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Cynefin: A Sense-Making Framework
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Permaculture Design Principle Deep Dive #3 – Obtain A Yield ~ Epi-048
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Continue Reading: Permaculture Design Principle Deep Dive #3 – Obtain A Yield ~ Epi-048Today is the third episode in our Permaculture Design Principle Deep Dive series – Obtain A Yield. This is all about intentionally designing living systems on our homesteads that provide for our needs to live a great life. Join me as we discuss… The different types of yields you can design for: product, energy and…
Permaculture Design Principle Deep Dive #2 – Catch & Store Energy ~ Epi-047
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Continue Reading: Permaculture Design Principle Deep Dive #2 – Catch & Store Energy ~ Epi-047Today we take a deeper look at the second of the core permaculture design principles – Catch And Store Energy. This is what designing a functional and resilient ecosystem is all about – energy in vs. energy out. Everything that is alive needs to bring in more energy than it expends in order to 1)…
Permaculture Design Principle Deep Dive #1: Observe & Interact – Epi-046
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Continue Reading: Permaculture Design Principle Deep Dive #1: Observe & Interact – Epi-046This is the first in a series of episodes that will go into depth on how to apply and leverage each of the 12 foundational design principles used in permaculture. The first design principle is Observe and Interact. It is the keystone design principle, from which all others are held together and applied toward a functional…
045 – The 4 D’s of Homestead Security
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Continue Reading: 045 – The 4 D’s of Homestead SecurityToday we are talking about homestead security. It’s a topic that is left out of a lot of “mainstream” permaculture design books – and really its hardly mentioned at all as a design consideration. We live in a weird time, when for just a few short generations, and then only for a select few people,…
044 – Greg Judy Grazing School
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Continue Reading: 044 – Greg Judy Grazing SchoolIn today’s episode we re-cap the takeaways from the 2-day grazing school I attended at Greg Judy’s Green Pastures Farm in Clark, Missouri. The school was awesome, with great instruction from Greg and his co-instructor Abram Bowerman of Still Waters Farm in Spickard, MO. Intensively managed ruminant livestock are the tool for building soil rapidly, at…
043 – Do The Next Thing
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Continue Reading: 043 – Do The Next ThingToday’s episode is a short one about just doing the next thing. You don’t have to have everything mapped out ahead of time. If you have a set of principles (permaculture) and a long-term, BIG vision (your Minimum Holistic Goal – aka your “10 Year Vision”), it becomes very easy to prioritize and act on…
042 – What Is A Sovereign Homestead + How To Use The SAPA Framework To Create More Sovereignty In Your Life
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Continue Reading: 042 – What Is A Sovereign Homestead + How To Use The SAPA Framework To Create More Sovereignty In Your LifeToday’s show is all about getting clear on what makes a homestead sovereign vs. a modern homestead vs. just a homestead. SPOILER ALERT: It’s all about CHOICE. A well-designed homestead gives you more choice – more freedom to say NO to those things that are not in alignment with your highest quality of life, so…
Erosion Prevention & Repair Elements
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Continue Reading: Erosion Prevention & Repair ElementsIntroduction Soil erosion is a serious problem in most contexts. Stopping active soil erosion is a prerequisite for rebuilding soil, and the elements detailed here are tools to help us do just that in a wide variety of landscapes. However, no treatment is a panacea, and each must be evaluated based on the unique parameters…
armored drain, brush packing gullies, brush-mineral berms, contour vetiver grass planting, energy dissipation pools, erosion control, erosion prevention, erosion repair, flow concentrators, flow patterning structures, flow spreaders, gully remediations, headcut treatments, log drop structures, media luna, rock rundown, sheet flow erosion, soil stabilzation, vertical straw mulch, water patterning, wattles, weirs, wood chip berms, zuni bowl041 – What Is Permaculture With The Millennial Pioneers
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Continue Reading: 041 – What Is Permaculture With The Millennial PioneersToday’s show is the interview I just did with Jen and Sammy of the Millennial Pioneers Podcast on What Is Permaculture? We talk about the basics of what permaculture is about, and tangible, simple ways to get started integrating permaculture design and mindset into designing our own lives. We are living in a time when…
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