October 10, 2020

Passion in Practice: Resilience, Transformation, and Radical Self-Care

48 minutes

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This episode marks 10 years of The Permaculture Podcast with Scott Mann, the longest-running English language podcast dedicated to the breadth and depth of permaculture.

To celebrate a decade of the show, the following interview is a personal one for me. In 2015, I interviewed Taj Scicluna, The Perma Pixie, and the two conversations we released were ones that transformed my personal perspective of permaculture. As Dave Jacke, Larry Santoyo, and Mark Lakeman moved my thoughts from permaculture as a land-based practice to a larger, holistic system applicable to most human needs for design, Taj’s thoughts on a fourth ethic, of transition, gave me an understanding of the precarious place we find ourselves in as we create the designs that lead to a more bountiful world for all life on Earth. Given all the issues we face from landscape degradation to economic programs that require our participation in systems we don’t agree with to politics and policies we have little individual control over, there is room to be gentle with ourselves and others as we find a way to navigate our own path through these dynamically changing times.

You can find Taj's work at thepermapixie.com, which includes links to her Patreon and her presence around the web.

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This interview, this season, and the fact that this marks 10 years since I graduated from my permaculture design course, and started the show, leaves me in a reflective place. I think about what Taj said about passion, and all the things I love about hosting this show and sharing all of these personal stories with you.

With a decade and hundreds of episodes behind us, I’ll continue this work for as long as I can knowing that it will ebb, flow, and change over time. Starting next Spring, that includes expanding to visual storytelling with filmed interviews and site tours. Though I’ll keep producing the long-form interviews that became what this show was known for, I’m looking to partner with other people who have interviews they want to record and share.

I’d also like to teach you what I do so that more people get involved in recording their own interviews and sharing them with the world. These conversations reflect a form of community storytelling that connects us to other people around the world and, I think, make the world a smaller, more closely connected place as we create virtual villages of like-minded people.

So if you're interested in becoming a contributor to The Permaculture Podcast, have a question you’d like answered in an upcoming episode, someone to suggest for an interview, or to become a student of podcast storytelling, send me an email: The Permaculture Podcast

As this 10th anniversary episode draws to a close, whether this is your first time listening or you’ve been with me from day one, Thank You for being a part of the journey so far and for walking alongside me as we see what the future has to offer.

Until the next time, spend each day exploring your passion and sharing your unique story, while taking care of Earth, yourself, and each other.

Resources

Taj Scicluna - The Perma Pixie

Gregory Bateson - Steps to an Ecology of Mind (Wiki)

Tyson Yunkaporta - Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World

Gavin de Becker - The Gift of Fear

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