TG20: Village-life, localism & the pandemic: a model for resilience (with Morag Gamble)

In this episode, we spoke to Morag Gamble, a global permaculture and ecovillage ambassador, speaker and educator. Morag spoke to James and Angelo about her family’s journey into eco-village life and how the new patterns of life she wove in that place over the course of two decades have provided abundant nourishment and resilience for her family and community during the COVID-19 pandemic.About our guestMorag Gamble is a global permaculture and ecovillage ambassador, speaker and educator. For over 25 years she has been working with community gardens, school gardens, permaculture projects and ecovillages, and teaching in universities around the globe including Schumacher College in England, and leading a Food Politics course at Griffith University.Morag lives amidst an award-winning permaculture education garden in a UN recognised permaculture village and mentors hundreds of new permaculture teachers on 6 continents through the online Permaculture Educators Program of the Permaculture Education Institute. With a group of young people from around the world, she has created the global Permayouth that meets weekly, and engages directly with refugee youth in East Africa. She also leads the Ethos Foundation, a registered permaculture charity supporting permaculture education in the global south particularly for youth and women.Morag is an avid permaculture YouTuber, podcaster and blogger. Her free permaculture materials have been accessed millions of times. Thousands tune in every month for her free Monday Masterclass, and she’s a regular on ABC radio, sharing ideas for a regenerative way of being and a one-planet life.Find out more about Morag’s work:Morag’s websitePermaculture Educators Program & Permaculture Education InstitutePermayouthEthos FoundationOur Permaculture Life YoutubeOur Permaculture Life BlogFacebook: @ourpermaculturelifeInstagram: moraggambleWe'd love to hear what you think. Get in touch with us on social media or via email.Stay tuned to The GloamingWeb: www.thegloaming.com.auFacebook: The Gloaming - PodcastInstagram: @thegloamingpodcastOur RSS url is: http://thegloamingpodcast.squarespace.com/podcast?format=rss. Copy and paste it into your favourite podcasting app to subscribe.Subscribe to The Gloaming.