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Karryn Olson: A Pattern Language for Women in Permaculture Jul 11, 2025

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In this episode from 2014, one of my favorite people from the permaculture community, Karryn Olson, joins us to share a pattern language she’s identified for women in permaculture, which we can use to create a constructive permaculture movement so that together we can design a world with ever greater beauty, abundance, and inclusivity.

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Rhonda Baird - Being Present for Ourselves and Others Jul 04, 2025

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My guest for today is Rhonda Baird, editor of Permaculture Design Magazine, and designer and educator at Sheltering Hills Design, LLC.

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Rhonda Baird - Organizing and Supporting Our Communities Jun 27, 2025

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Rhonda Baird, the editor of Permaculture Design Magazine and teacher and designer at Sheltering Hills Design, LLC., joins me to continue our conversation about creating change. In our first interview, we spoke about the way that we can work on ourselves as individuals. Today we move from the inside to the out with how we can organize and support others and our community.

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Owen Wormser - Designing for Clients: From Consultation to Implementation Jun 20, 2025

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When I left my permaculture design course I was fairly comfortable walking the landscape and looking for areas of shade or full sun, and tracking how that would change throughout the day. To walk barefoot after a brief rain to feel where the soil drained quickly or to find spots where water pooled, even if I couldn’t see it with my eyes. To build either a water or an A-frame level to plot and map contours. I knew how to make a base map, a plant list, and to use those to put together a design. With shears and a pocket knife, I could prune limbs or loosen pot-bound roots. With a shovel and spade, I could dig holes and put plants in the ground.

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Q&A: Client-Centered Design Jun 16, 2025

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In the first of the new, Q&A episodes, Owen asks:
"What is your design process? (site analysis, implementation, and how you approach a design)"

Owen Wormser - Turning Lawns into Meadows Jun 13, 2025

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My guest today is Owen Wormser. Owen is a sustainable landscape designer from Western Massachusetts and author of Lawns into Meadows: Growing a Regenerative Landscape, from Stonepier Press.

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Annie Raser-Rowland - The Art of Frugal Hedonism Jun 06, 2025

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Can you live an enjoyable, self-indulgent life while remaining thrifty and at the same time not overtaxing Earth’s resources? To have all of that sounds too good to be true.

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Holistic Management with Allan Savory May 16, 2025

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If you’re new to the world of permaculture, you may not be familiar with the work of Dan Palmer, who passed away in 2022, as his website and podcast don’t circulate or get mentioned as often as they used to.
His website, makingpermaculturestronger.net, is still available, where you can explore his archives. I recommend taking the time to do so, as it’s worth the journey.
It’s because of Dan, as the host of this episode, that I reshare this interview. With his gentle nature, his desire to go deeper into what made design and implementation more effective, and how he synthesized all that knowledge into something actionable, Dan was a positive voice for change to so many, including myself.
Enjoy this interview, originally released in 2020.

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The Permaculture Podcast is Back! May 12, 2025

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The world is on fire and needs us, all of us, to care and show up. Each of us needs permaculture, so here I am, back at it again, sharing more from beneath this big, beautiful umbrella of philosophy, design, and implementation.

In this episode, I share a bit about where things are at, what the show will look like moving forward, and what to expect from here.
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If you’d like to drop something in the mail, contact me, and I’ll send you my current mailing address, as we’re in the process of moving to a new city hundreds of miles from our current home.

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Relaunching The Permaculture Podcast? Mar 27, 2025

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Should I relaunch the podcast later this year in a new format? Your opinion matters! Let me know!

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