Making Permaculture Stronger

Making Permaculture Stronger


Latest Episodes

Permaculture Design Process with Penny Livingston-Stark
December 19, 2021

In this episode I get to inquire into permaculture design process with Penny Livingston-Stark. Penny has been teaching internationally and working professionally in the land management, regenerative d

In Dialogue with Bill Houghton on where Making Permaculture Stronger is going
December 04, 2021

In this episode I share a lovely dialogue with Bill Houghton, a long-term follower and supporter of Making Permaculture Stronger who recently reached out to connect. I love his opener: "I'm just intri

Further Exploring the Contrast Between a Mechanical and a Living Worldview/Paradigm with Jason Gerhardt (E67)
November 11, 2021

Hey all. I have been so energised from the spirit and content of comments on my last post/episode. Not to mention the private messages coming through. Then Jason reached out and helped me take it up a

Building Your Permaculture Property: Part One – On Worldviews and Metaphors
October 27, 2021

Making Permaculture Stronger’s core focus is regenerating permaculture design process together. By this, I mean the deep and hard work of a) honing in on permaculture's essential core, and b) sourc

On honouring Indigenous Tradition, Ancestors, Spirit and Intuition in our Permaculture Design Processes with Laura Adams
September 23, 2021

In this episode we explore part of what it means, or might mean, to bring indigenous perspectives to permaculture design with Laura Adams from Seven Winds LLC in Maryland, USA. This episode started wi

Inquiring into Systems Thinking with the Making Permaculture Stronger Developmental Community (E64)
August 31, 2021

In a world first for this project, this episode shares one of last year's sessions with the Making Permaculture Stronger Developmental Community. Huge thanks to Han Kortekaas, Ronella Gomez, Ni

Five Principles of Healthy Design Process with John Carruthers
July 14, 2021

In this episode my friend John Carruthers shares five insights or principles he’s distilled during five years of developing a 70-acre property in Central Victoria, Australia. It was an honour to act f

Tyson Yunkaporta on permaculture, systems thinking & the pattern of creation (E62)
June 16, 2021

It was my pleasure to yarn with Sand Talk author Tyson Yunkaporta on permaculture and much else. Tyson's perspective complements and contrasts with that of Leah Penniman in the last episode. Please do tell me what you got from the chat in the comments ...

Leah Penniman from Soul Fire Farm on Permaculture, Decolonisation, and Re-Indigenising
May 22, 2021

It was a deep honour to have Leah Penniman from Soul Fire Farm join me for this conversation. Along with Leah's beautiful sharing, I was grateful for the feelings the conversation evoked (many of which only emerged when I listened to our chat again aft...

Engaging the Design Web with Looby Macnamara (e60)
April 27, 2021

In this conversation, which follows on from the previous episode, explores Looby Macnamara's design web. We dive into the topic of emergent design process, and in particular Looby's design web approach to designing anything.