Futuresteading

This is a conversation about the future. About creating a culture that values tomorrow. We reckon a slower, simpler, steadier existence is the first step - one that’s healthier for humans and the planet. We call it Futuresteading. Each week we chat to community builders, ritual makers, food growers, health wizards and environmental wisdom keepers, gathering practical advice and epic solidarity - so we can all nut this thing out together. Join our nitty, gritty, honest and hopeful convo every Monday during our 16 episode seasons. Support the pod by shouting us a cuppa >>> buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading

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8 Futuresteading Shortie : BOOKS!

It's another Shortie with Jade and Catie! This week, we plate up an assortment of our favourite books, films and thinkers. In the spirit of sharing life-changing and mind-altering resources (books > drugs), we chat about our bibles of regenerative living, homesteading, futuresteading, farming and thinking - that we reckon you'll love, too. Oh, and having a buddy to read along with is a powerful way to absorb and discuss the merits of new knowledge, solidify it, and develop a shared mental lib...

May 10, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Ep 7 The Perma Pixie : Reciprocity, Relationships & Plants

If you've never met a Perma Pixie, prepare to be delighted. Taj, aka. The Perma Pixie , is bringing a little old school witchcraft and spades of permaculture wisdom to Melbourne - and now, to you. This chick beats to a drum of ‘reciprocity’, a philosophy that acknowledges that we’re part of a cycle that should give as much as it takes. She’s been delivering permaculture education courses for over a decade (not bad for a young sprout!) and has recently started clinical work as a qualified herbali...

May 03, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 6

E6 Futuresteading Shortie : Moments of joy + Placemaking

What are your moments of joy? What makes you feel at home? Where's the "best" place to live with respect for the future? Join Jade and Catie for a Futuresteading Shortie: a bite-sized convo where we share our everyday moments of joy, why to put roots down, what makes us guffaw and where the "best" place to live really is. This wee episode is the perfect accompaniment to pulling weeds, shelling walnuts, wandering up the street or sunning your legs on the verandah. Thanks so much for joining us. S...

Apr 26, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 5

E4 Brenna Quinlan: Permaculture Creative

If you’re looking for reasons to be hopeful, this conversation with Brenna Quinlan will provide a lifetime’s worth. You probably know her as “ that permaculture illustrator ” - and boy, can she communicate complex environmental and social ideas with a few deft flicks of her paintbrush! But did you know that Brenna is also a brilliant thinker, permaculture educator and tiny-hut-dwelling resident of Melliodora ? Yep. Brenna is a breath of fresh air and optimism, with oodles (of positive stuff!) to...

Apr 18, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 4

E3 Rebecca Sullivan - Get your Granny Skills on!

Listen to our elders. Listen to the earth. That’s what Rebecca Sullivan aka. Granny Skills urges us all to do. This fast-paced conversation delves into Rebecca's commitment to local food systems, regenerative agriculture and Warndu , the Indigenous food farm and educational business she concocted with her hubby in South Australia's North West. With a son on the way, Rebecca shares how she plans to help him - and all youngsters - avoid eco-anxiety: listen, ask questions, act without fear and alwa...

Apr 14, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 3

2 Sadie Chrestman from Fat Pig Farm shares a cup of tea with a stranger

It’s never too late to start farming. This week, Sadie Chrestman from Fat Pig Farm shares her story of moving to Tassie with partner Matthew Evans to start a new, rural life - in her forties. We ask her what it’s like being ‘ that famous treechanger ’, why she’s obsessed with the soil, about her pledge to drink tea with strangers, and how she discovered her dream job aged 50. Her humble, level-headed wisdom is the antidote to overwhelm and an inspiration for anyone wanting to radically change th...

Apr 12, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 2

E1 Meet your hosts! Jade + Catie chew the fat.

Grab a hot brew and sit down with hosts Jade and Catie for a short, sweet and personal conversation. We share who we are, what we believe in, what the heck “Futuresteading” means - as well as some juicy series spoilers. Pleased to meet you! SHOW NOTES Who are Jade & Catie? What is Futuresteading? What perspectives will we each bring to the podcast series? Key emerging themes of the Futuresteading podcast series one, like community, upbringing, living with less, redefining success, cultural s...

Apr 11, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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