture practitioner and what it means to straddle economics and earth care. I'm often reminded that 80 % of business fail in the first year and a half, so it's clear that being an entrepreneur isn't a straight shot at success, and still if we are going to continue to practice permaculture in the world that we find ourselves in, with liberal economic policies focused around market capitalism, there are structures that we can play with in by owning our own labor, or looking to work outside of those systems through structures like the gift economy, and by making changes in our own lives to live with less financial capital, while we build the social and otherwise. Myself, Taj, Shaun Chamberlin, and many others are choosing to live differently. I won't say that it is easy, but each day we can make the shifts that get us closer to where we want to be. It is a long game we are participating in. Industry, capital, and environmental degradation didn't begin overnight and we're not going to solve these problems either. As a mentor of mine used to say, “fast, cheap, or easy: pick two.” Let's make it cheap and easy by going slow. One day, one small act at a time. With these conversations that were all recorded via wire, also check out the group conversations from my trips to Clear Creek , Kentucky; Philadelphia , Pennsylvania; and Baltimore, Maryland. In those you can hear a multitude of voices come together in conversations about community, fellowship, and creating in urban and rural spaces. Live events like these are always fun, and I like going out to meet and speak with folks in person. If you would like to host an in-person recording of The Permaculture Podcast, and are somewhere near the East Coast, let me know. While recapping this best of from the show, I'd like to give a shoutout to Jason Godesky for creating The Fifth World role-playing game. Though it's been awhile since Jason was on the show as a guest, I got to hang out with him and Giuli at the convention Save Against Fear in October of 2016. During our time together I got a chance to play The Fifth World for the first time and in that process they evoked an Animist experience for me within the game when, for a few moments, I had to face the personification of my character's disconnect from  family. It left me shaken for a few moments thanks to the power of the storytelling moment. Whatever your background, be it gamer, storyteller, or an interest in myth, check out TheFifthWorld.com. If you are looking for new books to read, some releases from 2016 I recommend picking up are Lean Logic and Surviving the Future, both edited by Shaun Chamberlin. Rewild or Die by Urban Scout, a persona of Peter Michael Bauer from Rewild Portland, and The New Wildcrafted Cuisine by Pascal Baudar. Lean Logic and Surviving the Future , as mentioned in my interviews with the editor Shaun Chamberlin, fill the gulf between Permaculture and Transition, bridging the landscape and the new culture needed for a bountiful future that acknowledges scarcity and embraces it. Rewild or Die , though a snapshot of a particular moment in time for the rewilding community, is one of the earliest books on Rewilding. I recommend this for everyone interesting in permaculture, rewilding, and the modern primitive skills movement. As someone knowledgeable of permaculture, Peter is able to provide insights on the intersection between the world that arose from agriculture, and what we have to learn from indigenous traditions, all delivered with a bit of snark and sarcasm. On the other side of the spectrum is Pascal Baudar's The New Wildcrafted Cuisine , which takes wild foods and turns them into high culinary fare in a way I've not found elsewhere. Yes, many field books will teach you what to eat and how to make it edible, but Pascal is creating foods that one would want to eat, or even see served in a Michelin rated restaurant. As part of the interview with Pascal, I also appreciate hearing about how many classes and workshops he took in order to learn all that he did to create the book. This is a valuable lesson for all of us to slow down and take our time collecting our experience and understanding our chosen discipline. Looking forward for 2017 and the 7th year of the show, I'm continuing to step into what it means to slow down and take a sabbatical where I reinvest in myself and the podcast. I'll continue to produce new long form interviews, as you're used to, while leaning on friends like David Bilbrey to have other conversations and add unexpected voices to the conversation. Behind the scenes, I've asked by friends at Liminal Collective to take on more of the work that happens when the microphone is off, like social media and the newsletter, so that I can focus on those interviews and The Possibility Handbook . After a long year processing over 1,000 pictures, hours and hours of audio, and generating hundreds of pages of notes, everything is compiled in a way that I can begin writing the book itself. There are, of course, other projects and things we have in the wings for you, but I'm in a place where I'm trusting the process of it all, and will make some announcements as they come together. Throughout everything, my door remains open if you have any questions or would like to talk about anything you heard here, from an episode in the archives, or on a future episode of the show. . Email: or send me a letter: The Permaculture Podcast The Permaculture Podcast Until the next time, create the world you want to live in by taking care of Earth, your self, and each other.

Toby Hemenway joins me to talk permaculture - how permaculture has changed and how we can work more permaculture into our lives. Key Takeaways: It really benefits anyone in almost any field to be able to think in whole systems. Someone who embraces permaculture can do a lot more than teach and design property. Apply permaculture techniques and principles to what you do. Find good mentors. Many people want to help others. You just have to ask. Some standard economic training is good. You can get a great toolkit and then apply it however you want. Standard training is a tool, a means to an end if you goal is ecological design. Catch kids while thinking in whole systems. Before they are trained out of it into compartmentalized thinking. Starting with soil fertility and building organic matter is a good idea. It is almost a universal panacea along with being careful with water. Move to the highest generalization. For example, do you want to open a store, or do you want to make a living providing good products for your community. Find the things in life that you are really good at and do those things. It gives you good feedback and then you start building confidence and making forward progress. Want to transition careers? Find ways to make it less scary - lower expenses. Show Notes: www.permaculturevoices.com/144 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support.

Today's episode is the first episode in a week long series dedicated to the late Toby Hemenway.   It's the first presentation in a series of episodes which Toby called his civilization series.   It's titled How Permaculture Can Save Humanity and the Earth, but Not Civilization.   Learn more at www.permaculturevoices.com/143   Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support.

DO THE WORK PODCAST:     A daily documentary of my life, behind Permaculture Voices blending together fatherhood, business, organization, and life hacking to make it all work.  Like a VLOG, but only audio.     This is the story of my journey to work from home full-time, documented daily, starting on the day that my third daughter Elle was born.  Call it the long road to overnight success.     A story about life.  Two lives.  A new one which has just began and one that goes on.     Support the show at www.permaculturevoices.com/support

#156 DO THE WORK PODCAST: A dailyish show focusing on the reality of being a dad, running multiple businesses and all of the organization, productivity, and lifehacking that is in place to make it all work.  The show will make you cry, laugh, like me, and hate me, but most importantly it will remind you to remember what is truly important in your life. Follow Me: Instagram: @DiegoFooter: http://bit.ly/2B3vprJ YouTube: Diego Footer: http://bit.ly/SubtoDiego Podcast: DO THE WORK: https://apple.co/2ERsLHZ   Produced by podcaster, entrepreneur, and dad of three daughters - Diego Footer.  

2016 has been an interesting year for me.   It's been one of transition and growth and change. It's been a year that's ended a long career in one world and kick started a new career going out on my own. It's been a year of loss losing pioneers like Toby Hemenway, Gene Logsdon, and Bill Mollison;  and it's been a year of addition as a beautiful daughter entered my life. I have a grown a lot and changed a lot as a person.  And honestly I feel like I am more me than I have ever been. It's a me that's been found through a lot of self-reflection, writing, literally hundreds of podcasts, and conversations with people like Javan. Along the way I have learned a lot. Today I will be sharing some of what I learned as Javan and I go through our top 5 lessons from 2016. In total 10 simple ways of looking at life, approaching life, and thinking about life that can change your life tomorrow. I look at a lot of these lessons as base principles in an approach to life that very much contradicts the status quo.   None of these lessons require any money or technology to implement. There are no tools or techniques here. It's simply changing your approach.   As 2016 comes to an end, take what you can from this episode, to align what you do in life more with who you are. Learn more at www.permaculturevoices.com/javan Support the show at www.permaculturevoices.com/support

#144 DO THE WORK PODCAST: A dailyish show focusing on the reality of being a dad, running multiple businesses and all of the organization, productivity, and lifehacking that is in place to make it all work.  The show will make you cry, laugh, like me, and hate me, but most importantly it will remind you to remember what is truly important in your life. Follow Me: Instagram: @DiegoFooter: http://bit.ly/2B3vprJ YouTube: Diego Footer: http://bit.ly/SubtoDiego Podcast: DO THE WORK: https://apple.co/2ERsLHZ   Produced by podcaster, entrepreneur, and dad of three daughters - Diego Footer.

DO THE WORK PODCAST:   A daily documentary of my life, behind Permaculture Voices blending together fatherhood, business, organization, and life hacking to make it all work.  Like a VLOG, but only audio. This is the story of my journey to work from home full-time, documented daily, starting on the day that my third daughter Elle was born.  Call it the long road to overnight success. A story about life.  Two lives.  A new one which has just began and one that goes on.   Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support

Welcome to episode 25 of the Biodynamics Now! Podcast. Our guest today is Toby Hemenway, one of the leading practitioners and teachers of permaculture design in America. Toby Hemenway is the author of Gaia’s Garden the first major North American book on permaculture, which was published by Chelsea Green in 2009. His most recent book is The Permaculture City, is also published by Chelsea Green. The Permaculture City provides a new way of thinking about urban living, with practical examples for creating abundant food, energy security, close-knit communities, local and meaningful livelihoods, and sustainable policies in our cities and towns. The same nature-based approach that a good permaculturist uses so beautifully for growing food—connecting the pieces of the landscape together in harmonious ways—applies perfectly to many of our other needs. Toby illuminates a new way forward through examples of edge-pushing innovations, along with a deeply holistic conceptual framework for our cities, towns, and suburbs. The show notes for today's conversation are at bdnow.org If you appreciate hearing important programs like this one please take the time to leave us a positive review on iTunes, there's a link at the show notes. Toby Hemenway After obtaining a degree in biology from Tufts University, Toby worked for many years as a researcher in genetics and immunology, first in academic laboratories at Harvard and the University of Washington in Seattle, and then at Immunex, a major medical biotech company. At about the time he was growing dissatisfied with the direction biotechnology was taking, he discovered permaculture, a design approach based on ecological principles that creates sustainable landscapes, homes, and workplaces. A career change followed, and Toby and his wife spent ten years creating a rural permaculture site in southern Oregon. He was associate editor of Permaculture Activist, a journal of ecological design and sustainable culture, from 1999 to 2004. He teaches permaculture and consults and lectures on ecological design throughout the country. His writing has appeared in magazines such as Whole Earth Review, Natural Home, and Kitchen Gardener. He is available for workshops, lectures, and consulting in ecological design. Visit his web site at www.patternliteracy.com

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast My guest for this episode is Rob Hopkins the creator of the idea of Transition Towns, a way for us to move from oil dependency to local resilience. That lead to his writing The Transition Handbook, something every permaculture practitioner should have in their library and which serves as a good introduction, along with Toby Hemenway's The Permaculture City, to look at how we can move from the landscape to the people space. Find out more about Rob and his work at TransitionNetwork.org and the other resources below.   If you are interested in starting your own transition town or want more information on the movement, let me know. . Email: , or if you like, drop something in the mail. The Permaculture Podcast The Permaculture Podcast From here the next episode is with Eric Chisler and is a conversation about Gift Economics and Community. Until then, spend each day eating wild and creating the world you want to live in by taking care of Earth, your self, and each other.   Resources Transition Network Rob Hopkin's Blog Reconomy Project Atmos Totnes Making Permaculture Stronger LAND (Learning and Network Demonstration) Evidence based Permaculture Green City Acres - Home of Curtis Stone, author of The Urban Farmer   Sponsors The Fifth World Permie Kids Good Seed Company Connect with the Podcast Support The Show (PayPal.Me) On Patreon On Instagram On Facebook On Twitter  

Toby is the author of a new book on urban and suburban permaculture, The Permaculture City, as well as Gaia's Garden, the best-selling permaculture book in the world, which won the 2011 Nautilus award and was named one of the ten best gardening books of 2010 by The Washington Post. He has been an adjunct professor at Portland State University and Scholar-in-Residence at Pacific University. Toby is a well-known permaculture teacher and has taught over 70 Permaculture Design Courses. He and his wife, Key el, live in Sebastopol, California. Listen in to our 100th episode and hear Greg and Toby chat about one of their favorite topics: Permaculture.    Go to our Podcast page at www.urbanfarm.org/blog/podcast/ to find photos, links, and more information on this podcast, as well as for each of our other great guest interviews.  You can also sign up for weekly email summaries of the interviews.

Liberation Permaculture by Toby Hemenway. This episode is the rebroadcast of Toby talk from PV2 in March 2015. Permaculture offers more than a path to a sustainable and just food system. It can move entire segments of our society off the radar screens of state oppressors and help return equality, abundance, and justice to people while restoring healthy ecosystems. This talk will tell you how. Here's a hint on how that's possible. If you can't measure it, you can't tax it. Enjoy it, I hope it gets you thinking. Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/125 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Enjoy this episode? Become a Patron. This episode sets out the plan for 2016. In the words that follow are my personal journey and how that impacts the podcast; what to expect from the show in the year to come; and some projects currently in the mix that I'd like you to join me on or events to come to.   Personal Journey As some of you know, but others may not, my wife and I have been working through a divorce, which recently ended our marriage. Though amicable this change sees me moving from our family home of nearly a decade into Seppi's Place, a permaculture co-housing site and community center run by my friend Seppi Garrett. That move is set for January 30. With this move and the upcoming trip to The Possibility Alliance from January 15-25, the release schedule for the podcast is changing as I take the time for this travel and the move to rest and reset from many months of pushing forward through these personal changes, as well as family illness that saw me fall back into my role as primary caregiver. Things will get rolling again, including releasing some of the recordings with Ethan, in February. I see living at Seppi's Place as an opportunity to learn what it means to inhabit housing in a radically different way. Additionally Seppi and many others, myself included as I am able, are working together to provide a community space where people can come together to work and collaborate in a way that mixes the gift and capital economies during this period of larger transition. A lot of valuable experiences, and podcast material, are ripe from that environment.   Podcast For the podcast this shift will see the main releases continue to be the long-format interviews that have been the mainstay for the last two plus years, but as you may have noticed my personal trajectory moves ever further away from the landscape to the social and economic structures of permaculture. I'm reading more books like The Permaculture City by Toby Hemenway, or Systems Thinking for Social Change by David Peter Stroh, or The Art of Leading Collectively by Petra Kuenkel, than I am other great books that are more focusing on the ground, like Farming the Woods or Edible Forest Gardens Vol. 1 & 2. As someone once said to me, this show is becoming even more of a permaculture practitioners podcast. Though there is plenty of material on starting out in the archives, based on the emails, phone calls, and survey responses you've sent me, the show is focused on people who are familiar with the basic concepts of permaculture and are looking to take their practices further. Along with that, many of you have asked for me to directly address a variety of questions in permabyte episodes, including revisiting and completing the series on David Holmgren's Principles of Permaculture, as well as on more practical advice for navigating the world of permaculture and the interface with our larger society. I'd like to honor that, as well as to dig in and examine some hard questions that are coming to the forefront, like: How can we - the permaculture community - stop being our own worst enemies? Is the Pemaculture Design Certificate enough?Should someone take an advanced permaculture certificate, such as a teacher training?Is there a point to getting a Permaculture Diploma? In order to do that, to make these explorations, however, requires more time and space to read, research, and write, as answering those questions and others requires more than just spouting an opinion. I want to include evidence so you understand how I arrived at a conclusion so that a dialog can arise and each of us can step up and do this work to a higher standard than is currently occurring as permaculture gets more popular. Along the way, if you think I'm wrong, I want you to show me why you see something differently. Along with doing that, there's still my personal need to keep the show at a high standard for the content and production quality. If anything, making it better includes having the opening and closing remarks and the show notes be more comprehensive, as opposed to the short episode-in-review that became the current standard. If you check the release schedule at https://thepermaculturepodcast.com you'll now see what epsiodes are currently in the production queue, without an affixed date. This shift comes from following one of my favorite podcasters Dan Carlin, the host of Common Sense and Hardcore History. He releases on his own schedule, as things get done, which means that in 2015 he only released 16 episodes across both shows. Though I wouldn't want to move to that low level of frequency, to push these boundaries and continue to grow the show quality could require a schedule that doesn't fit the regular weekly one I've more or less followed over the past two years, but rather to work on something until it is complete and then send it out into the world. With that change in the regular show schedule, what might seem paradoxically, comes more video content. Photographer John is scheduling to accompany me to more events, some of which I'll talk about in a few minutes, with his focus of being there for video. If you haven't been to the YouTube site for the show, you'll find a link in the resource section of this episode so you can see some of our earlier work, and subscribe to get notifications as new material is posted.   Projects and Events From there, here are several large projects, and small ones, that I'm currently a part of in various ways. The two major projects are The Possibility Handbook and Seppi's Seed Paper. You've probably heard me talk about The Possibility Handbook already, but if you haven't this is a book Ethan Hughes and I are writing together that explores how to bring about transformative change based on Ethan's work over the past several decades through The Possibility Alliance, The Peace and Permaculture Center and Stillwater Sanctuary, and The Superheroes Alliance. Thanks to those who pledged to this project already, and several people sending me audio and visual equipment for this trip, I head out to see Ethan and visit the Possibility Alliance on January 15, and return on the 25. While there I'm interviewing Ethan, which forms the basis for the book, as well as documenting all of the many diagrams and pictures created over the years, and performing additional video interviews with Ethan within and beyond the scope of the book. You can find out more by going to The Possibility Handbook page and find out more. If you'd like to hear all of the audio, see all of the videos, and all of the pictures that result from this visit and tour, the only way to do so is to pledge now to the listener exclusive campaign. The next project is one being spearheaded by Seppi Garrett and Kendra Hoffman through Seppi's Place, that I'm also helping to document, called Seppi's Seedpaper. If you've ever received a business card or postcard with embedded seeds that can be planted, then you have the idea that started this project. However, as a permaculture practitioner, Seppi wants to take this a step further and include the ethics of permaculture in this practice by removing materials from the waste stream to create the paper, using local and native seeds to support earth and the biosphere, and also helping to generate a surplus by making this a replicable microbusiness, using your on the ground resources, and with the tools and information needed to support you and your business. As Seppi is trained in squarefoot gardening, an idea developed by Mel Bartholemew, the paper, frames and seed layout are all designed so that you can create pre-seeded square-foot garden squares and then deal your garden into a squarefoot frame come Spring. To help others in the creation of their own local micro-business, Seppi, Kendra, myself and others are creating a DVD showing how to make the seedpaper, and an ebook and worksheets detailing the process of starting and running a seed paper business. If you're a listener to the show, you can pre-order a copy of the DVD, or pledge to the campaign, at a 10% discount between now and Monday, February 15. Find out more about Seppi's Seedpaper on the Projects Page.   Some smaller events and classes currently on the schedule. Sunday, January 31st, 2016, I'm recording a round table in Philadelphia at Repair the World. Panel guests include: Robyn Mello, from the Philadelphia Orchard Project Kirtrina Baxter, from the Garden Justice Legal Initiative at the Public Interest Law Center Paul Glover, local activist and founder of the Philadelphia Orchard Project Nate Kleinman, from the Experimental Farm Network Melissa Miles, local permaculture instructor / practitioner   Sunday, February 21st, 2016, I'm recording a live discussion in Baltimore, Maryland, in cooperation with Charm City Farms as part of their celebration of the Johnston Square site, the location for the next urban Permaculture space in Baltimore. The itinerary for the day includes: 11am- 12pm: Come check out the space. Eric will give a brief tour of the lot, including Spring plans for both the growing space as well as the Brick Barn. 12pm- 1pm: Potluck Social in the barn, followed by a short presentation by Eric about some of the deeper plans and ideas for the indoor and outdoor space. 1pm- 3pm: Public interview by Scott Mann of the Permaculture Podcast with Victoria about The Forager's Apprentice Course, including audience participation and Q & A. 4pm- 6pm: Movie night showing of the 2015 film INHABIT (if you are able, please bring an extra chair, as we are only set up to seat 20 people)   Saturday, June 18, 2016, is the Mid-Atlantic Permaculture Convergence which is being organized with Emma Huvos of The Riverside Project. Michael Judd is the Keynote Speaker, talking about his journey as a professional permaculture practitioner from his early days with Project Bonefide through until today where he's an author and designer.   Starting on Thursday, February 25th, 2016, from 7-9pm at Seppi's place, and continuing on the fourth Thursday of each month through May, I am teaching an in-person class on podcasting, covering topics like: How do I choose a topic to podcast about? What software is available to record and edit? What equipment to buy? How do I make it sound good? Should my podcast be audio or video? What about paying to advertise my podcast? If time allows and based on participant interest we can discuss other topics like how to develop an interview style or the creation of an on-air persona. This class is limited to not more than 15 participants, and is offered for $100 per person for the entire five-month program. You can find out more about each of these programs and the topics covered, as you might expect, by visiting the Classes & Events page, which includes a complete calendar and links to register. Finally, regarding education if you are interested in learning permaculture through a mentored experience, or are looking for a mentor now that you've completed a PDC, but need more direction and experience, get in touch with me and we can talk about these possibilities. As I mentioned earlier in the bigger questions I want to cover, is about whether or not the PDC is enough. Here I answer part of that by saying that from my own experience and that of others, I don't feel that the core permaculture design course prepares students for more than getting ready to practice, and that students need long term support based on their own individual needs to meet their long-term goals. With all the other work of putting myself out there, this is one of those places where I personally feel comfortable helping others in the community, so get in touch in the usual wayss. Call: Email: The Permaculture Podcast Or send me a letter: The Permaculture Podcast The Permaculture Podcast   If you're interested in having a round table recording in your area, or if I can assist your program, project, or event, you can reach out to me by those means as well. That covers my path, the plan, and upcoming projects, as they are known so far for 2016. Thank you for listening and making this show a part of your life. Until the next time, take care of Earth, yourself, and each other.   Resources: The Art of Leading Collectively Common Sense Dan Carlin Hardcore History Mid-Atlantic Permaculture Convergence (Facebook Event) The Permaculture City The Possibility Handbook The Permaculture Podcast Classes & Events The Permaculture Podcast Projects Seppi's Place Systems Thinking for Social Change  

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Enjoy this episode? Become a Patron. In 2015 I released 55 episodes. Followers to the show on Facebook and Twitter more than doubled, and listenership is now at over 15,000 per episode, also doubling since the start of the year. This episode is a best of and overview of the preceding twelve months. In preparing the list of what to include, it became a survey of what was popular on the podcast, and in our particular slice of the permaculture community represented by where things have gone, and your interests in reaching out to have certain guests on the air. If you're new to permaculture or this podcast, the various interviews reviewed here and listed in the Resource section at the bottom of the show notes page provide a beginning to explore the archives, which contain hundreds of hours of interviews with a broad cross section of permaculture practitioners, authors, scientists, and others who are all dedicated to creating a better world. Every time I sit down to look over the year that came before, I always toss around different ideas of what to include and how to best represent the trends and ideas, without giving a blow by blow of every topic and conversation. I really enjoy every interview and episode that gets released, so would just list them in order if I had my druthers, but that's not that interesting. Instead, I have to use some kind of metric or decision making process to decide what to share. That might be something like total listens to a given episode, but that gives preference to something that was released earlier in the year. Comments are great, but vary widely, and the more polarizing a guest is leads to more feedback. Even with that feedback, what source to judge from? Though some replies are left on the website, most of the responses continue to come directly to me via email, but some interviews, like that with Jason Godesky, generate a lot of interest on Facebook. So for this year I'm going to look at the topics that trended as the most popular subjects on the show, include a few of my personal favorites, and close with the guest who continues to be the most popular on the show. By far the topic that got the most attention was foraging and rewilding. Every time this subject came up new suggestions poured in for people to reach out to for interviews, other books and articles to read, or different angles to address this idea of primal reconnection to ourselves and the land. The two conversations with Peter Michael Bauer were some of the most downloaded and commented on interviews of the year. Peter's first conversation in March, providing an introduction to human rewilding and the intersection with permaculture, was so well received that he returned in November to explore the difference between rewilding the land and how that differs from un-domesticating ourselves. Dina Falconi, author of Foraging and Feasting, was the other guest garnered a lot of attention. Her discussion of food as medicine, the idea of developing and using master recipes, and the distinction between a plant as food or a culinary addition resonated with many people. From the landscape and the self we move to human society and our cultural stories, which played a big part this year in the discussions about social permaculture. Where these most connected were when many voices came together as one in the round table recordings. Repeatedly I've heard from you that you listened to those over and over again, including the two conversations with Ben Weiss and Dave Jacke, one of which included Charles Eisenstein; the journey to the Riverside Project in West Virginia where Nicole Luttrell, Jesse Wyner, Ashley Davis, and Diane Blust joined me for another two pieces that started talking about permaculture, but settled into a what it means to call a place home; and then the largest round table yet, with the Clear Creek community outside of Berea, Kentucky. Though each one touched on very different ideas the space created by coming together felt like you were invited to be a part of the circle to sit, ask questions, and listen. In some case we were able to do that by including your questions as you tweeted or posted comments to Facebook while the interviews were recorded. Along with those, the social and cultural side were pushed to the edge in the discussion of with Jason Godesky. Though on the surface we talked about narrative, mythmaking, and how we can accomplish that through games such as his own The Fifth World, there was a deeper exploration of push-pull experienced between waking up and turning on lights and having on demand hot water and how to live a life that isn't just a reduced consumption that is still damaging, but something more regenerative. I'm thankful for the voice Jason brought to the table that day, after we'd already had a long weekend at Save Against Fear, and were still able to look at the difference between the modern versus the traditional; holistic compared to reductionist; and personal responsibility versus systemic hegemony. Moving outside of the topics of interest, there are three episodes I feel deserve mentioned here as ones you should listen to if you haven't heard them, or listen to them again if you have. The first is Joshua Peaceseeker Hughes and our overview of modern permaculture that resulted in the first episode explicitly looking at the need for Transitional Ethics during this time of transformation. His personal story created an acknowledgement that we can do more, but that doing so involves making an active choice. To embody permaculture and live it intentionally, but not to abuse ourselves for being citizens of the world we find ourselves in. The second was when I returned to the Faith and Earth Care series through the interview with Dillon Cruz. I was initially a little hesitant about releasing the conversation because this series as a whole usually generates a lot of feedback, often negatively. Dillon's time on the air did bring a number of replies, often private via email, but in a different way. His raw voice and self awareness lead to responses that stretched across a variety of religious traditions, and gave form to an expression of faith as a way to tend the world we are given that is a personal pursuit compatible with designing the world we want to live in. There was no hatemail this time around for covering spirituality within permaculture, but, then again, this wasn't that kind of conversation. The final of the stand-alone, stand-out episodes, comes from time spent with Eric and Victoria of Charm City Farms, in Baltimore, Maryland. In particular it was Victoria's personal journey that opened a space to hear a voice that sounded similar to our own. She came from a place where she could make any of a number of choices towards the life she lived, and worked through the struggles of what path lead to a sense of self and right livelihood. Every time I sit down with a microphone I never know what will wind up being recorded or where the interview will go. That day in Baltimore lead to something special and I'm grateful to Victoria for allowing me to share that with you. Now that I've covered the episodes I heard from you about, there are two that were some of my personal favorites. Those were with Holly Brown of Island Creek Farm, and talking with Toby Hemenway about The Permaculture City. Holly means so much to my own journey as a permaculture practitioner not only for the content of the conversation you can listen to, but also because of the way that we spent our the time together the day we met. She was the last stop on my journey through Virginia visiting with permaculture farmers and homesteaders, that started with Lee and Dave O'Neill of Radical Roots several days earlier. That morning, as I drove out to her farm, I found myself a little road weary and ready to start the trek back up North on Interstate 81 to Pennsylvania. I love to drive, it's something instilled in me by my father at a young age as I sat in the back of classic American muscle, and later Swedish GT cars, and then my own life as a gear-head behind the wheel of Japanese sports cars and GT cars of my own, but I despise getting on I-81 for more than an hour or so, and the thought of four hours from Virginia back home that day felt like a stretch of my own personal hell laid out in asphalt. While winding my way through back roads, already running late after sitting in traffic while trying to leave Roanoke, I began to question this last stop of the day, and whether to reschedule with Holly for another time. The closer I got to the farm the roads got narrower and the speed limits much lower, and I still didn't know what I would find, or how this last conversation would close out a whirlwind journey, my first time taking the podcast on the road to visit, talk, and document in person. Finally, after nearly two hours in the car for what should have taken less than an hour, I rounded  the last turn and came to the Island Creek. After backing up a bit because I missed the lane, for the first time I saw why Holly and her farm were recommended as a place to visit. The site was gorgeous, and there, out in the fields, were a pair of souls working the land with their hands, skin deeply tanned from time spent out of doors. Shortly they would be revealed as Holly and one of her farm interns. Within moments of meeting, after Holly and her intern finished the harvesting and business for the day, Holly and I stepped into the small home she shares with her husband and children, a home built by their hands on land donated to their family as a wedding gift, and ate a lunch of vegetable curry, topped with yogurt she made from raw milk sourced from another nearby farm, and paired with a salad of her own variety of mixed greens. Before the interview, we sat and talked about children, family, and life. Afterwards, while touring the farm where I got to eat my first fresh fig right, pulled right off the tree, we discussed the politics of being a permaculture farmer in an area with a conservative view of farming that views modern, industrial drive agriculture as the only way; and how to make the choices required to have a successful permaculture farm that runs counter to those ideas that others see as norms, reinforced by our society we live in. Though that all happened outside of the conversation you can listen to on the show, many of the tenets and tone you'll find there. Holly is someone I look forward to visiting again to sit down and continue to push the edges of what it means to embody permaculture as a small-scale farmer working the land, fueled by calories not fossil fuels. The impact of that day is also why you'll see the picture of Holly's farm as the cover image of this episode. On the other side of that, looking at living in a rural setting, was Toby Hemenway. Well known and carrying high regarded within our community, I'd chased him off and on through the years for an interview, but we never quite connected. I'll admit to never being a fan of Gaia's Garden, but The Permaculture City was like talking with an old friend, which was what the resulting interview felt like. Warm and gracious, but a bit heretical because Toby did the math and raised questions about the practicality and sustainability of the permaculture dream of going off-grid, returning to the land, and seeking self-sufficiency. As he says in the book, he's done subsistence farming, and it isn't a joy by any sense of the imagination, it's hard work that many of us are not realistically ready for, so what can we do to do us and what we are ready for and good at? This latest work also took permaculture a step further out of the landscape, to areas where there may be no soil to grow in, or if we're not suited to it, may honestly be a waste of our time and energy. What then? What do we do to still live in a regenerative manner, during this period of transition, to lessen our consumption and impacts, when the answer is counter to so many years of conversation and literature on what we're told permaculture is supposed to be, and what it is supposed to look like? Deep down we've known the truth, the answers, we've heard it before through people like Bob Theis imploring that we don't go out and inflict ourselves on a piece of land that doesn't need us, or Dave Jacke addressing that what we called Invisible Structures for so long need to be framed for what they are, social and economic systems. And here in his book and conversation with me,  was the number one selling author on the subject of permaculture calling all of that into question, and asking us to examine our own choices. Here were some of my doubts about the permaculture narrative given a voice. Was my mind blown? Yeah, just a little, and it's what has taken me a road to continue to stand in two worlds and create a place, through the podcast, to look at these bigger pictures and questions so we can build permanent culture, rather than just insuring we achieve permanent agriculture. With all those voices and conversations and the others in the archives, can you guess who the number one guest of all time on the show is out of the last five years, and so receives an honorable mention? Are you shocked at all if I say Ethan Hughes? His insight and thoughts continue to connect with so many people, including to my surprise, a number of folks from Australia and New Zealand. The work of his, to embrace and embody permaculture in a way that is personally fulfilling, but non-proselytizing, shows a different way forward. I might not ever to live the way he does, because as Eric Toensmeier and I have talked about I like electricity and the ability to communicate worldwide instantaneously via the internet,  his actions help me get a little bit closer to where I want to be every time we talk or I listen back over the public interviews. It's why I picked up the phone and called him to talk about my desire here in Pennsylvania to create an urban demonstration site and semi-intentional community. As that phone call drew to a close, and he'd shared a number of insights in how to start a project like that, the conversation lead to us talking about writing, in particular a book about his personal journey, but with the practical insights necessary so anyone can create change where they are, as conventionally or radically as they like. Even more to my surprise, Ethan asked me to be his partner on the project, which resulted in what we're calling The Possibility Handbook. As a new year dawns, so does a new project, and I leave for The Possibility Alliance on January 15, 2016 to sit down, off-grid, and record with Ethan. If you would like to learn more about The Possibility Handbook in particular, visit the thepermaculturepodcast.com/book. There you can listen to a short interview with Mr. Hughes discussing the contents we'll cover, and what he hopes to accomplish by bringing this into the world. You'll also find information and links on how to take part in a listener-only crowdfunding campaign where you'll  receive early access to the book materials as they become available, and exclusive content that will not be offered anywhere but there. If you'd like to contribute to the show in general visit https://thepermaculturepodcast.com and click on the support tab to find out how you can help. In drawing this to a close, I want to say thank you to everyone who has been a part of the the show over the years by donating, sharing links, and reaching out to me via email or phone, or by taking the time to put a letter in the mail. All of it has made this podcast a success in ways that I never imagined in October of 2010 when I  first sat down with an inexpensive USB headset and an old Linux laptop to start talking about Permaculture.   Thank you.   [caption width="960" align="aligncenter"] Photo Source: Rewild Portland[/caption] Resources: Episode 1506: Island Creek Farm with Holly Brown Episode 1513: Rewilding Permaculture with Peter Michael Bauer Episode 1516: Foraging and Feasting with Dina Falconi Episode 1524: Right Livelihood with Ben Weiss, Dave Jacke, and Charles Eisenstein Episode 1526: Getting right with ourselves & building community featuring Ben Weiss & Dave Jacke Episode 1530: Urban Permaculture in Baltimore, Maryland (Charm City Farms) Episode 1532: The Permaculture City with Toby Hemenway Episode 1538: Community Building (Clear Creek Round Table) Episode 1540: Myth Making and Storytelling with Jason Godesky Episode 1541: The Riverside Project Round Table (Part 1) Episode 1543: Transitional Ethics with Joshua Peaceseeker Hughes Episode 1544: Home (The Riverside Project Round Table Part 2) Episode 1546: Human vs. Conservation Rewilding Episode 1548: The Greatest Commandment with Dillon Cruz

Part 1 of a two part audio experience sans introduction & music. I got a signed copy that night! Have you ordered yours yet? http://www.chelseagreen.com/the-permaculture-city

Part 2 of a two part podcast - an uncut audio of Toby's talk on The Permaculture City, his new book on urban permaculture. Get your copy today! :) http://www.chelseagreen.com/the-permaculture-city

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Like this podcast? Become a Patron. My guest for this episode is Toby Hemenway, author of the longstanding favorite book on ecological design Gaia's Garden. His next blockbuster The Permaculture City, was recently released by Chelsea Green. This latest volume, focusing on urban landscapes, forms the basis for the conversation today. We work our way through the book and along the way discuss permaculture as a decision making system, and the importance of what permaculture practitioners have, for so long, called the invisible structures: our social and economic systems. For patreon supporters, stick around after the end of the interview, as there is a piece I cut from the piece for broadcast that I included at the end for you to hear. Before we begin, I'd like to thank everyone who had help to make this show a reality. If not for every one of the listener supporters I wouldn't be able to keep going, as all of this work is made possible by you. If you've thought about giving, do so now. If you would like to be part of the members who are part of the monthly program, become a Patreon supporter and receive a number of benefits, including early access to shows and subscriber only podcasts. You can find out more about Toby's work at patternliteracy.com. His latest book, The Permaculture City, is currently available through Chelsea Green. If you choose to order use the link above and help support the podcast at the same time. Before we get to my thoughts, a class announcement. October 2 - 11, 2015 Dave Jacke is teaching a 9 day intensive Forest Garden Design Course at Feathered Pipe Ranch, near Helena Montana. This is the first time in three years this course has been offered in the United States. The all inclusive class allows students to learn how to mimic forest ecosystems that include a number of valuable characteristics including stability and resilience in a changing world. As the recent interviews with Dave this have expressed, you can also expect this course to explore the human side of design including the social and economic elements, as discussed with Toby as part of today's interview. Participants will the opportunity to design multiple forest gardens, including one for the course site, as well as another for the 6th Ward Forest Garden Park, as discussed with Caroline and Jesse during the conversation with them on Social System Design. Find out more at: https://www.insideedgedesign.com/upcoming-events.html Now then, my thoughts at the moment. To me this book and the interview you just heard are vital to changing the conversation about permaculture away from just the landscape and growing food, as these are problems that are technically solved. We know how to raise up plants from seed, cutting, or graft. We understand the techniques to use in a wide variety of situations in any climate, even if that means making modifications to the land through ponds or swales, or creating physical structures such as greenhouses or stone walls as thermal mass. Conventional and organic agriculture have a lot of information for us to pull from, as do the rapidly growing fields of agro-forestry and agro-ecology. Where things go sideways is in reaching a larger audience with these ideas, not just in mainstream culture, but also in the permaculture community at large. The landscape is the focus and gets many of us stuck there. Myself and, as you heard, Toby as well. In the beginning this is the place it all starts. Plants. Animals. Food. Fuel. Fiber. Medicine. They form our materials and techniques and yields. These are all easy to see and engage in. But now, 40 years since the beginning we need to go back and dig through Mollison's big black book of permaculture and remember Chapter 14: Strategies for an Alternative Nation. We need to learn how to build and work in community with one another. Now that the thorny pioneers have blazed a trail into the depths of the jungles, plains, and cities, and there set down roots, we have flourished in the shade of their experience and the work that came before us long enough. Now the specialists can come in. The growers, the builders, the organizers, and the communicators, to fill in the gaps and expand to reach all aspects of human life. We have the potential for permanent human agriculture, now let's work on building that permanent human culture, and retain the aspects of civilization that matter to us. Thankfully we can do so using the same system of design as those who came before us, and show others how to create a different world. We can tell the stories of how what will come can be different from what has been and what is. Together, though climate change and other obstacles may seem insurmountable, we can bring prosperity and abundance to all life on earth. We can get the next story right and, with it, get the future right. I am hopeful for what will happen next, as is a recurring theme in my work as of late on engaging what was once seen as invisible. It was quite an experience to hear what Toby had to say on this subject, given his many years of experience and the place of respect he holds in the community. The Permaculture City is a fundamental resource that I recommend everyone who is listening read. If this interview is your first exposure to permaculture and you liked Toby's perspective get a copy of Gaia's Garden, read it, and then read The Permaculture City. If you're someone who finds their thoughts continually revolving around the land, read The Permaculture City and see the broader scope of decision making that permaculture can help us engage in. For those of you already working on issues of social and economic systems, especially in the urban environment, pick up a copy and know that you are not alone in your work and there are many people stepping out from what was to create a new now. Along the way, wherever you go, I am here to lend you a hand. To walk beside you until such time as our paths part. If I can be of service to you in any way, get in touch. Email: The Permaculture Podcast Call: Skype: permaculturepodcast You can also send me a letter, as I do so love receiving mail in the post. The Permaculture Podcast The Permaculture Podcast As we draw this to a close, on Wednesday, August 19, 2015, I'm going to be attending a potluck in Berea, Kentucky for an evening discussion about permaculture, being organized by Michael Beck of The POOSH. Though short notice, once I have a flier for that event I'll pass it around if you are in the area and able to attend. That event kicks off my time in Kentucky, as I'll be at Radicle Gathering, in Bowling Green, August 20 - 23, 2015. Come out and join me, and members of The POOSH, for a weekend of workshops, entertainment, and community building. Tickets are currently on-sale and the entire weekend is only $25 for adults, those 16 and under get in for free. My deepest thanks to Meg Harris for being part of the team organizing this event and inviting myself, Eric Puro, and all the other presenters and musicians for this weekend. It's going to be a blast. Find out more at RadicleGathering.com. With that, so comes the end of the episode. There is a short episode planned for Monday, August 10. Until then spend each day creating a better world, the world you want to live in, by taking care of earth, your self, and each other.

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Like this podcast? Support it on Patreon. My guest for this episode is David Bollier, author of numerous books about the commons. This is a topic that initially was a little hard for me to wrap my head around, so rather than try to define it here, I'll let David's description a few minutes into the conversation do this subject proper justice. In addition to defining what the commons are we also discuss property and property rights, the role we have in managing shared resources both finite and renewable, and how permaculture practitioners can work to create mainstream change through grassroots efforts and alliances. One thing I bring up during the interview is The Tragedy of The Commons, an article written by Garrett Hardin in the 1960s, which was my first named introduction to this idea of commons, what they are, how they can be damaged, and what we can do to protect them. I recommend reading that article because of the impact it has had on several generations of conservationists, land managers, environmentalists, and ultimately permaculture practitioners. When you do read it don't hold on to what is written in that piece too tightly, however, as things change pretty quickly in this conversation with David. As we get started if you enjoy this podcast become a listener-member on Patreon. Your support is vital to the continuation of this program. You will find more about David's work and a series of articles at his website, Bollier.org. While you are there you can also see his of books on The Commons and pick some up to expand your understanding of all the resources we share together and should manage in community with one another. Before heading to my thoughts and other announcements, a reminder that Dave Jacke is teaching a 9 day intensive course on Forest Garden Design from October 2 - 11, 2015 at Feathered Pipe Ranch, near Helena Montana. This is the first time in three years that this course has been offered in the United States. This all inclusive class allows students to learn how to mimic forest ecosystems that include a number of valuable characteristics including stability and resilience. As with the recent interviews with Dave this have expressed, you can also expect this course to explore the human side of design including the social and economic elements. Participants will also have the opportunity to design multiple forest garden, including one for the course site as well as for the 6th Ward Forest Garden Park to be installed in Helena. During the last several weeks I've been combing through my library and getting back into reading some of the books I consider classics in preparation for working my way through some new to me material on permaculture, the environment, and education. It is in that last place that I was brought back to David Orr's writing in Earth in Mind, a collection of essays that focus, “On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect.” If you've never read it, though it's been over 20 years since the first edition, I recommend getting a copy. Mr. Orr looks at a variety of issues using education as the common language, similar to permaculture using the landscape, but what really frames the various pieces are the environment and communities, that human element. At one point David Orr looks at how, just as David Bollier points out, the industrial revolution changed our interactions with the environment, one another, and the connections that we share by being in community. Though we've always used resources as a species the last several hundred years have changed the scope and scale of our ability to extract materials from the environment and in turn to change the world around us. What once took generations can now be accomplished in less than a human lifetime. Where before we had to rely on one another, the culture we live in now allows us to disconnect as much as we can afford to do so. We don't have to build long-term relationships with Earth or the people near us, we can take from some far off place or hire the service and skills of anyone willing to do the work and feel insulated, and isolated, in our personal castle, whatever the form it takes. With that many of us also have the social and economic mobility to pick up and go somewhere else if the place we currently inhabit doesn't suit us any longer. But based on this conversation with David Bollier, and re-reading David Orr, I'm reminded that there are no externalities, as much as that phrase may get used to label pollution and other unaccounted for costs of industrial production, and it is our disconnection from place and each other that allows for so much environmental and ecological devastation. Society and culture move forward at a scale that still sees the world as infinite and allows ongoing extraction of resources and economic subjugation of others, so that the resources we care about go unmanaged for the rest of us and the dirty work of developed society can be cast off to those less fortunate by virtue of forces they have no control over simply by being born in a different situation. There is a systemic roadblock that leads to mountain tops being removed to extract coal, giant strip mines being sunk into the land creating scars on the landscape, water being polluted or sequestered for hydraulic fracturing, and waste being dumped in foreign lands or indigenous cultures being forced to change by economic forces. All in the name of market forces and capitalism, which creates a narrative hegemony as the story we are told and accept is the only way, yet feel very deeply that something isn't right. We as permaculture practitioners have a way to show the world what can be done to make a world where all can live and thrive, abundantly and more locally. We know the land and the landscape. That's a part of the initial attraction for many to permaculture. That's great. Let's keep that up for those of you who are good at getting your hands into the earth and producing food. But there are so many other places for us to plug-in. The community organizers can go and begin forging alliances with our neighboring and related movements. Pull in the transition towners, the slow foodies, the slow money investors. The engineers and architects can design systems that have life cycles that make . Doctors and nurses, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners, how can caring for our health be made more accessible, and use less non-renewable resources. I ask because a recent new reports on local talk radio addressed how many plastics and disposables are used in healthcare. What about sterilizing and recycling after use? Lawyers, how can we create laws and systems that allow permaculture to be practiced more readily and to make the things we want to do legal? Where are the leverage points where we can work outside the system without risking everything we have? For those who work in service sectors, from food to entertainment, how can the work you do be made to fall more in line with the ethics of this system of design? As a community of practitioners we are not alone in our practices and have a wide variety of talents, skills, backgrounds, and experiences to pull from, but we cannot do this as individuals. Together, however, we have the ability to elevate this work into a broader grassroots movement that can change the world for the betterment of all life and Earth. Join me. Let's do this. Get in touch. . Email: The Permaculture Podcast As I prepare to end this episode, a few announcements. First, I'm moving the regular release day for the show to Thursdays rather than Wednesdays, with “Best Of,” permabytes, and other supplementary material appearing on Mondays. Second, I am heading to Baltimore on July 11 to record an interview with Victoria of Charm City Farms to discuss the work she and her partner are doing to bring Permaculture to Baltimore. July 13 I sit down with Adam Brock as a follow up to the recent interview with John Wages about Permaculture Design Magazine and to talk about Adam's role as a guest editor. July 29th, Toby Hemenway and I are scheduled to talk about his latest book, The Permaculture City. If you have any questions for these upcoming guests let me know by the usual ways. Finally, August 20 - 23 I'll be at Radicle Gathering in Bowling Green, Kentucky, running a Permaculture question and answer session on Friday afternoon, a community vision workshop on Saturday morning, and delivering the Saturday night keynote address. Eric Puro of ThePOOSH will also be there as the Friday night Keynote speaker. If you are in the area come out and join in the fun of workshops, live music, and a whole bunch of people coming together to explore how to build resilient communities. radiclegathering.org. Up next week in a two-person interview are Dr. David Blumenkrantz with Jen Mendez of PermieKids to discuss Rites of Passage and Initiatory Experiences in community development and education. Until then, take care of Earth, your self, and each other.

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Like this podcast? Support it on Patreon. Today's episode is a permabyte review of the forthcoming book by Toby Hemenway, The Permaculture City. Exciting, isn't it? Toby Hemenway has a new book coming out and I'll just go ahead and say it: it is incredible. I received an advance copy, clocking in at 288 pages, from the publisher Chelsea Green and, even though I'm a slow reader, sat down and read the whole thing, cover to cover, in a day. What I like about this book is that the way it is written and organized reminds me of my own permaculture path. In the beginning there is an examination of the ethics and principles and why they matter. Then there is an look at design and considering techniques, but then stepping back and to organize our thoughts with the tools provided by the permaculture design process. To re-examine the elements and how they relate to systems. As that understanding grows to take another step and use small examples, such as water systems, to expand our thoughts further and realize there is more to this work than just the land and includes the people involved with caring for it, for maintaining it, and that those living communities matter. They embody why we care for Earth, care for people, and share the surplus. As importantly Toby also addresses the real fact that we can't expect everyone to become hunter-gatherers again or subsistence farmers. Even if we could that idea isn't reflective of the resiliency that permaculture design engenders. Using resiliency as a basis he uses several examples, including home and community gardening, water, and energy use, as informal case studies to explore how to apply the principles to step back and ask bigger questions so we can create useful strategies. This last point is important because, to me, The Permaculture City is a book about better understanding our design strategies, those often nebulous ideas that separate the philosophical underpinnings of permaculture, the ethics and principles, from the techniques that represent the physical practice that all of our on-paper design results in. There is time for techniques when we implement, but that can only come after consideration and design. For those of you familiar with the Zone and Sector design models in permaculture, they are both upon throughout the provided examples. I was left with a new understanding of how to apply these, especially to social systems. Chapter Nine in particular, on Placemaking and The Empowered Community, took me in a whole new direction. Though I've used these methods repeatedly in the past after seeing them applied in the context of the various examples I come to agree with what Larry Santoyo says, which is quoted in this book, “Sectors trump everything.” I'm now going back and examining some of my designs, including landscape, social, and economic, to see where my sector analysis may be weak. My thoughts on permaculture moving beyond the the landscape started several years ago when I interviewed Dave Jacke, Larry Santoyo, and Mark Lakeman in short succession. Reading this book has helped to continue my shift in thinking about permaculture, and in about the time it would take you to go back and listen to those interviews you can sit down and be well into this wonderful book and have an even greater understanding of how permaculture applies to so many human systems, but also how to start asking the questions that can take your understanding of design to the next level. I've been in this field for half a decade now and this book is a welcome addition to my library. It came at the right time, but I can't help but wish that I would have been ready for it and received it sooner. Overall I like Toby's latest book so much that I'm putting it on my recommended reading list, especially for someone new to permaculture. After you've read Masanobu Fukuoka's The One-Straw Revolution, Donella Meadows' Thinking in Systems, Rosemary Morrow's Earth User's Guide to Permaculture, and David Holmgren's Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability, read The Permaculture City and take your design well beyond the landscape. The Permaculture City goes into publication on July 15, 2015 and you can pre-order a copy through the Chelsea Green website for $24.95. https://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/the_permaculture_city I am expecting to receive a final print copy of the book when it goes to press and will include that in the Traveling Permaculture Library Project. If you'd like to be a part of that cycle of giving, and receive a random book related to the broad umbrella of permaculture, email your name and address to librarian@thepermaculturepodcast.com and Matt Winters will take care of you. Until the next time, take care of Earth, your self, and each other. Correction: When originally recorded and posted the publication date for this book was September 14, 2015. The release date has since been moved up to July 15, 2015.

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Like this podcast? Support it on Patreon. My guest for this episode is the rewilder Peter Michael Bauer, from Portland, Oregon, who is also a trained permaculture practitioner who studied under Toby Hemenway. Peter is the executive director of Rewild Portland, an environmental education non-profit that uses hands-on workshops and classes to teaches earth-based arts, skills, and technologies. He is also a regular contributor to rewild.com and the rewild.com facebook group. During this conversation we talk about permaculture as a tool for rewilding, examine the impact of government and empire on our ability to take care of the earth and ourselves, discuss the meaning of civilization in the context of earth repair and permaculture, and our individual roles in creating useful change. You can find out more about him and his current work at rewildportland.com. I would like to have Peter back on the show to continue this conversation and wrap up some thoughts that we touched on, but did not have the space to expand during this first conversation. If you have questions for him after listening to this show, let me know and I will include them in the follow-up we will have in a few months. You'll also find a number of resources below. I walk away from this conversation feeling that the act of practicing permaculture is the beginning of a life that is less civilized and a lot more wild. The more I have conversations with people like Peter, or Dan De Lion, or Ben Weiss and Wilson Alvarez, or read the work of authors like Derrick Jensen, the less and less I can sit back and be mild behind the microphone. I don't talk about my personal perspectives much, but these guests and their ideas spark that loud and boisterous side of myself as I grow tired and weary of the destruction and damage that is happening and want to see all of us pick up our tools and find out own salvation from this damaging culture that pushes us away from one another by telling us who to fear, why we can't trust our neighbor, and must always be suspicious. We're told to question science because it might tells us something we don't like or can't bring ourselves to accept because it conflicts with some preconceived world view. That because one of you is a republican and another is a democrat that those political leanings are so big that you can't get along and realize that one's guns and the other's gays aren't our problems, but are used as issues that drive a wedge between us and push us apart so those in power can stay there and dictate to us what is best, while serving their own self interest. That we are anesthetized with a news cycle of entertainment and shocking headlines. We are in the middle of ecological collapse and we're told to spend our time worried about who is going to win some televised contest, or that a terrorist group thousands of miles away is going to come onto this soil and ruin our way of life when every day we listen to the people who are already ruining it for us. Those same people who tell us to be afraid and that we can't change what's happening anyway so should go back to our comfortable homes and turn up the heat if the winter is a little cold, or install a new air-conditioner if the summer's seem hotter than normal, and ignore the droughts in California because the north-east got a record snow falls this year. I'm tired. I'm tired of living in fear and listening to messages of scarcity. I'm tired of holding on to hope like it will make a difference, because it won't. Action. Action will make a difference. I love this world and each and every one of you so much that I want to see a place where we can all come together and live the best lives we can, in the world we want to see, even if we disagree over what that might look like, but to do it in a way that takes care of the earth, so we can have a home that we can live on indefinitely for ourselves and future generations. That we can take care of ourselves, and grow a little food to make sure we can eat and not go hungry, and to grow a little extra to feed our neighbor, regardless of what their religion, race, or creed might be. That we can live, and love, and work together and give a damn about the difference we can make and tune out the messages that say we're not enough, we are not good enough, that we can't save the salmon, or reverse climate change, and that we should continue to trust in those who lie to us every day so that they can remain in power when we, each and every one of us, is powerful and capable of bringing about incredible change. Rewild yourself and be free. Whatever road you are on, I'm here. I'm not going anywhere. Things might change with the podcast, I don't know yet, but whatever happens I will continue to make myself available to anyone and everyone I can help. Call me. . or Email: The Permaculture Podcast. If you have some surplus and you can throw a little something my way, I'd appreciate it, because this podcast is all that I do for a living right now. Learn more at www.thepermaculturepodcast.com/support or at www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcast If you haven't already you should join the Traveling Permaculture Library Project by emailing your name and address to Matt Winters, who is the new librarian for the project. You can reach him at: librarian@thepermaculturepodcast.com By doing so you will receive a random book related to permacutlure, the natural world, or the environment. All I ask is that once you receive a book and read it, to email Matt back and pass it along. Each book includes a sticker in the front cover with more information to make this process easier. The next books I'll be shipping off to Matt for the library are: Greg Marley Chanterrel Dreams, Amanita Nightmares Beattie, Thompson, and Levine Working with Your Woodland Richard Mabey Weeds Stephen Barstow Around the World in 80 Plants Until the next time, spend each day creating a better world, the world you want to live in, but taking care of earth, your self, and each other. Resources Rewild Portland Rewild.com Rewild.com Facebook Group Wilderness Awareness School First Nations Decolonization (Wiki) Pacific Northwest Foraging by Douglas Deur Keeping it Living by Douglas Deur and Nancy Turner Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

Toby Hemenway joins me to talk about his upcoming talk at PV2 titled Liberation Permaculture. Permaculture offers more than a path to a sustainable and just food system. It can move entire segments of our society off the radar screens of state oppressors and help return equality, abundance, and justice to people while restoring healthy ecosystems. This talk, being premiered at Permaculture Voices, will tell you how. If you’ve appreciated Toby’s series on permaculture and civilization, you’ll want to see this significant new chapter. Show Notes: permaculturevoices.com/100

Toby Hemenway is the author of Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, which for the last eight years has been the best-selling permaculture book in the world. Toby has been an adjunct professor at Portland State University, Scholar-in-Residence at Pacific University, and has taught over sixty permaculture design courses. He has presented lectures and workshops at major sustainability conferences such as Bioneers, SolFest, and EcoFarm, and at Duke University, Tufts University, University of Minnesota, University of Delaware and many other educational venues. We discuss the broader social context of food, the ecological problems of civilization, the joys of nomadism, and permaculture’s place in restoration.

Toby Hemenway joins me to talk permaculture - how permaculture has changed and how we can work more permaculture into our lives.Toby also talks about being one of instructors for the new Ecological Landscaper Immersion Program that is being put on by the Erik Ohlsen and the Permaculture Skills Center. Key TakeawaysIt really benefits anyone in almost any field to be able to think in whole systems. Someone who embraces permaculture can do a lot more than teach and design property. Apply permaculture techniques and principles to what you do. Find good mentors. Many people want to help others. You just have to ask.Some standard economic training is good. You can get a great toolkit and then apply it however you want. Standard training is a tool, a means to an end if you goal is ecological design. Catch kids while thinking in whole systems. Before they are trained out of it into compartmentalized thinking.Starting with soil fertility and building organic matter is a good idea. It is almost a universal panacea along with being careful with water. Move to the highest generalization. For example, do you want to open a store, or do you want to make a living providing good products for your community.Find the things in life that you are really good at and do those things. It gives you good feedback and then you start building confidence and making forward progress.Want to transition careers? Find ways to make it less scary - lower expenses. Show Notes: www.permaculturevoices.com/37

Full Episode: Hosted by Carter Wallace and Rishi Kumar This episode first broadcast on 20 December, 2012 This weeks segments:  

Interview with Toby Hemenway, Permaculturalist, on Soil & Civilization Full Interview with Toby Hemenway   More about Toby Hemenway and Permaculture: – The Growing Home interviews Toby Hemenway – Toby Hemeway’s Pattern Literacy Institute – Purchase Gaia’s Garden by Toby Hemenway – Permaculture Activist Magazine http://www.instituteofurbanecology.org/2012/12/focus-on-food-ep-12-extended-interview-with-toby-hemenway/feed/ 0 Carter Wallace & Rishi Kumar 36:09 noLA's media voice for urban ecology, food justice, DIY kitchen empowerment, and building

Much of the content of Deconstructing Dinner revolves primarily around the practice of agriculture; from examining the downsides and challenges of current agricultural systems to the opportunities and alternatives to those challenges. However, most of those alternatives that we examine are 'agri'cultural alternatives, and so from time to time it's important to step back and deconstruct that very focus... asking the question; "Are 'agri'cultural alternatives an adequate response if they're rooted within that same 'agri'cultural box"? On past episodes when this question has been raised, we've often arrived at the subject of permaculture - creating systems that mimic natural ecosystems while providing for human needs. One of the outspoken voices advocating for permacultural systems in North America is Toby Hemenway - the author of Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home Scale Permaculture (Chelsea Green, 2009). On this episode we listen to a talk Toby delivered in February 2010 when he suggested that 'sustainable agriculture' might very well be a misnomer. He reflected on the rise and fall of past civilizations that help answer the question... "how 'sustainable' is agriculture?" Voices Toby Hemenway, author, Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture (Portland, OR) - Toby Hemenway is the author of the first major North American book on permaculture, Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture. He's an adjunct professor at Portland State University and a Scholar in Residence at Pacific University. Toby and his wife spent 10 years creating a rural permaculture site in southern Oregon. He was associate editor of Permaculture Activist between 1999 and 2004 and he now works on developing urban sustainability resources in Portland.

Toby Hemenway, author of the best selling book Gaia's Garden, tells us how to create beautiful and functional ecosystems in our own backyards. Hemenway, a Permaculture teacher, writer, and lecturer, talks about basic Permaculture principles, guilds, and how to build soil fertility.

View Video » [18 MB] Toby Hemenway is the author of ‘Gaia’s Garden, A Guide to Home Scale Permaculture‘ and is currently an adjunct assistant professor at Portland State University. He offers his experience in ecological design through workshops and writing. Find out more about Toby and read his articles […]