Being in service of a regenerative future is what shapes Trish Hansen 's choices and decisions about the projects and collaborations she puts her energy into. It is my great delight to welcome Trish to the Sense-Making in a Changing World show. Trish is a prominent thought leader in the fields of creative health and wellbeing, the creative and cultural life of places public art, and the 'vibe' of neighbourhoods and cities. She was recently the President of the Australian Institute...
Aug 17, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Ep 55•Transcript available on Metacast My wonderful guest on this episode is a 2021 Kofi Annan Changemaker, a Ugandan permaculture gardener and educator living in near the capital city of Kampala, Irene Nagudi. Through this work she is also a peacemaker, climate activist and conservation educator. She dreams of starting a permaculture education farm outside of the city to give youth a fresh perspective on a way to move forward - a good example to show what is possible. Currently she runs a permaculture program called Kichini Gardener...
Aug 11, 2021•49 min•Ep 54•Transcript available on Metacast It is my great pleasure to welcome Ross William to the Sense-making in a Changing World show. Ross, who's traditional name is 'Tummulba' means lightning, is a proud Bindal person of Townsville to Burdekin regions (on his father’s side). Bindal people are star people. On his mother’s side he is connected to the Islands and peoples of Erub and Mer Islands of the Torres Straits. He is part of two indigenous led initiatives here in Australia - Future Dreaming Australia and Regenerativ...
Aug 04, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep 53•Transcript available on Metacast How do you communicate big ideas that stick and spread in local communities? Listen in. Sustainability communication is one of the many talents of my guest on this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, Chhaya Bhanti . Chhaya is the Founder and Director of Vertiver - a women-owned, Indian social enterprise full of designers, storytellers, artists, researchers and passionate environmentalists. They create engaging campaigns to cultivate positive change around issues of waste , forests , bio...
Jul 29, 2021•52 min•Ep 52•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World it is my delight to share with you this conversation with Juan Jose Lugo Bernal from Quito, Ecuador from Pangea Regenera. Juan and I met through the Ecoversities program of Re-imagining Higher Education . He recently recorded an interview with me about my work - you can listen here - and we then recorded this conversation about his - the courage it took to shift from being an engineer to a life in permaculture - his permaculture program at the ...
Jul 20, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep 51•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to this wonderful conversation on the 50th podcast episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World hosted the Permaculture Education Institute. I am joined by two wonderful permaculture educators and designers from the AgroPermaLab in Poland - co-founder/, Joanna Bojczewska and urban gardener/educator/activist Klaudia Kryńska - both social anthropologists. The way they are sharing permaculture embraces cultural and artistic dimensions and inspires people to engage, think and act differently....
Jul 12, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep 50•Transcript available on Metacast There's a new generation of farmers emerging around the world - changing the narratives, the ways of growing food, the way of being in connection with the land, the food system itself. Here in Australia, Joel Orchard , founder and coordinator of Young Farmers Connect. Young Farmers Connect is a not for profit organisation setting out to support younger people to gain the skills, support, and community to step up and thrive as contemporary, regenerative farmers/agrarians Did you know that th...
Jul 07, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep 49•Transcript available on Metacast What does it mean to live your life as a professional in the world of permaculture? There are many ways of course, and in this episode I am delighted to welcome Andy Goldring to the Sense-Making in a Changing World podcast to share his story. Since 1999, Andy has been the CEO and Coordinator of Permaculture Association (UK) . He has dedicated his working life to coordinating permaculture programs and events and helping to make permaculture far more widely accessible in the UK, and connecting glo...
Jun 30, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep 48•Transcript available on Metacast It is my delight to welcome Artist as Family to the Sense-making in a Changing World podcast. You can follow Artist as Family as they head off on their new cycling adventures around Australia here , watch their wonderful series of practical videos on Youtube , and feel great inspiration from their Instagram sharings. Artist as Family are Meg Ulman, Patrick Jones, Blackwood (Woody), and back in the day, Zephyr and of course Zero (their dog). I am so happy to share this conversation with you. I ha...
Jun 22, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep 47•Transcript available on Metacast It is my absolute pleasure to welcome my friend, Scott Williams , UN Advisor, author, marathon runner, Warm Data host and explorer of right relationship to the Sense-making in a Changing World Show. Scott is a fellow Australian who is based in Geneva, Switzerland. He is fully immersed in the world of nurturing transformational and regenerative development addressing the biggest issues of our time, right in the heart of global governance. He holds a deep understanding of how the UN and global mon...
Jun 16, 2021•2 hr 49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join me in conversation this week on the Sense-Making in a Changing World podcast with fellow permaculture educator, Caroline Aitken who lives on the edge of Dartmoor in England. For the past couple of years, Caroline has led the development of the first ever regenerative food and farming undergraduate and Masters program in the UK , and it has just opened at the innovative ecological university, Schumacher College. Caroline has designed the program to give students opportunity to explore leadin...
Jun 08, 2021•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join me and Dr Millie Rooney as we dive into her explorations of the kinds of future people want and the new stories people are imagining. Millie is the National Coordinator for Australia reMADE , a vision-based collaboration of everyday people and community leaders working to build a country where people and planet come first. As a kid she spent hours collecting toothbrushes outside supermarkets for Gulf War refugees and, although wasn’t allowed to watch movies for fear of scary themes like ‘di...
Jun 02, 2021•1 hr•Ep 44•Transcript available on Metacast I had such fun with this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World. I am joined by my great friend Suzie Cahn, a leader from the Irish permaculture world and active in permaculture education globally. She is an adventurous teacher who's worked with communities from Mongolia to Belize. Back in 2008, Suzie and her husband Mike established Carraig Dúlra - social enterprise, community education, nature connection and permaculture hub in County Wicklow and is exploring her Irish indigeneity th...
May 25, 2021•2 hr 48 min•Ep 43•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, I am excited to share with you my conversation with one-acre permaculture farmer, Brett Cooper from Limestone Permaculture in Stroud, NSW. Brett and his family moved from the city and busy full time jobs and health issues to this country property. They now source their entire income from their beautifully designed small-scale permaculture farm with 11 sources of income - including food, courses, tours, accommodation, consulting and very import...
May 19, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep 42•Transcript available on Metacast My guest in this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World is Brisbane-based author, Geoff Ebbs . His latest book is Your Life, Your Planet published by Australian Geographic. Over the decades as a dedicated environmental activist, he has many ways of explored ways of being a change-maker - politician, comedian, lecturer, author, engineer, actor, radio host (and guest) .... Since 2005 he has been curating an online news site, The Generator.news His focus in Your Life, Your Planet is about buil...
May 11, 2021•1 hr•Ep 41•Transcript available on Metacast It is my absolute delight to welcome Jonathan Dawson to the Sense-Making in a Changing World show. Jonathan is Program Lead of the Masters of Regenerative Economics at Schumacher College in England. Jonathan & I met many years ago here at Crystal Waters Ecovillage visiting with my friend, Amanda Cahill CEO, The Next Economy . Jonathon was for many years the president of the Global Ecovillage Network & a long time resident of Findhorn . Jonathan kindly hosted my family at his community in...
May 04, 2021•44 min•Ep 40•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, it is my delight to welcome Dr Pavel Cenkl, Head of Schumacher College and Director of Learning at Dartington . We talk about the kind of higher education we need in the world today, and explore the innovative and immersive programs offered at the College - from Holistic Science, Regenerative Food and Farming, Ecological Design Thinking, and more. Pavel has worked for more than two decades in higher education where there is learning with pract...
Apr 28, 2021•48 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, it is my delight to welcome Willow Berzin - a wonderfully creative designer & thinker, and founder & chief assembler of the Coalition of Everyone . Through this she brings people together to hold conversations that renew trust, disrupt the politics of fear and build a politics of hope. Her key focus is on contributing to regeneration through designing pathways for transition and real systems change - deep democracy which puts people an...
Apr 21, 2021•52 min•Ep 38•Transcript available on Metacast It is my pleasure to share with you this Sense-making in a Changing World conversation with Dr Brian von Herzen , the executive director at Climate Foundation , initiator of the marine permaculture movement and member of the Permaculture Education Institute . Marine permaculture has been featured on the 2040 Movie and in Paul Hawken's latest book, Drawdown . Listen in to find out more about Marine Permaculture - what it is, how it works, what benefits it has for ecosystem restoration and re...
Apr 13, 2021•48 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast This week I had the great pleasure of talking with highly sought-after farmland restoration and rehydration expert, Natural Sequence Farmer, Stuart Andrews about what we need to be doing to restore Australian farming landscapes, ecosystems and food systems. We also explore the close connection between Natural Sequence Farming and Permaculture. There are pure gems in this conversation. I thoroughly enjoyed this chance to catch up with Stuart again. Stuart Andrews is a farmer who has dedicated ove...
Apr 06, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast It is my great pleasure to welcome Dr Michelle Maloney to Sense-Making in A Changing World. I've known and worked Michelle for years and deeply respect her clarity and commitment to the earth. Michelle is widely known as an Earth Laws (Peaceful) Warrior . She is an extraordinary connector of changemakers and host of wide-reaching networks and challenging conversations. At the core of her work, Michelle advocates for systems change, in order to shift industrialised societies from a human-cen...
Mar 30, 2021•57 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast I am so happy to introduce you to Sarah Queblatin - the co-founder of Green Releaf in the Phillipines in this episode of Sense-making in a Changing World. Sarah and I met as part of Re-Alliance - a global permaculture humanitarian initiative, we are both permaculture teachers, Global Ecovillage Network Ambassadors and members of Permaculture for Refugees. We also have a connection because she is one of the key leaders of a brand new program for youth run by the Global Ecovillage Network Oceania ...
Mar 23, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, it is my pleasure to welcome culture designer, Joe Brewer who describes his work as being in service to humanity and the planet. Joe and I have know of each other for some time, but this is the first time we meet and talk. We both live bioregionally-embedded permaculture lives and focus on regenerative design and education globally. Thank you for join us here in conversation. I see Joe as one of the most interesting and brilliant ecological th...
Mar 16, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, we take a dive into the kind of education the planet (and humanity) needs us to share with the young people in our lives ... of all ages. My guest is author, educator, activist and cultural creative - Lucy Legan. Lucy has recently launched her latest book, Planet Schooling . She is also co-founder of the most substantial permaculture/regenerative education centre in Latin America, Ecocentro IPEC which she started about 25 years ago in Brazil w...
Mar 10, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode I am speaking with my friend and colleague, Maddy Harland from England. Maddy is the cofounder of both Permanent Publications and the Permaculture Magazine with her husband Tim. Their publishing company has released over 100 permaculture books (including two of her own) since 1992 and she has created over 100 issues of the magazine. Maddy has made an incredible contribution to permaculture through publishing and she is an educator, speaker, author and global regeneration activist...
Mar 02, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 30 of Sense-Making in the Changing World ( watch here on youtube ) with Cate McQuillen - the creative powerhouse behind EMMY Award winning Dirt Girl World , Get Grubby TV that are screened on ABC TV and other amazing children's programming. I see it as brilliant permaculture education - offered in the most FUN way for kids (and their families) everywhere. For over a decade Cate has been breathing life and heart into this wondrous world for children to inhabit and explore ...
Feb 23, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast It is my delight to welcome permaculture teacher and author, Looby Macnamara from England back to the Sense-Making in a Changing World show to explore her timely new book Cultural Emergence: Toolkit for Transforming Ourselves & the World which is full of resources, strategies and ideas we need in the world now. Last time Looby and I recorded a conversation (and I had no voice!) we were in her garden in England (in pre-covid times). This conversation recorded over zoom is really part 2 - a fo...
Feb 14, 2021•55 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast This week you are in for a treat on Sense-making in a Changing World Podcast. Come with me on a walk and talk through the iconic Findhorn community in Scotland with Findhorn College permaculture teacher, Maria Cooper , exploring how permaculture is applied - and discover a beautiful permaculture garden and life philosophy at the home of Craig Gibsone - an elder of the Findhorn community. Permaculture here is love in action. Both Maria and Craig share deep insights about living a permaculture lif...
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast What a pleasure to share this conversation with you today on Sense-Making in a Changing World with my wonderfully talented friend, Jane Milburn. Jane is a Slow Clothing champion and 2019 Churchill Fellow. She presents a compelling case for why we need to change the way we dress. She is also the founder and creative force of Textile Beat - inspired by her growing understanding of the impacts of our clothes on people and planet, and our own personal health. Jane published Slow Clothing: Finding me...
Dec 10, 2020•49 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast For this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World Podcast , I am in Lammas Ecovillage , Wales with the founder, Tao Wimbush. I loved visiting this community and was so warmly welcomed by Tao. I hope you enjoy this conversation - full of so many practical tips for one planet living. Lammas is an off-grid permaculture village with a community of 50 adults and many children, with interesting natural homes and is the first One Planet Development Ecovillage in the UK. Tao tells me how it is possib...
Dec 01, 2020•30 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast 
