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The Permaculture Vine

Cormac Harkincormacu.podbean.com
We interview permaculture designers, practitioners and educators on how they discovered permaculture, and how they are doing in their permaculture careers and businesses.
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Episodes

40 Growing Freedom With Jim Gale of Food Forest Abundance

Cormac Harkin chats to Jim Gale, Chief Storyteller at Food Forest Abundance. learn digital design: www.pdc2pro.com book a Food Forest Abundance strategy session for your property https://calendly.com/cormacharkin/strategy-session buy a design with Food Forest Abundance (affiliate link) https://shop.foodforestabundance.com/VINEPERMACULTUR www.foodforestabundance.com https://www.galtslanding.farm/

Jan 18, 202435 min

39. How to Market Your Permaculture Business

In this roundtable discussion Cormac Harkin of Vine Permaculture chats with Brandon Moncrief of GYGO and Jason Thomas of Regeneration Nation Costa Rica about marketing and permaculture. learn digital design: www.pdc2pro.com book a Food Forest Abundance strategy session for your permaculture design with Cormac: https://calendly.com/cormacharkin/strategy-session buy a design with Food Forest Abundance (affiliate link) https://shop.foodforestabundance.com/VINEPERMACULTUR Brandon Moncrief youtube- @...

Jan 08, 202448 min

38. Can You Make a Living Farming, with Morgan Gold

In Episode 38 of The Permaculture Vine Podcast Cormac talks to Morgan Gold of Gold Shaw farm about Farming, Social Media and Permaculture. How Profitable Was Gold Shaw Farm in 2023? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD4VW0lLYjE https://www.goldshawfarm.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@GoldShawFarm https://goldshawfarm.podbean.com/ https://www.facebook.com/goldshawfarm https://www.instagram.com/goldshawfarm/ https://www.tiktok.com/@UCjl3zDun9SazYI0UWWu6_1A Permaculture Digital Design and Technology ...

Dec 19, 202343 min

37. Permaculture Business Coaching With Jason Thomas

Jason is the founder of Regeneration Nation Costa Rica, a podcast exploring who's doing what to bring Costa Rica toward environmental and social well-being. As a permaculturist with a background in business, he bridges ecologically-focused entrepreneurs with the 21st-century tools and business practices he’s found useful in his own endeavors. After a decade of traveling, visiting intentional communities and permaculture projects all around North and Central America, Jason settled on Costa Rica a...

Dec 08, 202351 min

36. Regerative Leadership and Permaculture

Cormac Harkin chats with Sarah Spencer, Aimee Fenech and Christopher Nesbitt on this roundtable discussion. Sarah Spencer https://thepermaculturevine.com/sarah_spencer/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-spencer-a8916538/ https://www.instagram.com/thinklikeatree/ https://www.facebook.com/thinklikeatree/ https://twitter.com/thinklikeatree5 https://www.youtube.com/@thinklikeatree Aimee Fenech https://thepermaculturevine.com/aimee-fenech/ https://www.perma.earth/ Christopher Nesbitt https://theperma...

Dec 01, 20231 hr 10 min

35 Permaculture and Climate Change Adaptation

Cormac Harkin chats with Jo Petroni Of Permarchitecture, Christopher Nesbit of Maya Mountain Research Farm and Allan Campbell of Food Forest Abundance and Family Permaculture about Permaculture and Climate Change Adaptation Jo Petroni Climate-proof your home - The homeowner's guide to climate resilience - Waitlist open for the begining of 2024 cohort https://maven.com/jopetroni/climateproof Special offer until the end of year to kickstart your home project https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jo-petro...

Nov 22, 20231 hr 8 min

34. Permaculture, Homesteading, Blogging and YouTube with Sean Jennings of Homesteadin’ Hawaii and PINA

Sean first found Permaculture as a way to design a simple life. He went on to develop his own off grid Homestead from the ground up at the age of 23 (44 now!) and continued to do the same for others across California & Hawaii for 15 more years. During that time, he developed his online skills as a way to market the work that he was doing. That work included community activism projects such as the 2010 & 2011 One Hundred Garden Challenge that took place in Los Angeles in which he led over...

Nov 14, 202348 min

33. Forest Gardening with Pippa Chapman of Those Plant People

Pippa is a permaculture designer and educator, forest gardener and author of ‘A plant lovers backyard forest garden’. She is passionate about helping everyone, with even the smallest garden, to grow a forest garden. https://www.instagram.com/pippachapman_thoseplantpeople/ https://www.youtube.com/@thoseplantpeople530 www.vinepermaculture.com PDC to Professional Course Information https://vinepermaculture.com/PDC2pro/ The Permaculture Vine Newsletter Sign Up! https://vine-permaculture.ck.page/news...

Nov 04, 202347 min

32. Roundtable - Education and Training For Permaculture Professionals

Cormac Harkin chats with Sarah Spencer, Brandon Moncrief and Sean Jennings about Education and Training For Permaculture Professionals Sarah Spencer https://www.thinklikeatree.co.uk/product/regenerative-organisation-fundamentals/ Sean Jennings https://www.youtube.com/@HomesteadinHawaii www.pina.in Brandon Moncrief https://www.growyourgrassoff.com

Nov 04, 202350 min

31. Entrepreneurship, Regenerative Agriculture, and Sustainable Living with Jesse tack of PINA

Cormac Harkin chats with Jesse tack from PINA about his many varied permaculture projects. Jesse has made income with permaculture inspired design in consultancy, education events, growing and selling microgreens, fungi, plants, and organic vegetables. Working as a board-certified Music Therapist (MT-BC) since 2008, Jesse has taught a wide variety of coping skills, expression groups, and psychoeducational groups at a Partial Hospitalization Program working in Behavioral and Mental Health....

Nov 04, 20231 hr

30. Permaculture In The Arts with Liz Postlethwaite of Small Things Creative Projects

Liz is a participatory artist and creative facilitator. Liz has a particular interest in the way that an open, creative, inclusive process can be used to encourage the development of ecosystems where all species can flourish. Liz is also committed to developing work which explores how we can take inspiration from the natural world to create places and spaces where regenerative cultures can thrive. www.smallthings.org.uk www.lizpostlethwaite.co.uk @mudandculture PDC to Professional Course https:/...

Sep 29, 202348 min

29. Permaculture Life In The Mountains With Caleb Hoffman

Caleb Hoffman is a permaculturist based in the snowy mountains region of south east Australia. His focus and speciality is in landscape rehydration and agricultural forestry, but wields the generalist toolkit which is the design science of permaculture. If not immersed in reading landscape and designing living systems, he is in his element ski touring the Australian alps or chasing lambs back into their grazing cell. @berhnardhoffman PDC to Professional Course Information https://vinepermacultur...

Sep 29, 202341 min

27. Working at the Boundary of Permaculture and Architecture with Jo Petroni

Jo works at the boundary between permaculture and architecture - Zone 0 and beyond. She is an architect and ecovillage designer. Lately her focus has been of regenerative development projects and what "Regenerative" means for the way we build. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jo-petroni/ https://jopetroni.substack.com/ Check out our new PDC to Professional Digital Permaculture Design Course @ www.winepermaculture.com/pdc2pro

Sep 11, 202339 minSeason 1Ep. 27

26. Urban and Rural Permaculture Homesteading with Kerry Brown of Strong Roots Resources

Kerry Brown has made it his mission to teach others how to understand their landscape and to create a productive property of any size, including urban and suburban lots. Over a 13-year period he turned a small urban lot into a productive space that included edible, medicinal and pollinator gardens, small livestock and wildlife habitat with ponds, various composting systems and rainwater catchment. Over time, all of these elements were integrated into a closed loop system. In October 2020, he mov...

Aug 31, 202351 min

25. PINA - Permaculture Institute of North America

Cormac Harkin talks to Jesse Tack and Sean Jennings about PINA and their permaculture design competition. https://pina.in/ https://www.instagram.com/permaculture_institute_na/ https://www.youtube.com/@permaculture_institute_na Design Competition https://pina.in/pina-design-contest/ Book A Free 25minute Consult or Chat with Vine Permaculture https://koalendar.com/e/meet-with-vine-permaculture PDC to Professional Course Information https://vinepermaculture.com/PDC2pro/ The Permaculture Vine Newsle...

Aug 28, 202345 min

24. Drylands Permaculture Design In The Desert With Daniel Wilson

Daniel Wilson, originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota began his permaculture journey at Jordan's Greening the Desert site, studying with Geoff Lawton. This experience shaped his interest in dryland permaculture. From there, he headed to Phoenix, Arizona, eager to deepen his dryland permaculture knowledge. Eventually, Daniel and his wife Omina purchased a house on a 2 acre property in Cornville, Arizona. On the property, they founded House Mountain Ranch, blending permaculture principles with the...

Aug 25, 202351 min

23. Sean Stanton: Building For Future Generations

Sean is a father, husband, gardener, writer and musician who has dedicated his work to future generations. In the last decade he has managed to build 10 farms from the ground up, ranging from small scale backyard farms to large scale community operations, using permaculture design and holistic management. He is now set out to discover and document the historical and cultural patterns of indigenous and long lasting cultures, with an aim to inform and inspire others to take action in their own lif...

Aug 21, 202342 min

22. Orion Black: Off-Grid Living, Permaculture Design, and Entrepreneurship

Orion has been living off-grid for 7 years. He has overcome adversity including homelessness and has gone on to build many businesses. He currently operates his own permaculture design and consultancy business. He designs food forests, off-grid properties, and farms. He built the tiny house he lives in and installed the solar power system that provides all his electricity. Orion is currently looking for those beginning their permaculture journey to mentor and train in the off grid and permacultu...

Aug 09, 20231 hr 30 min

21. Permaculture Design Meets Landscape Architecture with Ben Dunn

Ben Dunn is currently a Project Consultant with Hoffmann Hayes and a Master of Landscape Architecture student at U of T. He has 6 years of experience working across Canada as a researcher, public speaker, sustainability strategist, and permaculture designer. His intuition for systems thinking has allowed him to thrive while working on technical permaculture projects ranging from backyard to broad acre. Over the years, Ben has led over 400 events, online and in-person, with attendance upwards of ...

Aug 04, 202344 min

20. The Full Permaculture Education Experience With Brandon Moncrief: From Woofing To Designer To GYGO!

In 2009, Brandon Moncrief received his PDC at the Regenerative Design Institute in Bolinas, California with Penny Livingston-Stark and other great teachers. Here he was an intern for 9 months and met some incredible people. Enjoying wwoofing and being an intern on other farms, he was able to get a real-life snapshot of what it is like to live on a homestead, grow lots of food, and take care of animals. Brandon has lived in various climates and eco-regions. Currently he is developing his property...

Jul 28, 202343 min

19. Permaculture Farming with Mike Jones of Pensioner Pond Permaculture

Mike Jones from Pensioner Pond Permaculture and Vine shares his permaculture journey. https://www.youtube.com/@PensionerPondFarm https://www.instagram.com/pensionerpondpermaculture/ Vine Permaculture www.vinepermaculture.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinepermaculture/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083338661143 Twitter: https://twitter.com/@vinepermie Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vine-permaculture/ Youtube @vinepermaculture Newsletter signup: https:...

Jul 20, 202356 min

18. Developing Lives and Businesses in Regenerative Ways with Sarah Spencer

Sarah is a regenerative mentor, trainer, speaker, helping visionary leaders grow purpose-led enterprises that make an impact, inspired by living-systems success. Permaculture diploma holder, smallholder, tree-lover, author of Think like a Tree: the natural principles guide to life. Sign Up To Sarah's Newsletter "Inspired By Nature News" @ https://www.thinklikeatree.co.uk/inspired-by-nature-news/ www.thinklikeatree.co.uk Discover your Team's Impact-Making Mindset Quiz www.thinklikeatree.co.uk/tea...

Jul 13, 202343 min

17. Permaculture Education and Entrepreneurship in Lesotho, Africa with Ivan Yaholnitsky.

Audio only podcast due to a poor network connection. Ivan Yaholnitsky has been working as an educator in Lesotho since July 1987. Grew up on a family farm in Western Canada, which was based on an agro-business model. Ivan Yaholnitsky FB. Permaculture Lesotho FB. Ivan Yaholnitsky Twitter Vine Permaculture www.vinepermaculture.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinepermaculture/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083338661143 Twitter: https://twitter.com/@vinepermie Linkedi...

Jul 13, 202337 minSeason 1Ep. 17

16. Permaculture Education and Community Building in Portugal with Ângela Gonçalves

Ângela Gonçalves is passionate about Permaculture and Ecological design and even more about Teaching, Learning and people. She's keen on gardening, soils, seeds, fungi, worms and decision-making/ community management tools and methods. Food preservation and cooking have always been part of her everyday life. She has been a language teacher ( Portuguese, English and Spanish) since 2005 and started studying Permaculture in 2013 with Nuno Belchior, she has completed a PDC in 2015, at Biovilla, in P...

Jul 02, 202340 minSeason 1Ep. 16

15. Green Living and Money Coaching with Laura Oldanie

Laura Oldanie is a green living & money coach and founder of Rich & Resilient Living. Since receiving her permaculture design certificate in 2009 she's been exploring ways to earn, spend, invest, and manage her money (and lifestyle) to bring about the change she wants to see in the world – and teaching others to do the same. Laura is a sought-after source of knowledge on regenerative investing, and her work has been featured in Forbes, CNBC, and Good Housekeeping. She is co-author of the...

Jun 23, 202347 min

14. Learn to Build A Permaculture Business with Jose Ansoleaga Ayala

Jose is a Father, Multilingual, Geographer, Designer, Artist, Explorer, and Entrepreneur. Jose Ansoleaga is the CEO of Permallorca, promoting Mediterranean Food Forest for Adaptation to Desertification with Syntropic Agroforestry. He is a facilitator on Professional Permaculture and Leading Regeneration. https://www.joseansoleaga.com/ https://www.facebook.com/jose.ansoleagaayala/ https://www.instagram.com/joseansoleagaenglish/ https://www.youtube.com/@joseansoleaga https://www.permallorca.com/ C...

Jun 16, 202339 min

Practicing permaculture with no land of her own in Germany with Sabine Klee.

Sabine started learning about Permaculture in 2019. Permaculture Certificate in 2020 in Austria. Participated in various workshops in the field since 2020. Founded a community garden in 2019. Started working on a Permaculture related city project in 2021 (still ongoing). Started a food forest project in cooperation with a local farmer in 2021 (still ongoing). Founded "Leguminosa Gartenberatung" in 2023. Now working on redesigning a company´s green spaces using Permaculture design principles. 202...

Jun 11, 202345 min

Episode 12: Native Stingless Australian Bees with Mark Payne of No Stings Attached

Mark has always been a passionate gardener but since realising there was next to no bees in his garden he began the quest to repopulate his local area with bees. This has since led to him starting his own business spreading native stingless bees throughout the east coast of Australia and providing workshops to school students to raise awareness of the importance of native bees. Marks latest project is launching a new habitat product for solitary native bees. A more affordable and ethical way to ...

Jun 01, 202347 min

Building an Exotic Permaculture Homestead with Dr Ian Scott: The Permaculture Vine Podcast Episode 7

Cormac interviews Dr Ian Scott from Grow Your Grass Off. Dr Ian Scott has a passion for growing food and helping others do the same in a logical and regenerative way. He has a diverse background, being a car mechanic, a Chiropractic Physician for many years, before helping others grow food at Grow Your Grass Off (GYGO). He has an affinity toward growing rare and exotic edible plants and raising exotic animals. He is currently building out his 3-acre homestead in Florida to feed his family and lo...

Apr 28, 202339 min
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