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 guest

Morag 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 website

Permaculture Educators Program & Permaculture Education Institute

Permayouth

Ethos Foundation

Our Permaculture Life Youtube

Our Permaculture Life Blog

Facebook: @ourpermaculturelife

Instagram: moraggamble

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In this episode, we spoke to Rhia Nix about the challenges created by COVID-19 for small business and the call to simplicity that some are responding to aid the crisis. Rhia and her husband, Francesco Laera are the owners of Trulli Woodfire Pizzeria, Gusto Gelateria and the Meeniyan Pantry and Cellar. in Meeniyan in South Gippsland.

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Rhiannon Nix, along with her husband Francesco Laera, is the owner of Trulli Woodfire Pizzeria, Gusto Gelateria and the Meeniyan Pantry and Cellar. in Meeniyan in South Gippsland. She’s also involved in the the Meeniyan Traders Association and local community.

Stuff we talked about in this episode:

We talked about their involvement in the Meeniyan Traders Association and the amazing work that they've been doing putting Meeniyan on the Map.

Learn more about everything going on in Meeniyan.

We covered some of the popular local events that bring many tourists to Meeniyan including the Garlic Festival.

We discussed how they were adapting to the changing environment and the kinds of things they are doing in their businesses to continue to trade.

Trulli will be taking their mobile oven to locations throughout South Gippsland and selling take away meals as well as offering delivery. Order online here.

Support your local businesses and be a hero....stay at home!

Stay up to date with what they are doing on social media via their facebook pages.

https://www.facebook.com/TrulliPizzaMeeniyan

https://www.facebook.com/gustogelateriawonthaggi/

https://www.facebook.com/meeniyanpantryandcellar/

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In this episode, we were joined again by Professor Daniel Aldrich of Northeastern University in Boston to discuss how communities might get through the tough times ahead during the COVID-19 pandemic. Professor Aldrich reminded us again of the unparalleled importance of caring for the ties that bind us together during times of uncertainty.

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Daniel P. Aldrich is professor and director of the Security and Resilience Program at Northeastern University in Boston (USA). He is a political scientist who earned his PhD from Harvard University. He has published four books (including Building Resilience: Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery), with another forthcoming, more than forty peer reviewed articles, and written op-eds for The New York Times, CNN, Asahi Shinbun, along with appearing on popular media outlets such as CNBC, MSNBC, NPR, and HuffPost. His research has been funded by the Fulbright Foundation, the Abe Foundation, and the National Science Foundation, and he has carried out more than five years of fieldwork in Japan, India, Africa, and the Gulf Coast.

You can learn more about Daniel’s work on his website or follow him on Twitter.

We spoke to Daniel about social capital and its role in helping communities recover from shocks, be it earthquakes, economic crises or floods.

Special thanks...

... to Professor Daniel Aldrich for joining us in this episode!

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In the second part to their conversation, James and Angelo spoke to regenerative farmer and sustainability consultant, Jason Alexandra about some of the big issues affecting the future of Gippsland. Jason drew on his deep knowledge of the region, the economy and governance in a chat that ranged from a more adaptive approach to strategy, the food and fibre prospects for Gippsland, the circular economy, and the nature of cooperation. If you love digging into the big issues, this episode is for you.

About our guest in this episode…

Jason is the owner and creator of Hazeldean Forest Farm, which was designed as a demonstration regenerative permaculture farm over three decades ago. Located in Ellinbank at the foot of Mt. Worth, the farm has been Certified Organic for over thirty years and uses permaculture, agro-ecology systems & regenerative farming techniques. The property boasts thirty apple varieties, plums, peaches, persimmons & nut orchards and also produces apple cider vingegar and apple cider.

Jason is also the Managing Director of Alexandra and Associates, a small sustainability focused consulting company and an independent researcher. His work and interests are wide ranging spanning natural resources management, public policy and governance. Read some of Jason’s work on these topics.

Also check out articles Jason has published on The Conversation.

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In this episode, James and Angelo spoke to regenerative farmer, Jason Alexandra. As the creator and owner of Hazeldean Forest Farm in West Gippsland, Jason and his partner, Marg, were one of the pioneers of the regenerative approach in Gippsland. We spoke with Jason as he gave us a tour of the farm about how they regenerated the landscape and created a sustainable business at the same time. Just listen to those sounds in the background - the place is teeming with life!

About our guest in this episode…

Jason is the owner and creator of Hazeldean Forest Farm, which was designed as a demonstration regenerative permaculture farm over three decades ago. Located in Ellinbank at the foot of Mt. Worth, the farm has been Certified Organic for over thirty years and uses permaculture, agro-ecology systems & regenerative farming techniques. The property boasts thirty apple varieties, plums, peaches, persimmons & nut orchards and also produces apple cider vingegar and apple cider.

Jason is also the Managing Director of Alexandra and Associates, a small sustainability focused consulting company and an independent researcher. His work and interests are wide ranging spanning natural resources management, public policy and governance. Read some of Jason’s work on these topics.

Also check out articles Jason has published on The Conversation.

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In this episode, James spoke with Nora Bateson, an award-winning filmmaker, writer, systems thinker and driving force behind Warm Data. Nora discusses her work in experimenting with new ways of perceiving the world so that we might find other species of information and new patterns of connection not visible though current methodologies. She calls this information ‘Warm Data’, and explains how ordinary citizens are using Warm Data to build stronger communities.

Nora is visiting Melbourne and Perth in November 2019 to train some of Australia’s first Warm Data Lab hosts. Check out www.warmdatalab.net for more information on the course.

About our guest in this episode…

Nora Bateson is an award-winning filmmaker, writer and educator, as well as President of the International Bateson Institute, based in Sweden. Her work seeks to answer the question: “How can we improve our perception of the complexity we live within, so we may improve our interaction with the world?”. An international lecturer, researcher and writer, Nora wrote, directed and produced the award-winning documentary, An Ecology of Mind, a portrait of her father, Gregory Bateson. Her work brings the fields of biology, cognition, art, anthropology, psychology, and information technology together into a study of the patterns in ecology of living systems. Her book, Small Arcs of Larger Circles, released by Triarchy Press, UK, 2016 is a revolutionary personal approach to the study of systems and complexity.

If you want to learn more about Nora and her work on Warm Data, check out www.warmdatalab.net.

Nora also keeps a blog where she shares essays and explorations on complexity and Warm Data.

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In this episode, James spoke with Euan Semple during his brief jaunt to Gippsland. Euan is where zen and social media intersect. In a world where public discussions seem increasingly polarised and rage-filled, Euan suggests a more humble, gentle and mindful use of digital communications technologies. He brings a healthy dose of humanity back to the digital realm with his message: the game-changers aren't in connecting things, but in connecting people.

About our guest in this episode…

Euan Semple is an author, speaker, blogger, podcast host and don of digital media. Formerly with the BBC in London, he has helped large organisations around the world to make best use of digital communications technology. Thanks to Jobs Australia and Committee for Gippsland, Euan ventured to the Latrobe Valley recently where he delivered a workshop to local leaders.

If you want to hear more of Euan, check out his TEDx Talk and the podcast he runs with Paolo Valdemarin called State of the Net.

Euan also keeps a brilliant blog where he shares musings and insights on everything from digital tech, zen, and truck-driving.

Stuff we talked about….

James mentioned Explorations in meaning, a video conversation between philosopher-entrepreneur Jordan Hall and psychologist John Vervaeke. Worth a listen if you want to go deep into the sensemaking rabbit hole!

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In this episode, Angelo and James joined the gang at Earthworker Energy Manufacturing Cooperative at their Morwell factory for a chat about how the cooperative business model challenges the idea that we have to choose between the economy and the environment. Our guests were three legends of the Valley, Dan Musil, Chris Barfoot and Dickie Savva, who gave us the low-down on the state of the Valley and how the Earthworker Energy Manufacturing Cooperative isn’t waiting for a fairer and more sustainable future to arrive - they’re building it (and you can, too!).

About our guests in this episode…

Dan Musil is a Morwell local, Secretary of the Earthworker Energy Manufacturing Cooperative, PhD candidate at Western Sydney University, and a spectacular musician (you’ve gotta check out Dan on the lapsteel!)

Chris Barfoot is the project officer for the Latrobe Valley Community Power Hub. Chris has worked in the energy sector in the Valley for over thirty years, which primed his passion to pave the way for a just transition.

Dickie Savva was born and bred in Morwell. He’s a stainless steel welding and fabrication specialist and coordinates operations at the Earthworker factory in Morwell.

Other stuff we talked about….

The Earthworker Cooperative is the mothership for cooperatives, including the Earthworker Energy Manufacturing Cooperative in Morwell, and the Melbourne-based Redgum Cleaning Cooperative.

The Earthworker Energy Manufacturing Cooperative is now in production, building high quality solar hot water systems. If you’re in the market for an upgrade, you can learn more at https://earthworkerenergy.coop/.

And The Gloaming’s co-host James mentioned an essay he published recently on Medium, which you can check out here: Pontoon Archipelago, or: How I learned to stop worrying and love collapse.

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In this episode, Angelo and James spoke with three leaders in the Gippsland art world: Mark Themann, Rob Robson and Anton Vardy. Our conversation meandered through some of the big questions about art, like what art actually is, the important role it plays in our personal and public lives as well as supporting the social and psychological resilience of Gippsland communities.

About our guests in this episode…

Dr. Mark Themann is an artist who creates visual and time-based art. He has been exhibiting his work for over thirty years across Australiasia, Europe and the USA. He is also the Director of the Latrobe Regional Gallery located in Morwell, a gallery operated by Latrobe City Council.

Rob Robson is the Manager of Arts and Culture at Baw Baw Shire Council where he has been for over eight years. He recently oversaw the redevelopment of the West Gippsland Arts Centre, which re-opened in late 2018.

Anton Vardy recently completed a stint as the senior curator of the Latrobe Regional Gallery and was also the former director of the Gippsland Art Gallery in Sale where he built the space into a premiere regional arts facility over the course of twelve years.

Where to find art in Gippsland

Art is everywhere in Gippsland, which is home to some superb galleries and performing arts centres including:

Latrobe Regional Gallery in Morwell

Latrobe Performing Arts Centre in Traralgon

West Gippsland Arts Centre in Warragul

Gippsland Art Gallery in Sale

East Gippsland Art Gallery in Bairnsdale

Krowathunkooloong Keeping Place in Bairnsdale

Town & Country Gallery in Yarragon

Meeniyan Art Gallery in Meeniyan

Port Albert Art Gallery in Port Albert

Cowwarr Art Space in Cowwarr

And many many more! (just google “art & Gippsland” and you’ll see!)

You might also find something interesting among these Gippsland art hubs:

Baw Baw Arts Alliance - sign up today!

Creative Gippsland - your gateway to artists, creatives and experiences.

Gippsland Artists - a listing of some of the great artists who call Gippsland home.

Thanks to Baw Baw Shire Council and Latrobe City Council for lending us these legendary guests. And thanks also to Will Kulich of the Baw Baw Citizen for the Neerim Bower photograph we’ve used for this episode’s cover art.

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In this episode, Angelo and James spoke with Corrinne Armour, a Gippsland born-and-bred leadership specialist and author of Leaders who ask: Building a Fearless Culture by telling less and asking more. We spoke to Corrinne about fearless leadership, how vulnerability makes for better leaders, and how to tell if you may be the leader your community or organisation needs right now.

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Corrine Armour is a Gippslandian and leadership expert who helps leaders and teams develop fearless leadership and deliver transformational results. Known for her energy, empathy and results focus, Corrinne is a sought after speaker and leadership coach.

We spoke to Corrinne about her latest book, Leaders who ask: Building a Fearless Culture by telling less and asking more.

Her previous books include Developing Direct Reports: Taking the Guesswork Out of Leading Leaders and Cracking the Code for Workshop Performance.

You can learn more about Corrinne’s work on her website or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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