Working With and Learning From Nature
The Small House Movement
Episode 69: How much space does it take to be happy? That’s a question that author Shay Salomon answers in her book, Little House on a Small Planet. Shay and photographer Nigel Valdez spent over 8 years documenting small houses across North America. Little House on…
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Local Food- How To Start a Foodshed In Your Neighborhood
Episode 70: Foodsheds or neighborhood food exchanges are popping up all over the world. In this interview, Sustainable Landscape Architect Owen Dell, Nutritional Chef Carrie Clough, and Permaculturist and Beekeeper Jacob Rodrigue share with listeners how to start a neighborhood foodshed. Foodsheds provide hours…
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City Repair- From Space to Place
Visionary architect Mark Lakeman talks about the inception of the City Repair movement and his mission of creating villages within cities. By reclaiming urban spaces, we can transform cities into places of beauty, art, creativity, and connection. http://traffic.libsyn.com/pdcastsusworldradio/MarkLakeman.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration:…
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Activist for the Earth- Starhawk
Episode 74: Interview with Permaculture Teacher and Global Justice Activist Starhawk. In this episode, Starhawk talks about Permaculture, her global work, her love for the Earth, and why the police arrested her seedballs. http://traffic.libsyn.com/pdcastsusworldradio/StarhawkPC.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:19 — 24.3MB)…
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Connecting to the Earth
Episode 72: Tahara Ezrahti, environmental educator and intuitive energy healer, talks about the importance of grounding and connecting to the earth. Tahara leads us on a guided meditation and talks about how healing ourselves helps to heal the Earth. For more information about Tahara’s work, visit…
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Permaculture in an Energy Descent World- Part 2 of an Interview with David Holmgren
Episode 67: Part 2 of a 2 part interview with David Holmgren, the co-originator of Permaculture. In part two of this interview, Holmgren talks about his book Future Scenarios: How Communities Can Adapt to Peak Oil and Climate Change. David shares with us his ideas of what…
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Permaculture: The Beginning of a Worldwide Movement
Episode 66: Part 1 of a 2 part interview with David Holmgren, the co-originator of Permaculture. Holmgren is co-author of Permaculture One, the book that introduced Permaculture to the world. In Part 1 of this interview, Holmgren speaks about the beginnings of Permaculture, his home…
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Botanical Medicine for Home Health Care
Episode 64: Interview with herbalist, author, and teacher Kami McBride about the power of plants and ways to integrate herbal medicine into your daily life. Kami speaks about some of her favorite herbs, the perils of plant poaching, and how to be sure that…
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Buy Nothing Day- Isn’t It Time to Stop Shopping?
Episode 63: Will you be at the mall on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving and the busiest shopping day of the year? Interview with Brian Highley of Adbusters about Buy Nothing Day (BND); a 24 hour moratorium on consumer spending. BND is a…
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How to Harvest Rainwater with Brad Lancaster
Episode 62: Rainwater harvesting expert and Permaculture Designer Brad Lancaster talks about how to plant the rain, water harvesting earth works, and his seminal books,Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volumes 1 & 2 . Brad Lancaster tells us how to slow, spread, and sink rainwater-…
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Planting Food Forests at School
Episode 61: Common Vision Fruit Tree Tour makes a stop at Monte Vista Elementary in Santa Barbara, California. Playing drums, singing, and planting trees with elementary school students, Common Vision members talk about their journey through California on a veggie oil bus. http://traffic.libsyn.com/pdcastsusworldradio/Common_Vision.mp3Podcast: Play…
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Sustainable Vine Wine Tours
Episode 60: Bryan Hope, founder of Sustainable Vine Wine Tours, talks about organic and biodynamic methods of producing wine. Hope describes a Sustainable Vine tour and shares with us the differences between conventional and sustainable vineyards. http://traffic.libsyn.com/pdcastsusworldradio/Sustainable_Vine.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration:…
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Art and the Environment with Dianna Cohen
Episode 59: Dianna Cohen, famous for her art pieces created with plastic bags, talks about her passion for art and the environment. Cohen, a Los Angeles based artist, discusses her use of the ubiquitous plastic bag and why she uses recycled and reuse art materials….
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Mount Kenya Organic Farming
Episode 58: Interview with Peter Murage, founder of MOOF (Mount Kenya Organic Farming). MOOF is a farm and demonstration/training center for small holder farmers located in Nanyuki, Kenya. MOOF AFRICA is an NGO working with sustainable development where eco-village concepts are used to address challenges…
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