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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

69. Permaculture, Health and Wellbeing Roundtable

In episode 69 of the Permaculture Vine Podcast, Cormac chats with Graham Towerton, Jo Petroni, Olly Boon and Laura Oldanie about Permaculture Health and Wellbeing. Brought to you by www.pdc2pro.com Graham Towerton is a certified Permaculture Design Consultant based in Adrian, Michigan in the US. After a 34 year career in chemical engineering in Australia and the US, Graham obtained his PDC in 2021 to provide the formal certification that goes with his nearly 40 years of using permaculture princi...

Aug 08, 20241 hr 32 min

68. Self Sufficient Families Through Regenerative Communities

In episode 68 of the Permaculture Vine Podcast, Cormac chats with Jamon Mysliwiec of TIAG, Lindsay Brandon of Permaculture canadaand Leszek Frankiewicz of Projekty Permakultura https://youtu.be/jc9il0sBn6o https://youtu.be/2SeFEiYDKUw https://youtu.be/ddxIM2V_gIQ Jamon Mysliwiec is an educator, public speaker, and a certified permaculture designer. He specializes in agriculturally productive ecosystem design, focusing on food forests and functional landscaping(Eco-scaping). Jamon is the CEO of L...

Jul 26, 20241 hr 2 min

67 Family Permaculture Party

On episode 67 of The Permaculture Vine Podcast, Cormac Harkin of Vine Permaculture chats to and Chanel Smith of Family Permaculture, Annette Argabright of Family Permaculture, and Alex Popp of Permaculture Party about https://vinepermaculture.com/podcast/family-permaculture-party/ Brought to you by https://www.pdc2pro.com For all our episodes go to: https://vinepermaculture.com/vinepodcast/ Annette is a Certified Permaculture Designer and Teacher, Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design - Buildin...

Jul 19, 202447 min

66 Thriving The Future with Scott Miller

On episode 66 of The Permaculture Vine Podcast, Cormac Harkin of @vinepermaculture chats to Scott Miller of @thrivingthefuture Scott lives on 10 acres in rural NE Kansas, US. Along with horses, a donkey, and chickens, Scott's specialties are food forest guilds, nut trees, and creating new garden beds using Milpa. For the full episode blog see: https://www.vinepermaculture.com/scott-miller https://www.ThrivingtheFuture.com Brought to you by https://www.pdc2pro.com For all our episodes go to: http...

Jul 19, 202453 min

65 Cultivating Thriving Online Ventures with Hayley Weatherburn

https://vinepermaculture.com/hayley-weatherburn On episode 65 of The Permaculture Vine Podcast, @cormac_harkin of @vinepermaculture chats to Hayley Weatherburn of @ThrivingwithNature Hayley is dedicated to empowering individuals to cultivate thriving online ventures. As the creator behind the growing Thriving with Nature community of leaders and thrivers on a path to self-sufficiency, she specialises in helping homesteading and off-grid living experts transform their wisdom into sustainable onli...

Jul 03, 202452 min

63. Regenerative V Permaculture Design

This week we have a roundtable. Cormac is joined by Sarah Spencer, Christopher Nesbitt and Joshua Prieto. This was inspired by Sarahs LinkedIn article here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/permaculture-compared-other-regenerative-disciplines-sarah-spencer--n8roe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&utm_campaign=share_via Maya Mountain Research Farm in Belize and the local area has been devastated by fires. From Gofundme: "Christopher and Celini and their neighbours continue to fight dev...

Jul 02, 20241 hr 1 min

62. Meet Your Regenerative Community at the Gathering of Tribes 2024

https://vinepermaculture.com/podcast/gathering-of-tribes-2024/ Cormac Harkin chats to Victor Vorski and Audrey Fillon about The Gathering of Tribes in Portugal on the 11th to 15th September 2024. Learn digital permaculture design and technology with Vine Permaculture https://www.pdc2pro.com For all our episodes go to: https://vinepermaculture.com/vinepodcast/ Help Support The Podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/vinepermaculture Victor Vorski: Victor is a regenerative ecosystem catalyst, instig...

Jul 02, 202448 min

61 Permaculture Teacher Training with Alfred Decker

Cormac chats to Alfred Decker from 12p deisgn about permaculture teacher training. From 12pdesign webiste: Alfred Decker is an award-winning permaculture designer, a certified educator with the Permaculture Association of Britain, and one of Europe’s leading and innovative permaculture educators. Since his first PDC in 1998 in California, Alfred has been involved with social movements and projects throughout Europe and the Americas. He is the founder of the 12P Permaculture Design consultancy, P...

Jul 02, 202453 min

64 Assistive Technology for Professional Permaculture Designs with Olly Boon

Olly Boon - Founder of Earth Repairs Olly Boon founded Earth Repairs over seven years ago in the UK, focusing on permaculture design. He has developed a step-by-step design process integrating assistive technology for professional designs, collaborating with architects and industry professionals. His notable achievements include securing the first known Paragraph 80 planning permission for permaculture on agricultural land. Olly aims to empower practitioners with tools and techniques to mainstre...

Jun 21, 202454 min

59. Raising Permaculture Chickens with Guest Sonono

Cormac Harkin chats to Guest Sonono on episode 59 of The Permaculture Vine Podcast. Guest Sonono is a permaculture designer and educator. He is currently a teaching assistant for Geoff Lawton’s online permaculture design course under the Permaculture Research Institute. Specialising in small animal systems (chickens), he has used his experience to write a chicken handbook and also write blogs about chickens. https://vinepermaculture.com/podcast/guest-sonono/ https://vinepermaculture.com/my-perma...

May 04, 202441 min

58. Permaculture Designing for Homesteaders with Charles Lawson

Charles J. Lawson is a permaculture practitioner, designer, and educator. He homesteads on 7 acres in rural Virginia, and helps others do the same with his company DeWitt Permaculture, doing business as Food Forest Virginia. https://www.instagram.com/foodforestvirginia/ https://modernhomestead.com/ For all our episodes go to: https://vinepermaculture.com/vinepodcast/ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/vinepermaculture Cormac Harkin Learn digital permaculture design and technology with Vine Permacultur...

May 04, 202443 min

57. How to Create a Community Permaculture Garden with Stephen Leahy

Stephen Leahy is a passionate advocate for sustainable agriculture and permaculture principles. As a small-scale part-time farmer, Stephen practices permaculture on his community garden, affectionately known as "Willow Edge Farm." With a team of six dedicated participants, Stephen applies the principles he's learned from books and volunteering to create a thriving and eco-friendly farming environment. Inspired by his experiences, Stephen spends two weeks each year at Henbant Permaculture Farm, f...

Apr 21, 202431 min

56. From Farm to Table: Permaculture’s Role in Enhancing Local Food Supplies

A Permaculture Vine roundtable sees Cormac Harkin joined by Christopher Nesbitt, Pippa Chapman and Graham Towerton. They are discussing Permaculture's Role in Enhancing Local Food Supplies. Graham Towerton https://youtu.be/AAl5xKacqUc https://permacultureadventuresmi.com/dir/ instagram: @grahamtowerton Pippa Chapman https://youtu.be/ZRxNh-8ThVg https://www.instagram.com/pippachapman_thoseplantpeople/ https://www.youtube.com/@thoseplantpeople530 Christopher Nesbitt https://www.facebook.com/MayaMo...

Apr 17, 20241 hr 3 min

55. Permaculture Wisdom from Around the Globe with Doug Crouch

Cormac Harkin chats to Doug Crouch from TreeYo Permaculture. Trained as both a Permaculture Designer and Fish and Wildlife Manager, Doug has extensive knowledge surrounding landscape planning and food production systems. This regenerative design and implementation work spans the globe ranging in contexts and climates including tropical agro-forestry, Mediterranean organic gardening, and temperate suburban edible landscaping. To facilitate this work he founded TreeYo Permaculture thus building of...

Apr 12, 20241 hr 7 min

54. Nomadic Permaculture Design with Eléonore Todini

Cormac Harkin chats with Eléonore Todini. Eléonore began her journey in "real life" as an energy efficiency engineer, but she transitioned from this role five years ago to fully immerse herself in her permaculture dream. This shift wasn't just a career change; it became a pathway to serenity, joy, creativity, and true well-being for her. Over the past five years, she has traversed the globe, honing her design skills and practical knowledge through various projects. Each destination she visited p...

Apr 05, 202448 min

53. Educating Families In Permaculture with Annette Argabright

Annette is a Certified Permaculture Designer and Teacher, Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design - Building connections and planting seeds within the People Care ethic. https://www.instagram.com/oliversgardensfarm/?hl=en https://www.familypermaculture.com/ https://foodforestabundance.com/nextstepswithannette https://vinepermaculture.com/podcast/annette-argabright/

Mar 29, 202443 min

52. Finding Your Permaculture Niche with Cynthia Acebo

Native to Fort Worth, Texas, USA, Cynthia Acebo started off as a live sound engineer working in venues with touring musicians and singing in a semi-professional choir, herself. Music is her first love but after being laid off without pay as a gig worker in 2020, she quickly fell into the world of permaculture. Texas is no easy place to grow a lush garden and after painstaking trial and error, she found ease by working WITH nature. After obtaining her PDC through Verge Permaculture, she immediate...

Mar 22, 202446 min

51. Running a Profitable Permaculture Orchard with Stefan Sobkowiak

Cormac chats to Stefan Sobkowiak of Miracle farms about running a profitable permaculture orchard. YouTube Channel : www.youtube.com/c/stefansobkowiak Permaculture Orchard Masterclass: https://permaculture.study/ Talks/ Conférences: Stefan Sobkowiak The Film/ Le Film:www.permacultureorchard.com Les Fermes Miracle Farms & Courses: miracle.farm Social Media / Médias Sociaux: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lesfermes.farms Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stefansobkowiak/ Linkedin: https...

Mar 15, 202457 min

50. Regenerative Entrepreneurship with Josh Prieto of Seeds of Dao

Josh is the Co-Founder and Director of the Seeds of Tao learning platform for regenerative entrepreneurs. He has over 10 years of experience creating, building, and operating startup solutions alongside entrepreneurs of all shapes and sizes. That experience has shown him that entrepreneurs have the biggest role to play in the Anthropocene as we either create the solutions for, or become the root problem of, our people, planet, and future. Josh now co-creates educational programs that disrupt the...

Mar 06, 202454 min

49. Permaculture Side Hustles with Brian Aleksivich

Brian Aleksivich is currently a Full Time RV Nomad helping people develop side hustles utilizing unused sections of their property. From a corner of the backyard to an undeveloped secondary property, he can help you monetize it. https://thelotsproject.com http://www.youtube.com/@TheLOTSProject https://www.facebook.com/LOTSProject https://www.tiktok.com/@babywalterandcompany https://thelotsproject.etsy.com Learn digital permaculture design and technology with Vine Permaculture https://www.pdc2pro...

Feb 29, 202449 min

48. Helping Families Thrive with Permaculture with Jamon Mysliwiec of TIAG

Jamon Mysliwiec is an educator, public speaker, and a certified permaculture designer. He specializes in agriculturally productive ecosystem design, focusing on food forests and functional landscaping(Eco-scaping). Jamon is the CEO of Lulus Garden, Lead Designer at Haven Permaculture LLC, and Founder of The Independent American Gardener non-profit community program. With a diverse history Ranging from Gardening and Homesteading, construction, earthworks, diesel and auto mechanics, retail and pro...

Feb 23, 202434 min

47. Graham Towerton of Permaculture Adventures Michigan

Cormac Harkin chats to Graham Towerton of Permaculture Adventures Michigan. Graham is a certified Permaculture Design Consultant based in Adrian, Michigan in the US. After a 34 year career in chemical engineering in Australia and the US, Graham obtained his PDC in 2021 to provide the formal certification that goes with his nearly 40 years of using permaculture principles and practices on his properties. Graham is one of the design and sales team members for Food Forest Abundance and has complete...

Feb 23, 202451 min

46. Brian Norton of Food Forest Farms

IN episode 46 of The Permaculture Vine Podcast, Cormac Harkin chats to Brian Norton of Food Forest Farms. Brian is a Permaculture Preacher trying to amplify and uplift the vibration of Mother Earth. He is an advocate and warrior for all enthogenic medicines. Inventor of the Living River Aquaponics system. Founding Farmer at Food Forest Farms. Brian Norton https://t.me/scramblinuniversity https://youtube.com/@Foodforestfarms?si=7hZU0qphDCIxE4U0 NOSTR npub1pgc6p26t89vt4r6d54wl0nvhd6lrgw4767cf9tcnw...

Feb 16, 20241 hr 3 min

5 Permaculture Life and Education with Rakesh ”Rootsman Rak”: The Permaculture Vine Podcast Episode 5

Cormac Harkin from Vine Permaculture chats Rakesh "Rootsman Rak" about Permaculture teaching and some of his projects. An experienced Permaculture designer, teacher, forest garden specialist, yoga teacher, homeopath and reggae DJ. Rakesh has been designing and teaching permaculture to individuals and communities since 2009, and has taught over 500 permaculture, forest gardening, eco village design and related courses. His permaculture design portfolio ranges from large scale forest gardens in ec...

Feb 14, 202458 min

45. Anna Fundin of Regenhive

For many years my biggest curiosity and passion has been in inner/self-exploration and in developing new and regenerative communities. Together with my mentor and partner in this field, I recently started my journey as an regenerative entrepreneur, where we are working on developing spaces that may support and nurture ecosystems of regenerative entrepreneurs. Website and newsletter: https://www.otagregenag.com/, Social media links for this specific project: https://www.instagram.com/regenhive/, ...

Feb 14, 202443 min

44. Billy Bond - Perma Pasture Farm

Cormac Harkin chats to Billy Bond of Perma Pastures farm and the PIMPcast podcast. Billy is a Christian, American, heterosexual, pro gun, liberty-minded, permaculture designer. Billy Bond https://youtube.com/@PermaPasturesFarm21?si=6z7Ht7q1Okbq9urd https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/permaculture-p-i-m-p-cast/id1633116231 https://permapasturesfarm.com/ Cormac Harkin Get a free Food Forest Abundance strategy session for your permaculture property with Permaculture Designer Cormac Harkin: https:...

Feb 14, 20241 hr 6 min

43. Entrepreneurship Roundtable

In episode 43, Cormac Harkin chats to Jose Ansoleaga and Jason Thomas about Permaculture and Entrepreneurship. Jason Thomas https://www.facebook.com/regenerationnationcr/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/regenerationnationcr/ https://www.instagram.com/regenerationnationcr/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/regenerationnationcr/ https://www.pinterest.com/regenerationnationcr/ https://regeneravida.com/groups/regenerationnationcr/ https://youtube.com/@regenerationnationcr https://twitter.com/RegenNat...

Feb 14, 202452 min

42. Curtis Stone

In episode 42 of The Permaculture Vine Podcast, Cormac Harkin chats to Curtis Stone about living off grid, urban farming and all his different business ventures. Curtis Stone site - freedomfarmers.com Twitter - @offgridstone YouTube - @offgridcurtisstone site - theurbanfarmer.co Cormac Harkin Get a free Food Forest Abundance strategy session for your permaculture property with Permaculture Designer Cormac Harkin: https://calendly.com/cormacharkin/strategy-session Learn Permaculture Digital Desig...

Feb 14, 202447 min

41. Connecting To Nature With Lindsay Brandon

In episode 41 of the Permaculture Vine Podcast, Cormac Harkin chats with Lindsay Brandon of Food Forest Canada. Lindsay Brandon is a permaculture designer and farmer located in southern Alberta, Canada. Lindsay is driven by a deep connection to the natural world and the belief that when we heal our relationship with the environment, we heal ourselves. With a background in performing arts, photography, and yoga studies, sharing permaculture with the world is a perfect blend of all the previous ca...

Jan 26, 202440 min
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