Farm as Community: Growing Belonging with Abel Pearson and Morag Gamble
Sense-Making in a Changing World
In this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, I sit down with Abel Pearson – permaculture educator, community food grower and co founder of Glasbren, an award winning community-supported agriculture project in rural Wales.
Glasbren began as a three acre permaculture designed market garden and has now moved to Lord’s Park Farm, a 134 acre National Trust property on the cliffs where the Taf and Tywi rivers meet the sea in Carmarthenshire.
Abel and his family are the first permaculture based tenants on a National Trust farm, creating a flagship project for nature friendly, community facing farming.
In our conversation we explore:
- Abel’s journey from woofing and natural building to discovering permaculture as “the origin” of everything he now does
- How Glasbren grew from a three acre CSA into a whole farm vision at Lord’s Park
- Designing a landscape and an organisation with permaculture ethics: earth care, people care, fair share
- Indigenous and historic food systems as deeply “permacultural” ways of living in reciprocity with land
- Beingof a place when you may not be from there – and how growing food together becomes daily practice in belonging
- Welsh language, culture and land
- Community supported agriculture, food security and the fragility of our current food system
- Wales’ shift toward agroecology, social value payments for farms, and support for small scale growers
- The practicalities of funding and holding a diversified social enterprise farm
- Volunteering at Glasbren as a pathway into community, wellbeing and climate action
- Family life in the middle of a farm that is also a community hub
Abel’s reflections weave beautifully with the core of permaculture education – that we are learning a way of seeing and relating, not just a collection of techniques. This episode is an invitation to slow down, listen to place, and see farms and gardens as sites of cultural and ecological repair.
Glasbren website: https://www.glasbren.org.uk
_________________________________
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
Feed us with trees. Elspeth Hay and Morag Gamble
Sense-Making in a Changing World
What if the forest you walk through is already a food garden, and the real work is remembering how to see it that way?
In this episode of Sense Making in a Changing World I am in conversation with writer and public radio host Elspeth Hay about her beautiful new book Feed Us with Trees: Nuts and the Future of Food. Elspeth calls in from her home on Cape Cod and shares how one simple realisation changed everything for her: acorns ARE food.
From that moment she began following nut trees back through time and across continents, uncovering oak, chestnut and hazel commons, stories of enclosure and colonisation, and the quiet resilience of people who never stopped tending tree foods. Together we explore how this different way of seeing opens a path toward food systems that feed people and whole ecosystems at the same time.
We talk about:
- How nut trees like oak, chestnut and hazel can sit at the centre of generous food systems
- Why perennial tree based polycultures can out produce industrial monocultures once we count the full costs
- Humans as potential keystone species rather than ecological mistakes
- Cultural burning, oak woodlands and remembering that our presence can be beneficial
- Commons, local economies and finding belonging by staying rooted in a place
Elspeth invites us to see ourselves as “radical regenerators” who are not just analysing the old story of agriculture, but actively weaving new ones in our own communities.
ABOUT ELSPETH HAY
Elspeth Hay is a writer and public radio host based on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She created The Local Food Report, a weekly program on CAI, the Cape and Islands NPR station, and her work on food and ecology has appeared in places such as the Boston Globe, NPR and Heated with Mark Bittman. Her book Feed Us with Trees: Nuts and the Future of Food explores how nut trees and tree centred cultures can help us reimagine food, history and our ecological role as humans. You can learn more about Elspeth and her work at: elspethhay.com
I hope this episode encourages you to look again at the trees around you, the stories you have inherited about food and farming, an
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
Rewilding Leadership with Kelly Wendorf and Morag Gamble
Sense-Making in a Changing World
Learning to Lead Like Life Itself
How do we lead in a way that feels alive, kind, and connected to the living world?
In this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, Morag is joined by Kelly Wendorf, author of Flying Lead Change and founder of EQUUS, whose work brings together horses, neuroscience, and ancient wisdom to reimagine what leadership can be.
Kelly shares about leadership as a natural, relational process. Not command and control, but care and connection - moving from hierarchy to harmony.
Her principles of leadership — Safety, Connection, Peace, Freedom, and Joy — mirror what we see in every thriving ecosystem. The same qualities that sustain a healthy forest or a permaculture garden can also sustain our families, workplaces, and communities.
Morag and Kelly talk about what it means to lead from presence, to cultivate trust rather than fear, and to listen so deeply that the next right action becomes obvious.
“The lead horse doesn’t run at the front. She leads from behind, creating safety so others can step into confidence.”
Rewilding leadership is about remembering that life already knows how to lead. Our task is to learn again how to be in conversation with it - to listen to the more-than-human world, and to design our cultures, systems, and movements in ways that honour the web of life we’re part of.
This is a conversation for anyone sensing that leadership is less about power and more about participation - an invitation to step back into the flow of life and let nature show the way.
🌿 In this episode we explore:
- What rewilded leadership looks and feels like
- How the wisdom of the herd translates into human relationships
- The connection between permaculture and leadership
- Leading from behind: creating confidence, not control
- Presence as a regenerative force in times of change
Kelly Wendorf is a leadership coach, educator, and founding partner of EQUUS, an innovative organisation offering experiential learning with horses for leaders and teams. Her book Flying Lead
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
Bog Witch: Storytelling as Climate Action - Bryony Kimmings and Will Duke with Morag Gamble
Sense-Making in a Changing World
In this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, I speak with acclaimed artist Bryony Kimmings and award-winning projection designer Will Duke about their powerful new theatre work, Bog Witch.
Commissioned for the launch season at Soho Theatre Walthamstow, Bog Witch is Bryony’s first solo work in over five years. Known for her fearless, hilarious, and deeply moving autobiographical creations, Bryony has been called “an artist of exceptional integrity, imagination, compassion and guts” by The Guardian. Her work spans theatre, film, and television, including projects with the BBC, Channel 4, and the National Theatre.
Will is a leading projection designer whose practice spans opera, theatre, and dance. His acclaimed visual designs have appeared on international stages from the Royal Opera House to the National Theatre. Will is also a student of the Permaculture Education Institute, weaving ecological design principles into both his creative work and daily life.
Together, they open up about how storytelling itself can be a form of climate action — using humour, vulnerability, and imagination to re-enchant culture and invite us back into the web of life.
I was living hand to mouth, searching for happiness in alcohol and consumer culture — but it didn’t fill the hole in my soul. Nature did.”
~ Bryony Kimmings
Storytelling is climate action. It opens hearts where facts alone can’t.”
~ Will Duke
We are living in a time when climate narratives risk becoming tired or overwhelming. What Bryony and Will remind us is that culture shifts through stories — stories that make us laugh, cry, grieve, and imagine differently.
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
How to fall in love with the future? with Rob Hopkins
Sense-Making in a Changing World
In this inspiring conversation, Morag Gamble speaks with Rob Hopkins - Transition Towns co-founder, author of How to Fall in Love with the Future, and creator of Field Recordings from the Future.
Together they explore why imagination is vital for permaculture, community resilience, and regenerative culture, and how anyone can practice imagination activism to create hopeful, practical change.
Rob shares stories of playful, community-led projects, his work with sensory futuring, and how cultivating longing rather than fear can mobilise people to act for a thriving future.
If you’re a permaculture educator, changemaker, or someone longing for new possibilities, this episode will give you tools and inspiration to nurture imagination in your community.
Rob Hopkin's links:
- Rob Hopkins website: robhopkins.net
- Book: How to Fall in Love with the Future
- Record: Field Recordings from the Future
Key Themes
- How imagination fuels permaculture and community design
- Transition Towns and lessons from grassroots change
- Inspiration from and for permaculture.
- Sensory futuring and field recordings from the future
- Cultivating longing vs. anxiety in movements for change
- How to make activism joyful, creative, and effective
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
Wisdom of Trees with Leah Rampy, Beth Norcross and Morag Gamble
Sense-Making in a Changing World
Join Morag Gamble in this episode with Leah Rampy and Beth Norcross to explore the possibilities of transformative relationships between humans and the more-than-human, and discover the spiritual wisdom of trees.
From deepening our understanding of thoughts beyond language to learning from trees and mycelial networks, they share stories about our connections to nature and our processes of becoming rooted and fluid.
On Earth Day this year Leah & Beth released a book together called, Discovering the Spiritual Wisdom of Trees, exploring:
- Moving from science to spirit: how forestry and ecology meet mystery.
- Trees as spiritual beings and patient teachers.
- The loneliness of isolated trees—and what it teaches us about human community.
- Practices to connect more deeply with trees wherever you are.
- Cracking open: the vulnerable yet transformative journey of opening to nature’s wisdom.
Leah Rampy is a writer, speaker, and retreat leader living in a co-housing community who weaves ecology, spirituality, personal stories, and practices to help others deepen their relationship to the natural world. She is the founder and leader of Church of the Wild Two Rivers, and co-founded Save Our Soil - a volunteer organisation promoting soil health, local food, native plants, and regenerative agriculture.
Beth Norcross is a passionate spiritual guide, author, naturalist, TEDx speaker, and founder of The Center for Spirituality in Nature. She offers nature's wisdom for living with connection, resilience, joy, and hope, particularly in challenging and uncertain times.
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
The Age of Regeneration with Rebecca Tickell and Morag Gamble
Sense-Making in a Changing World
This episode, Rebecca Tickell - an award-winning documentary filmmaker, passionate storyteller and environmental activist - joins to explore the art of regeneration.
Rebecca creates films, like 'Common Ground' and 'Kiss the Ground', that combine powerful cinematography with a hopeful movement for soil regeneration and health. In a world where extractive systems of agriculture and development have destroyed two thirds of the world’s topsoil and exacerbated climate change to dangerous levels, we have two decades to restore what has been lost. Amongst the crisis, Rebecca shows us how to reground and regenerate - wherever you are with, whatever you have.
Tune in to get inspired and you can find more of Rebecca’s work at her website.
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
A Wilder Way with Poppy Okotcha and Morag Gamble
Sense-Making in a Changing World
Tune into this episode with Poppy Okotcha, ecological home grower and community gardener, to hear about how we can rewild our relationship to the land around us - in our backyards and beyond!
Poppy has just released a book, ‘A Wilder Way: How Gardens Grow Us’, a beautiful memoir on her connection to her garden and how settling down her roots in tending a patch of land has helped her grow as an individual and explore how we can all grow a better world. Flipping the narrative from humans being in control of gardens to being part of the garden itself is such an important shift!
From the process of writing her book to the holistic process of rewilding ourselves, this conversation with Poppy really uplifted me - I hope you enjoy it too!
To find Poppy’s work and her book, visit her website.
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
Mindfulness in Service with Fleur Chambers and Morag Gamble
Sense-Making in a Changing World
This episode, join me to explore mindfulness with the inspiring Fleur Chambers - multi-award-winning meditation teacher, best-selling author, philanthropist and creator of The Happy Habit app.
In this conversation we explore the question many of us have - how do we learn to be in service with our work? And how can we be present in this journey? As both Fleur and I run a business, we share our experiences in how we have found our confidence in finding a flow in our work.
We also touch on how meditation can be a rebellious act - a small way of becoming more audacious in our everyday life, while grounding ourselves to meaningful action. What we need more than ever is to connect with our inner permaculture and find confidence in our purpose.
To find out more about Fleur's work and publications, visit www.thehappyhabit.com.au.
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
Permaculture and Money with Laura Oldanie and Morag Gamble
Sense-Making in a Changing World
In this episode, Morag Gamble engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Laura Oldanie about the contested intersection of permaculture and money. They explore the redefinition of wealth, the myths surrounding conventional financial systems, and the importance of community and social capital in creating a resilient and abundant life. Laura shares insights on how permaculture principles can guide financial decisions, the concept of 'enoughness', and innovative strategies for investing in regenerative assets.
Laura is the founder of Rich & Resilient Living. Since she received her Permaculture Design Certificate in 2009, she's been exploring ways to earn, spend, invest, and manage her money and lifestyle to bring about the change she wants to see in the world – and teaching others to do the same. Laura has been featured in Forbes, CNBC, and Good Housekeeping, and is co-author of the life changing book "Growing FREE (Financially Resilient & Economically Empowered): Building the Life of Your Dreams Without Losing Your Soul or Destroying the Planet."
Explore more of Laura's work on her Instagram and Youtube, and read her book. She also offers a compilation of free resources & ideas on finding your way to homeownership in today's crises.
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
Inner Permaculture with Stuart Hill and Morag Gamble
Sense-Making in a Changing World
In this episode I welcome Emeritus Professor Stuart Hill - scholar, educator, and advocate for transformative change in social ecology - to explore the interconnections of permaculture and psychology. Join us as we dive into how to nurture a deeper inner permaculture while nourishing a wider outer permaculture.
Stuart is an educator and researcher whose knowledge spans from ecology to entomology, agriculture to psychotherapy, and education to policy development. Currently Foundation Chair of Social Ecology at Western Sydney University and having published over 350 papers and reports, Stuart has been at the forefront of social regeneration for decades - advocating for regenerative practices and facilitating the hard conversations that meaningfully develop community.
Whether you're passionate about sustainability, innovation, or societal change, this conversation will leave you inspired with practical design exercises to apply in your work and community!
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
The Wellbeing Economy with Dr Katherine Trebeck and Morag Gamble
Sense-Making in a Changing World
Join me in this episode with Dr Katherine Trebeck to imagine what an economy designed to serve people actually looks like and how we can make it happen. Come explore the root of today's crises and the seeds of the solutions with us.
Dr. Katherine Trebeck is a leading political economist, writer, TedX speaker and leading advocate for economic system change. She co-founded the Wellbeing Economy Alliance, is writer-at-large at the University of Edinburgh, the Economic Change Lead at The Next Economy and played a pivotal role in establishing the Wellbeing Economy Governments (WEGo) partnership - among many other roles.
Katherine is passionate about aligning economic systems with social and environmental well-being, striving for an economy that serves both people and the planet. To find more about her work, visit www.katherinetrebeck.com.
To see Katherine in action, come along to our next Permaculture Film Club to see her latest film 'Purpose' - register here!
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
Shifting the Narrative with Andrew Millison and Morag Gamble
Sense-Making in a Changing World
Join me in conversation with Andrew Millison, an agent for change who shares permaculture wisdom through art, design and multimedia storytelling. In this episode we explore how Andrew is actively weaving stories to shift the narrative from one of scarcity to one of abundance - and how you can too. This episode is part of the recorded series from the International Festival of Ideas, held in May 2024.
Andrew has previously been on this podcast, talking about the epic permaculture projects he has been part of and helped to record. The work of sharing the possibilities that permaculture has created in the world is so important, from making Youtube videos to getting your hands dirty in the garden. Learn how Andrew has done it and how you can get involved too!
To find Andrew's work, check out his podcast Earth Repair Radio, and find the films he mentioned in this podcast on his Youtube channel.
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
Principles of Life with Fritjof Capra and Morag Gamble
Sense-Making in a Changing World
This episode, join me in conversation with Dr. Fritjof Capra to explore how to address the problems we see in the world with systemic thinking and what principles we need to uphold while doing so. This episode is part of the recorded series from the International Festival of Ideas, held in May 2024.
Fritjof is an acclaimed scientist, educator, activist, and author of many international bestsellers, connecting conceptual changes in science with broader changes in worldview and values in society. An advocate of systemic responses to the crises humanity faces for many years, Fritjof is a public professor - from teaching the online Capra Course based on his book, 'The Systems View of Life' to being a Schumacher College Fellow and a council member of Earth Charter International.
To see more of Fritjof's work, visit his website to learn more about the Sloth Club and the slow living movement.
To find the recordings of conversations and events from the International Permaculture Festival of Ideas, visit the Permaculture Education Institute.
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
Moral Imagination with Phoebe Tickell and Morag Gamble
Sense-Making in a Changing World
Tune into this episode with Phoebe Tickell - an imagination activist and founder of Moral Imaginations, a group who is building a movement of moral imagining - to explore what it means to exercise and stretch your imagination in order to create new possibilities and new action. This episode is part of the recorded series from the International Permaculture Festival of Ideas, held in May 2024.
From the solar punk movement to radical kinship, Phoebe highlights how important it is that we realise that imagination is not what helps us escape reality, but what helps us return to reality by helping us remember what is right relationship with the planet and ourselves.
Learn more about Phoebe's work here and get involved with Moral Imaginations to continue stretching your imagination.
To find the recordings of conversations and events from the International Permaculture Festival of Ideas, visit the Permaculture Education Institute.
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
Ecologies of Communication with Nora Bateson and Morag Gamble
Sense-Making in a Changing World
In this episode, I welcome Nora Bateson - an eminent systems thinker, filmmaker, writer and President of the International Bateson Institute - to explore the complexities of our interconnected world with intergenerational insight and clarity. This episode is part of the recorded series from the International Festival of Ideas, held in May 2024.
Nora's session was the final event in the Festival of Ideas, holding the closing together with readings and insights from her latest book 'Combining', a blend of intellectual inquiry, essays, emotional engagement, storytelling, poetry, and graphic art.
Exploring our ecologies of communication and highlighting permaculture-inspired responses is so important in response to the polycrisis, and Nora's transcontextual approach is a wonderful combination of nourishment, circulation, living and relating.
Learn more about Nora's work at her website and find her book, 'Combining', here.
To find the recordings of conversations and events from the International Permaculture Festival of Ideas, visit the Permaculture Education Institute.
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
Non-Extractivist Learning with Lyla June Johnston and Morag Gamble
Sense-Making in a Changing World
In this episode, I welcome Dr Lyla June Johnston, a multi-genre Indigenous musician, scholar, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages to explore what it means to learn from Indigenous cultures in a non-extractivist way. This episode is part of the recorded series from the International Festival of Ideas, held in May 2024.
Lyla's conversation is an honest look into how we can move from an embedded colonial-settler mindset when engaging with Indigenous peoples and knowledge to a collaborative and decolonial relationship - asking the question "how can I help, if at all?"
She has engaged audiences around the globe towards personal, collective, and ecological healing, blending her study of Human Ecology at Stanford, graduate work in Indigenous Pedagogy, and the traditional worldview she grew up with to inform her music, perspectives and solutions.
She recently finished her PhD on the ways in which pre-colonial Indigenous Nations shaped large regions of Turtle Island (aka the Americas) to produce abundant food systems for humans and non-humans.
To see more of Lyla's work, visit her website to find her music, writings and speeches.
To find the recordings of conversations and events from the International Permaculture Festival of Ideas, visit the Permaculture Education Institute.
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
Radical Love with Satish Kumar and Morag Gamble
Sense-Making in a Changing World
In this episode, I welcome my dear friend and mentor, Satish Kumar. Satish is a world-renowned author and peace advocate, who has been speaking around the world and inspiring global change for over 50 years. This episode is part of the recorded series from the International Permaculture Festival of Ideas, held in May 2024.
From what it means to hold radical love to inspiring active hope, Satish's discussion on the Festival of Ideas was an amazing session that I am now so excited to share on this podcast.
To explore more of Satish's work and message, you can read the Resurgence and Ecologist Magazine which Satish founded, and watch the film on Satish's life, Radical Love.
To find the recordings of conversations and events from the International Permaculture Festival of Ideas, visit the Permaculture Education Institute.
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
Slow Living with Keibo Oiwa and Morag Gamble
Sense-Making in a Changing World
In this episode, I welcome Keibo Oiwa, a leading environmental activist in Japan and founder of The Sloth Club – an NGO that promotes slow and sustainable living, encouraging a new appreciation of rural life and a simpler way of living, with community, growing and nature the focus. This episode is part of the recorded series from the International Festival of Ideas, held in May 2024.
Keibo is an educator, cultural anthropologist, filmmaker, public speaker and author of over 50 books. In his session during the Festival, he advocated for a localised future, attending to the art of creating a sustainable society and lifestyle with the low-energy, recycling-oriented, symbiotic, and non-violent lifestyle.
To see more of Keibo's work, visit his website to learn more about the Sloth Club and the slow living movement.
To find the recordings of conversations and events from the International Permaculture Festival of Ideas, visit the Permaculture Education Institute.
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
Edible Resilience Gardening with Kim Stoddart and Morag Gamble
Sense-Making in a Changing World
In this episode, I welcome Kim Stoddart, an award-winning environmental journalist, speaker and leading authority on climate change resilient gardening.
Kim and I have a in-depth conversation about how we can create more resilient (and beautiful) gardens! From mulching tricks to how we see gardening itself, we explore what role gardens can play as the climate continues to change.
Kim's knowledge of sharing permaculture through gardening articles is unparalleled - being the editor of Amateur Gardening, the world's oldest gardening magazine, and contributing regularly to a range of publications. She's also a homesteader and runs talks and courses through her business, Green Rocket Courses.
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
Thrutopia with Manda Scott and Morag Gamble
Sense-Making in a Changing World
Join me in this conversation with renowned author, blogger, podcaster, columnist and broadcaster, Manda Scott. We explore the need for a conscious evolution of humanity through a narrative Manda calls 'Thrutopia' - a vision of the future that's worth striving for.
From reconnecting to the web of life to the power of storytelling, Manda shares an exciting vision of systemic change that comes from the power in our communities. And if you're interested in Manda's prolific writing, she shares her writing process and the research involved in creating a story!
Learn more about Manda's work and books on her website, and tune in to her podcast & membership program, Accidental Gods, to explore how we can create a future we'd be proud to leave to generations to come. If you are an aspiring writer (in any form) yourself, Manda's program Thrutopia walks you through how we can write inspiring stories for the future.
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
Permaculture and Localization with Helena Norberg-Hodge and Morag Gamble
Sense-Making in a Changing World
Join Morag Gamble in a deep-dive conversation with Helena Norberg-Hodge - internationally acclaimed localization advocate, filmmaker and author.
This was recorded live at our June Permaculture Education Institute masterclass. exploring permaculture and localization - the final of our four part world localization day series we hosted in collaboration with Helena’s organisation Local Futures.
Helena and Morag explore how we can grow the movement and foster ecological economies, thriving communities and healthy local food systems.
ABOUT HELENA NORBERG-HODGE
Helena is the author of the inspirational classic Ancient Futures, and Local is Our Future and the producer of the award-winning documentary The Economics of Happiness. She is the founder of the International Alliance for Localisation, and a co-founder of the International Forum on Globalization and the Global Ecovillage Network. Helena is a recipient of the Alternative Nobel Prize, the Arthur Morgan Award, and the Goi Peace Prize for contributing to “the revitalization of cultural and biological diversity, and the strengthening of local communities and economies worldwide.”
The Sense-Making in a Changing World Podcast invites you to join me in conversation with leading permaculture-related educators, thinkers, activists, authors, designers and practitioners to explore the kind of thinking AND ACTION we need to navigate a positive and regenerative way forward, to myceliate possibilities, and share ideas of what a thriving one-planet way of life could look like. My guests offer voices of clarity and common sense.
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
Music and Ecology with Amelie Ecology and Morag Gamble
Sense-Making in a Changing World
Hello, I'm Morag. Welcome to this episode of Sense-making in a Changing World podcast - a project of the Permaculture Education Institute . This is a special episode as part of the International Permaculture Festival of Ideas
I invite you to join me each week in conversation with leading permaculture-related educators, thinkers, activists, authors, designers and practitioners to explore the kind of thinking AND ACTION we need to navigate a positive and regenerative way forward, to myceliate possibilities, and share ideas of what a thriving one-planet way of life could look like. My guests offer voices of clarity and common sense.
This week I am joined by Dr Amelie Vanderstock (AKA Amelie Ecology) and get to share two of her amazzz-ing new songs from her debut album, Let's Bee Scientists.
Amelie is a pollinator ecologist, musician and permaculture educator from the Blue Mountains, Australia on Dharug and Gundungurra country.
She creates songs inspired by the wonders of native bees and the natural world and invites science lovers young and old to be curious and sow seeds of change.
Amelie has performed in schools and festivals across Australia, Europe and Japan including Woodford Folk Festival and Green Gathering (UK).
As an ecologist, Amelie researches the role of community gardens and urban greenspaces for promoting pollinating insect biodiversity. She also designs educational programs that connect youth with local ecology, inviting them to be co-creators of ecological research. Amelie is just releasing her debut studio album and educational resource kit ‘Let’s BEE Scientists’, - it went live on World Environment Day, 2024.
---------------------
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
Sacred Activism with Cynthia Jurs and Morag Gamble
Sense-Making in a Changing World
The most pressing question in these uncertain times may be how can we bring healing and protection to the Earth?
Join me this episode the explore this question that Cynthia Jurs carried with her in 1990 as she climbed a path high in the Himalayas, to meet an “old wise man in a cave”—a venerated lama from Nepal. This question is the centre for both her work, her book, 'Summoned by the Earth', and our conversation - sharing her journeys around the world, from Australian Indigenous communities to the USA. And Cynthia's way of reaching the answer is through practice and acknowledging the importance of listening to the Earth and developing a relationship with nature - to go outside, connect with the natural world, and ask how you can be of service.
Cynthia became a dharma teacher (Dharmacharya) in the Order of Interbeing of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in 1994 and in 2018, was made an honorary lama in the Vajrayana tradition of Tibetan Buddhism in recognition of her dedication in carrying out the Earth Treasure Vase practice. Inspired by thirty years of pilgrimage into diverse communities and ecosystems, today Cynthia is forging a new path of dharma in service to Gaia—a path deeply rooted in the feminine, honoring indigenous cultures, and devoted to collective awakening. Cynthia leads meditations, retreats, courses, and pilgrimages to support the emergence of a global community of engaged and embodied sacred activists. You can find her offerings at www.GaiaMandala.net and her book at www.SummonedByTheEarth.org.
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
A Permaculture Refugee Story with Ansima Casinga Rolande and Morag Gamble
Sense-Making in a Changing World
I'm delighted to welcome Ansima Casinga Rolande to this final episode of our International Women's Series. I've worked with Rolande for many years now and I can truly say that she is one of the most inspiring people I've ever met.
Rolande is from the Democratic Republic of Congo and is living currently in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda. In this episode, she shares her story of how she came to be in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, the challenges of life in a refugee camp and how she started to make a difference.
After taking the Permaculture Education Institute's Permaculture Design and Teaching Course, Rolande has been working hard to integrate permaculture into the camp - for healthy food, for livelihoods, for environmental restoration, for women and youth, for peace and for hope. From women's menstrual health to helping young artists in the camp, Rolande is empowering women and youth by providing education, livelihoods, and a sense of purpose.
Rolande's work wouldn't be possible without the kind donations of people like you. The Ethos Foundation is a registered charity and sends 100% of all donations towards programs like Rolande's and supports free permaculture education for refugees, with direct impact where it is needed most. If you can make a donation, it is deeply appreciated, supporting life-changing permaculture programs led by local people in 10 refugee settlements across Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
Another way to support Ethos Foundation initiatives is to attend the Permaculture Education Institute's free, online events and donate at registration - this also goes 100% towards programs.
To buy a reusable sanitary pack for a young woman in a refugee settlement and support sustainable menstrual health, visit this page.
To commission a Nakivart artwork of your own and support young artists in Nakivale to make a livelihood doing what they love, visit
I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.
_____________________________
Subscribe to this podcast, share widely, leave a comment and a 5 star review to help these stories myceliate far.
This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
- Explore Morag Gamble's Permaculture Educators Program
_____________________________
Morag also shares conversations through Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
Farm as Community: Growing Belonging with Abel Pearson and Morag Gamble
51:16
Feed us with trees. Elspeth Hay and Morag Gamble
55:24
Rewilding Leadership with Kelly Wendorf and Morag Gamble
1:05:24
.jpg)
Bog Witch: Storytelling as Climate Action - Bryony Kimmings and Will Duke with Morag Gamble
53:30
How to fall in love with the future? with Rob Hopkins
1:02:17
Wisdom of Trees with Leah Rampy, Beth Norcross and Morag Gamble
1:02:00
The Age of Regeneration with Rebecca Tickell and Morag Gamble
59:02
A Wilder Way with Poppy Okotcha and Morag Gamble
1:16:19
Mindfulness in Service with Fleur Chambers and Morag Gamble
54:21
Permaculture and Money with Laura Oldanie and Morag Gamble
56:24
Inner Permaculture with Stuart Hill and Morag Gamble
1:09:35
The Wellbeing Economy with Dr Katherine Trebeck and Morag Gamble
57:33
Shifting the Narrative with Andrew Millison and Morag Gamble
36:16
Principles of Life with Fritjof Capra and Morag Gamble
58:38
Moral Imagination with Phoebe Tickell and Morag Gamble
48:56
Ecologies of Communication with Nora Bateson and Morag Gamble
57:05
Non-Extractivist Learning with Lyla June Johnston and Morag Gamble
55:53
Radical Love with Satish Kumar and Morag Gamble
49:58
Slow Living with Keibo Oiwa and Morag Gamble
58:14
Edible Resilience Gardening with Kim Stoddart and Morag Gamble
1:07:24
Thrutopia with Manda Scott and Morag Gamble
1:06:37
Permaculture and Localization with Helena Norberg-Hodge and Morag Gamble
1:27:14
Music and Ecology with Amelie Ecology and Morag Gamble
47:41
Sacred Activism with Cynthia Jurs and Morag Gamble
48:26
A Permaculture Refugee Story with Ansima Casinga Rolande and Morag Gamble
51:45