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One World Permaculture With Caroline Riley Carberry

Jun 282012

In this episode I speak with Caroline Riley of One World Permaculture and her work to teach permaculture to children and adults. A member of the Austin Permaculture Guild, she teaches at the Austin Community College and assists her husband, Michael Carberry, at the Whole Life Learning Center.

Her permaculture instructors include Dick Pierce, Jude Hobbs, and Andrew Millison.

We talk about her introduction to permaculture, cross cultural work with children in the United States and Zambia, an upcoming project in India, as well as the vibrant permaculture scene in Austin, TX.

You can learn more about her work by visiting:

One World Permaculture

Other resources mentioned in this show:

Advanced Teacher Training in Youth and Child Permaculture Education with Patty Parks-Wasserman, Matthew Bibeau, and Kelly Hogan.
Amala Foundation
Arise Africa
Barton Springs
Last Child in the Woods
Mother Earth School
Rhizome Collective
Square Foot Gardening
Sustainable Food Center

Transition Towns and Transition Harrisburg with Susan Norris and Nathan Spivey

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Jun 252012

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Susan Norris and Nathan Spivey, two of my friends from Transition Harriburg, take some of their time to discuss how they found the Transition movement, their training at Genesis Farm under the tutelage of Transition Boulder, now Transition Colorado, and then through their efforts to bring sustainability to the capital city of Pennsylvania. Along the way they present the issues, challenges, and inspiration that makes the Transition Town movement a positive, open, apolitical experience that seeks to engage individuals and their passions to build sustainable self-correcting communities.

In the discussion, several additional websites and resources are mentioned:

Transition Culture
Transition Harrisburg
The Economics of Happiness (Film)
Green-CAUSE
Interfaith Coalition on the Environment
Time Banking
Local Currency (Wiki)

A Quick Introduction to Transition Towns

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Jun 242012

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A quick, no-frills, whirlwind tour of the Transition Town process to provide an overview ahead of the interview with Susan Norris and Nathan Spivey of Transition Harrisburg.

If you would like to learn more about Transition before listening to that episode, please read Rob Hopkin’s website:

Transition Culture

If, after reading that site, your interest to dive deeper into Transition is sparked, here are some recommended books:

The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience by Rob Hopkins
The Transition Timeline: For a Local, Resilient Future by Shaun Chamberlin
Local Food: How to Make it Happen in Your Community by Tamzin Pinkerton and Rob Hopkins
Local Money: How to Make it Happen in Your Community by Peter North
Local Sustainable Homes: How to Make Them Happen in Your Community by Chris Bird

Interview: Ross Crutchfield of Making A Homestead

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Jun 212012

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In this episode I speak with Ross Crutchfield of Making A Homestead, his site devoted to the projects and experiences of building his homestead one day at a time. Ross and I know each other from The Survival Podcast forum, which you will hear mentioned several times. The forums are an offshoot of Jack Spirko‘s The Survival Podcast, which is dedicated to “Living a better life, if time’s get tough or even if they don’t.”

Ross learned about Permaculture through Jack’s podcast and Will Hooker‘s videos from hisIntroduction to Permaculture Class (HS432/HS590).

Listen to Ross talk about the challenges, failures, and successes of improving his own piece of suburbia. If you are looking for a ways to begin changing your Zone 0 and Zone 1 his site has many hands on projects to get you started.

Resources from this interview:

Freecycle, where user’s give away items they no longer need.
How to Build a Top Bar Hive by Philip Chandler
Peaceful Valley Farm and Garden Supply

He sent me a message after the show about a smartphone app that he uses when planting called Sun Seeker Lite, available for both the iPhone and Android platforms.

Interview: Dillon Cruz

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Jun 182012

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An interview with Dillon Cruz, Permaculture Teacher and founder of the fledgling Permaculture Paid Forward project.

How do you build a million villages? One person at a time, starting with your self. Once you find your place, how do you continue to build? By openly sharing your knowledge and resources with others, to the best of your own abilities. These are the lessons I took from my conversation with Dillon, his personal stories, and experiences.

Contact Dillon
Email: cruzd [at] greenmtn.edu
Blog: The Barefoot Farmer Permaculture Blog

Resources Mentioned in the Interview:

Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
The Center for Non-Violent Communication
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life(*)

Co-Counseling or Re-Evaluation Counseling
Co-Counseling International Website
Wikipedia Providing a Summary of Re-Evaluation Counseling

6 Patterns of Natural Intelligence
Dawna Markova’s Website
The Open Mind: Exploring the 6 Patterns of Natural Intelligence(*)

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News and Updates: June 2012

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Jun 152012

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Connect with the Show:
E-mail: show [at] thepermaculturepodcast.com
Twitter: @permaculturecst
Skype: permaculturepodcast
Voicemail: 717-827-6266

Permaculture Teacher Training
July 29 – August 4, 2012 in Cottage Grove Oregon with Jude Hobbs and Andrew Millison
http://www.cascadiapermaculture.com/courses

Permaculture Institute USA Permaculture Diploma
The Professional Practice Pages where you can download all the information on the Diploma from the left-hand sidebar.
http://www.permaculture.org/nm/index.php/site/professional_practise_pages

Contact them via email or phone:
info [at] permaculture.org
505.455.0514

8th Annual Northeastern Permaculture Convergence in Middleborough, MA, USA from July 13th-15th, 2012.
Western Canada Permaculture Convergence in Millarville, Alberta, Canada from August 24-26th, 2012.
Regional Permaculture Convergence in Izmir, Turkey from July 17th-21st, 2012.

Farming for Life Webinar Choose the webinar from the sidebar of recorded webinars on the right side of the page.