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Episode-2423- The Design Science of Permaculture – Part Four

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Four weeks ago I realized that we have not really dived deep into the topic of Permaculture I began this current series on Permaculture. So far we have completed part one, part two and part three of this series. If you have not listened to them you may want to before proceeding in the series.  You can find the entire series here. Today we are pulling back a bit from a pure design discipline approach to talk about what I see as the goal for the majority of TSP listeners that want to bring permaculture into their own back yard.  … Continue reading →

Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture – Item of the Day

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Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend. Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture by Toby Hemenway.  I am often asked where to start with Permaculture and quite often by people with small properties.  This is THE BOOK to get for that first step. Gaia’s Garden is what I would call very approachable.  Basic concepts are introduced like minor earthworks with swales but in a real world usable way … Continue reading →

Episode-1919- Toby Hemenway on Liberation Permaculture

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Update – I just learned that Toby passed away this morning.  I had already complete today’s show when I found out.  So I will leave it as it is.  Today most of the show is from an interview I originally did with Toby on April 14th, 2015.  I was going to make it a rewind but under the circumstances chose to make it a new episode with all segments. Quite a long time ago I talked to my friend Toby about working with PermaEthos, it resulted in the course we had him teach on small scale Permaculture called, Creating Gaia’s … Continue reading →

Creating Gaia’s Garden Early Bird Special

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Register Now Join best-selling permaculture author Toby Hemenway and over 100 students for a dynamic and practical course on creating your home ecosystem. Imagine living in a yard that overflows with food and other useful products such as medicine, fiber, and building supplies. Your yard can also shrink home energy bills, extend your growing season, and be a comfortable outdoor space year-round in all but the harshest climates. It can also help provide income and reduce your dependence on money. In this 5-session course, you’ll learn how to do all this, but there’s more: That same yard that gives you … Continue reading →

New PermaEthos Course Creating Gaia’s Garden course with Toby Hemenway

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Register Now Join best-selling permaculture author Toby Hemenway and over 100 students for a dynamic and practical course on creating your home ecosystem. Imagine living in a yard that overflows with food and other useful products such as medicine, fiber, and building supplies. Your yard can also shrink home energy bills, extend your growing season, and be a comfortable outdoor space year-round in all but the harshest climates. It can also help provide income and reduce your dependence on money. In this 5-session course, you’ll learn how to do all this, but there’s more: That same yard that gives you … Continue reading →

Episode-1556- Toby Hemenway on Liberation Permaculture

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Toby Hemenway is the author of Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, which was awarded the Nautilus Gold Medal in 2011, was named by the Washington Post as one of the ten best gardening books of 2010, and for the last eight years has been the best-selling permaculture book in the world. Toby has been an adjunct professor at Portland State University, Scholar-in-Residence at Pacific University, and has taught over sixty 72-hour permaculture design courses. He has presented lectures and workshops at major sustainability conferences such as Bioneers, SolFest, and EcoFarm, and at Duke University, Tufts University, University of … Continue reading →