My reflections and review of the film Soundtrack To A Coup d'Etat, by director Johan Grimonperez, a powerful documentary about U.S. espionage in the Belgian Congo to secure Uranium for winning the race to build the bomb against the Nazis. This film beautifully portrays the complexity and intensity of the times and the role the jazz world played in the CIA's pursuits to hide our interests and role in murdering Patrice Lumumba to secure our control on uranium reserves discovered there by the Belgians. I also read from Adam Hochschild's essential history book King Leopold's Ghost and Susan Williams Spies In The Congo.

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Clea Chandmal and I discuss her journey to and with Permaculture. We discuss her innovative systems in India and her insights into Tropical Permaculture. We explore Tigers, Vashtu and the ethics of Permaculture. Clea shares stories of her time studying and talking with Bill Mollison which for me was one of the highlights of our conversation. Clea will be a instructor in our Permaculture design courses covering tropical landscapes.

This is a conversation about our personal philosophies and our lives as artists and creators in the modern age.We discuss social media, technology, consciousness, evolution, history and politics. Enjoy this rich and varied discussion of all things Permaculture and beyond!

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A packed and meaningful interview here for you, some really potent permaculture history and explorations into the well known Occidental Arts and Ecology Center in Sonoma County CA. through the mind of Brock Dolman, Brocks depth of experience is unparalleled in the permaculture community , international in scope and teaching powerful PDC's three times a year from 30 years at OAEC. We discuss Bill Mollison's history with the community there, Alan Chadwicks legacy on the land, how to compose with nature rather than imposing on, and how to run good meetings in intentional communities!

More about Brock and to contact hime go here-

https://oaec.org/about-us/staff/brock-dolman/

https://www.regenerativedesign.org/instructors/brock-dolman

A deep exploration of Permaculture's roots with Michael Pilarski , David Harper and I

Praise be to Hippies!

There's more to do then just selling tomatoes at the farmers market.

Hear about the first Permaculture Design certification course offered in the U.S. in the Pacific Northwest by Bill Mollison in 1982 and the cast of characters around it. Hear Michael talk about his personal history with Bill Mollison as his mentor and teacher. We discuss Permaculture Living lands Trust work and the distinction between TEK and Permaculture.Also we explore the emergence of Bioregionalism and the first PDC in Canada on the topic.

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PLLT-https://www.permaculturelivinglandstrust.com/

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Enjoy this interview with a pioneer of Tree cultivation Ken Asmus of Oikos trees. We discuss the founding of his nursery and future vision.

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Larry and Adriana and I explore Larrys early years cavorting with Uncle Bill and their friendship and animosities, also Larrys work with Scott Pittman and we discuss permaculture curriculum innovations that we have both explored over the years.

https://www.earthflow.com/

https://www.permacultureacademy.com/

Listen and learn from Lisa Fernanades here as we explore her journey to Permaculture , how to strategize our emerging cultural nodes of growth. Lisa offers some very useful languaging like; Humans embedded in the ecosystems they depend upon and encourages us to think more of well being contrasted to what is oft referred to as "wealth".

More about Lisa here-https://about.me/lisa.m.fernandes

Links in order of their mention:

https://www.spiritinaction.net/about-us/our-approach/

https://www.democracyatwork.info/about_co_ops

https://nefoodsystemplanners.org/#vision

https://adriennemareebrown.net/podcasts/

https://www.agrowingculture.org/

https://grist.org/

This is an interview with Megan Offner a graduate of our Permaculture Design Certification program and collaborator in the region Megan started New York heartwoods- https://www.newyorkheartwoods.com/

.Enjoy our candid conversation and please pardon some of the background road noise due to our street side cafe setting.

Jared Woodcock is a multi talented genuine spirit who I had the pleasure of interviewing here focusing on agroforestry, Nut trees horse logging and more . I had heard about Jared's work from people in the Regenerative farming community who I respect and wanted to know more, so here you have a romp through life philosophies, history, and many projects and people in the region involved in this work, enjoy!