The Complete Biogas Interview With David House Part 2 Permaculture Podcast Episode 45
I would like to thank David for the time he spent introducing permaculture podcast listeners to the world of biogas! For more information, to inquire about upcoming biogas workshops, or to purchase his book see his website
To email David with further questions
Thanks For Listening,
Ryan Unmack
The Complete Biogas Interview with David House Permaculture Podcast Episode 44
I would like to thank David for the time he spent introducing permaculture podcast listeners to the world of biogas! For more information, to inquire about upcoming biogas workshops, or to purchase his book see his website;
To email David with further questions
Thanks For Listening,
Ryan Unmack
Benjamin Fahrer Occupy Santa Rosa Part 2 Permaculture Podcast Episode 43
I interviewed Benjamin Fahrer last November, we talked about his recent work with Occupy Santa Rosa, and how Permcaculture can fit into the world of activism. Permaculture may provide a beacon for direction in an ocean of malcontent. A place to chart ones course towards reconciliation with right livelihood and repair of the biosphere. Benjamin brings perspective to many these topics as we discus his experience as a teacher, trainer, farmer and peace building activist.
Please bear with the variable volumes in this interview, the content is worth it!
For more information about Benjamin and the work that is is doing see the following links
http://www.benjaminfahrer.com/Benjamin_Fahrer/Home.html
http://www.permacultureartisans.com/
Thank you for listening,
Ryan Unmac
Benjamin Fahrer Occupy Santa Rosa Part 1 Permaculture Podcast Episode 42
I interviewed Benjamin Fahrer last November, we talked about his recent work with Occupy Santa Rosa, and how Permcaculture can fit into the world of activism. Permaculture may provide a beacon for direction in an ocean of malcontent. A place to chart ones course towards reconciliation with right livelihood and repair of the biosphere. Benjamin brings perspective to many these topics as we discus his experience as a teacher, trainer, farmer and peace building activist.
Please bear with the variable volumes in this interview, the content is worth it!
For more information about Benjamin and the work that is is doing see the following links
http://www.benjaminfahrer.com/Benjamin_Fahrer/Home.html
http://www.permacultureartisans.com/
Thank you for listening,
Ryan Unmack
Impossible 2 Possible with Bob Cox Permaculture Podcast Episode 41
The mission of Impossible to Possible (I2P) is simply stated; "Educate, Inpsire, Empower"! The methods seem simple enough; however the lived experiences of the participants are anything but simple. The I2P experience is nothing less than a true test of the will, but it sounds a lot more interesting than the testing of grit. I spoke with Bob Cox about their mission to educate, inspire and empower young people through extreme adventures on the international stage. Bob shares with us the roots of I2P and gives an introducation to their methods of expiditions and ultra marathoning adventures.
to learn more surf on over to their website.
http://impossible2possible.com/home
Thanks For Listening
Ryan Unmack
Zanzibar Fall 2011 Part 5 Permaculture Podcast Episode 40
Here is a follow up chat Zanzibar and I had after our last conversation. There was a problem with some background noise and some volume differences in the interview. I have been extremely busy and have not had the time available that I would like to spend ediiting, so please forgive the production faults in this episode. Due to my busy schedule I am still way behind in editing and posting recorded material, so please stand by with patience!
Thanks for Listening,
Ryan Unmack
Zanzibar Fall 2011 Part 4 Permaculture Podcast Episode 39
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Here is a follow up chat Zanzibar and I had after our last conversation. There was a problem with some background noise and some volume differences in the interview. I have been extremely busy and have not had the time available that I would like to spend ediiting, so please forgive the production faults in this episode. Due to my busy schedule I am still way behind in editing and posting recorded material, so please stand by with patience!
As always thanks for listening,
Ryan Unmack
Zanzibar Fall 2011 Part 3 Permaculture Podcast Episode 38
As promised Zanzibar has returned to Permaculturepodcast.org. We chatted at length about the occupy movement, permaculture, historical research and analysis of the Socviet experience, philosophy, myth, permaculture, shamanic voyages and other taboo's. This is the first of several dispatches that will include this conversation. At the moment I do not know if the content will span three or five more episodes (time editing and uploading will tell).
There is more to come from permaculture podcast in the future. Yesterday evening I spoke with Benjamin Fahrer about permaculture training and the occupy Santa Rosa events. There is some really juicy things happening in their neck of the woods and I am happy to be a part of the conversation and capture a few perspectives on what is happening! So stay tuned for those conversations.
As always thanks for listening,
Ryan Unmack
Zanzibar Fall 2011 Part 2 Permaculture Podcast Episode 37
As promised Zanzibar has returned to Permaculturepodcast.org. We chatted at length about the occupy movement, permaculture, historical research and analysis of the Socviet experience, philosophy, myth, permaculture, shamanic voyages and other taboo's. This is the first of several dispatches that will include this conversation. At the moment I do not know if the content will span three or five more episodes (time editing and uploading will tell).
There is more to come from permaculture podcast in the future. Yesterday evening I spoke with Benjamin Fahrer about permaculture training and the occupy Santa Rosa events. There is some really juicy things happening in their neck of the woods and I am happy to be a part of the conversation and capture a few perspectives on what is happening! So stay tuned for those conversations.
As always thanks for listening,
Ryan Unmack
Zanzibar Fall 2011 Part 1 Permaculture Podcast Episode 36
As promised Zanzibar has returned to Permaculturepodcast.org. We chatted at length about the occupy movement, permaculture, historical research and analysis of the Socviet experience, philosophy, myth, permaculture, shamanic voyages and other taboo's. This is the first of several dispatches that will include this conversation. At the moment I do not know if the content will span three or five more episodes (time editing and uploading will tell).
There is more to come from permaculture podcast in the future. Yesterday evening I spoke with Benjamin Fahrer about permaculture training and the occupy Santa Rosa events. There is some really juicy things happening in their neck of the woods and I am happy to be a part of the conversation and capture a few perspectives on what is happening! So stay tuned for those conversations.
As always thanks for listening,
Ryan Unmack
Marco and La Loma Development Part 3 Permaculture Podcast Episode 35
The Final segment of the conversation that I shared with Marco of La Loma Deveolpment. If you are a southern california resident and need some permaculture related design build work done please contanct him here
http://www.lalomadevelopment.com/
Thanks for listening,
Ryan Unmack
Marco and La Loma Development Part 2 Permaculture Podcast Episode 34
Part two of three of my talk with Marco.
Find out more about La Loma
http://www.lalomadevelopment.com/
Thanks For Listening,
Ryan Unmack
Marco and La Loma Development Permaculture Podcast Episode 33
Greetings Permaculturepodcast.org listeners. I am very happy to share with you some more new content. Well technically dated conted newly posted. Several months ago I had a nice long conversation with Marco Barantes of La Loma Development in Pasadena California. Marco is an artistic pasionate permaculturalist. La Loma is a design build contracting company that implements eco/permacultural design projects all around southern California. It was a fun and meandering talk about business, finding permaculture, being and entreprenuer and life events that inspire departure from standard life trajectories. I thank Marco imensly for taking time to share with me his journey!
As I said the content was actually recorded many months ago. It was a strugle to coordinate getting this material to a place where myself and Marco felt comfortable with posting it. Sometimes... no most of the time permaculture podcast as a hoby is thrust into the backseat as other priorities demand my attention. As I state this fact of life I beg patience from the listening community in waiting for new material to be posted. I do have several hours worth of content in my back log more or less ready to post. I would estimate at least another 10 episodes are ready to post. The struggle becomes finding time to edit and locations with high enough bandwidth to upload the content. I am on the road for work 5-6 days a week and unfortunatly most hotels don't have the bandwidth available to upload even a short half hour episode. Explanations aside, I am as enthusiastic as ever about delivering free content to listeners and promoting permacultural endeavours! Please stay tuned for two more follow up episodes which conclude my conversation with Marco. Several episodes with a series of engaging conversations I had with Zanzibar regarding the occupy movement and philosphical questions related to movements and permaculture. A series of episodes chronicalling a fun talk I had with Ben Lawson on the topic of techno-optimism and the singulartiy and how that should be infused with a permacultural set of ethics, a sense of the sacred and a shamanic twist. I also have an episode introducing a youth program called impossible to possible, where you will hear about the amazing physical feats of international youth ambasadors who are marathoning with a meaning! Beyond that I have a few interviews that are in the works of being scheduled that I am really excited to conduct! As you can see there is plenty of good material comming down the pipes! Stay tuned!
Thanks for listening,
Ryan Unmack
Kevin Bayuk Recipes for Permacultural Success in San Francisco Permaculture Podcast Episode 32
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Kevin and I went to Palos Verdes Peninsula High School together in the early 90's. It had been about a decade since I had heard about or from him, when I started hearing good things about the work that he was doing through mutual friends in the permaculture comunity. Noting this interesting surprise, I reached out and connected with him to conduct an interview for the podcast. It was great for me to have a chance to catch up with him and to capture a part of his story.
Kevin shared with me a bit about how he came to Permaculture and then we jumped into all of the great things that he has been involved in related to permaculture in the Bay Area. Finally we had a really nice talk about some of our favorite permaculture plants. Kevin has some insights and experience with some really great perennial polyculture players! All in all it was a really rewarding conversation for me to capture so I am pleased to share it with permaculturepodast.org listeners!
Please take the time to browse some of the great work that Kevin has been involved with
http://www.hayesvalleyfarm.com/
Thanks for Listening,
Ryan Unmack
Trathen Heckman of Daily Acts and Transition US Permaculture Podcasat Episode 31
Trathen has been a nexus of postive action in the Sonoma area for years. It is my pleasure to capture an interview with Trathen Heckman. This interview actually took several months to coordinate between busy schedules, however the result is well worth the effort. Trathen has a lot of postively inspiring notions to share with regard to implementing permaculture projects from the personal scale to the national level. Our talk begins with the personal and then scales out to the national level when we talk about transition US. If you are interested in what Trathen has to say please feel free to connect with Daily Acts or Transition US -
http://www.dailyacts.org/
http://transitionus.org/
Thanks for Listening,
Ryan Unmack
Rachel Parker Residential Solar Energy Worx Permaculture Podcast Episode 30
Rachel spent some time with me to provide my audience with some insight to the residential solar market. If you are interested in solar for your home this podcast is for you! If you have any friends that are interested in solar for there homes pass this along to them. This podcast contains some woderful bits of consumer advice. Frequently asked questions and concerns are answered in this interview. Rachel is an advocate, an activist, a concerned citizen and a generous costomer service sales rep. You will get to understand how excited people are in the solar industry to share what they do and spread the good news about solar! You will get sound advice on what questions to ask and what to be skeptical about. If you like what you hear and you are interested in solar please inquire with Rachel!
Contact her at
rachel@solarenergyworx.com
http://www.solarenergyworx.com/
It is my pleasure to promote business's like Rachels! If you are requesting a quote and you heard about Solar Energy Worx on PermaculturePodcast.org, please let Rachel know!
Thanks for listening,
Ryan Unmack
Miguel The Urban Farm Guru Unplugged Permaculture Podcast Episode 29
In the previous episode Miguel and I conducted a conversation about his recent explorations in the world of aquaponics. After we finished the planned interview we continued our conversation while still recording. I had a listen to it and decided there was some content worth sharing. What you have here is an unscripted free flowing conversation between two dudes who love permaculture! The spontanious unplugged conversation.
Please support Miguels work over at:
http://www.urbanfarmguru.com/
Thanks for listening,
Ryan Unmack
Miguel Afonso The Urban Farm Guru Talks Aquaponics On Permaculture Podcast Episode 28
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It's been weeks since I last posted a podcast, but I have been busy and have quite the backlog to show for it. I hope to do some catching up this week and plan to finish editing and post several interviews.
In this episode I am really excited to welcome Miguel Afonso back to the podcast. My first guest on permaculture podcast returns to talk about his latest ventures into the world of aquaponics. Aquaponics seems to be a hot topic these days if you are interested in sustainable food production. There just seems to be a few loops left to close by creating resiliant forage systems for your aquaculture. Miguel shares his adventures in designing and maintaing and aquaponic system, in the subtropical region of southern Florida. After we chatted about the nuts and bolts of traditional aquaponics systems Miguel shared his thoughts on running experiments to create local forage systems for aquaculture feed stocks. It was a fun and engaging talk.
There will be a part two to this interview where we strayed from the arranged topic and have a free and rambling discusion related to permaculture, which I am really looking forward to editing and posting!
Please take the time to check out and support Miguel's work at Urban Farm Guru
and "like" his Facebook page while you are at it!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Urban-Farm-Guru/198003736877101
Thanks for listening,
Ryan Unmack
Dennis Pilien Permaculture Podcast Episode 27
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I had a wonderful talk with permaculture activist and long time educator Dennis Pilien. When you hear about the experiences that Dennis helps to orchestrate for public school children in Los Angeles, I am sure you will be greatfull for dedicated educators! That said I don't have much of an introduction for Dennis of this podcast. Our conversation wandered from education, fish to invasives, back to fish and then back to invasives! It was a nice talk and I am grateful to Dennis for sharing his time with Permaculture Podcast dot Org.
Here is an incomplete list of links to topics discussed
Tilapia Mama in San Diego
http://www.mybackyardfishfarm.com/page/page/7135722.htm
Books mentioned
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Child-Woods-Children-Nature-Deficit/dp/156512...
http://www.amazon.com/Collapse-Societies-Choose-Succeed-Revised/dp/01431...
http://www.amazon.com/Invasion-Biology-Pseudoscience-David-Theodoropoulo...
Thanks for Listening,
Ryan Unmack
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network and IPC Permaculture Podcast Episode 26
I spoke with Margie Bushman and Wesly Roe of the Santa Barbara Permaculture Network about their work locally and internationally. We really wanted to showcase the upcoming International Permaculture Conference which will begin on September 17th in Jordan. The pre-conference Permaculture Design Course is currently underway, and the organizers are busy preping! Last week the big news broke that there will be a live video stream of the conference and a video archive on the website!
http://www.ipcon.org/index.php/conference-timetable
Wes and Margie share there past experiences with the conference and how you can help support the scholarship program to bring international participants from "money poor skills rich" regions of the world! They also shared their experiences in helping to forge a support commitee which helps host countries in with the process of organizing the conference. Best of all they share some heart warming stories about permaculture practioners getting together at the international level and really connecting!
If you are a Southern Californian and you don't know about the Santa Barbara Permaculture Network I encourage you to check them out!
http://www.sbpermaculture.org/
As always thanks for listening,
Ryan Unmack
Cultivating the Meadow in the Sky Permaculture Podcast Episode 25
I checked back in with Mark Krawczyk to see how his book Coppice Agrogoresty - Perenial Sylviculture for the 21st Century is comming along. He shared good news about the project being successfully funding via Kiskstarter, and then we talked about his travels and research! Mark has been all over the western half of the norther hemisphere researchin this book and has some great insights to share! It was a fun talk about a very fascinating project.
For more information on Mark's work poke around on the websites below
http://www.coppiceagroforestry.com/
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coppiceagroforestry/dave-and-mark-wr...
http://www.rivenwoodcrafts.com/Welcome.html
http://www.keylinevermont.com/Welcome.html
Thanks for listening,
Ryan Unmack
Zanzibar Talks Part 2 Permaculture Podcast Episode 24
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Once again work has kept me from posting this episode as well as editing and preparing to post more recorded content. I promised links to relevant works by Zanzibar in this post. A promise with which I cannot at the moment comply. I decided that this content is so interesting that those who listened to the first half of the interview would be annoyed at waiting too long for me to gather that information and make a proper post. Sorry for the lack of links and support material! Zanzibar has agreed to chat with me for the show again. So in future posts or the comments section here or on episode 23 I can post links to his works.
If you enjoy the show I would be thrilled if you shared a comment on the website or on my Facebook page. http://facebook.com/ryanunmack
Feel free to friend me on Facebook and share permaculturepodcast.org with your friends.
More cool permaculture content to come!
Thanks for listening,
Ryan
Zanzibar Talks Part 1 Permaculture Podcast Episode 23
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Welcome back to Permaculture Podcast dot Org,
I have a real treat of a conversation to post for all loyal Permaculture Podcast dot Org listeners! I had a really enthusiastic conversation with author, permaculture enthusiast, poet, therapist, social activist, walking reference center extraordinaire Zanzibar. An old friend of mine who approached me one day on the telephone and proposed we have a conversation on the podcast about all things nuclear in regards to the recent Fukushima disaster. I was going to tittle the episode "Splitting Atoms Splitting Community" but opted for the talks with Zanzibar moniker as the enthusiasm that we both carried out of this conversation lead us to endeavor on the serialization of conversations together for the podcast. This particular conversation is roughly an hour and will be represented in full in two episodes (so stay tuned for episode 24).
While I am extremely enthusiastic about the content that I have gathered I have not had the time recently to edit and publish my recently recorded interviews. I have apologies to make to loyal listeners as well as interviewees who are waiting on me to edit and share. Specifically sorry for the delay to Marco Barantes or La Loma Development, Ben of the Gian Mind Institute, and Zanzibar. I have never been really consistent in timely delivery of content to the podcast; however I have a reason that permaculture podcast dot org listeners may appreciate. I am working very long hours with a construction remediation company cleaning up industrial fouls and follies in the California landscape.
In the interest of getting this published I will stop typing now. I will follow up with some pertinent links to works in word, authored by Zanzibar!
Thanks for Listening
Ryan Unmack
Earthroots in the Kalahari Permaculture Podcast Episode 22
Greetings friends of permaculturepodcast,
I am back and with a great interview with a return guest Jodi Levine. Jodi recently took an educational field trip with her tracking mentor Jon Young to the Kalahari desert in Botswana. In this talk she shares with us some of her adventures and learning experiences among the Naru Bushmen. You will be excited to hear about traditional hunting, gathering and water harvesting/storage techniques. Jodi is a unique and wonderful woman who will share her experiences there with participants in Earthroots Field School. Jodi's school has helped to bring together a wonderful community of people who are learning to experience their connection with nature in new ways all the time! Thank you Jodi for the wonderful gifts you bring to your community and thank you for sharing with permaculturepodcast.org
For more information about Earthroots Fieldschool and to follow Jodi's blog where you can find picture of her trip to the Kalahari and more stories check out her website
www.earthrootsfieldschool.org
For more information about Jodi's tracking and nature connection mentor see
www.jonyoung.org
For more information about Trackers International see,
www.trackersinternational.com
Thank You for listening,
Ryan Unmack
David Kasheveroff and Bethany Dalton Kash in Permaculture Podcast Episode 21
Welcome back to Permaculturepodcast.org episode 21. Thanks again to David Kasheveroff for guest hosting! This is the companion episode to episode 20. Bethany Dalton Kash gives another perspective on the same south Florida home scale permaculture project Alex and David spoke about in the previous episode. In delving into the topics of the garden Bethany shares some wonderful insights and perspectives on gardening that I am sure permaculturepodcast.org listeners will heartily appreciate! If you are listening to this and would like to contact Bethany for her gardening and consulting services you can contact her by email
organicgroup@earthlink.net
If any listeners have topics they would like to share please contact me. I invite one and all interested to produce guest episodes of permaculturepodcast.org if you feel so inclined.
Thanks for listening
Ryan Unmack
David Kasheveroff and Alex Kash in Permaculture Podcast Episode 20
Welcome to the first guest hosted permaculture podcast interview! A few months ago I spent some time with David and Alex in LA while Alex was out for a visit. At that time Alex told me the story about his garden in Florida. What struck me most was his passionate explanation of how he and Bethany went about building the soil on their site to make it all happen. At that point I thought I really should have him on the show because every permaculturalist loves a good story about heroically building soil and bringing a site to life! I never got around getting Alex on the phone for an interview, so I asked David if he would like to do the interview when he was visiting Florida and this and the following episode are the result! Thanks to David, Bethany and Alex for making this happen! Compliments on the wonderful sound quality (it was a relief after working so hard to massage audibility out of the last episode)!
Aside from being a passionate gardener Alex Kash is a wonderful musician! He supplied sound track for some earlier episodes of my podcast from his album organic alchemy. Please surf through the links more to learn more about how you can enjoy his lovely blend of music!
http://www.rhapsody.com/alex-kash
http://www.pandora.com/music/artist/alex+kash
Thanks for listening!
Ryan Unmack
Field Test Films Presents Synthetic Biology A Documentary Permaculture Podcast Episode 19
Welcome back to the second half of my chat with Sam Gaty. Sorry for the delay in release! Once again the sound quality on this segment is not the best, but if you can bear with it there are some very interesting topics covered.
The first part of this talk we chat about challenging the environmentalist perspective on genetically modified organisms. Stewart Brand has been an environmental advocate for a long time and produced a book of environmental heresy in 2009 titled Whole Earth Discipline. In which Brand combats the environmentalist perspectives on genetically modified organisms. The other controversial topics not discussed in this episode covered in the book are urbanization, nuclear, and geo-engineering. I found it to be an informative and challenging book.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_Earth_Discipline
I am personally a big fan of Brands work with the Long Now Foundation. As a permaculturalist I find any exercise in long term thinking valuable. The Long Now Foundation hosts monthly seminars about long term thinking available on line. I recommend listening to their back log and contemplating the last 10,000 years and the next 10,000 years!
http://longnow.org/seminars/
Sam mentions Christopher Voigt who is a mover and shaker in the synthetic biology world. I wanted to share a link to more info about him even though it was a very brief mention in the interview.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Voigtamaris biotechs
Synthetic Aesthetics is also talked about in the interview is a group that brings together the world or art, design, social sciences, and synthetic biology.
http://www.syntheticaesthetics.org/
A few contemporary synthetic biology based bio-technology companies were mentioned as well. Amyris and LS9 are currently producing the next generations of bio-fuel and have very exciting futures.
http://www.amyrisbiotech.com/
http://www.ls9.com/
Thanks for listening!
Ryan Unmack
Field Test Films Presents Synthetic Biology A Documentary Permaculture Podcast Episode 18
For Episode 18 and 19 I talked with Sam Gaty about a documentary film he is making on the subject of synthetic biology. What is synthetic biology? We discuss that in the talk, and it turns out that as a new field it has several definitions depending on who you talk to. It seems that an acceptable definition of synthetic biology is a new standardized parts based approach to genetic engineering. Synthetic biology makes a lot of lofty awe inspiring promises as a burgeoning discipline. It seems that even the most far out science fiction type scenarios are being considered by young practitioners. From bio-sensors, to bacteria and yeast that can terra-form Mars, to entirely new biological approaches to organic chemistry synthetic biology seems to be leading us into the new "diamond age".
Sam and a partner made a film company called Field test to make this film. Field Test successfully completed a Kickstarter campaign to fund their film in March this year. You can still watch teasers and make a contribution to the project on their kickstarter page.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/637230479/a-documentary-film-about-s...
In the write up of episode 16 I shared some links to resources on DIY-BIO which is discussed again in this conversation.
Towards the end of this episode there is reference made to Andrew Hessel, who is somewhat of an advocate or evangelist for synthetic biology. Below are a few links to videos of talks that Hessel has shared on his optimistic view of the future of synthetic biology.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehBeMeH69O0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S23owdOuLjc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQ0kkgPxJk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HeQlrtUOu4
Sam also mentioned Hessel's involvement with the Pink Army Cooperative. An open source bio-tech cooperative dedicated to curing cancer.
http://pinkarmy.org/
Thanks for listening
Ryan Unmack
Ecoliteracy a Journey at Journey School with Michelle Spieker Permaculture Podcast Episode 17
Welcome back to www.permaculturepodcast.org. Sorry for the long lull in content release. The way life has been since I started doing the show has kept my production of this show far from consistent. So if you are a regular listener and have had the patience to wait between shows I thank you! In the spirit of producing shows at an irregular pace I promise to post several shows in the next two weeks. I hope I can add another 8 or so shows that I already have recorded in that time. So if you are a regular listener perhaps you can ration the stock pile of soon to be published shows for the next lull in production. I will be starting work at a new full time position on May 2 and anticipate that the show production will continue at it's irregular pace. Irregular or not I do enjoy creating these shows so you can predict there will be more shows in the future beyond this next spurt of postings.
That said, welcome to Permaculture Podcast Episode 17 Ecoliteracy a Journey at Journey School. I spoke with Michelle Spieker about the process of creating an ecoliteracy program for Journey School an elementary school in Aliso Viejo. Michelle shares with us a story of discovery that began with implementing a garden at their school, which led to broader questions and development of new curriculum! I really enjoyed my talk with Michelle and hope you enjoy listening.
Ecoliteracy resources
Smart by Nature (Book)
http://www.amazon.com/Smart-Nature-Schooling-Sustainability-Contemporary...
Ecological Literacy, Michael K. Stone
http://www.amazon.com/Ecological-Literacy-Educating-Children-Sustainable...
Sustainability on Campus
http://www.amazon.com/Sustainability-Campus-Strategies-Industrial-Enviro...
Questions for Michelle email her at,
michelle@cherishedself.com
Thanks for listening,
Ryan Unmack
GMO, or No? I'm Bio-Curious! Permaculturepodcast episode 16
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In this episode I Spoke with thirteen year old Thomas Hunt about testing common foods for genetic markers found in genetically modified corn.
As of publishing this episode Thomas has heard back from the science fair committee and has won an award! I thank Thomas for his inspirational work and insights that he shared with me about studying biology.
Below I have a collection of links to interesting resources and scientific endeavors in the biological realm that Thomas mentions in this interview.
Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS) provided the lab space advice and expertise for Thomas to carry out his research. "SENS Foundation is a charity* which works to develop, promote and ensure widespread access to rejuvenation biotechnologies which comprehensively address the disabilities and diseases of aging."
Thomas also found direction and expertise from his local DIY-bio group. BioCurious a collaborative biology lab space in Mountain View where citizen science is moving from the classroom to the community.
http://www.biocurious.org/index.php?title=About_BioCurious
and
http://www.meetup.com/BioCurious/
The national DIY-Bio website is where you can find general information about the organization. A mailing list sign up and a way to connect with or start a group in your area. DIY-Bio is dedicated to citizen science, amateur biologists and values of community building and open source techniques and hardware designs to further the ends of understanding how life works.
Thomas mentions Aubrey de Grey in this interview when he talks about working with SENS foundation lab space he used. Aubrey is a scientist, author an public speaker that challenges convention in a very serious way. Aubrey challenges you to think about why we humans generally accept that aging and age related death and disease are an unavoidable fact of life. Give Aubrey a chance to talk you into the morality of his endeavor in this thrilling TED talk or read his book Ending Aging.
http://www.ted.com/speakers/aubrey_de_grey.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/aubrey_de_grey_says_we_can_avoid_aging.html
http://www.amazon.com/Ending-Aging-Rejuvenation-Breakthroughs-Lifetime/d...
Finally we briefly mentioned a competition called iGEM. iGEM which stands for international genetically engineered machines started in 2003 at MIT. In the near future I will have an episode or two about synthetic biology in which I discuss a bit more about this competition with my guest.
http://2011.igem.org/Main_Page
Thanks again for listening,
Ryan Unmack
New Alchemy, New Myths with Willi Paul Permaculture Podcast Episode 15
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Greetings listeners welcome back to Permaculturepodcast.org! For episode 15 I had a talk with Willi Paul. Willi Paul is Founder, Writer & Researcher at
CommunityAlchemy.com
PlanetShifter.com (Magazine)
and
openmythsource.com
His work focuses on what is sacred to us, the community building power of permaculture, the transformative energy in the new alchemy (soil, sound, digital) and global mythologies. Please read Willi’s six new myths here:
http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1696
Two recent collaborative works by Mr. Paul include: A Quest Lecture in the New Permaculture Mythologies and Alchemy.
http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1814
Mythic Mandate Workshop – Mapping the Sacred. A video documentary from a recent online webinar
http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1807
Thanks for listening and check back soon for an interview about ecoliteracy as curriculum for elementary schools!
Thanks for listening
Ryan Unmack
Basement Turds Generate Political Will Part 2 Permaculture Podcast Episode 14
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More links and resources related to my talk with Brad Lancaster on Rainwater Harvesting. For books, upcoming events, watergy, climate information and examples of precedent setting projects visit Brad's website
http://www.harvestingrainwater.com/
For more information about Desert Harvesters and native foods of the Sonoran Desert visit
http://www.desertharvesters.org/
For further reading about the climate appropriate edible's discussed in this episode I provided a link to the corresponding Wikipedia articles
Chuparosa or Hummingbird Bush
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justicia_californica
Piquin pepper (perennial pepper plant)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pequin_pepper
Desert Ironwood
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olneya_tesota
Paloverde
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinsonia
Mesquite
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesquite
Post a comment let us know what you think about the show. If you have topics or conversation suggestions please contact me.
I have some very interesting talks in the pipeline! I interviewed a 13 year old who is testing for GMO's in common foods for his science fair project. I will be having a chat about eco-literacy and implementing programs to teach eco-literacy in elementary schools. I will get back to the topic of genetic modifications in talking with a documentary film maker who is working on a film about synthetic biology. One more conversation is in the works on the topic of open mythology and permaculture.
If you or your friends are in the southern California region and are interested in Solar power please contact me! I maintain this site as a hobby and make a living as a solar consultant for Bonterra Solar.
http://bonterrasolar.com/
Thank you for Listening,
Ryan Unmack
Basement Turds Generate Political Will Permaculture Podcast Episode 13
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In this episode I talk with Brad Lancaster author of the award winning bestselling book(s) Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond (volume 1 and 2). Brad shares some allegorical tales from his trip to Africa, which teach us how to buffer our landscapes from such extreme environmental conditions as drought and flooding. In teaching sharing these these lesson Brad has boiled the process down to 8 simple principles:
1. Begin with long and thoughtful observation.
2. Start at the top (highpoint) of your watershed and work your way down.
3. Start small and simple.
4. Slow, spread, and infiltrate the flow of water.
5. Always plan an overflow route, and manage that overflow as a resource.
6. Maximize living and organic groundcover.
7. Maximize beneficial relationships and efficiency by “stacking functions.”
8. Continually reassess your system: the “feedback loop.”
For further information about Brad's books or workshops visit his website
http://www.harvestingrainwater.com/
Once again I would like to thank Jodie Levine for sharing her music with www.permaculturepodcast.org
Listen to the conversation I had with her in episode #3
http://permaculturepodcast.org/earthroots-field-school-jodi-levine-perma...
To learn more about her work with Earthroots Field school follow the link
http://ochomeschooling.com/earthroots/
Deanna Moore also sings on that track and is an inspiring permaculture entrepreneur. She is founder of Flow Foods Chocolatle a permaculture inspired raw super food chocolate business
http://www.flowfoodschocolatl.com/
In the future I hope to have Deana on the show to talk about permaculture and chocolate!
Thank you to everyone who is listening to the show. Special thanks for everyone who has corresponded with me about the show. If you would like to participate in the show or recommend someone for an interview please contact me.
How to basement turds generate political will? Stay tuned for the second half of the interview.
Thank you for listening
Ryan Unmack
Water Warrior Matteo Lundgren Permaculture Podcast Episode #12
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More information about TreePeople and their urban runoff infrastructure initiatives can be found at their website.
http://www.treepeople.org
For the lazier reader you can get a quick overview of the project in this video called Miracle on Elmer Avenue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGLKCWGssj8
Once again I would like to thank Jodie Levine for sharing her music with www.permaculturepodcast.org
Listen to the conversation I had with her in episode #3
http://permaculturepodcast.org/earthroots-field-school-jodi-levine-perma...
To learn more about her work with Earthroots Field school follow the link
http://ochomeschooling.com/earthroots/
Deanna Moore also sings on that track and is an inspiring permaculture entrepreneur. She is founder of Flow Foods Chocolatle a permaculture inspired raw super food chocolate business
http://www.flowfoodschocolatl.com/
In the future I hope to have Deana on the show to talk about permaculture and chocolate!
Thank you to everyone who is listening to the show. Special thanks for everyone who has corresponded with me about the show. If you would like to participate in the show or recommend someone for an interview please contact me.
Thank you,
Ryan Unmack
Matteo Lundgren Citizen Water Warrior Permaculture Podcast Episode # 11
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Citizen activist Matteo Lundgren talks to me about why he is a "water warrior". Decaying water infrastructure and tight budgets make privatized water proposals sound very appealing. Matteo shares with us why it is imperative that citizens think twice about those attractive offers, and consider how important a public water service is, for cost, accountability, service and environmental stewardship.
Matteo keeps a blog at
http://peelingbacktheonionnow.blogspot.com/
And recommends interested citizens check in with food and water watch.
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/
Matteo is a believer in the ability of film makers to educate and inspire. He recommends the following documentaries to learn about water issues
Tapped Documentary
http://www.tappedthemovie.com/
Flow
http://www.flowthefilm.com/
Blue Gold
http://www.bluegold-worldwaterwars.com/
Even the Rain (Tambien La Lluvia)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1422032/
Come back for rest of this conversation in episode 12.
Thanks for listening,
Ryan Unmack
Gaian Mind Institute Grand Re-opening Party Permaculture Podcast Episode #10
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Join the Gaian Mind Institute for their Grand Re-opening party and fundraiser tomorrow January 22, 2011 at 3201 Maple Ave
Los Angeles, CA. Come see the edible visionary art park and be inspired by the green potentials of the urban environment. For more information about the event and the location check out the facebook event page http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118864938181374
Hope to see you there
Ryan Unmack
Ben and the Gaian Mind Institute: Permaculture Podcast Episode #9
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Welcome back to PermaculturePodcast.org episode number 9. In this episode I have a conversation with Ben co-founder of the Gaian Mind Institute (http://www.gaian-mind.org/community/). He shares with us the story of how the Gaian Mind Institute came into being in Long Beach California and how it has changed over the years and has re-emerged at A-warehouse located on 3201 Maple Avenue in Los Angeles. They will be having a grand reopening party at A-warehouse on January 22, 2011 (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118864938181374). In Episode 10 I will share the remainder of this conversation where Ben shares the plan for the re-opening party and more about how people can get involved with the Gaian Mind Institute, what visionary art is and more about modern survivalism!
In other news the Southern California Permaculture Convergence will be happening on the weekend of April 29th - May 1st 2011. The theme of the convergence is Reconnect, Re-skill, Regenerate. Register early here http://www.socalconvergence.org
Dave Jacke Co-Author of Edible Forest Gardens and Coppice Agroforestry will be teaching two 9 day intensive forest garden design trainings this year. For more information about his Edible Forest Design classes visit his website http://edibleforestgardens.com/events
If you have more permaculture related news that you would like to share please use the contact page and let me know!
Thank you,
Ryan Unmack
Southern California Permaculture Convergece Planning Permaculture Podcast Episode #8
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Sean Jennings and Joan Stevens join me to discuss the 2011 Southern California Permaculture Convergence. The convergence will be taking place Friday April 29th through Sunday May 1st. For more info about the schedule and how to participate visit their website
http://www.socalconvergence.org/presenters.html
The Convergence will be held at Camp Hess Kramer in Malibu along the Pacific Coast Hwy at the Ventura/LA county line.
11495 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90265-2006
(310) 457-7861
Thank you for listening,
Ryan Unmack
Joan Stevens interview part 2 Permaculture Podcast Episode #7
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The second half of my conversation with Joan Stevens. For more information about backwards bee keeping surf on over to their website at
http://beehuman.blogspot.com/
Thanks for listening,
Ryan Unmack
Joan Stevens Permaculturalist ,Teacher and Organizer Permaculture Podcast Episode #6
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Happy New Year permaculture podcast listeners! In this episode Joan Stevens will discuss planning the Southern California Permaculture Convergence, teaching permaculture in high school, planting a food forest on a high school campus and urban bee keeping. The interview has been broken up into two episodes, so come back for more of the interview in episode seven.
In the interview there was mention of using this website as an organizing hub for the Southern California Permaculture Convergence, in the end this was not necessary as they have their own website. Follow the link below for more information about the Southern California Permaculture Convergence.
http://www.socalconvergence.org/
In episode eight I will share a short talk that I had with Joan Stevens and fellow convergence organizer Sean Jennings.
Thank you for listening,
Ryan Unmack
Kickstart "Coppice Agroforestry" with Mark Krawczyk and Dave Jacke, Permaculture Podcast Episode #5
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Part two of my talk with Mark Krawczyck and Dave Jacke about the book they are writing "Coppice Agroforestry". There are still a few days left on their kickstarter campaign. They are still a bit short of their ultimate fund-raising goal, so follow the link below to check out their campaign page . If you have been to their site, but haven't recently viewed it, there are some updates that are worth checking out! Especially a short video about Christmas tree production with a coppice management!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coppiceagroforestry/dave-and-mark-wr...
For more information about Mark's permaculture consultation and woodcraft business's follow the links below.
http://www.keylinevermont.com/Welcome.html
http://www.rivenwoodcrafts.com/Welcome.html
To learn about Dave Jacke's books and work as a designer and educator go to the Edible Forest Gardens Website.
http://edibleforestgardens.com/
Thanks for listening,
Ryan Unmack
Kickstart "Coppice Agroforestry" with Mark Krawczyk and Dave Jacke, Permaculture Podcast Episode #4
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I spoke with Mark Krawczyck and Dave Jacke about the book they are writing "Coppice Agroforestry". They are in the midst of a Kickstarter campaign to crowd-source the funding for the book. Check out their Kickstarter campaign page and make a contribution if you can.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coppiceagroforestry/dave-and-mark-wr...
For more information about Mark's permaculture consultation and woodcraft business's follow the links below.
http://www.keylinevermont.com/Welcome.html
http://www.rivenwoodcrafts.com/Welcome.html
To learn about Dave Jacke's books and work as a designer and educator go to the Edible Forest Gardens Website.
http://edibleforestgardens.com/
The second half of the interview has some fun permaculture talk about Dave and Mark's favorite species for coppice agroforestry. I will post that as Permaculture Podcast Episode #5.
Thanks for listening,
Ryan Unmack
Earthroots Field School with Jodi Levine, Permaculture Podcast Episode #3
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In this episode I talk with Jodi Levine of Earthroots Field School about permaculture, rain water harvesting, zero waste schools, wilderness awareness training, and education. Earthroots Field School is an amazing organization touching the lives of many children in the south orange county region. Have a listen to the interview and surf on over to the Earthroots Field School website
http://ochomeschooling.com/earthroots/
Thank you for listening,
Ryan Unmack
The Fruitful Field with Miguel Afonso, Permacuture Podcast Episode # 2
In this weeks episode I had a delightful and inspiring interview with Miguel Afonso. He shares with his journey from Permaculture enthusiast to prime mover in the creation of a community food forest in Pompano Beach south Florida. The project is called The Fruitful Field and can be found on line at http://thefruitfulfield.org/ and http://tiny.cc/ubxly
Thank you for listening,
Ryan Unmack
Intro - Permaculture Podcast - Episode 1
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This episode is a short introduction to the permactulturepodcast (PPC). It is my intention to publish weekly audio podcasts containing news and interviews related to permaculture.