Sense-Making in a Changing World
158 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago -Join Morag Gamble, global permaculture teacher and ambassador, in conversation with leading ecological educators, thinkers, activists, authors, designers and practitioners to explore 'What Now?' - what is the kind of thinking we need to navigate a positive and regenerative way forward, what does a thriving one-planet way of life look like, where should we putting our energy in this changing world and in challenging times, we offer these voices of clarity and common sense.
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Episode 52: Sharing Big Ideas with Chhaya Bhanti and Morag Gamble
July 29, 2021 00:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBHow do you communicate big ideas that stick and spread in local communities? Listen in. Sustainability communication is one of the many talents of my guest on this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, Chhaya Bhanti. Chhaya is the Founder and Director of Vertiver- a women-owned, Indian social enterprise full of designers, storytellers, artists, researchers and passionate environmentalists. They create engaging campaigns to cultivate positive change around issues of waste, forests, bi...
Episode 51: Courage to Change - Transitioning to a Life and Career in Permaculture. Juan Lugo with Morag Gamble
July 20, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 52.2 MBIn this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World it is my delight to share with you this conversation with Juan Jose Lugo Bernal from Quito, Ecuador from Pangea Regenera. Juan and I met through the Ecoversities program of Re-imagining Higher Education . He recently recorded an interview with me about my work - you can listen here - and we then recorded this conversation about his - the courage it took to shift from being an engineer to a life in permaculture - his permaculture program ...
Episode 50: Polish Permaculture with AgroPermaLab and Morag Gamble
July 12, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MBWelcome to this wonderful conversation on the 50th podcast episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World hosted the Permaculture Education Institute. I am joined by two wonderful permaculture educators and designers from the AgroPermaLab in Poland - co-founder/, Joanna Bojczewska and urban gardener/educator/activist Klaudia Kryńska - both social anthropologists. The way they are sharing permaculture embraces cultural and artistic dimensions and inspires people to engage, think and act diffe...
Episode 50: Polish Permaculture with AgroPermaLab and Morag Gamble
July 12, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MBWelcome to this wonderful conversation on the 50th podcast episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World hosted the Permaculture Education Institute. I am joined by two wonderful permaculture educators and designers from the AgroPermaLab in Poland - co-founder/, Joanna Bojczewska and urban gardener/educator/activist Klaudia Kryńska - both social anthropologists. The way they are sharing permaculture embraces cultural and artistic dimensions and inspires people to engage, think and act diffe...
Episode 49: Connecting Young Farmers with Joel Orchard and Morag Gamble
July 07, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBThere's a new generation of farmers emerging around the world - changing the narratives, the ways of growing food, the way of being in connection with the land, the food system itself. Here in Australia, Joel Orchard, founder and coordinator of Young Farmers Connect. Young Farmers Connect is a not for profit organisation setting out to support younger people to gain the skills, support, and community to step up and thrive as contemporary, regenerative farmers/agrarians Did you know that th...
Episode 48: Permaculture Professional with Andy Goldring and Morag Gamble
June 30, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 50.1 MBWhat does it mean to live your life as a professional in the world of permaculture? There are many ways of course, and in this episode I am delighted to welcome Andy Goldring to the Sense-Making in a Changing World podcast to share his story. Since 1999, Andy has been the CEO and Coordinator of Permaculture Association (UK) . He has dedicated his working life to coordinating permaculture programs and events and helping to make permaculture far more widely accessible in the UK, and connecting...
Episode 47: Permaculture Neo-Peasantry with Artist as Family and Morag Gamble
June 22, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 52 MBIt is my delight to welcome Artist as Family to the Sense-making in a Changing World podcast. You can follow Artist as Family as they head off on their new cycling adventures around Australia here, watch their wonderful series of practical videos on Youtube, and feel great inspiration from their Instagram sharings. Artist as Family are Meg Ulman, Patrick Jones, Blackwood (Woody), and back in the day, Zephyr and of course Zero (their dog). I am so happy to share this conversation with you...
Episode 46: Nurturing Conditions for Change with Scott Williams and Morag Gamble
June 16, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 75.2 MBIt is my absolute pleasure to welcome my friend, Scott Williams, UN Advisor, author, marathon runner, Warm Data host and explorer of right relationship to the Sense-making in a Changing World Show. Scott is a fellow Australian who is based in Geneva, Switzerland. He is fully immersed in the world of nurturing transformational and regenerative development addressing the biggest issues of our time, right in the heart of global governance. He holds a deep understanding of how the UN and glob...
Episode 45: Regenerative Food Systems Education with Caroline Aitken and Morag Gamble
June 08, 2021 21:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MBJoin me in conversation this week on the Sense-Making in a Changing World podcast with fellow permaculture educator, Caroline Aitken who lives on the edge of Dartmoor in England. For the past couple of years, Caroline has led the development of the first ever regenerative food and farming undergraduate and Masters program in the UK, and it has just opened at the innovative ecological university, Schumacher College. Caroline has designed the program to give students opportunity to explore lea...
Episode 44: Imagining the Best Version of Us - Dr. Millie Rooney and Morag Gamble
June 02, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBJoin me and Dr Millie Rooney as we dive into her explorations of the kinds of future people want and the new stories people are imagining. Millie is the National Coordinator for Australia reMADE, a vision-based collaboration of everyday people and community leaders working to build a country where people and planet come first. As a kid she spent hours collecting toothbrushes outside supermarkets for Gulf War refugees and, although wasn’t allowed to watch movies for fear of scary themes like...
Episode 43: Permaculture Teaching Farm with Suzie Cahn and Morag Gamble
May 25, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 74 MBI had such fun with this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World. I am joined by my great friend Suzie Cahn, a leader from the Irish permaculture world and active in permaculture education globally. She is an adventurous teacher who's worked with communities from Mongolia to Belize. Back in 2008, Suzie and her husband Mike established Carraig Dúlra - social enterprise, community education, nature connection and permaculture hub in County Wicklow and is exploring her Irish indigen...
Episode 42: One Acre Farmer with Brett Cooper and Morag Gamble
May 19, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBIn this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, I am excited to share with you my conversation with one-acre permaculture farmer, Brett Cooper from Limestone Permaculture in Stroud, NSW. Brett and his family moved from the city and busy full time jobs and health issues to this country property. They now source their entire income from their beautifully designed small-scale permaculture farm with 11 sources of income - including food, courses, tours, accommodation, consulting and very i...
Episode 41: Your Life, Your Planet with Geoff Ebbs and Morag Gamble
May 11, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBMy guest in this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World is Brisbane-based author, Geoff Ebbs. His latest book is Your Life, Your Planet published by Australian Geographic. Over the decades as a dedicated environmental activist, he has many ways of explored ways of being a change-maker - politician, comedian, lecturer, author, engineer, actor, radio host (and guest) .... Since 2005 he has been curating an online news site, The Generator.news His focus in Your Life, Your Planet is abo...
Episode 41: Your Planet, Your Life with Geoff Ebbs and Morag Gamble
May 11, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBMy guest in this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World is Brisbane-based author, Geoff Ebbs. His latest book is Your Life, Your Planet published by Australian Geographic. Over the decades as a dedicated environmental activist, he has many ways of explored ways of being a change-maker - politican, comedian, lecturer, author, engineer, actor, radio host (and guest) .... Since 2005 he has been curating an online news site, The Generator.news His focus in Your Planet, Your Life is abou...
Episode 41: Your Planet, You Life with Geoff Ebbs and Morag Gamble
May 11, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBMy guest in this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World is Brisbane-based author, Geoff Ebbs. His latest book is Your Life, Your Planet published by Australian Geographic. Over the decades as a dedicated environmental activist, he has many ways of explored ways of being a change-maker - politican, comedian, lecturer, author, engineer, actor, radio host (and guest) .... Since 2005 he has been curating an online news site, The Generator.news His focus in Your Planet, Your Life is abou...
Episode 40: Regenerative Economics with Jonathan Dawson and Morag Gamble
May 04, 2021 13:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBIt is my absolute delight to welcome Jonathan Dawson to the Sense-Making in a Changing World show. Jonathan is Program Lead of the Masters of Regenerative Economics at Schumacher College in England. Jonathan & I met many years ago here at Crystal Waters Ecovillage visiting with my friend, Amanda Cahill CEO, The Next Economy. Jonathon was for many years the president of the Global Ecovillage Network & a long time resident of Findhorn. Jonathan kindly hosted my family at his community in To...
Episode 40: Regenerative Economics with Jonathon Dawson and Morag Gamble
May 04, 2021 13:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBIt is my absolute delight to welcome Jonathan Dawson to the Sense-Making in a Changing World show. Jonathan is Program Lead of the Masters of Regenerative Economics at Schumacher College in England. Jonathan & I met many years ago here at Crystal Waters Ecovillage visiting with my friend, Amanda Cahill CEO, The Next Economy. Jonathon was for many years the president of the Global Ecovillage Network & a long time resident of Findhorn. Jonathan kindly hosted my family at his community in To...
Episode 40: Regenerative Economics with Jonathan Dawson and Morag Gamble
May 04, 2021 13:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBIt is my absolute delight to welcome Jonathan Dawson to the Sense-Making in a Changing World show. Jonathan is Program Lead of the Masters of Regenerative Economics at Schumacher College in England. Jonathan & I met many years ago here at Crystal Waters Ecovillage visiting with my friend, Amanda Cahill CEO, The Next Economy. Jonathon was for many years the president of the Global Ecovillage Network & a long time resident of Findhorn. Jonathan kindly hosted my family at his community in To...
Episode 39: Schumacher College with Pavel Cenkl and Morag Gamble
April 28, 2021 03:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBIn this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, it is my delight to welcome Dr Pavel Cenkl, Head of Schumacher College and Director of Learning at Dartington. We talk about the kind of higher education we need in the world today, and explore the innovative and immersive programs offered at the College - from Holistic Science, Regenerative Food and Farming, Ecological Design Thinking, and more. Pavel has worked for more than two decades in higher education where there is learning with ...
Episode 38: Coalition of Everyone with Willow Berzin and Morag Gamble
April 21, 2021 03:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBIn this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, it is my delight to welcome Willow Berzin - a wonderfully creative designer & thinker, and founder & chief assembler of the Coalition of Everyone. Through this she brings people together to hold conversations that renew trust, disrupt the politics of fear and build a politics of hope. Her key focus is on contributing to regeneration through designing pathways for transition and real systems change - deep democracy which puts people and the...
Episode 37: Marine Permaculture with Brian von Herzen and Morag Gamble
April 13, 2021 13:00 - 48 minutes - 33 MBIt is my pleasure to share with you this Sense-making in a Changing World conversation with Dr Brian von Herzen, the executive director at Climate Foundation, initiator of the marine permaculture movement and member of the Permaculture Education Institute. Marine permaculture has been featured on the 2040 Movie and in Paul Hawken's latest book, Drawdown. Listen in to find out more about Marine Permaculture - what it is, how it works, what benefits it has for ecosystem restoration and reve...
Episode 36: Natural Sequence Farming with Stuart Andrews and Morag Gamble
April 06, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 49.6 MBThis week I had the great pleasure of talking with highly sought-after farmland restoration and rehydration expert, Natural Sequence Farmer, Stuart Andrews about what we need to be doing to restore Australian farming landscapes, ecosystems and food systems. We also explore the close connection between Natural Sequence Farming and Permaculture. There are pure gems in this conversation. I thoroughly enjoyed this chance to catch up with Stuart again. Stuart Andrews is a farmer who has dedica...
Episode 35: Earth Laws Warrior with Michelle Maloney and Morag Gamble
March 30, 2021 22:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MBIt is my great pleasure to welcome Dr Michelle Maloney to Sense-Making in A Changing World. I've known and worked Michelle for years and deeply respect her clarity and commitment to the earth. Michelle is widely known as an Earth Laws (Peaceful) Warrior . She is an extraordinary connector of changemakers and host of wide-reaching networks and challenging conversations. At the core of her work, Michelle advocates for systems change, in order to shift industrialised societies from a human-ce...
Episode 34: Design for Resilience and Regeneration with Sarah Queblatin and Morag Gamble
March 23, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBI am so happy to introduce you to Sarah Queblatin - the co-founder of Green Releaf in the Phillipines in this episode of Sense-making in a Changing World. Sarah and I met as part of Re-Alliance - a global permaculture humanitarian initiative, we are both permaculture teachers, Global Ecovillage Network Ambassadors and members of Permaculture for Refugees. We also have a connection because she is one of the key leaders of a brand new program for youth run by the Global Ecovillage Network...
Episode 33: Culture Design with Joe Brewer and Morag Gamble
March 16, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBIn this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, it is my pleasure to welcome culture designer, Joe Brewer who describes his work as being in service to humanity and the planet. Joe and I have know of each other for some time, but this is the first time we meet and talk. We both live bioregionally-embedded permaculture lives and focus on regenerative design and education globally. Thank you for join us here in conversation. I see Joe as one of the most interesting and brilliant ecologi...
Episode 32: Planet Schooling with Lucy Legan and Morag Gamble
March 10, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MBIn this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, we take a dive into the kind of education the planet (and humanity) needs us to share with the young people in our lives ... of all ages. My guest is author, educator, activist and cultural creative - Lucy Legan. Lucy has recently launched her latest book, Planet Schooling . She is also co-founder of the most substantial permaculture/regenerative education centre in Latin America, Ecocentro IPEC which she started about 25 years ago in Braz...
Episode 31: Permaculture Publishing with Maddy Harland and Morag Gamble
March 02, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBIn this episode I am speaking with my friend and colleague, Maddy Harland from England. Maddy is the cofounder of both Permanent Publications and the Permaculture Magazine with her husband Tim. Their publishing company has released over 100 permaculture books (including two of her own) since 1992 and she has created over 100 issues of the magazine. Maddy has made an incredible contribution to permaculture through publishing and she is an educator, speaker, author and global regeneration act...
Episode 30: Declare to Care with Cate McQuillen and Morag Gamble
February 23, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBWelcome to Episode 30 of Sense-Making in the Changing World (watch here on youtube) with Cate McQuillen - the creative powerhouse behind EMMY Award winning Dirt Girl World, Get Grubby TV that are screened on ABC TV and other amazing children's programming. I see it as brilliant permaculture education - offered in the most FUN way for kids (and their families) everywhere. For over a decade Cate has been breathing life and heart into this wondrous world for children to inhabit and explore wit...
Episode 29: Permaculture and Cultural Emergence with Looby Macnamara and Morag Gamble
February 14, 2021 03:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBIt is my delight to welcome permaculture teacher and author, Looby Macnamara from England back to the Sense-Making in a Changing World show to explore her timely new book Cultural Emergence: Toolkit for Transforming Ourselves & the World which is full of resources, strategies and ideas we need in the world now. Last time Looby and I recorded a conversation (and I had no voice!) we were in her garden in England (in pre-covid times). This conversation recorded over zoom is really part 2 - a ...
Episode 28: Permaculture at Findhorn with Maria Cooper, Craig Gibsone and Morag Gamble
December 16, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 49.3 MBThis week you are in for a treat on Sense-making in a Changing World Podcast. Come with me on a walk and talk through the iconic Findhorn community in Scotland with Findhorn College permaculture teacher, Maria Cooper, exploring how permaculture is applied - and discover a beautiful permaculture garden and life philosophy at the home of Craig Gibsone - an elder of the Findhorn community. Permaculture here is love in action. Both Maria and Craig share deep insights about living a permacultu...
Episode 27: Slow Clothing - Jane Milburn with Morag Gamble
December 10, 2020 05:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBWhat a pleasure to share this conversation with you today on Sense-Making in a Changing World with my wonderfully talented friend, Jane Milburn. Jane is a Slow Clothing champion and 2019 Churchill Fellow. She presents a compelling case for why we need to change the way we dress. She is also the founder and creative force of Textile Beat - inspired by her growing understanding of the impacts of our clothes on people and planet, and our own personal health. Jane published Slow Clothing: Fin...
Episode 26: One Planet Living with Tao Wimbush and Morag Gamble at Lammas Ecovillage, Wales
December 01, 2020 21:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBFor this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World Podcast , I am in Lammas Ecovillage, Wales with the founder, Tao Wimbush. I loved visiting this community and was so warmly welcomed by Tao. I hope you enjoy this conversation - full of so many practical tips for one planet living. Lammas is an off-grid permaculture village with a community of 50 adults and many children, with interesting natural homes and is the first One Planet Development Ecovillage in the UK. Tao tells me how it is p...
Episode 25: Permaculture Life and Work - Matt Powers with Morag Gamble
November 25, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBIn this episode of Sense-making in a Changing World, I am thrilled to share with you this conversation with fellow permaculture [pr]activist, Matt Powers who is based on the north west coast of the USA. Matt Powers is an permaculture author, educator, seed saver, gardener, and entrepreneur focused on radically transforming the entire K-12 education system. Like me, his world revolves around permaculture thinking and action. Matt, a former public high school teacher with a Masters degree i...
Episode 24: Pattern Mind with Joel Glanzberg and Morag Gamble
November 18, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBIt is my delight to share this conversation with Joel Glanzberg today on Sense-making in a Changing World. Joel, based in New Mexico is a tracker, a regenerative design practitioner and permaculture teacher/builder/farmer/designer/thinker. He has been immersed in permaculture for over 30 years and loves what permaculture offers- particularly the way of seeing and being in the world from a pattern perspective, of bringing vitality and regeneration, and to cultivate a capacity to see the beau...
Episode 23: Real Food with Cyndi O'Meara and Morag Gamble
November 11, 2020 10:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBIn this episode of Sense Making in a Changing World, I am speaking with my dear friend Cyndi O'Meara - best-selling author of Changing Habits Changing Lives, nutritionist, activist, film-maker, TEDx speaker, and founder of Changing Habits whole food company and the Changing Habits Farm - a regenerative farm in Maleny. Cyndi is a thought leader pushing the boundaries of our understanding of what is good food - uncovering what is wrong in our current food system - why it is making us so sick....
Episode 22: City Repair with Mark Lakeman and Morag Gamble
November 03, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 51.8 MBIt is such a pleasure to welcome to the Sense-Making in a Changing World show, Mark Lakeman from Portland Oregon - city repairer, urban permaculture designer place-maker community design facilitator, urban designer and thought leader. Mark is the co-founder of the not-for-profit organisation, the City Repair Project (Urban Permaculture education) and is the Principal and founder of Communitecture - a cutting edge design firm that works with sustainable building projects at all scales. As...
Episode 21: Permayouth with Ego Lemos and Morag Gamble
October 27, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 54.1 MBIt is my absolute delight to share with you my conversation with Ego Lemos from Timor Leste on Sense-Making in a Changing World. Ego is a humble yet radical positive change-maker, who grew up in the tumultuous time of the Indonesian occupation. His work over the decades with Permaculture has caused it to mushroom in his country. He is largely responsible for permaculture being a compulsory subject for EVERY primary school aged child in his country. Permaculture is in the National curriculu...
Episode 20: Cultural Emergence with Looby Macnamara and Morag Gamble
October 20, 2020 21:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBIn Episode 20 of Sense-Making in a Changing World Podcast, I am delighted to chat with internationally recognised thought leader, Looby Macnamara. Looby is a permaculture teacher, social permaculture facilitator & cofounder of Applewood Permaculture Centre in Herefordshire, England, with her partner Chris Evans (co-founder of the Himalayan Permaculture Centre). Looby has authored 3 permaculture books: Cultural Emergence: A toolkit for transforming ourselves and the world (2020) People an...
Episode 19: Gaian Ecology - Dr Stephan Harding with Morag Gamble
October 14, 2020 02:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBIt is my great pleasure to welcome my dear friend Stephan Harding to the show today. Dr Stephan Harding, the Deep Ecology Research Fellow from Schumacher College, is a world-renown Gaian Ecologist, musician, walker, nature-lover, film-maker, father, and is co-founder of the Masters of Holistic Science at Schumacher College with the late Professor Brian Goodwin. His is also the Dartington Estate Ecologist in Devon and author of Animate Earth: Science, Intuition and Gaia, and just recently, G...
Episode 18: Permaculture Humanitarian Kym Blechynden with Morag Gamble
October 07, 2020 05:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBIn this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, my guest is permaculture humanitarian, Kym Blechynden. As an aid worker with the Red Cross, Kym has worked in some of the most challenging places on earth - post conflict regions, disaster zones.I am in awe of the work she does and the calm courageousness and humanity with which she does it. Kym's background is in public health, food security & nutrition. She's worked extensively throughout Australia and internationally in places like Ban...
Episode 17: Pandemic Gardening with Dr Nick Rose and Morag Gamble
September 30, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MBWhat is the role of growing food at home or community gardens in the pandemic? Why have so many people taken up gardening? Who's doing it? What impact has it had on their lives? A new Pandemic Gardening survey found that a huge 98% of survey respondents said they will continue food gardening after the pandemic. Surprisingly, 19% said they couldn't have made it without their garden. The survey team received hundreds of comments about how very important food gardening is. Respondents describe...
Episode 16: The Next Economy with Dr Amanda Cahill and Morag Gamble
September 23, 2020 01:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBWhat is change? How does change happen? What is the kind of leadership we need in the world today? These are just some of the questions I explore today with my wonderful guest on Sense-making in a Changing World, Dr Amanda Cahill. We know our current economic system is not working for a majority of the people on the planet, so what is the next economy, and how do we transition to a society that supports wellbeing of people and planet? I am thrilled to share this conversation with Amanda ...
Episode 15: Regenerative Cultures with Daniel Christian Wahl and Morag Gamble
September 15, 2020 22:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBWhat does it mean to design a regenerative culture? How we can become regenerative by design? What we can be doing in our daily lives to be part of the urgent change we need to see in the world? These are the questions we explore today. It is my great pleasure to share with you on Sense-making in a Changing World today, a conversation I recorded with Daniel Christian Wahl PhD as we walked through the ancient olive terraces around the medieval monastery, Son Rullan on the island of Mallorca...
Episode 14: Food Connect with Emma-Kate Rose and Morag Gamble
September 09, 2020 01:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBMy guest this week on Sense-Making in a Changing World is my amazing friend and fellow community food advocate and [pr]activist, Emma-Kate Rose. Emma-Kate has always been such an inspiration to me, and when you hear the projects she's involved with, I think you'll understand why. She leads the ground-breaking community food enterprise, Food Connect, and is co-founder, with her partner Robert Pekin, of the Food Connection Foundation and the Food Connect Shed. The Food Connect Shed is a lo...
Episode 13: Collective Imagination with Rob Hopkins and Morag Gamble
September 02, 2020 05:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MBIn this episode I am delighted to be sharing with you a conversation with Rob Hopkins, champion of the collective imagination, author of 'From What is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want' and co-founder of the Transition Town Movement that emerged out of an extended permaculture design course he was teaching in Ireland. His other books include: The Power of Just Doing Stuff: How Local Action can Change the World (2013) The Transition Handbook: From ...
Episode 12: Education with Satish Kumar and Morag Gamble
August 26, 2020 00:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBIt is my great pleasure and honour to welcome Satish Kumar to the show today - world-renowned ecologist, thinker and educational visionary. Satish is the founder of Schumacher College and the Small School in Devon, England. He is Emeritus Editor of Resurgence & Ecologist and founder of Green Books. The BBC Natural World program, Earth Pilgrim takes us out into Dartmoor walking with Satish exploring his Soil, Soul, Society philosophy. Walking and simple living is a key thread in Satish's l...
Episode 11: 1 Million Women with Natalie Isaacs and Morag Gamble
August 18, 2020 23:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MBIt is my pleasure to welcome Natalie Isaacs, founder and CEO of 1 Million Women to the Sense-making in a Changing World show today. For 10 years, Nat has been inspiring and engaging a movement of women and girls around the world to act on climate. No more than every this is so important. 1 Million Women lead programs on all kinds of things from food waste, plastics, fashion, consumerism, carbon footprint, and show how to lead a low-carbon life everyday. She advocates taking on the climate e...
Episode 10: Permaculture [Pr]activism with Sierra Robinson, Morag Gamble & Maia Raymond
August 11, 2020 23:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBIt is a delight to share this conversation with 18yo permaculture leader, Sierra Robinson, on the show today on International Youth Day 2020. Sierra is an articulate and inspiring permaculture activist (practical activist = [pr]activist) and teacher from Vancouver Island, Canada. She gave a brilliant permaculture TEDx talk when she was 17yo in Seattle entitled Beyond Sustainability: A Call for Regeneration. Sierra is also a Regional Crew Director for Earth Guardians - a global youth organis...
Episode 9: Teaching Permaculture with Rosemary Morrow and Morag Gamble
August 05, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 45 MBToday on Sense-Making in a Changing World, I am thrilled to welcome Rosemary Morrow - a respected teacher of permaculture teachers around the world, an elder in the Permaculture movement and author of the permaculture classics, Earth Users Guide to Permaculture, Earth Users Guide to Teaching Permaculture and Permaculture Teaching Matters. Rosemary is also the cofounder of Permaculture for Refugees. I would call much of what Rosemary does permaculture service work - offering permaculture...
Episode 8: The Simple Home with Rhonda Hetzel and Morag Gamble
July 28, 2020 14:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBIn this episode, I am joined in conversation by my dear friend Rhonda Hetzel - award-winning blogger (32 million + views) and best-selling author of Down to Earth and The Simple Home. Rhonda's blog is also called Down to Earth. You can find her on Instagram too. Rhonda and I speak about finding pleasure and purpose in a simpler way, and of being home-based. We spoke in the midst of the covid-19 lockdown here in Queensland Australia via zoom. Around the world, we continue to be encouraged (o...