SolarPunk Permaculture

Moving forward, I want to state my intentions and goals for this project; The SolarPunk Permaculture Podcast. Through a series of interviews and personal reflections, I’m going to my do my best to see the world, w/ the potential I know it possesses.

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Dustin Jacobus is an artist exploring the SolarPunk futures our heart's desire, primarily through his strengths as an artist. In this conversation, we discuss how his illustrations help to fill a void many of the SolarPunk enthusiasts may feel today, as they search the internet looking high and low for depth and a better understanding of what a high-tech, eco-conscious future may look like and just how the society that sustains it might function. You can find Dustin on the gram @solarpunkart and you can see his jaw-droppingly detailed and inspiring publication @ www.hbottlefield.com.

Lauren Nissen is a Landscape Architect and Senior Associate at ASPECT Studios in Sydney Australia. Growing up w/ a keen interest in science and having a natural creative flair has taken Lauren on a Journey that most SolarPunks and Urban Permaculturists would only dream of. She has helped design and worked on some of the most progressive and forward-thinking projects found anywhere in the world.

Not only is she building the future we SolarPunks are hoping for, but she is also incredibly insightful when it comes to understanding how places of the future will function as mechanisms of societal support. If you're a Sydney-sider you'll be familiar w/ some of these projects including the Darling Quarter precinct, home to the dopest playground around. The now world-famous 1 Central Park - a commercial/residential village that looks like it belongs in Singapore and if you're a current or former UTS student, you've likely sat and chat or studied on the newly developed Alumni green. 

You can see all of the ASPECT studio projects on the gram @aspectstudios or on the website at www.aspect-studios.com/au.

Andy is a father and lifelong gardener living in Los Angeles. Working as a professional aquaculturist and a student of the environmental sciences, he thinks about the world in a deeply insightful manner. Drawing upon theories of Social Ecology, Andy inspired me with his Youtube Channel - The Solarpunk Farmer where he shares his knowledge and expertise with a global community. 

He's thought long and hard about many topics such as Radical Agriculture - an approach to Regernative Agriculture that he feels empowers individuals to do what is right in a society that can often get things wrong. Amongst many things, he is driven by a desire to create a SolarPunk future where humans partner with nature, just as he has done in his own Resilience Garden. Andy reminds us of the famous Mollison quote - "Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple." 

Along with his Youtube content, Andy keeps us optimistic about his journey via the gram @solarpunkfarmer