Summary: TweetKenton Zerbin of PRI Barbados Kenton Zerbin is an inspirational speaker, teacher & consultant who empowers others to repair degraded landscapes, grow food and build community. A teacher by training, Kenton specialty is in facilitating a quality education as a professionally certified Permaculture teacher. He has spent the last 3 years studying, designing and teaching Permaculture across Australia and Canada, designing properties and guest speaking for gardening groups, conferences and Universities alike. He now serves as the PRI certified Permaculture Teacher & educational program planner for The Caribbean Permaculture Research Institute of Barbados. Kenton joins us today to discuss the power of community funding and a brand new permaculture research Institute in Barbados. We also discuss Self-sufficiency vs. inter-dependency along with our view of what permaculture really is all about. We further examine the question of can humans be a regenerative force or are we a virus bent on paracitism of the planet. We continue with why Kenton feels that “self-sufficiency” a commonly misunderstood concept. From there we discuss the solutions offered by permaculture thinking. We also discuss if there is any real escape from humanity’s current circumstance? From there we discuss education and how it is both the problem and a potential solution to many of our issues. We finish up with a discussion on Crowdfunding and how even a failed campaign ended up helping to fund the PRI in Barbados. We also discuss why they built on in Barbados and how Barbados is actually in one way a bit like the famed Easter Island. Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1477 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom GenForward.com TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com JM Bullion – (sponsor of the day) Ready Made Resources – (sponsor of the day) Ready Made Resources Current Awesome Night Vision System Deal The CPRI in Barbados 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. 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.
