Permaculture Perspectives Podcast

This is a conversation about our personal philosophies and our lives as artists and creators in the modern age.We discuss social media, technology, consciousness, evolution, history and politics. Enjoy this rich and varied discussion of all things Permaculture and beyond! You can find our class to register here- https://www.permaculturenewyork.com/ and pick up a copy of my book here- https://www.permaculturenewyork.com/andrew-faust-books

A deep exploration of Permaculture's roots with Michael Pilarski , David Harper and I Praise be to Hippies! There's more to do then just selling tomatoes at the farmers market. Hear about the first Permaculture Design certification course offered in the U.S. in the Pacific Northwest by Bill Mollison in 1982 and the cast of characters around it. Hear Michael talk about his personal history with Bill Mollison as his mentor and teacher. We discuss Permaculture Living lands Trust work and the distinction between TEK and Permaculture.Also we explore the emergence of Bioregionalism and the first PDC in Canada on the topic. Michaels work here- https://friendsofthetrees.net/ PLLT-https://www.permaculturelivinglandstrust.com/ Upcoming design courses-https://www.permaculturenewyork.com/ Youtube channel-https://www.youtube.com/@andrewfaust2091/featured -https://www.instagram.com/permacultureliving/

Larry and Adriana and I explore Larrys early years cavorting with Uncle Bill and their friendship and animosities, also Larrys work with Scott Pittman and we discuss permaculture curriculum innovations that we have both explored over the years. https://www.earthflow.com/ https://www.permacultureacademy.com/

This is an interview with Megan Offner a graduate of our Permaculture Design Certification program and collaborator in the region Megan started New York heartwoods- https://www.newyorkheartwoods.com/ .Enjoy our candid conversation and please pardon some of the background road noise due to our street side cafe setting.

Here I have an excellent and timely conversation with one of the great Urban Permaculture Designers in this Country, Mark Lakeman out in Portland Oregon more about Mark: MARK LAKEMAN, ASSOCIATE AIA – PRINCIPAL, Communitecture, Inc. Mark Lakeman Bio: (B: 1961 – ) Mark Lakeman is the founder of the City Repair Project in Portland, Oregon and served as the Co-Director of Creative Vision from 1995 to 2008. He has also been a long time board member as well as a core member and project leader for the annual Village Building Convergence. Mark is also the founder and principal of Communitecture, Inc, a cutting edge design firm with sustainable building and planning projects at many scales. These highly popular projects include such social and ecological innovations as The ReBuilding Center, numerous ecovillage projects and infill co-housing examples, and many projects involving low income and homeless people in the development of sustainable community solutions. Find us here- www.permaculturenewyork.com https://www.instagram.com/permacultureliving/ https://www.facebook.com/permaculturenewyork

A great conversation here with Brian Fagan professor of Archaeology at University of California in Santa Barbara, author of many of my favorite books on early civilizations and climate and environmental histories. From Cambridge to Zambia to the socio-economic ripples into neo-determinism and stalking wild animals. Here we discuss his latest book Climate Chaos and many of his works; The Long Summer, Intimate Bond , The Complete Ice Age and others. We explore a range of my other favorite authors and books related to Brian's field of work. In his words here is our: "study of humans as a multi-disciplinary enterprise, enjoy!

Dale and I explore his history in Permaculture and plant propagation and latest work with us at the Permaculture Living Lands Trust. We discuss the John Hershey trees, see links below for more on those plantings. Dale gives a introduction to his explorations into biochar and combining conservation with production. We also discuss the whole native/invasive species and management approaches he recommends. Dales site-https://greenlightplants.com/ From Dale below, to follow up on some projects we discuss herein: Much good work to get to going forward. 2 articles on John Hershey for folks: Here is a most important piece on the Hershey trees and why they matter: https://www.phillymag.com/news/2018/07/07/downingtown-food-forest-urban-farming/ And this one with more photos, tree info and links to historical documents: https://www.shelterwoodforestfarm.com/blog/2018/10/17/exploring-americas-oldest-food-forest I mentioned Austin Unruh, a few times, and his company is Trees for Grazers -https://onpasture.com/author/crownberry/ https://treesforgraziers.com/