Nate Ayers and I get into all sorts of great subject areas in this interview.

We talk about his design and research firm Chiwara Permaculture, His recently completed project in Highland Park adjacent to Detroit. This site is next to where Henry Ford built the first Model T factories. We discuss post-industrial Permaculture design, and it's importance for the future. Nate's Chiwara house in Ann Arbor down the road from the University of Michigan. We discuss briefly 'Peak College' (possibly coined by Extra Environmentalist), and advantages and disadvantages of funding permaculture design research through University systems.

I was sick while recording the interview, so many apologies. I also had some PC issues lately, and am not using my normal software or hardware, so sorry for any editing or lesser audio quality in this episode.

Enjoy!

Links

Chiwara Permaculture

http://sustainability.umich.edu/events/world-renowned-permaculture-master-sepp-holzer-visits-u-m-and-southeast-michigan

Michigan Permaculture Convergence

http://youtu.be/P2hj25reoh8

http://youtu.be/ENpGY5QicVE

Nate Ayers – Episode 8 – Chiwara Permaculture in Michigan

Interviews, explorations and discussions on Permaculture design hosted by Joe Moore

Education

Training

Language Courses

Higher Education

K-12

Educational Technology

Looking for a PDC in Colorado? This one is shaping up nicely. Awesome instructors with loads of experience with all sorts of specialty areas. I had a wonderful time talking with them, and hope to have them on for solo interviews in the future.

Links

http://rockiesedge.com/ - PDC - Elevate your awareness.

http://boulderbeet.com/ - Kristin Alexander - What's Happening in Permaculture in Boulder, Colorado and Beyond

http://denverearthship.com/ - Mike Wird - Regernative Lifestyles / Denver Earth Ship

http://coloradogreywater.com/ - Avery Ellis

http://www.earthguardians.org/ - We are committed to standing up to protect the Earth, Water, Air and Atmosphere so our generation, and those to follow, inherit a healthy, just and sustainable planet. We are focusing on weaving together the synergy of individual grassroots youth driven projects around the globe, to create one international, intergenerational movement for effective change.

Rockies Edge Permaculture – 13

In this episode Scott discusses the pedagogy of Permaculture and how stellar of a teacher Bill Mollison was.
Some of the subjects we hit are:

	How A few days into the class we can see that people seem to pass the threshold of plausible deniability.
	John Taylor Gatto - Dumbing Us Down
	How permaculture self selects some of the best people of our culture.
	People in the classes are looking for another way to live than the cubicle.
	Indigenous Central Americans attending Permaculture classes.
	Talent show being dropped from some PDCs.
	The magic of a PDC that allows participants to drop some of the normal trappings of our culture.
	The revolutionary quality of Permaculture.
	Is the next generation the group who will bring in the new paradigm?
	Building a Permaculture Nation - Bill Mollison
	Criticisms of online PDCs
	Using Non-Profits to the advantage of Permaculturalists.

Read more about Scott and his work here.

Scott Pittman – Episode 12 – Pedagogy of Permaculture.

In this episode, Scott and I cover a lot of territory in slightly under 30 minutes or recording.

Scott gives some criticisms of the recent Cuban IPC and Jordan IPC, and shares some hopes for future IPCs.

We also start discussing the Permaculture Institute's Diplomat program and why it is going to be important for the Permaculture world going forward.

Links:
Permaculture.org
North American Permaculture Convergence
IPC UK - London
IPC 17 - India

Scott Pittman – Episode 11- Jordan and Cuba IPCs and standards in Permaculture

In this shorter podcast (~ 40 minutes) Eden and I speak about his work at Aspen T.R.E.E. in Aspen, Colorado.  Eden is the Founder and Executive Director of Aspen Tree. Here is their mission and vision statement.

OUR MISSION IS TO...
Empower Youth and Build Community with Solution-Oreinted Education that connects People to Place, inspiring a Positive Bond with their Food-Shed and Enviornment!
OUR VISION IS TO...
Make Aspen a model "sustainable / regenerative" community, and support others in doing the same.

 



Aspen TREE from Aspen Tree on Vimeo.

Aspen T.R.E.E


Ethan Roland - AppleSeed Permaculture

CRMPI - Colorado Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute

Scott Pittman


Triple Bottom Line - Wiki

Music - The Long Goodbye by Flatwound

Eden Vardy – Aspen T.R.E.E. – High Altitude Permaculture

While visiting Scott Pittman at his home in New Mexico, we spoke about the history of Permaculture and how standards in Permaculture education have been a constant part of the dialog between Permaculture educators. Some people are teaching PDCs that have less than 72 contact hours, and we should really be discussing if this is adequate. There is a place for education of this type, but we really shouldn't be calling it a PDC because it dilutes the credibility of courses that most other people are teaching.
In future episode we talk more about the Permaculture Institute's Diploma program, and how this is going to impact the world of Permaculture.

Links
Scott's Bio on Permaculture.org
Permaculture Institute
Ali Sharif YouTube - (Giving Prince Charles a tour of the Amazon)
Permaculture Credit Union
Invisible Structures - Legal, Financial and Social structures of your design.
Concerning the Regenerative Leadership Institute - Link

Nate Ayers – Episode 8 – Chiwara Permaculture in Michigan

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