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86. Green Warriors, Permaculture Aid and Guava: Steve Cran on Permaculture Herbalism
Steve Cran is a Permaculture Aid veteran, teacher, social activist, climate change resilience specialist and a very handy guy to have around after a natural disaster. With a 30-year career in Permaculture, Steve has developed effective, sustainable, recovery solutions for communities affected by natural disasters, war, or long-term poverty.
Steve takes on the challenge of assisting people living on the edge of survival, to rebuild their communities. He has developed projects in war zones, post-disaster zones, poverty zones and many difficult where most people would not dare go.
Steve says “There is a lot written about so-called community development but in the field, most of it doesn’t work or it doesn’t last. Permaculture Aid gets real results by helping people restore their own community using local resources. They grow their way out of poverty. Conventional aid creates aid dependency. Permaculture Aid creates self-sufficiency and earth-repair simultaneously”.
This is a discussion of the people, places and projects Steve has supported throughout his career, and what is coming.
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To find out more about The Elder Tree visit the website at www.theeldertree.org and donate to the crowdfunding campaign here. You can also follow The Elder Tree on Facebook and Instagram and sign up to the newsletter. Find out more about this podcast and the presenters here. Get in touch with The Elder Tree at: [email protected].
The intro and outro song is "Sing for the Earth" and was kindly donated by Chad Wilkins. You can find Chad's music here and here.
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By The Elder TreeSteve Cran is a Permaculture Aid veteran, teacher, social activist, climate change resilience specialist and a very handy guy to have around after a natural disaster. With a 30-year career in Permaculture, Steve has developed effective, sustainable, recovery solutions for communities affected by natural disasters, war, or long-term poverty.
Steve takes on the challenge of assisting people living on the edge of survival, to rebuild their communities. He has developed projects in war zones, post-disaster zones, poverty zones and many difficult where most people would not dare go.
Steve says “There is a lot written about so-called community development but in the field, most of it doesn’t work or it doesn’t last. Permaculture Aid gets real results by helping people restore their own community using local resources. They grow their way out of poverty. Conventional aid creates aid dependency. Permaculture Aid creates self-sufficiency and earth-repair simultaneously”.
This is a discussion of the people, places and projects Steve has supported throughout his career, and what is coming.
SHOW NOTES:
To find out more about The Elder Tree visit the website at www.theeldertree.org and donate to the crowdfunding campaign here. You can also follow The Elder Tree on Facebook and Instagram and sign up to the newsletter. Find out more about this podcast and the presenters here. Get in touch with The Elder Tree at: [email protected].
The intro and outro song is "Sing for the Earth" and was kindly donated by Chad Wilkins. You can find Chad's music here and here.