Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart)   Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show.  My guest is Victoria Redhed Miller author of Pure Poultry and From No-Knead to Sourdough. These books pull on her experiences as an off-the-grid homesteader in the Pacific Northwest and are available from New Society Publishers.   Learn More

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart)   Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show.  My guest today is Oliver Goshey, founder of the regenerative design and natural building company Abundant Edge, and host of the Abundant Edge podcast.   Learn More

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Would you like to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show.  Today's guest is Akiva Silver of Twisted Tree Farm in Spencer, New York. He joins me to talk about his life and the experiences that led to his book Trees of Power from Chelsea Green Publishing.   Learn More

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show.  Today's guest is Leslie Crawford, author of Spring the Rescue Pig, a children’s book about the journey of a pig on his trip from industrial agriculture to a sanctuary, and Rory, the child who helps him along the way. Using that book and story as a starting place, Leslie and I talk about agriculture, food activism,...

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart)  Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show.  This episode looks at what brought David Holmgren to the present moment and writing RetroSuburbia. From David Bilbrey’s questions, David Holmgren shares the past and ongoing influences that guided the development of permaculture from those first days in the 1970s through to how this work continues to grow to the current...

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show.  In this episode recorded by co-host David Bilbrey, David Holmgren returns for the first of a two-part conversation about his latest book RetroSuburbia.   Learn More

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart)   Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. This is an atypical episode of the show as you can probably tell from the title. In this conversation, I sit down with Joshua Hughes of VerdEnergia Pacifica and Blacksheep Regenerative Resource Management to talk about the intersection of permaculture and politics to engage, get involved, and change the system to create...

Donate Directly To The Podcast: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show.  My guest for this episode is Peter Michael Bauer, who returns to share with us his thoughts on the distinction between human versus conservation rewilding, and a critique of what they get right and what they get wrong as we develop the understanding and language to discuss these broad, far reaching views on how to...

A few days before my 44th birthday, I received the news managing my Celiac Disease and family history of diabetes had damaged my liver and made my non-alcoholic liver issues worse. So much so, that I am at a significant risk of liver failure in my lifetime. In a follow-up with my doctor about that news, I was also diagnosed with High Blood Pressure (Hypertension 2). To manage these health issues, I need to step away from the show, indefinitely, in the near future.To ensure that the podcast...

A review episode of The Regenerative Landscaper: Design and Build Landscapes That Repair the Environment by Erik Ohlsen, with a foreword by the great Penny Livingston.Visit Our Sponsor: RoofMaxxroofmaxx.info/podcast Show NotesThe Regenerative Landscaper (Synergetic Press)Related Interview: Erik Ohlsen - Professional PermacultureRelated Interview: Erik Ohlsen - Professional Permaculture Education

This Episode of The News includes two updates from the podcast, a look at rescheduling Marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act, concerns over the shrinking supply of freshwater in the United States, and close with an opportunity for permaculture practitioners.Visit Our Sponsor: RoofMaxxroofmaxx.info/podcastSchedule a Meandering SessionDonate to the Backup FundraiserUsing PayPal: PayPal.me/PermaculturePodcastVia Venmo: @permaculturepodcastShow NotesRescheduling MarijuanaAmerica is Using...

In this episode of The News from The Permaculture Podcast are updates on the growing investment into sustainable and regenerative agriculture, how agrivoltaics is bridging the political divide in America, and on rewilding efforts in Argentina.Visit Our Sponsor: RoofMaxxroofmaxx.info/podcastShow NotesFarmland LPFarmland LP launches $250M fund focused on organic and regenerative agricultureAgrivoltaics Is Making Friends Across Partisan Lines, Thanks To FarmersRewilding ArgentinaThe return of...

When sitting down with a storyteller like Rosemary Morrow for a series of open conversations about her life and work that spans decades, and results in more than 10 hours of recordings, it's never clear what will emerge. Today's episode is a great example of that, as in a few moments while we discussed other things, Rowe mentioned working with the folks at Perma Queer and shared her thoughts on how to use one’s position, role, and respect within a community to make space for marginalized...

Welcome to The News for the week of 21 August 2023, from The Permaculture Podcast. In this episode we have a look at a climate solution in Toronto, recently released books of interest to permaculture practitioners, and an announcement from our friends at Permaculture Principles.Visit Our Sponsor: RoofMaxxroofmaxx.info/podcastShow Notes2024 Permaculture Calendar Early Bird OfferToronto’s Deep Lake Water CoolingRetroSububia Bushfire Resilience - Free DownloadBooksSalt and the Art of Seasoning...

In this edition of The News from The Permaculture Podcast, for 15 August 2023, are a Permaculture Design Contest, a friend of the pod in the news, and how we can help their farm, along with two updates from the podcast.Visit Our Sponsor: RoofMaxxroofmaxx.info/podcastShow NotesSave 20% from Rewild OrganicsDonate to The Permaculture PodcastUsing PayPal: PayPal.me/PermaculturePodcastVia Venmo: @permaculturepodcastPINA2023 Permaculture Design Contest (Submissions are open from 1 Sept. to 1 Oct....

In this Q&A episode, I address a question from Duncan, who reached out and asked: Is technology anathema to permaculture?Software That Can Be Used While Designing Adobe Creative CloudAutoCADGoogle EarthGoogle MeetGoogle SlidesProcreateShapeWorksSketchupTwo Drones I Like DJI Air (I flew the 2 for a Summer. The 3 is now out) Skydio 2+ (Recommended to me by a friend who is a professional drone pilot for a Made-in-the-USA alternative to DJI.)

Today’s News of the World includes a rewilding project, a surge in a nation’s move towards renewable energy, and a look at how Unbuilding can help limit the impacts of climate change on our communities.ResourcesRewilding How an Iberian rewilding plan aims to repopulate ‘empty Spain’ Rewilding Spain Books Eager by Ben Goldfarb Coyote America by Dan Flores Bringing Back the Beaver by Derek Gow Interview: Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter Renewable Energy and...

Show NotesSupport the Podcast with a One Time DonationVia PayPalOr, using VenmoBecome a Sustaining SupporterJoin our Community PatreonMichael JuddReplacing Your Lawn? Instead of a Meadow, Consider a Food ForestInterview: Edible LandscapingInterview: Starting Out and Getting Involved with PermacultureInterview: Honoring the Dead and Holding the Dying: Natural BurialInterview: For the Love of PawPawsInterview: MAPC Keynote AddressReview: Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture...

Join The Permaculture Podcast Discord Server!The 2023 Venie Holmgren Environmental Poetry PrizeLearn More About the Prize and Enter Today!Ben and bEarthaWatch the Trailer!The Regenerative Landscaper by Erik OhlsenPre-order today from Synergetic Press Facing a Future of DroughtClick Here to Access the New Yorks Times ArticleGardening for Dummies BundleBrought to us from the great folks at Humble BundleCharity:WaterGeoff ChristouGeoffChristou.comUtopia: A Permaculture VisionOur Interview: We...

What Holds You Back? Is it: An issue of education, such as taking a permaculture design course, a bachelor’s degree, or returning to school as a non-traditional student? An issue of information, such as the right book or resources that helps make sense of an issue you’re stuck on? A matter of access to land, whether a garden plot, backyard, homestead, or farm, and trying to find land where you live?  A financial problem, such as having the income to support your work or project while it...

Dan Palmer’s LegacyWatch David Holmgren’s Video: “Dan Palmer’s Legacy”Interview: David Holmgren’s Design Journey (Part 1)Interview: David Holmgren’s Design Journey (Part 2)Interview: Allan Savory - Managing ComplexityDavid Holmgren’s Live, Online PDCClass starts on July 13th, 2024, so register today!Storytelling for Climate ChangeProject DrawdownI’m planning to be there on July 19th at 12 Noon, Eastern, so, register now and I’ll see you there!Do with SuSign up to be one of the first to learn...

The Pemaculture Podcast PatreonTerraso Terraso Terraso’s YouTube Channel EcoAgriculture Partners 1,000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People Costa Rican Permaculture VerdEnergia Black Sheep Regenerative Resource Management Interview: Creating a Regenerative Supply Chain - Rewild Organics | Joshua Hughes Interview: Joshua Hughes - Regenerative Investing Just Action The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein Just Action by Richard Rothstein, Leah Rothstein Geologist’s Primer Geologist’s Primer...

Eddy Garcia of Living Earth Systems joins me to discuss Natural Aquaponics and how we can create beautiful, functioning systems whether we prefer to nerd out on the numbers or learn through observation and experience.Find out more about Eddy and his work at Living Earth Systems and view these systems in action on Instagram.

My guest is Natalie Bogwalker, the visionary behind Wild Abundance, a permaculture skills center and homestead near Asheville, North Carolina. As a primary instructor at Wild Abundance, she teaches a variety of classes, including tiny house building workshops, women's carpentry, and permaculture design courses. She likes to share her passion with others to help them live in an empowered and Earth-centered way. Find out more about Natalie and her classes at WildAbundance.net.

After more than a decade producing long-form, guest-driven, interview-based episodes, there are changes coming to The Permaculture Podcast. Listen to find out what’s happening and how you can be a part of this transition.