Happy New Year everyone and welcome to Episode #30. In this episode, we speak with the amazing Morag Gamble!

Morag first discovered permaculture in her teens, and it felt like an immediate natural fit… what better way to care for the earth and care for the people! Permaculture is a way to make a positive contribution, and create ripples of positivity in the world - it’s a positive life purpose. 

Morag’s work and life are totally interwoven through the connecting fabric of permaculture. She is an expert and advocate for community gardens and food systems, ecovillage living, permaculture education, school gardens and creating a permaculture livelihood. 

Morag has traveled the world to study with leading ecological thinkers and teachers, to learn with women elders, traditional communities, activists and scientists, to explore sustainable living in action, and to look deeply at new ways of education and communication. This informal and in-depth education in the world has given her deep insights to advise leaders, communities and government on living a sustainable life. 

Among her colourful CV of life Morag started Northey Street City Farm in Brisbane with friends and the Australian City Farm and Community Garden Network, then school gardens, university gardens and later her own award-winning permaculture property in the subtropical ecovillage where she lives with her family today, Crystal Waters. She has woven permaculture design thinking into everything she does - the design of her work, her house and garden, her children’s education.

Over the past two decades Morag has been invited to teach at leading ecological education centres like Schumacher College, Torri Superiore, The Farm, Findhorn, Damanhur, Centre of Alternative Technology, UCBerkeley, Center for Ecoliteracy, The Green University and many more. Morag has lectured in Food Politics and introduced many students to permaculture. 

About permaculture, Morag says: “I’m raising awareness of permaculture education because it makes a tangible difference in people’s everyday lives. I want to help all households and communities to live a one-planet-life, and provide opportunities for young people to be part of a practical revolution. I’m motivated by the climate emergency, social justice and rapid species extinction. I am motivated to teach teachers about permaculture and help ripple out the spread of a new generation of permaculture teachers around the world, particularly with the emerging generation and with people who’s daily lives are impacted by climate change.”

Morag is the founder of the Permaculture Education Institute with students on 6 continents, and the Executive Director of the Ethos Foundation, a small permaculture charity which has just funded a women’s self help group in west Africa to run free permaculture education. She co-founded Northey Street City Farm and the Australian City Farm and Community Garden Network. Her YouTube channel, Our Permaculture Life and Our Permaculture Life blog have both been accessed around 2 million times. She invites fascinating guests to her podcast, Sense-Making in a Changing World, each week. And she’s a regular contributor to PIP Magazine - the Australian Permaculture Magazine, and others.

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