The Future of The Permaculture Podcast
An update on what to expect from the show through the end of 2024.
Feb 03, 2024•5 min•Ep. 68
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Replay: A Precautionary Tale
Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest for this episode is Philip Ackerman-Leist, the author of A Precautionary Tale: How One Small Town Banned Pesticides, Preserved Its Food Heritage, and Inspired a Movement , from Chelsea Green Publishing. Learn More...
Jan 31, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Replay: Rewild or Die
Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Peter Michael Bauer, executive director of Rewild Portland , returns again to talk about the re-release of his book Rewild or Die . Learn More...
Jan 24, 2024•50 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Replay: Biomimicry, Landcare, and The Reintegration Project
Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. How did animals and people influence the landscape for hundreds of thousands, and even millions of years, before the rise of civilization? Learn More...
Jan 17, 2024•57 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Replay: Getting Started with Permaculture
Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Today's guest is Michael Judd, a permaculture practitioner from Frederick, MD, and the author of Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist . You can hear his first interview on the podcast here: https://www.thepermaculturepodcast.com/2014/michaeljudd/ Learn More...
Jan 12, 2024•59 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Replay: Edible Landscaping
Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Today's guest for this episode is Michael Judd , a permaculture teacher, designer, and author from Frederick, Maryland. He and I sat down at his home to talk about his background and work, including his recently released book Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist . In addition to his book and design company, we talked about hi...
Jan 08, 2024•49 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Replay: Beyond the War on Invasive Species
Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Today's guest is Tao Orion, author of Beyond the War on Invasive Species . Her book and the concepts of war and invasion form the basis of our conversation. Learn More...
Dec 20, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Replay: Protected Culture: Growing in Greenhouses and Hoophouses
Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Today's guest is Andrew Mefferd, author of The Greenhouse and Hoophouse Grower's Handbook . Drawing on his years of research working at Johnny's Selected Seeds, he shares what it means to grow plants in an environment we can control, be that a cold frame in our backyard, an unheated hoop house, or a heated greenhouse. Learn More...
Dec 13, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Replay: The Art of Craft Distilling
Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Would you like to hear more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Today's guest is Victoria Redhed Miller, who joins me for the second part of our conversation on Craft Distilling, this time to talk about the art of the process that turns fermented sugars, whether from grains, fruit, molasses, or honey, into tasty, tasty liquor. Learn More...
Dec 08, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Replay: The Legality of Craft Distilling
Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest is Victoria Redhed Miller author of Pure Poultry and From No-Knead to Sourdough . These books pull on her experiences as an off-the-grid homesteader in the Pacific Northwest and are available from New Society Publishers . Learn More...
Dec 04, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Replay: Designing for Disasters with Natural Building
Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Oliver Goshey, founder of the regenerative design and natural building company Abundant Edge , and host of the Abundant Edge podcast . Learn More...
Nov 29, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Replay: Trees of Power
Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Would you like to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Today's guest is Akiva Silver of Twisted Tree Farm in Spencer, New York. He joins me to talk about his life and the experiences that led to his book Trees of Power from Chelsea Green Publishing. Learn More...
Nov 22, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Replay: Sprig the Rescue Pig
Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Today's guest is Leslie Crawford, author of Spring the Rescue Pig , a children’s book about the journey of a pig on his trip from industrial agriculture to a sanctuary, and Rory, the child who helps him along the way. Using that book and story as a starting place, Leslie and I talk about agriculture, food activism, parenting, and the...
Nov 15, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Replay: RetroSuburbia - Episode 2 of 2
Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. This episode looks at what brought David Holmgren to the present moment and writing RetroSuburbia . From David Bilbrey’s questions, David Holmgren shares the past and ongoing influences that guided the development of permaculture from those first days in the 1970s through to how this work continues to grow to the current day. Learn M...
Nov 10, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Replay: RetroSuburbia, Episode 1 of 2
Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In this episode recorded by co-host David Bilbrey, David Holmgren returns for the first of a two-part conversation about his latest book RetroSuburbia. Learn More...
Nov 06, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Replay: Permaculture Politics and a Compassionate Future
Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. This is an atypical episode of the show as you can probably tell from the title. In this conversation, I sit down with Joshua Hughes of VerdEnergia Pacifica and Blacksheep Regenerative Resource Management to talk about the intersection of permaculture and politics to engage, get involved, and change the system to create the world we ...
Nov 01, 2023•52 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Replay: Peter Michael Bauer - Human vs. Conservation Rewilding
Donate Directly To The Podcast: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest for this episode is Peter Michael Bauer , who returns to share with us his thoughts on the distinction between human versus conservation rewilding, and a critique of what they get right and what they get wrong as we develop the understanding and language to discuss these broad, far reaching views on how to undo dom...
Oct 23, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Help Scott Save His Liver (and Heart)
A few days before my 44th birthday, I received the news managing my Celiac Disease and family history of diabetes had damaged my liver and made my non-alcoholic liver issues worse. So much so, that I am at a significant risk of liver failure in my lifetime. In a follow-up with my doctor about that news, I was also diagnosed with High Blood Pressure (Hypertension 2). To manage these health issues, I need to step away from the show, indefinitely, in the near future. To ensure that the podcast webs...
Sep 25, 2023•2 min•Ep. 67
The Regenerative Landscaper by Erik Ohlsen
A review episode of The Regenerative Landscaper: Design and Build Landscapes That Repair the Environment by Erik Ohlsen, with a foreword by the great Penny Livingston. Visit Our Sponsor: RoofMaxx roofmaxx.info/podcast Show Notes The Regenerative Landscaper ( Synergetic Press ) Related Interview: Erik Ohlsen - Professional Permaculture Related Interview: Erik Ohlsen - Professional Permaculture Education...
Sep 15, 2023•6 min•Ep. 66
The News - 4 September 2023
This Episode of The News includes two updates from the podcast, a look at rescheduling Marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act, concerns over the shrinking supply of freshwater in the United States, and close with an opportunity for permaculture practitioners. Visit Our Sponsor: RoofMaxx roofmaxx.info/podcast Schedule a Meandering Session Donate to the Backup Fundraiser Using PayPal: PayPal.me/PermaculturePodcast Via Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Show Notes Rescheduling Marijuana America is ...
Sep 05, 2023•7 min•Ep. 65
The News - 28 August 2023
In this episode of The News from The Permaculture Podcast are updates on the growing investment into sustainable and regenerative agriculture, how agrivoltaics is bridging the political divide in America, and on rewilding efforts in Argentina. Visit Our Sponsor: RoofMaxx roofmaxx.info/podcast Show Notes Farmland LP Farmland LP launches $250M fund focused on organic and regenerative agriculture Agrivoltaics Is Making Friends Across Partisan Lines, Thanks To Farmers Rewilding Argentina The return ...
Aug 28, 2023•7 min•Ep. 64
Inclusion in Permaculture - Rosemary Morrow
When sitting down with a storyteller like Rosemary Morrow for a series of open conversations about her life and work that spans decades, and results in more than 10 hours of recordings, it's never clear what will emerge. Today's episode is a great example of that, as in a few moments while we discussed other things, Rowe mentioned working with the folks at Perma Queer and shared her thoughts on how to use one’s position, role, and respect within a community to make space for marginalized voices,...
Aug 27, 2023•4 min•Ep. 63
The News - 21 August 2023
Welcome to The News for the week of 21 August 2023, from The Permaculture Podcast . In this episode we have a look at a climate solution in Toronto, recently released books of interest to permaculture practitioners, and an announcement from our friends at Permaculture Principles. Visit Our Sponsor: RoofMaxx roofmaxx.info/podcast Show Notes 2024 Permaculture Calendar Early Bird Offer Toronto’s Deep Lake Water Cooling RetroSububia Bushfire Resilience - Free Download Books Salt and the Art of Seaso...
Aug 21, 2023•7 min•Ep. 62
The News - 15 August 2023
In this edition of The News from The Permaculture Podcast, for 15 August 2023, are a Permaculture Design Contest, a friend of the pod in the news, and how we can help their farm, along with two updates from the podcast. Visit Our Sponsor: RoofMaxx roofmaxx.info/podcast Show Notes Save 20% from Rewild Organics Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Using PayPal: PayPal.me/PermaculturePodcast Via Venmo: @permaculturepodcast PINA 2023 Permaculture Design Contest (Submissions are open from 1 Sept. to 1 ...
Aug 15, 2023•8 min•Ep. 61
Q&A #1 - Is Technology Anathema to Permaculture?
In this Q&A episode, I address a question from Duncan, who reached out and asked: Is technology anathema to permaculture? Software That Can Be Used While Designing Adobe Creative Cloud AutoCAD Google Earth Google Meet Google Slides Procreate ShapeWorks Sketchup Two Drones I Like DJI Air (I flew the 2 for a Summer. The 3 is now out) Skydio 2+ (Recommended to me by a friend who is a professional drone pilot for a Made-in-the-USA alternative to DJI.)...
Aug 12, 2023•10 min•Ep. 60
The News - 07 August 2023
Today’s News of the World includes a rewilding project, a surge in a nation’s move towards renewable energy, and a look at how Unbuilding can help limit the impacts of climate change on our communities. Resources Rewilding How an Iberian rewilding plan aims to repopulate ‘empty Spain’ Rewilding Spain Books Eager by Ben Goldfarb Coyote America by Dan Flores Bringing Back the Beaver by Derek Gow Interview: Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter Renewable Energy and Clima...
Aug 07, 2023•7 min•Ep. 59
The News - 31 July 2023
Show Notes Support the Podcast with a One Time Donation Via PayPal Or, using Venmo Become a Sustaining Supporter Join our Community Patreon Michael Judd Replacing Your Lawn? Instead of a Meadow, Consider a Food Forest Interview: Edible Landscaping Interview: Starting Out and Getting Involved with Permaculture Interview: Honoring the Dead and Holding the Dying: Natural Burial Interview: For the Love of PawPaws Interview: MAPC Keynote Address Review: Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist Re...
Aug 01, 2023•7 min•Ep. 58
The News -24 July 2023
Join The Permaculture Podcast Discord Server! The 2023 Venie Holmgren Environmental Poetry Prize Learn More About the Prize and Enter Today! Ben and bEartha Watch the Trailer! The Regenerative Landscaper by Erik Ohlsen Pre-order today from Synergetic Press Facing a Future of Drought Click Here to Access the New Yorks Times Article Gardening for Dummies Bundle Brought to us from the great folks at Humble Bundle Charity:Water Geoff Christou GeoffChristou.com Utopia: A Permaculture Vision Our Inter...
Jul 24, 2023•8 min•Ep. 57
What Holds You Back?
What Holds You Back? Is it: An issue of education, such as taking a permaculture design course, a bachelor’s degree, or returning to school as a non-traditional student? An issue of information, such as the right book or resources that helps make sense of an issue you’re stuck on? A matter of access to land, whether a garden plot, backyard, homestead, or farm, and trying to find land where you live? A financial problem, such as having the income to support your work or project while it grows, to...
Jul 15, 2023•5 min•Ep. 56
The News - 10 July 2023
Dan Palmer’s Legacy Watch David Holmgren’s Video: “Dan Palmer’s Legacy” Interview: David Holmgren’s Design Journey (Part 1) Interview: David Holmgren’s Design Journey (Part 2) Interview: Allan Savory - Managing Complexity David Holmgren’s Live, Online PDC Class starts on July 13th, 2024, so register today! Storytelling for Climate Change Project Drawdown I’m planning to be there on July 19th at 12 Noon, Eastern, so, register now and I’ll see you there! Do with Su Sign up to be one of the first t...
Jul 10, 2023•6 min•Ep. 55
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