Working With and Learning From Nature
Educating About The Natural World Through Permaculture
Episode 92: Imagine completing your Permaculture Design Certification Course, planting a food forest and building a cob oven- at your high school. Sounds like a dream come true? Thanks to teacher Kevin Gleason students at Dos Pueblos High School (DP) in Goleta, CA have the opportunity…
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The REAL Green Revolution In Africa: Permaculture in Zimbabwe With Julious Piti
Episode 90: Julious Piti is a Permaculture designer and teacher, organic farmer, and conflict facilitator based in Zimbabwe. Julious has been using Permaculture in Africa to restore the health of both land and community. A founding member of the Chikukwa Ecological Land Trust (CELUCT) and…
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Urban Homesteading- Heirloom Skills and Permaculture
Episode 89: A discussion with author, Permaculture Designer, and psychotherapist Rachel Kaplan about her book Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living. Kaplan, with co-author K. Ruby Blume, has written a book that is a veritable treasure trove of information about everything sustainable and regenerative. …
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Chickens to the Rescue! How Keeping Chickens Can Fuel the Local Food Revolution
Episode 87: Chicken expert and admirer Pat Foreman shares why she believes that chickens are an integral part of the local food movement. Foreman, author of the books City Chicks and Chicken Tractor- The Permaculture Guide to Happy Hens and Healthy Soil, talks about how chickens are…
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International Permaculture Convergence 10 with Margie Bushman and Wes Roe
Episode 85: Every two years, permaculturists from around the globe gather together at the International Permaculture Conference and Convergence (IPC). In 2010, the IPC took place in Jordan and its theme was “Plan Jordan- Water For Life. Water For Nature.” Margie Bushman and Wes…
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You Are Part of the Web of Life: Growing Relationships with Permaculture
Episode 84: Warren Brush, Permaculture Designer and educator talks with us about his work in Africa, the power of storytelling, and why children need us to be part of the solution. Brush, co-founder of Quail Springs Learning Oasis and Permaculture Farm, has mentored youth…
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The Universe Beneath Your Feet
Soil is alive. It’s a complex web of macro (that which we can see with our eyes), and micro (those we mostly cannot see) organisms. One tablespoon of soil contains over six billion bacteria and countless other species that contribute to a medium teeming…
Plant Man Gabriel Howearth
Episode 80: Botanist, seedsman, and landscape architect Gabriel Howearth talks about his life with plants. Howearth, co-founder of Seeds of Change and Buena Fortuna Botanical Garden, spoke with Jill Cloutier at the 2008 Southern California Permaculture Convergence at Quail Springs Learning Oasis and Permaculture…
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Life Within the Soil- Part 1 of a 2 Part Interview with the Soil Doctor
Episode 78: Doug Weatherbee, a Soil Foodweb Advisor and owner of SoilDoctor.org, talks about the biodiversity that lies beneath our feet. One tablespoon of soil contains over six billion bacteria and countless other species that contribute to a medium teeming with life. We depend…
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A New Dream for Naples on the Gaviota Coast
For years this beautiful site has been a battleground between environmentalists who believe in preservation of the land and developers who want to turn nature into dollar bills.
What Can Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein Learn From a Worm?
After reading the small (and beautiful) book, Slow Money by Woody Tasch, I believe that Goldman Sachs CEO Blankfein and other heavyweights in the “Too Big to Fail” financial sector might be well-advised to carefully observe, take note of, and even hang out with some earthworms.
