Regenerative Skills

Regenerative Skills


Latest Episodes

Managing floods, erosion, and living coastlines, with Mike Lynn
September 27, 2024

So much of the conversation around water revolves around its scarcity. Today well get a chance to explore how to manage water regeneratively when the challenge is having too much. As arid zones become drier, the opposite is proving true for humid zones.

How to repair the hydrological cycle of a landscape, with Nicole Masters, Zach Weiss, and Mark Shepard
September 20, 2024

In this session I hosted a discussion on the importance of restoring proper hydrological function in a landscape and the steps to achieving it with my friends and colleagues at Climate Farmers, a non-profit organisation working to advance regenerative agr

The massive potential of marine permaculture, with Brian Von Herzen
September 13, 2024

Continuing today with this ongoing series on waterway regeneration and a deep dive into marine ecosystems, I had the pleasure of speaking with Brian Von Herzen.Brian is an ocean scientist, engineer and entrepreneur, though much of his career has been in

Diving deep into ocean farming, with Joost Wouters
September 06, 2024

Today I want to continue with a deeper dive into the topic of water, literally, by going to the furthest point downstream, where terrestrial water enters the ocean.Marine ecosystems are much less understood by the general public for a variety of reasons

Why regenerating our oceans makes both public health and economic sense, with Dr. Enric Sala
August 30, 2024

While the climate change narrative has mostly focused on the concentration of CO2 and other greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere since the industrial revolution, weve ignored the essential role that the water cycle plays in regulating global temperatures.

Regenerative earthworks for water retention landscapes, with Douglas Barnes
August 23, 2024

My guest today is here to demystify one of the aspects of permaculture design that I hear the most questions about, but also one of the issues that I see folks most entrenched in their viewpoints about. I’m talking about earthworks; one of the first aspec

The permaculture guide to earth surgery, with David “Doc Spice” Spicer
August 16, 2024

I spoke with David Spicer, affectionately known as Doc Spice, an accomplished permaculture designer who has specialized in earthworks installation. Having taught and worked on various projects extensively within Australia and internationally, in places s

The essentials of rainwater harvesting, with Rob Avis
August 08, 2024

In keeping with the theme of water regeneration this month I spoke to Rob Avis, the co-author along with Michelle Avis of their book in the New Society Essentials series called Rain Water Harvesting.Rob and Michelle founded Verge Permaculture, an award-w

How to plant the rain in drylands and beyond, with Brad Lancaster
July 26, 2024

If at any point youve been interested in water harvesting in dryland contexts, its almost impossible that youve missed Brad Lancasters work. His pioneering activities and projects in Tucson, AZ have propelled a movement of water wise landscaping, rain

Repairing eroded and incised waterways, with Van Clothier
July 19, 2024

In todays episode I spoke with Van Clothier about an innovative and subtle water erosion mitigation technique, and how to build a one rock dam.I know this might seem oddly specific, but after an interview with Brad Lancaster last season, he talked about