The Permaculture Podcast

This Permabyte is a review of Sam Thayer’s The Forager’s Harvest. Before beginning I would like to thank Jason of The Fifth World RPG for sponsoring this episode. Imagine a collaborative, structured, storytelling experience where you and your friends can come together and explore what the future could hold for your descendants, hundreds of years [...]

My guest for this episode is Steve Gabriel, a permaculture practitioner and a member of the extension team at Cornell University. He is also co-authoring a book with Dr. Ken Mudge, Farming the Woods, set for release later this year. Steve is also a farmer practicing what he teaches. Find out more about that work at [...]

Sharing with you the video from the Walking Elephant Theatre Company, “Rediscovering What it is to be Human.” Watch, listen, delight, and share this with others. A link to the video: Wild Neighbors – “Rediscovering What it is to be Human.” The Show Updates: 1. I’ve made the decision to continue the podcast. I’m not [...]

As the episode title says, I’m taking a short, unplanned, vacation. Things will return to normal next week. Until then, take care of the Earth, yourself, and each other. If you’d like to reach me while I’m on this short self-imposed sabbatical, please get in touch through one of the usual ways: E-mail: show@thepermaculturepodcast.com Phone: 717-827-6266 [...]

This permabyte is a short interview with Tiffany Jones, the Executive Director, of the Reel Water Film Festival. We talk about her background, the festival, and what you can expect should you choose to attend. I was invited to the festival last year by one of my students, but wasn’t able to attend, and wanted [...]

My guest for this episode is Todd Garcia-Bish, the Director of Environmental Education at Lutherlyn, a Christian-based adventure-camp located outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Though the title of this episode is Faith and Environmental Education, and we spend part of the conversation discussing his work in that role as part of the Faith and Earthcare series, [...]

This episode examines Principle 3: Obtain a Yield as presented by David Holmgren in his book, Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability. The focus went more towards the interrelation of the principles, and how obtaining a yield can influence the other guiding ideas of practicing permaculture. The show ends by turning back towards a need [...]

The new model is to create a one-on-one correspondence style course that provide personal attention with open enrollment and a payment plan, while retaining a project-based and mentored approach. This allows participants to sign up when they want to, and progress through the course at their own pace. Someone who is focused and has the [...]

This episode examines Principle 2: Catch and Store Energy as presented by David Holmgren in his book, Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability. My focus at this time is on the mindset of how this principle provides a space for foresight and thinking about long-term needs and goals, as well as for the here-and-now. To [...]

This is part of my story and why all of this, and you, matter to me. Get in touch: E-mail: show@thepermaculturepodcast.com Phone: 717-827-6266 Facebook: Facebook.com/ThePermaculturePodcast Twitter: @permaculturecst The Permaculture Podcast with Scott Mann P.O. Box 16 Dauphin, PA 17018 (Episode: 2014Byte0509)

My guest for this episode is Katherine Herring, of Herring’s Green Grass Farm. During this conversation we talk about her roles as mother, wife, teacher, and farmer. Along the way we talk about her transition from Engineer to stay-at-home Mom, to homeschooling, to farming on the homestead. This is an honest, open, conversation that covers [...]

This episode takes us back to the beginning of permaculture by exploring the first principle, Observe and Interact, using David Holmgren’s Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability, as the core for the conversation. I’ve included some quotes from the text as well as some of my own observations on understanding the world around us, and [...]

This episode stems from a piece I posted to the Facebook page for the show on April 17th, 2014. The conversation that followed that post offered clarity to the original intent of this piece, but I’m leaving it as is to foster a dialog on defining permaculture. Is it a design framework? A philosophy? A [...]

My guest for this episode is Karryn Olson-Ramanujan, a permaculture teacher, designer, and one of the founders of Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute. This interview is about women in permaculture, and how a pattern language emerges to make the community and movement more inclusive and constructive for everyone interested and involved in building a better world. [...]

This episode introduces a project launched, by individuals in cooperation at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, on April 17, 2014, the Open Source Seed Initiative. The plan for this organization is to keep seeds out of the patent, licensing, or other restrictive systems that limit farmers, gardeners, and anyone else using seeds to grow [...]