The Permaculture Podcast

By Scott Mann

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Caring for Earth, Ourselves, and Each Other.

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Help Scott Save His Liver (...

09.25.2023

A few days before my 44th birthday, I received the news managing my Celiac Disease and family history of diabetes had damaged my liver and made my non-alcoholic liver issues worse. So much so, that I am at a significant ...

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09.25.2023 Help Scott Save His Liver (and Heart) A few days before my 44th birthday, I received the news managing my Celiac Disease and family history of diabetes had damaged my liver and made my non-alcoholic liver issues worse. So much so, that I am at a significant ...
09.15.2023 The Regenerative Landscaper by Erik Ohlsen A review episode of The Regenerative Landscaper: Design and Build Landscapes That Repair the Environment by Erik Ohlsen, with a foreword by the great Penny Livingston.Visit Our Sponsor: RoofMaxxroofmaxx.info/podcast Show NotesThe Regenerative Landscaper (Synergetic Press)Related Interview: Erik Ohlsen - Professional ...
09.05.2023 The News - 4 September 2023 This Episode of The News includes two updates from the podcast, a look at rescheduling Marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act, concerns over the shrinking supply of freshwater in the United States, and close with an opportunity for permaculture practitioners.Visit ...
08.28.2023 The News - 28 August 2023 In this episode of The News from The Permaculture Podcast are updates on the growing investment into sustainable and regenerative agriculture, how agrivoltaics is bridging the political divide in America, and on rewilding efforts in Argentina.Visit Our Sponsor: RoofMaxxroofmaxx.info/podcastShow NotesFarmland ...
08.27.2023 Inclusion in Permaculture - Rosemary Morrow When sitting down with a storyteller like Rosemary Morrow for a series of open conversations about her life and work that spans decades, and results in more than 10 hours of recordings, it's never clear what will emerge. Today's episode ...
08.21.2023 The News - 21 August 2023 Welcome to The News for the week of 21 August 2023, from The Permaculture Podcast. In this episode we have a look at a climate solution in Toronto, recently released books of interest to permaculture practitioners, and an announcement from ...
08.15.2023 The News - 15 August 2023 In this edition of The News from The Permaculture Podcast, for 15 August 2023, are a Permaculture Design Contest, a friend of the pod in the news, and how we can help their farm, along with two updates from the ...
08.12.2023 Q&A #1 - Is Technology Anathema to Permaculture? In this Q&A episode, I address a question from Duncan, who reached out and asked: Is technology anathema to permaculture?Software That Can Be Used While Designing Adobe Creative CloudAutoCADGoogle EarthGoogle MeetGoogle SlidesProcreateShapeWorksSketchupTwo Drones I Like DJI Air (I flew the ...
08.07.2023 The News - 07 August 2023 Today’s News of the World includes a rewilding project, a surge in a nation’s move towards renewable energy, and a look at how Unbuilding can help limit the impacts of climate change on our communities.ResourcesRewilding How an Iberian rewilding plan ...
08.01.2023 The News - 31 July 2023 Show NotesSupport the Podcast with a One Time DonationVia PayPalOr, using VenmoBecome a Sustaining SupporterJoin our Community PatreonMichael JuddReplacing Your Lawn? Instead of a Meadow, Consider a Food ForestInterview: Edible LandscapingInterview: Starting Out and Getting Involved with PermacultureInterview: Honoring the ...
07.24.2023 The News -24 July 2023 Join The Permaculture Podcast Discord Server!The 2023 Venie Holmgren Environmental Poetry PrizeLearn More About the Prize and Enter Today!Ben and bEarthaWatch the Trailer!The Regenerative Landscaper by Erik OhlsenPre-order today from Synergetic Press Facing a Future of DroughtClick Here to Access ...
07.15.2023 What Holds You Back? What Holds You Back? Is it: An issue of education, such as taking a permaculture design course, a bachelor’s degree, or returning to school as a non-traditional student? An issue of information, such as the right book or resources that ...
07.10.2023 The News - 10 July 2023 Dan Palmer’s LegacyWatch David Holmgren’s Video: “Dan Palmer’s Legacy”Interview: David Holmgren’s Design Journey (Part 1)Interview: David Holmgren’s Design Journey (Part 2)Interview: Allan Savory - Managing ComplexityDavid Holmgren’s Live, Online PDCClass starts on July 13th, 2024, so register today!Storytelling for Climate ...
07.01.2023 The News - 1 July 2023 The Pemaculture Podcast PatreonTerraso Terraso Terraso’s YouTube Channel EcoAgriculture Partners 1,000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People Costa Rican Permaculture VerdEnergia Black Sheep Regenerative Resource Management Interview: Creating a Regenerative Supply Chain - Rewild Organics \| Joshua Hughes Interview: Joshua Hughes ...
05.28.2023 Natural Aquaponics Eddy Garcia of Living Earth Systems joins me to discuss Natural Aquaponics and how we can create beautiful, functioning systems whether we prefer to nerd out on the numbers or learn through observation and experience.Find out more about Eddy and ...
05.21.2023 Earth Skills and Wild Abundance My guest is Natalie Bogwalker, the visionary behind Wild Abundance, a permaculture skills center and homestead near Asheville, North Carolina. As a primary instructor at Wild Abundance, she teaches a variety of classes, including tiny house building workshops, women's carpentry, ...
05.18.2023 Changing Direction After more than a decade producing long-form, guest-driven, interview-based episodes, there are changes coming to The Permaculture Podcast. Listen to find out what’s happening and how you can be a part of this transition.
05.14.2023 Rammed Earth Construction My guest today is Tim Krahn, a Canadian engineer, builder, and author of Essential Rammed Earth Construction from New Society Publishers. Tim joins me to share his thoughts and experiences with rammed earth as a natural building method. This includes ...
05.07.2023 Social Forestry What does it mean to go back to the ground and learn the fading skills necessary to work the forest with our hands? To read the land assisted by tools we sight with our own eyes? To create new visions ...
04.28.2023 Mushroom Mycology My guest today is Lindsey Bender, the chief mycologist for Field and Forest Products, Inc., a mushroom spawn and supply company located in Wisconsin.Find out more about Lindsey and Field and Forest Products, Inc. at fieldforest.net.
04.21.2023 Essential Rainwater Harvesting Rob Avis, of Verge Permaculture, joins me to talk about rainwater harvesting. This conversation is based on his book from New Society Publishers, Essential Rainwater Harvesting. Rob wrote this book along with his wife and Verge Permaculture Partner, Michelle. Though ...
04.18.2023 Municipal Recycling at Scale This episode is a look at the large-scale operations at D.C. Water to turn municipal waste into fertilizer and energy at the Blue Plains Waste W10ater Treatment Plant and looks at ways we can take the principles of permaculture and ...
04.14.2023 Theory U and the Emerging Future In this episode Co-host David Bilbrey continues to explore the edge between permaculture, business, and social change by sitting down with Dr. Otto Scharmer. Together they talk about Dr. Scharmer’s work on Presencing and Theory U, the development of effective ...
04.11.2023 Why Practice Permaculture? In her storytelling way, Rosemary Morrow joins me to share why, after all these years, she continues to practice permaculture and finds this design system so important to our present and the future. Her newest book is Earth Restorer’s Guide ...
04.07.2023 Water Harvesting My guest for this episode is Brad Lancaster author of the Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond series. In this episode, Brad and I discuss the value of infiltrating water into the soil so that it becomes a resource that ...
03.31.2023 Cultural Emergence Looby Macnamara, with Delvin Solkinson, joins me to discuss Looby's work on Cultural Emergence, her vision for our work as permaculture practitioners, and the tools she's developing to help facilitate this transition.Find out more about Looby and the Cultural Emergence ...
03.28.2023 Drawing Down Carbon How do we limit the damage of the greatest terrestrial environmental disaster ever, climate change? By drawing down carbon. How we do that, and the most effective ways possible, form the base of this conversation with Eric Toensmeier, as he ...
03.21.2023 Farming and Foraging a Complete Diet My guest today is the adventurer, activist, and humanitarian Rob Greenfield. Rob joins me to talk about the Food Freedom project he launched in Orlando, Florida, where he is growing and foraging for all of his nutritional needs.Find out more ...
03.14.2023 Trees of Power My guest today is Akiva Silver of Twisted Tree Farm in Spencer, New York. He joins me to talk about his life and the experiences that lead to his book Trees of Power from Chelsea Green Publishing. You can find ...
03.07.2023 Kochia In this guest episode, the final in this series, naturalist and writer Shane Sater, shares his insights and thoughts on kochia as it relates to sparrows; a reflection on how an introduced plant species create novel ecosystems and adaptations. And ...
02.28.2023 The Understory In this episode, Chris Knapp, one of the founders of Maine Local Living School in Temple, Maine, returns to talk about their immersive educational experience, The Understory. During our conversation, Chris shares how this program came to be, his influences, ...
02.21.2023 Maine Local Living School Visit Our Partners: Wild Abundance - Top 10 Vegetables to Grow that Will Really Feed You!Marjory Wildcraft - How to Grow Food! Donate Directly to the Podcast: PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcastJoin Our Patreon Community: Patreon.com/permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more ...
02.17.2023 To Glimpse an Ancient Murrelet This is the second in a series of three guest episodes from Shane Sater. A naturalist and writer based in Montana, USA, Shane shares his deep passion for nature and community through writing and recordings like this one, bringing together ...
02.14.2023 Foraging My guest for this episode is Sam Thayer, the expert forager and author.You can find Sam's personal experience working with wild foods in his books, The Forager's Harvest and Nature's Garden. Resources Sam Thayer The Forager's Harvest Nature's Garden Edible ...
02.07.2023 Beginning Foraging My guests for this episode are Violet Brill and her father “Wildman” Steve Brill. Violet and Steve are foragers from New York. Violet assists her father on his plant tours, leading groups of people and teaching them about wild edibles. ...
01.28.2023 The Fruit Forager’s Companion Chef and writer Sara Bir joins me to share her work as a foodie and author of The Fruit Forager’s Companion, from Chelsea Green Publishing.Using her book and those experiences as a place to start, we explore her interest in ...
01.25.2023 Into The Night on Furry Wings This episode is the first in a series of guest permabytes from Shane Sater. Shane, a naturalist and writer based in Montana, USA, has a deep passion for nature and community which he explores through his writing where he brings ...
01.21.2023 The Wild Wisdom of Weeds Katrina Blair shares her work as a forager and the 13 plants she sees as essential for human survival.
01.14.2023 Around the World in 80 Plants Stephen Barstow, author of Around the World in 80 Plants, shares how he grows over 2,000 edible plants, in a small garden space in Norway.
01.07.2023 Plants as People Care Nathan Carlos Rupley shares his thoughts on how plants, and our interactions with them, represent an act of people care within permaculture practices.
12.28.2022 Mushroom Cultivation and Mycoremediation My guest for this episode is Tradd Cotter, a microbiologist, and mycologist who, along with his wife Olga, owns and operates Mushroom Mountain near Greenville, South Carolina. He is also the author of the book Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation ...
12.21.2022 Eager My guest for this episode is Ben Goldfarb who joins me to talk about his book, Eager: the surprising, secret life of beavers and why they matter. Drawing from his work and our experiences in resource management, conservation, and environmental ...
12.14.2022 Wild Fermentation My guest for this episode is Sandor Katz, author of Wild Fermentation, The Art of Fermentation, and The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved. If you’ve practiced any kind of fermentation and went looking for a recipe, a reference, or just ...
12.07.2022 Surviving the Future The second half of my conversation with Shaun Chamberlin, editor of Lean Logic and Surviving the Future, on the work of David Fleming.
11.30.2022 Lean Logic - The Life and Work of David Fleming Shaun Chamberlin, the editor of Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It and Surviving the Future, joins me to discuss the life, work, and importance of the late David Fleming (1940 - 2010). Resources Lean ...
11.20.2022 Climate Change and the Path Ahead Giulianna Maria Lamanna, of The Fifth World, drops a huge two-part question in this episode: Are there people in the permaculture community talking about climate change and the impact of global warming on invasive species? Is it our responsibility as ...
11.10.2022 The Soil Food Web Today's guest, in an interview recorded by co-host David Bilbrey, is the microbiologist and soil researcher Dr. Elaine Ingham. In this episode they look at: The microbiology of soil The impact of this life on the health of our plants ...
10.31.2022 The Power of Fiction to Create Permanent Culture Over more than a decade, The Permaculture Podcast has explored the landscape-based practices which lead to permanent agriculture, as well as the invisible structures necessary, as individuals and in our community, to create permanent culture.Today’s episode examines our ability to ...
10.21.2022 Rosemary Morrow’s Journey to Permaculture For nearly 40 years, Rosemary’s work as a teacher has brought permaculture directly into the lives of her thousands of students. As an author, she has touched innumerably more. As her students became teachers and other teachers used her works ...
10.14.2022 Farmers Markets, Figs, and The Kale Yard An old friend returns to relax and celebrate the 12th anniversary of The Permaculture Podcast with me, Scott Mann.

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What's The Permaculture Podcast about?

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The Permaculture Podcast episodes:

Help Scott Save His Liver (and Heart)

The Regenerative Landscaper by Erik Ohlsen

The News - 4 September 2023

The News - 28 August 2023

Inclusion in Permaculture - Rosemary Morrow

The News - 21 August 2023

The News - 15 August 2023

Q&A #1 - Is Technology Anathema to Permaculture?

The News - 07 August 2023

The News - 31 July 2023

The News -24 July 2023

What Holds You Back?

The News - 10 July 2023

The News - 1 July 2023

Natural Aquaponics

Earth Skills and Wild Abundance

Changing Direction

Rammed Earth Construction

Social Forestry

Mushroom Mycology

Essential Rainwater Harvesting

Municipal Recycling at Scale

Theory U and the Emerging Future

Why Practice Permaculture?

Water Harvesting

Cultural Emergence

Drawing Down Carbon

Farming and Foraging a Complete Diet

Trees of Power

Kochia

The Understory

Maine Local Living School

To Glimpse an Ancient Murrelet

Foraging

Beginning Foraging

The Fruit Forager’s Companion

Into The Night on Furry Wings

The Wild Wisdom of Weeds

Around the World in 80 Plants

Plants as People Care

Mushroom Cultivation and Mycoremediation

Eager

Wild Fermentation

Surviving the Future

Lean Logic - The Life and Work of David Fleming

Climate Change and the Path Ahead

The Soil Food Web

The Power of Fiction to Create Permanent Culture

Rosemary Morrow’s Journey to Permaculture

Farmers Markets, Figs, and The Kale Yard