The Permaculture Podcast

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Browse the Archives. (Picture: Michael Judd dishing out some paw paw (Asimina triloba) icecream created fresh, onsite, at the Mid-Atlantic Permaculture Convergence). Recorded live at the Mid-Atlantic Permaculture Convergence, in this episode Michael Judd shares stories of his life in South America picking coffee and meeting Nicaraguan migrant families, resulting in a love of that country that eventually lead him to permaculture and the creation of Project Bona Fide.

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Browse the Archives. David Bilbrey return to sit in the hosts’s seat in an interview that he recorded as a follow up to my earlier conversation with Joshua Cubista.

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Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Browse the Archives. This episode is Joel Glanzberg's opening remarks recorded live at the Mid-Atlantic Permaculture Convergence. He shares with us his observations from 30 years practicing permaculutre, rooted in the earliest days when Bill Mollison still taught in the United States.

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Browse the Archives. This conversation is the first of a series of guest-hosted episodes. David Bilbrey, someone I've been speaking with for years about sitting down and recording some podcasts of his own, takes over the role of host and records an interview with Eric Chisler, one of my community members from when I lived at Seppi's Place.

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Browse the Archives. My guest for this episode is Rob Hopkins the creator of the idea of Transition Towns, a way for us to move from oil dependency to local resilience. That lead to his writing The Transition Handbook, something every permaculture practitioner should have in their library and which serves as a good introduction, along with Toby Hemenway’s The Permaculture City, to look at how we can move from the landscape to the people space.

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Browse the Archives. My guest for this episode is Pascal Baudar, author of The New Wildcrafted Cuisine. Pascal is taking foraged food and elevating them to more than just something to eat, and creating rich meals from the common, such as wild mustards or acorns, to the uncommon, like lurp sugar or fleas, building on years of experience and hundreds of classes on primitive, wilderness, and survival skills.

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Browse the Archives. Our guest today is Linda Booth Sweeney co-author, along with Dennis Meadows and Gillian Martin Mehers, of the The Climate Change Playbook.

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Browse the Archives. Our guest today is Joshua Cubista, a permaculture practitioner from the American Southwest who teaches at Prescott College.

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Browse the Archives. My guest for this episode is Dr. Talia Fletcher, a Canadian veterinarian, who takes a holistic approach to animals and medicine, that includes knowledge of permaculture and a background in WWOOFING. During the conversation today, she shares with us what it means to take a holistic approach to veterinary medicine and how it can reduce the need to treat animals, including antibiotic use. She also shares, from her experiences, how to find a good vet, including questions to ask, and how to honor a vet's time. Talia also gives advice on how to prepare yourself to have animals on your homestead or permaculture farm

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Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast My guests for this episode are Nate Kleinman of Experimental Farm Network, Paul Glover the founder of Philadelphia Orchard Project, Robyn Mello of Philadelphia Orchard Project, and Kirtrina Baxter of Public Interest Law Center, recorded earlier this year at Repair the World. Today’s interview is the second Philadelphia Roundtable recording and is a question and answer session with the audience. The questions result in answers that touch on the reality of how monies are allocated for projects, the impact of genetically modified foods and plant breeding on our loss of seed diversity, the importance of seed saving, poultry disobedience, and so much more. As a result of the density of this conversation, you’ll find a long list of additional resources in the show notes which includes how to contact each of the panelists if you would lik

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Today’s interview is with Jesse Peterson and Penny Livingston-Stark about how to make permaculture education more accessible and provides different ways to do so for families and couples, as well as for those whom the more traditional two week intensive is burdensome. We also discuss different class formats beyond the design course, and what age is appropriate for a student to receive a certificate. Penny also delves into what it means to being a certified permaculture designer. You can find out more about Jesse and her work at insideedgedesign.com, and Penny is at regenerativedesign.org. The upcoming permaculture design course they are co-teaching together is in Bozeman, Montana, from July 15 - 27, 2016, and integrates many of the ideas we discussed here. [caption id="attachment_3417" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Jesse and her

Donate to The Permaculture PodcastOnline:via PayPal Venmo:@permaculturepodcast Enjoy this episode? Become a Patron. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500"] (Source: dreamstime images)[/caption] This episode is a permabyte with Ethan Hughes. In this conversation, that arises from a listener question posed by Amelia, Ethan shares ways that we can transform our holiday experience from a consumption driven exchange, to one where gifts are given based on need or in service to others. He also stresses the importance of communication so that we can create new traditions that honor ourselves and the perspectives of our loved ones. Hearing what Ethan shared with us, how will you transform your holidays? What new traditions will you create? What conversations will you have to have to make this happen? I want to hear from you. Leave a comment in the show notes here, or get in touch with me directly. Call:  or email: The Permaculture Podcast Also, if you haven’t heard already, Ethan and I are writing a book to