The Permaculture Podcast

The Permaculture Podcast

Caring for Earth, Ourselves, and Each Other.

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July 18, 2025 42 mins
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My guest today is Jeff Speck. Jeff is the author of Walkable City and Walkable City Rules. As an urban planner and city designer he specializes in, and advocates for, human modes of transportation: first and foremost walking, but also biking.

 

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A response to Geoff's comment about designing out the designer, from my recent episode about my design process. What I'm Reading: People and Permaculture What I'm Listening To (Music Video): Psycho Killer by The Talking Heads

Getting to Know One Another: What song(s) or musical artist(s) defined your life, now or when you were growing up?

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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 worl...

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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, 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...

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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 ...

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June 16, 2025 13 mins

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)"

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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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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...

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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 re...

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May 12, 2025 7 mins

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. Support the Show

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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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In this episode, Byron Birss speaks with Mary and Andrew as they talk about Byron’s transformation from someone with no knowledge of permaculture or gardening into a professional designer and food forest aficionado in just a few years. Growing up in the United States, Byron moved to New Zealand nearly a decade ago for a change of life that wound up being a life-changing experience.

Resources Backyard Paradise Byron Grows (YouTube...

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Rebecca Anderson joins Mary and Andrew to discuss her work with National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and government body under the purview of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Steeped in Permaculture, with a degree in Environmental Science and Resource Management, and time as a Woofer, Rebecca shares what the NRCS provides and what she does in her job to support anyone interested in conserving soil, water, and other n...

  • July 27, 2024 62 mins

    In this episode, Andrew Tuttle sits down with Mary Marshall as she draws out his story: what brought him to Permaculture and why this work matters; what he’s up to currently, and what he sees in the months and years ahead. Throughout, we hear his stories, directly, in his own, unique voice. Find out more about Andrew and his design and educational work at EdgePerma.com, and our new community at skool.com/thepermaculturecollective....

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    July 24, 2024 48 mins

    In this episode, Mary Marshall sits down with Andrew Tuttle to talk about her history, what brought her to Permaculture and design, and Mary’s thoughts about the future. Along the way, they share the stories from their time together, over many years, as partners in many aspects of life traveling, living, and creating with one another.

    Find out more about Mary and her design work with Andrew at EdgePerma.com, and our new community...

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    July 22, 2024 4 mins

    Welcome to the Podcast Update for July 2024. In this episode, I’ll let you know about the future of the show as it currently stands including: - How things are going with the co-hosts Mary and Andrew of Edge Perma. - Plans for new episodes. - Welcoming you to our new, free community. - An update on my personal recovery. Resources The Permaculture Collective Interviews from Mary and Andrew Creating a Permaculture Life and Liveli...

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    My guest today is Jerome Osentowski, founder of Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute, a long time permaculture practitioners and teacher, and author of the new book The Forest Garden Greenhouse, available from Chelsea Green Publishing.

     

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    My guest today is Robyn Mello, the program director for Philadelphia Orchard Project, and is a deeper look at her life, work, and thoughts within and beyond that project, which she provided a brief overview to in Episode 1609: An Introduction to the Philadelph...

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    This Permabyte is a reading by Byron of his article "A Lesson in Identity".

     

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