Summary: TweetByron Joel of Oak Tree Designs Byron Joel is a regenerative whole systems designer, teacher, author and consultant, passionately exploring sustainable human systems. He provides consulting and educational services through is website Oak Tree Designs. Byron has a Diploma in Horticulture along with extensive experience in the fields of Permaculture, land re-vegetation, environmental restoration and ethnobotany. He has taught Permaculture internationally alongside Geoff Lawton and has worked and lived on a number of functioning Permaculture farms and education facilities around the world including Zaytuna Farm home of the Permaculture Research Institute of Australia. Byron joins us today for an amazing discussion on Permaculture and the human plant relationship. With his background in horticulture he is very passionate about the need to breed better and more useful perennial plants and working toward bringing the world a better understanding of the “human plant relationship” that many people don’t even realize exists. Resources for today’s show… Members Support Brigade The Year 1305 Join Our Forum 13Skills.com Join Our Forum TSP Gear PermaEthos.com The Berkey Guy – (sponsor of the day) JM Bullion – (sponsor of the day) Murs-Radio.com – (MSB Discount Vendor of the Day) Oak Tree Designs – Byron’s Website Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Also remember we have an expert council you can address your calls to. If you do this you should email me right after your call at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with expert council call in the subject line. In the body of your email tell me that you just called in a question for the council and what number you called in from. I will then give the call priority when I screen calls. Our Expert Council is Made Up of… Kerry Davis – Dark Angel Medical – Emergency Medicine and Life Saving Care Bryan Black – ITS Tactical – All Things Tactical, E&E, Lock Picking, etc. Frank Sharp Jr. – Fortress Defense Consultants – Weapons, Tactics and Security Darby Simpson – DarbySimpson.com – Livestock and Farm Management/ Homestead Consulting Ben Falk – Whole Systems Design – Permaculture (Specializing in North Eastern Climates) Paul Wheaton – Permies.com – Permaculture (Specializing in North Western Climates) Tim Glance – Old Grouch’s Military Surplus – Bug Out Vehicles, Military Surplus and Communications Stephen Harris – Solar1234 – All things Energy Chef Keith Snow – Harvest Eating – Cooking Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here. &nbsp
