Permaculture Chat

Finn takes the chance with the election looking to figure out what government would look like if it followed permaculture principles.

Finn is in studio to talk about the permaculture perspective on pest animals which are causing problems for our native forests, and why they can be viewed as a resource rather than just something to get rid of.

Finn Mackesy joins us in the studio to look at the Delmore development that has been in the news with Auckland Council preparing to take the government to court over the decision. Finn endeavours to rate the project according to permaculture principals.

As part of our series where we interpret the world from a permaculture viewpoint; we look at geopolitics as something driven by energy, we figure out if permaculture can be applied to FIFA and we criticise the local government reforms for failing to take into account permaculture principles

Finn joins us as we look to apply permaculture principles and thinking to wider issues, like we find in the news. We choose the biggest issues currently in the media and see what we can learn about how we're handling it.

Finn is going to be the lead tutor on a new Permaculture Design Certificate for Raglan. The last series of courses ended due to Covid but Finn and a group of local permaculturists are putting together a new 10 day course especially for the people of Whaingaroa.

Finn joins us with some ideas for increasing local food production, and the necessary skills to do that. Ideas that include group of ten families who share a piece of land locally and produce food together through the year.

The Whaingaroa Community Resilience Forum earlier this year highlighted local food production as a goal for the community.

Following the Community Resilience Hui, Finn brings us the 6 main resilience issues the forum settled on as being crucial to Whaingaroa.

Finn Mackesy and Gabrielle Parson report on the Community Resilience Forum held last month and look ahead to the second forum this weekend where they will build on the issues raised last month and look at how to make our community more resilient for the future.

With a community resilience meeting this weekend, Finn and Aaron talk about what this word means for everything from humans, to the natural world through to engineered systems - and also how a healthy social/emotional community is essential for human resilience during times of crisis when the focus is usually on meeting basic needs.