Permaculture for the Future
16 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago -The world is full of negative news and the planet is in crisis. This it can be downright disheartening and you feel that there is nothing that you can do. I am here to provide a different perspective. The Permaculture for the Future Podcast is about spreading positive and impactful stories, tips, and ways that each one of us can transition into a regenerative lifestyle. We talk about simple ways to make lifestyle changes and interview authors, teachers, and other folks that are collectively healing ourselves and the planet.If you want to make an ecological impact, stick around because this podcast is for you.
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Regenerative Livelihoods
May 07, 2020 08:00 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MBEpisode Highlights: How Deanna started her career in studying indigenous cultures Traveling to Africa during Deanna's Prescott College days to research about chocolates Deanna's experiences with her business selling chocolates Business as opportunity to do good About Deanna Moore: Deanna Moore is committed to helping people spread their message and activate their vision toward a just, sacred and sustainable culture. She has a background in Permaculture, Ecology, Holistic Health & Educa...
Preparing for Future Catastrophes
April 23, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBEpisode Highlights: Rob’s journey from being a pipeline engineer to permaculture How harvesting energy coincides with permaculture Difference between the rebuild and reset Why community groups are more important than gardening Why do we need to consider using alternative currencies How Rob is preparing for the big changes brought about by the pandemic Why podcasts are more important than the press A note by Katie LaMonte About Rob Avis With over 15 years of combined experience in e...
Raising Quail for "Fast Food"
April 16, 2020 08:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBEpisode Highlights Advantage of raising quail over chicken Basic things to get that Franchesca recommends when raising quail for the first time The process of hatching, breeding, and maintaining quail Process of raising quails for eggs and meat Personality and emotions of quails that you have to take note About Franchesca Duval Franchesca Duval is the Head Chicken Wrangler at Alchemist Farm in Sebastopol California. She is always tinkering with chicken genetics and pushes the edges of...
Globalized Localization
April 09, 2020 08:00 - 49 minutes - 33.7 MBAbout Erik Ohlsen Erik Ohlsen is an internationally recognized permaculture teacher, educator, and author; he is an award winning landscape contractor and a life long activist. He has specialized in homestead scale regenerative design: including water harvesting, food forests, seed saving, community organizing, habitat development, erosion control, and building topsoil for over 20 years. Episode Highlights: Work Erik has done since starting with permaculture at 19 years old How Coronavi...
Permaculture, Resilience, and the Coronavirus
April 02, 2020 20:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBAbout Richard Heinberg Richard Heinberg is Senior Fellow of Post Carbon Institute and author of several books on energy and the environment, including Afterburn: Society Beyond Fossil Fuels, and, with David Fridley, Our Renewable Future. His upcoming book is Power: Humanity’s Quest for Ability, Control, Influence, and Beauty—and How It All Went Wrong. Show Highlights: Connections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak to the different aspects of our society Reliance on economic efficienc...
Starting a Resilience Garden
March 26, 2020 15:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBAbout Yael Zaidman Yael is a nurturer of life. Whether she is working with compost, soil microbes, worms, plants, or seeds, she brings all to life. Yael has experience building and growing farms and gardens from small scale backyard gardens to managing the greenhouse propagation and starts for a 100 acre organic farm. Yael is the co-founder of the San Diego Sustainable Living Institute and Terra Corazon, a 17 acre permaculture farm in San Diego County, which she is developing with her fami...
Five Decades of Earth Repair
March 19, 2020 15:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBEpisode Highlights: From agriculture to ecology The development of the eco-machine What is an eco-machine and how to start one Founding of the New Alchemy Institute Cleaning toxic pollutants using only biology About John Todd Dr. John Todd began his ecological design work in 1971 when he co-founded the New Alchemy Institute with the mission to “Restore the Lands, Protect the Seas and Inform the Earth Stewards”. He began designing biomes and bio-shelters, structures for the cultivation...
Starting a Regenerative Career
March 12, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBMany people are interested in careers in permaculture, regenerative design, and just restoring the ecosystems of this planet, but when you look out at the current job market, often times those jobs are not available. It is not that the work is not needed, it is that someone just has not started that business yet. In today's show, we talk with Brook Sarson about her journey into permaculture and creating a career path in work that is both meaningful and has an ecological and community impact....
Permaculture for Landscape Professionals
March 05, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBEpisode Highlights Getting into permaculture Using rainwater and greywater Designing living and functional ecosystems Planting ecosystems Sequestering excess carbon from the atmosphere uses plants and soil Your Show Host Josh Robinson is a father, gardener, farmer, teacher, and ecological instigator. He has over 19 years of experience in the field designing, installing, and teaching about creating ecological abundant gardens, home, farms, and businesses. Josh has been teaching permacu...
Biochar for Healthy Soil and Carbon Sequestration
February 27, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBEpisode Highlights: Different uses and application of biochar How biochar becomes a water, mineral, and nutrient reservoir for plants How humans has been using biochar for herbal medicine The importance of biochar in the Amazon and other places in the world through time How industrialization has affected how we use biochar Different ways people can do to make biochar About Michael Wittman Michael Wittman, Char-man of the Board of Blue Sky Biochar, has long been an environmental activ...
A Year of Growing 100% of Your Food with Rob Greenfield
February 20, 2020 09:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBEpisode Highlights From little garden experience to growing 100% of his food on land that he did not own How to acquire land for gardening without owning it Working with the community to build resilience Why Rob was triggered by the industrial food system The impact of his Permaculture Design course he got in Guatemala Challenges of living a self-sustained lifestyle About Rob Greenfield Rob Greenfield is an activist and humanitarian dedicated to leading the way to a more sustainable ...
Radical Mycology with Peter McCoy
February 13, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 51.2 MBEpisode Highlights: Roles of fungi and mycelium play in living ecosystems Fungi evolved on land long before plants How to manage partnerships with fungi and plants (gardens, orchards, food forests, etc) Importance of mycorrhizal fungi Nutrient exchange Connect plants to the wider forest ("The Wood Wide Web") Utilizing fungal inoculants for specific garden types Producing your own garden inoculants Myco-remediation and how fungi can break down even the most toxic compounds About Pe...
Saving Seeds for a Resilient Future
February 06, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 46 MBShow Highlights: Importance of saving your own seeds Advantages of saving your own seeds over buying from a catalogue Climate adaptation (Heat tolerance, cold tolerance, drought tolerance, flood tolerance, seeds adapt to local soils, etc) Taste Production Disease resistance Saving seeds from hybrid seeds How to save seeds Easiest seeds to start saving (Hint: Peas/beans, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers) Starting a seed library Seed School https://permacultureforthefuture.com/episode4/...
Harvesting Rainwater for a Greener Future
January 30, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBShow Highlights Why is the water (hydrological) cycle out of balance and the problems in the world that are linked to lack of water? Getting started with water harvesting using passive water harvesting basins Harvesting water from not only rainwater, but household greywater, and air conditioner condensate to create integrated living systems How to simultaneously reduce flooding and solve drought Rain tanks and cisterns are secondary considerations after passive water harvesting earthwor...
Changing the World with Worm Composting
January 23, 2020 09:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBShow Highlights How to get started composting with worms How to improve degraded soil with compost and eliminate the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and insecticides Problems of sending food wastes to the landfill Food waste is the #1 category of materials being dumped in landfills Composting and vermicomposting basics Using food scraps you have and turn it as a medium to grow more food How can you start a worm composting system without spending a lot of money Different worm composti...
Solving the Worlds Problems Through Gardening
January 10, 2020 00:00 - 23 minutes - 16.6 MBThe world is full of negative news and the planet is in crisis. This it can be downright disheartening and you feel that there is nothing that you can do. I am here to provide a different perspective. The Permaculture for the Future Podcast is about spreading positive and impactful stories, tips, and ways that each one of us can transition into a regenerative lifestyle. We talk about simple ways to make lifestyle changes and interview authors, teachers, and other folks that are collectively ...