The Permaculture Podcast

My guest for this episode is Adam Campbell, a permaculture teacher who lives at the Stillwater Sanctuary and teaches at the Peace and Permaculture Center. This is the second of several episodes that come from one long conversation I had with Adam.  As this picks up right where things left off, it’s best if you [...]

My guest for this episode is Natasha Alvarez, a permaculture teacher, naturalist, and herbalist from Lancaster Pennsylvania. In this episode we talk about her idea of Permaculture as Revolution as expressed in her project, The Year of Black Clothing. By finding our love for the world, we can move towards action, by focusing on our [...]

This episode is not a normal show, but an announcement of a project I’m launching called the Traveling Permaculture Library. As some of you have heard from past shows, on occasion I get books from authors and publishers to read and review. Previously I gave the books away to someone after I read them. I [...]

This episode is a question and answer session with Wayne Herring, of Herring’s Green Grass Farm. He addresses several listener questions about small scale farming, including running pigs and goats in a woodlot, the damage that can be caused by predators and how to protect poultry flocks, and multi-use mobile shelters. Definitely worth a listen [...]

My guest for this episode is Eric Puro of ThePoosh.org. He is a natural builder from the United States currently living in Portugal developing several sustainable building projects. In this episode we talk about the work of his organization, what it’s like to learn how to do this kind of building, as well as the [...]

This episode is a Question and Answer session with Wilson Alvarez and Ben Weiss as a follow up to our last conversation together. In this episode they address three listener questions. How to connect with them and learn more about their work now that the Kickstarter campaign is over? How can one manage property if [...]

My guest for this episode is Rhamis Kent, a permaculture teacher and designer originally from the United States who currently lives in the United Kingdom and teaches in Africa and the Middle East. He joins me today to begin the series on Faith and Earth Care. During this conversation we discuss his background, the ideas [...]

My guest for this episode is Marisha Auerbach, a permaculture designer and teacher from Portland, Oregon. She joins me today to talk about her work in the urban environment and her intentional choice to move to Portland to build working examples of the systems needed to exemplify what we can do. From there we touch [...]

This episode is a review from my wife, Shawn Marie, of Michael Judd’s new book, Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist: Have Your Yard and Eat it Too. Now then, onto the review. The new book by Michael Judd, “Edible Landscaping, with a Permaculture Twist: How to Have your Yard and Eat it Too” is [...]

My guest for this episode is Arthur Haines. He is a botanist, forager, and wild foods expert from Maine, where he teaches these ideas through his school, the Delta Institute of Natural History. You can find out more about Arthur at arthurhaines.com. Arthur is a returning guest, so if you’d like to learn more about [...]

This is the year end look back for 2013 and look forward to what’s in-store for 2014. Also, if you’re new to the show, this is a good place to start. First, I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to donate some of their capital, be that social, financial, or otherwise, to help [...]

This episode is a piece submitted to my by Peter McCoy of Radical Mycology, and serves as an introduction to the organization that bears that name, as well as a number of the ways we can use mycelium to build a better world. Though Paul Stamets and his book Mycelium Running are perhaps the most [...]

My guest for this episode is Adam Campbell, a permaculture practitioner and teacher at the Peace and Permaculture Center located on 10 acres adjacent to the Stillwater Sanctuary in La Plata Missouri. He calls the sanctuary his home, along with Ethan Hughes and the rest of their community. In this episode we begin what is [...]

This is the second interview with Mr. Lakeman. If you haven’t heard it, please listen to his first interview before digging into this one. In this conversation we talk about permaculture and our city landscapes. Part of this is examples of how to rebuild our communities and bring people together, as well as understanding further [...]

My guest for this episode is Jack Spirko of The Survival Podcast. For the many of you who know him, then he needs no introduction. For those of you who hear “Survival Podcast” and wonder about how that ties in with permaculture, take the time to sit down and give this episode a listen. Jack [...]