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The episode with Jeff Speck left me curious about what the details Jeff mentioned look like in practice. I followed up that conversation by sitting down with my guest for this episode, Steve Nygren, founder of Serenbe.

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The episode with Jeff Speck left me curious about what the details Jeff mentioned look like in practice. I followed up that conversation by sitting down with my guest for this episode, Steve Nygren, founder of Serenbe.

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We live in a world that seems ever more chaotic and outside of our control. From a global pandemic that is unlikely to be the only one we experience in our lifetimes to devastating natural disasters exacerbated by climate change that leads to weather weirding and chaos beyond our ability to properly map and mitigate. In the face of all of this, how do we avoid burnout and continue to practice permaculture and develop meaningful designs that fulfill the three ethics while improving the wellbeing of the natural world, our clients, and ourselves?

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We live in a world that seems ever more chaotic and outside of our control. From a global pandemic that is unlikely to be the only one we experience in our lifetimes to devastating natural disasters exacerbated by climate change that leads to weather weirding and chaos beyond our ability to properly map and mitigate. In the face of all of this, how do we avoid burnout and continue to practice permaculture and develop meaningful designs that fulfill the three ethics while improving the wellbeing of the natural world, our clients, and ourselves?

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Until the next time, spend each day holding space for your feelings, while taking care of Earth, yourself, and each other.

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Seafood represents the largest traded food commodity market in the world. 3 billion people depend on fish and other farmed or wild-caught foods as a source of protein, according to figures from the World Wildlife Fund. Regretfully, the majority of fish stocks are not sustainable, as they are overfished or fully exploited. Seeking sustainable and regenerative approaches to fishing and fishery management help to secure the future of food for large portions of the world.

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Seafood represents the largest traded food commodity market in the world. 3 billion people depend on fish and other farmed or wild-caught foods as a source of protein, according to figures from the World Wildlife Fund. Regretfully, the majority of fish stocks are not sustainable, as they are overfished or fully exploited. Seeking sustainable and regenerative approaches to fishing and fishery management help to secure the future of food for large portions of the world.

To help us explore this question, Jonathan Martinetto joins me today to share his work helping people create viable home and backyard aquatic ecosystems. These systems, whether a countertop tank or outdoor pond, allow us to grow fish and food, while caring for our environment and community, using aquaponics.

In this introductory conversEmation, Jonathan shares some of the basics to consider when putting together a system, including minimum yield, some of the species appropriate for his environment in Melbourne, Australia, and resources to learn the basics before setting up your own system.

As permaculture practitioners, we need to have as many tools that are appropriate to our needs in our toolkit as possible in order to find the right solutions. All the solutions to our problems are out there, but it’s a matter of knowing about the options in order to be able to implement them, so conversations like this with Jonathan to introduce aquaponics, or the recent episode with Matt Arthur to talk about bokashi, expand on what we can bring to bear to solve out design, systemic, or community problems.

The Patreon bonus episode to accompany this release is out on Friday, November 13.

Until the next time, spend each day building and restoring ecosystems, while taking care of Earth, yourself, and each other.

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During our lifetime we will encounter a variety of short to long-term disasters. The form the problem takes will vary depending on where we live, and how widespread the incident is that occurs. In late 2019 and throughout 2020, we’ve all been finding ways to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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During our lifetime we will encounter a variety of short to long-term disasters. The form the problem takes will vary depending on where we live, and how widespread the incident is that occurs. In late 2019 and throughout 2020, we’ve all been finding ways to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

More regular and localized are man-made and natural disasters. Though not a comprehensive list, arising from society, those problems may be a hazardous material spill, power disruption, nuclear radiation leak, chemical or biological threat, communication blackout, and civil unrest. While the natural cycles of the world, compounded by human decisions and climate change, include earthquakes, hurricanes, typhoons, tornadoes, extreme heat, winter storms, wildfires, and flooding.

As permaculture practitioners, understanding the nature of a given disaster we can prepare and plan for these disruptions so we can respond proactively based on emerging news or local conditions. From that information and our landscape and life designs, we can provide comfort for ourselves and mutual aid within our community. 

In my own life, living in a rural location for more than a decade, I would often spend two or three weeks, spread across the year, cutoff from the world and supplies due to flooding or severe winter snowstorms. In those times my family learned to keep extra food 

But, those problems arose from living in a wet, temperate area prone to flash floods, the impact of hurricanes, and long cold winters. Something I’m not familiar with, that many people around the world face, are wildfires. Whether from lightning strikes, volcanic eruptions, arson, or gender reveal parties, wildfires threaten tens of millions of acres of land and hundreds of millions of people worldwide each year. So today, I’m joined by Matt Fidler, one of the producers behind California Burning, a five-part National Public Radio series examining wildfires in California. 

He joins me today to share what he learned through his interviews with land managers, architects, and others, to understand the ecological role of fire, how misguided land management practices make the problem worse, and the ways climate change will continue to create drier, more fire-prone areas across the globe. He then shares solutions we can take to mitigate these problems through personal action, better neighborhood and building design, and advocacy for improved resource regulations.

For Patreon supporters, I’ve released a bonus episode with additional resources on wildfires, the ecology of fire, and land management. You can get that, the weekly updates, a discount on consultations and meanderings, and join in the monthly Ask Me Anything thread at Patreon.com/permaculturepodcast.

Also, through the end of the year, to anyone who donates $50 to the show, I’ll send you a USB drive with the first ten years of the show from October 2010 to October 2020.