Edge Zone Podcast | Permaculture & Beyond

Permaculture teacher and practitioner Susan Cousineau speaks with Mike Wolfert about flows in nature such as human movement, animal movement, genetics, information, and much more.

Mike speaks with Heather Ray of Andromeda Entertainment about the realm of transformative gaming with virtual reality, and how it relates to and enhances contemplative practices.

Mike does an informal consultation with Wes about a new 54 acre homestead he is purchasing, covering things such as grazing patterns, soil types, food forest planning, contour mapping, silvopasture, and more.

Flow states are rare experiences of being “in the zone” and achieving peak performance with single-pointed focus. In this podcast, Mike and Wes explore the elusive and magical flow state: what it is, how to cultivate conditions for it, and the myriad of benefits that flow states offer.

Mike and Wes discuss Climate: A New Story by Charles Eisenstein, a powerful new book that looks at the roots of the looming environmental crises and challenges many of the underpinnings of the environmental movement.

Will Beilharz of ArtisTree and Cypress Valley Canopy Tours talks about the magic and technical challenges of treehouse construction, including tree types, anchoring methods, design tools, and much more.

John Curry and his wife Kendra run Clay Sand Straw, one of the premier natural building companies in Central Texas. In this episode, John and Mike talk about natural building, straw bale, cob, adobe, building codes, energy efficiency, tiny homes and much more.

In this episode Charles Holmes III of Central Texas Solar and Lighting joins us to answer all of Mike’s questions about solar power in Central Texas- how it works, home solar systems, federal rebates, rare earth materials, battery technology, and much more.

It occurred to us that not everybody who listens to this podcast has an understanding of what permaculture is, so we dedicated an episode to describing it in broad strokes. Permaculture is hard to define concisely because of how holistic and multidimensional it is, encompassing ethics, design principles, landscaping, ecology, agriculture, social networks and much more. We do our best to make this episode illuminating for diehard permies and newbies alike.

In this special episode of the Edge Zone Podcast, Mike and Wes share more deeply about their backgrounds, upbringing, and goals. We talk about past jobs, awkward teenage years, how we ended up in Texas, what we do for fun, and much more. If you’re curious who the heck we are, this is a great show to get to know us a bit more.