Tiny Farm Friends
27 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago -Every fortnight we converse with dreamers, makers, thinkers, city quitters, working with nature, using the best of their abilities to foster a more inclusive, beautiful, and sustainable world.
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Building an Earthbag Dome and Vanirah Farm with Pawan and Marloes
February 18, 2024 12:30 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBHow wonderful is finding a partner who shares your dreams and values? Pawan and Marloes are the founders of Vanirah Farm, a permaculture farm on the top of the Himalayan mountain in Uttarakhand, India. In this conversation, we trace their journey from finding land and building an earthbag dome to growing a fruit forest. What You'll Learn: 🛖 Building a life in the mountains. 🛖 Building an earthbag dome. 🛖 Living the off-grid life 🛖 Challenges of mountain life 🛖 Life lessons from th...
Red Earth House - Tattooing, Snakes, & Starting a Commune with Corrie and Abhishek
January 23, 2024 12:40 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBAbhishek Shirsat and Corrie Foreman Shirsat are the founders of Red Earth House, a place of exploration, rewilding, creativity, and initiative in a village near Chiplun in the Konkan region of India. Abhishek has lived his life in the forests, researching and rescuing snakes. Corrie is an artist, poking ink on her skin and of her friends since childhood. What You'll Learn: 🛖 Building a life in the countryside 🛖 How to start an intentional art community. 🛖 Why you shouldn't be afra...
Building resilience with Christina Ransbury
December 25, 2023 06:30 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBChristina Ransbury is an interior and architecture designer, who strives to use low-carbon building methods that not only stand the test of time but prioritize the health of our planet. She is also an artist and a dreamer who wants to make this world a beautiful example of what humans are capable of. What You'll Learn: 🛖 Pragmatic approach to sustainability 🛖 What is greenwashing? 🛖 Increasing the desirability of natural building 🛖 Passive Solar vs Passive House 🛖 How to Build Re...
Creating Abundance with Sudhanshu
December 18, 2023 02:11 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBMeet Sudhanshu Verma, a passionate Cyclist and a Filmmaker. He is known for choosing the road less traveled, literally and metaphorically. He has bikepacked across India and now dreams of seeing the world on his bicycle. In this conversation, he shares his story of overcoming scarcity and creating abundance. What You'll Learn: 🌱 How to overcome the scarcity mindset 🌱 How to change your relationship with money 🌱 How to create an abundance mindset 🌱 Decluttering and becoming lighter ...
Why Are Creatives Choosing Rural Life? with Karen Rosenkranz
November 17, 2023 08:55 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBMeet Karen Rosenkranz, the trend forecaster, ethnographer, and author behind 'City Quitters: Creative Pioneers Pursuing Post-Urban Life.' 📚 Join us on a journey as we explore the motivations behind creatives leaving cities for rural pastures. What's life like in the countryside, and what are the unique benefits and challenges? 🌿🏡 What You'll Learn: 🌱 Discover the cultural shift towards decentralization and autonomy, 🌱 Uncover the motivations and thinking patterns behind creatives leaving ...
Building Earthbag Domes and Traveling in Exchange for Work with Raghu Raahi
November 03, 2023 06:25 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBRaghuveer Singh Rathore, famously known as Raghu Raahi, is a singer 🎤, songwriter ✍️, filmmaker 🎬, traveler ✈️, and natural builder 🌿. He passionately inspires people to fulfill their dream of traveling the world by teaching them how to travel in exchange for work 💪. When he's not exploring the world, you'll find him dedicated to crafting beautiful earthbag domes 🌆. 🌍✨ What You'll Learn: 🌱 The art of traveling in exchange for work, turning wanderlust into reality. 🌱 Insights into the u...
Earth to Shelter A Masterclass on the Science of Mud Buildings with Yask Kulshreshtha
October 20, 2023 06:25 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MB🌱 Meet Yask Kulshreshtha: Founder of Muddled Studio 🏡🔬 A scientific researcher in sustainable construction materials, Yask's PhD thesis "Building affordable, durable, and desirable earthen houses" at TU Delft, Netherlands, tackles rural Indian housing challenges: affordability, durability, and desirability. 🇳🇱🌍 Join us as we bust mud-building myths and dive into the science behind it. 🏡🧐 What You'll Learn: 🌱 Science behind mud buildings 🌱 Why mud buildings are better for your health...
Building Forest Garden, Mud Houses, and Zero Waste Village with Utsow Pradhan
October 13, 2023 06:25 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MB🌿 Meet Utsow Pradhan, founder of TIEEDI, an ecological forest training center, nestled in Darjeeling that focuses on 🌳 permaculture, regenerative tourism, natural farming, and sustainable land and building design consultation. They also work on experiential environmental education 🌏 and holistic waste management projects in the hills.🌱 What You'll Learn: 🌱 How you can build a permaculture forest garden. 🌱 How you can create decentralized zero waste management systems 🌱 Making a pri...
Rethinking Food, Clothing and Shelter with Karan Patel
September 29, 2023 06:26 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBKaran Patel 🌱 is the visionary founder of Aanushrav, an awe-inspiring farm nestled in Anand, where he is reviving ancient lifestyle by practicing sustainable 🌾 agriculture, traditional 🏗️ construction, natural 🧵 textile dyeing, artisanal 🍞 sourdough bread baking, crafting 🍓 natural jams, extracting colors from 🌼 flowers, and even adding personal touches like 🧶 embroidering and creating your hair care essentials, all while respecting the 🌍 Earth. 💚🏡 What You'll Learn: 🌱 How you can embo...
Transitioning from the city to the countryside with Olivia Grundy
September 22, 2023 06:25 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MB🌱 Olivia is a permaculture designer and the author of the captivating blog "Shared Earth Living," where she shares her journey of transition from the city to the country, 🌍 following her heart's desire for a more sustainable life based on respect for the Earth and all the creatures in it. What You'll Learn: 🌱 Living in the Present: Discover the transformative power of embracing your dreams now, without waiting for the "perfect" moment. 🌱 Navigating Roadblocks: Learn how Olivia overcame ob...
Eggware and Beyond: Embracing Glocal Biodesign with Midushi Kochhar
September 15, 2023 05:43 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBMidushi is a visionary 🥚 Indian industrial designer and founder of YLEM, a circular design and research studio. Her practice revolves around researching materials and techniques for rebuilding symbiotic relationships and fostering the circular economy in our daily lives. Co-founder of Makers on Move, she's a driving force in sustainable arts, design, research, technology, and education. What You'll Learn: 🥚 Gain inspiration from Midushi's insights on the intersection of design, sustaina...
Honing Curiosity, Crafts, and Woodworking with Anjali Lohia
September 08, 2023 13:27 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBAnjali is a woodworker based in Delhi, India, currently studying fine woodworking at The Krenov School. 🪵 Her woodworking journey began with a desire to intimately connect with nature, understanding its ever-changing properties. 🌿🌳Anjali's passion and curiosity are boundless, inspiring you to embark on your own creative explorations. 🌟🎨 What You'll Learn: Appreciate the beauty of woodworking and its connection to nature. Be inspired by Anjali's passion and unwavering curiosity. Embrace n...
Lessons from Mountain living: Building Ecological Connections with Aarti Dhingra
December 04, 2022 02:21 - 1 hour - 94.4 MBAarti is an architect, with a deep interest in ecological design and the visual arts. Her interdisciplinary practice - based out of a small village in Uttarakhand in the Central Himalayas of India - explores interconnections between ecology, design, climate, culture, and social identity. ⛰️ What you will learn: ⛰️ Following your instincts ⛰️ Working in the hills of Uttarakhand ⛰️ Living a life in the countryside ⛰️ Why city people are moving to the hills ⛰️ Ghost villages of Uttarakhan...
Building Angai and Living Intentionally with Mansi Kabra
November 17, 2022 02:05 - 1 hour - 79.6 MBMansi Kabra is the founder of Angai, a social enterprise located in rural Odisha that utilizes local resources to produce handmade soaps and supports the livelihood of tribal women. She works as an associate director and a storyteller at the Good Business Lab. 🧼 What you will learn: 🧼 Choosing must at the crossroads in life 🧼 Sneak peek into the development sector 🧼 Starting a Social Enterprise 🧼 Working in a remote village in Orissa 🧼 Working for an NGO in Burkina Faso 🧼 Making...
Material Literacy with Shubhi Sachan
November 16, 2022 06:46 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBShubhi is a multidisciplinary designer who believes that everything we call waste, can be put to use. Her current practice, Material Library of India, focuses on investigating value chains and making waste materials come to life again. To read the show notes click here. For people who are visually inclined watch the episode on Youtube. ♻️ Time Stamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:06:28 - Background Story 00:10:09 - Disconnect as a conscious designer 00:12:59 - Masters in material futures ...
Bio-Architecture with Shneel Bhayana
October 19, 2022 04:24 - 55 minutes - 51.3 MBShneel Bhayana is an Architect, a Biodesign Researcher, a social entrepreneur, and a TEDx Speaker. In this conversation, we talk about her journey from being an architect to becoming a bio-architect, the background story of her Indus project, the need for interdisciplinary partnerships, and her vision for the future. To read the show notes click here. For people who are visually inclined watch the episode on Youtube. 🦠 Time Stamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:43 - Background Story 00:0...
Not Making sense with the Roy's: Sumit and Sujat Roy
May 22, 2022 02:06 - 1 hour - 86.3 MBSumit Roy and Sujat Roy are two multi-faceted artistic talents. You cannot put them under a label. Sumit paints, designs, and raps. Sujat is a versatile visual and textile designer. Their art speaks for a generation of urban cultural practitioners who grew up in the face of globalization and corporatization. In this episode, we talk about their creative journeys, their endeavors - Free Speech, and Herock. To read the show notes click here. For people who are visually inclined watch the...
Cheer Project: Creating a symbiotic circular economy with Gaurav MK Wali
March 26, 2022 01:14 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBGaurav MK Wali is an industrial and material designer from India, working against design’s monoculture. His 'Cheer Project' is research into pine needles in which the abundant and unwanted material is developed into a 100% bio-based and biodegradable composite material. To read the show notes click here. For people who are visually inclined watch the episode on Youtube. 🌲Time Stamps 00:00:00 - Background story 00:03:47 - Genesis of Cheer Project 00:09:30 - Causes of Forest Fire ...
Creating Sensistan, Tech art, and Communities with Stephanie and Shammi
February 17, 2022 03:24 - 1 hour - 76.4 MBStephanie and Shammi are the creators of the unique tech-art social enterprise Sensistan - a space providing immersive and interactive experiences that expand people’s senses through combining technology and interactive art. To read the show notes click here. For people who are visually inclined watch the episode on Youtube. Time Stamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:20 - Background Story of Sensistan 00:05:20 - NGO Circus Collective 00:09:00 - Challenges in developing Sensistan 00:18...
The intersection of science, art, and material design with Rushati Chowdhury
January 23, 2022 09:08 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBRushati Chowdhury is a visual artist, material designer, and maker at the intersection of science and art. She is trained in textile and now aims to give a new definition to traditional craftsmanship and visual arts, explore new materials, and push the limits of what can be possible with all the matter that nature has provided us. To read the show notes click here. For people who are visually inclined watch the episode on Youtube. 🌱Time Stamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:19 - Experience...
Moving to the Mountains with Saanya and Sannat
January 07, 2022 02:59 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBThis episode is about the heartwarming story of Saanya and Sannat, who moved to a quaint village in the Himalayas to create an intentional life in the countryside. Sannat is an accomplished trail runner, an architect, and a personal growth enthusiast. Saanya is an architect and the founder of Studio Mitti, a rural studio that works with the community and natural building materials. To read the show notes click here. For people who are visually inclined watch the episode on Youtube. ...
Dungse: Shit Matters. In conversation with Itika Gupta
December 21, 2021 10:14 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBItika Gupta is a founding partner at Studio Carbon, a studio that works at the intersection of design, systems, and storytelling. Through Dungse, cow dung bio-composites, created in collaboration with Studio Lindey Cafsia, they aim at giving the age-old natural material cow dung a contemporary spin by combining modern design skills with ancient indigenous knowledge. To read the show notes click here For people who are visually inclined watch the episode on Youtube. 💩Time Stamps 00:0...
The Malba Project: Deconstructing C & D waste With Shamita Chaudhary
November 30, 2021 02:22 - 46 minutes - 43 MBShamita a circular economy expert and the CEO and founder of the Malba Project. Through Malba Project, she strives to bring attention to the construction waste stream, and enable the transition to a circular construction sector in India. To read the show notes click here . For people who are visually inclined watch the episode on Youtube. 🧱 Time Stamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:05 - Background Story 00:07:58 - What is Malba and The Malba Project? 00:09:48 - Reasons for demolition of b...
Activism through Architecture and Permaculture with Sourabh Gujar
November 15, 2021 02:48 - 1 hour - 79.3 MBBeing sustainable is not enough. We need to be regenerative. Sourabh Gujar, an ecological builder and permaculture designer, joins to discuss the human impact of living in the hills, the merits of permaculture, natural building, and regenerative design. To read more about Sourabh click here. For people who are visually inclined watch the episode on Youtube. Time Stamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:31 - How we met Sourabh? 00:06:50 - What is TIEEDI? 00:11:43 - Permaculture 00:14:18...
Rediscover Curiosity & the World of Fungi with Sharad Rai
November 01, 2021 03:29 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBIn this episode, we not only deep dive into the queendom of Fungi but rediscover how to live a life driven with curiosity. Sharad is a self-taught multidisciplinary citizen scientist, researcher, and science communicator, with a keen interest in mycology and its applications. We talk about Fungi, mycology, biomaterials, the future of education, but this conversation is so much more. To read more about Sharad and complete show notes, click 👉🏾 here For people who are visually inclined w...
Rediscover Curiosity & the World of Fungi
November 01, 2021 03:29 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBIn this episode, we not only deep dive into the queendom of Fungi but rediscover how to live a life driven with curiosity. Sharad is a self-taught multidisciplinary citizen scientist, researcher, and science communicator, with a keen interest in mycology and its applications. We talk about Fungi, mycology, biomaterials, the future of education, but this conversation is so much more. To read more about Sharad and complete show notes, click 👉🏾 here For people who are visually inclined w...
Introducing Tiny Farm Friends
October 23, 2021 15:29 - 1 minute - 1.29 MBTiny Farm Friends podcast is an initiative by Tiny Farm Lab, a growing research and design lab, literally. Every fortnight we converse with dreamers, makers, thinkers, city quitters, working with nature, using the best of their abilities to foster a more inclusive, beautiful, and sustainable world. Our conversations on the podcast aim to blur boundaries and cross-stitch design, science, art, technology, economics to bring out newer perspectives and developments with our friends living above ...