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 knowle...

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 th...

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 .  Hel...

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 k...

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 &...

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 st...

Join me in this episode as part of our International Womens' Series to explore how we can speak up for women and climate with Osprey Orielle Lake . Osprey is the founder of Women's Earth and Climate Action Network ( WECAN ) International, leading and inspiring a just transition towards a one-planet, democratised and resilient world. We discuss her new book, ' The Story is in Our Bon...

In this second International Women's Series conversation, Clytie Binder joins Morag Gamble in discussing her Churchill Fellowship research on composting and the hyperlocal systems she has observed around the world. Tune in to learn about the importance in 'handmade' composting wherever you are and how it is being used to address the climate crisis. Clare emphasises the need to prior...

Tune into this conversation as part of the International Women's Day Series with Helen Lehndorf as we share our deep relationship with nature - finding connection and empowerment in the edible landscape around us. We explore the practice of foraging and the concept of home as a sense of nourishment and connection with the land, discussing the journey of becoming ecologically conscious and the...

Tune in for an exploration of sense-making with author, educator, and local government councillor, Leah Rampy . If you're looking for insight into what it means to live in a changing world, the importance of remembering your kinship with the Earth and how to apply this to your daily practices, listen in to this episode. As well representing her local county as a councillor and writing books,...

In this episode, I welcome Ben Moody to explore a systemic way of reversing plastic pollution - a young regenerative entrepreneur with a big vision to clean the seas. Through his innovative business, Seven Clean Seas , Ben has managed to remove over 2 million kilograms of plastic from the ocean by working with a number of countries in Asia, engaging with communities to create positive local employ...

Are you a teacher, parent or student wondering how permaculture can be related to school? Listen in to this episode, where I welcome Rebecca Leek - an educator weaving permaculture into school systems across England. Permaculture is commonly associated with gardening, but Rebecca shows how it can help our approach to education too. From producing no waste to valuing the marginal, the principles em...

Tune in to this episode with Dr Ruth Backstrom - author, facilitator and public professor - to explore why we need to rethink our democratic political systems, what a new democracy could look like and how we can make it happen. When we talk about politics, we often associated it with the 'us and them' - the distant, polarised landscape we see in the news, and in our discussions with thos...

In this episode, I welcome Eric Ressler - a digital designer helping social impact organisations myceliate their stories into the world through Design by Cosmic . If you've ever wondered about what goes into the behind-the-scenes of a social action group or wanted to start your own, this is a must-listen! As an organisation designer, Eric goes into the nitty-gritty of what the most important...

Tune in to this episode for a conversation about regenerative business with the fabulous Emily and Josh Prieto - founders of Seeds of Tao , regenerative business educators, world explorers, and homeschooling parents. It was fantastic to chat about their journey into permaculture, moving to Panama, their attraction to regenerative design and how they are applying it to business. We talk about how y...

Join me this episode for an exploration into homeschooling with permaculture author-educator-activist Lucy Legan . I've interviewed Lucy before on this podcast after the release of her book ' Planet Schooling ', a fantastic conversation about re-conceiving what education is for, how she teaches permaculture, has created living learning centres and school gardens plus her process of...

In this episode, I’m delighted to welcome Robyn Francis - my friend and true permaculture legend. Robyn has been a part of the permaculture movement since the very beginning, working closely with Bill Mollison, and is a leading international permaculture educator. She’s initiated many projects around the world such as Djanbung Gardens , the accredited permaculture design training process, Jarlanba...

In this final episode of our special 2023 Urban Agriculture series, join me as I dive into a new way of approaching change-making and sense-making with William Padilla-Brown . William is a certified permaculture designer, a citizen scientist, urban agriculturalist, mycologist, phycologist, a featured in the film Fantastic Fungi and someone I consider a public professor of mycosymbiotics. It was gr...

Join me for the 4th episode in our 2023 Urban Agriculture Month series for a deep-dive into the workings of Denver Urban Gardens with executive director, Linda Appel Lipsius . Denver Urban Gardens (DUG) began as a grassroots movement in the late 70s - when a neighbourhood came together to create a space for local women to grow their own food. Now DUG oversees more than 200 community gardens over 3...

This episode is part of the Urban Agriculture Month series, so I'm speaking to the wonderful Naomi Lacey - permaculture community gardener and president of Community Gardens Australia (an organisation I helped to start up back in 1995). She's recently returned from a 16 week research fellowship exploring national and regional community garden networks in order to bring back inspiration a...

My guest this episode of the urban agriculture series is Paul West - a legend in the gardening world - co-founder of Grow it Local with over 30,000 members around the country, and partnering with hundreds of councils to bring monthly workshops of how to grow food in your backyard! (I've been delighted to contribute sessions) Paul is an author, broadcaster, chef, surfer and master grower. You...

This month is Urban Agriculture Month, so I'm speaking with the amazing Bjorn Low - creator and director of the Edible Garden City project in Singapore. We talk about everything from the context of urban farming in Singapore to connecting with indigenous food systems and supporting small-scale, closed loop systems. A proud recipient of the 2021 President's Award for the Environment , Edi...

In this episode, I have the pleasure to chat with my dear friend and collaborator,  Christie Wilson . Christie is a clinical psychotherapist, climate activist and facilitator, working with people at the frontlines of the climate emergency. She wrote the Extinction Rebellion's Regenerative Culture Handbook , and has co-authored a recently published journal article on ' How to Become a Cli...

This particular episode has been painful to edit. I've been sitting on it for over a year. Just before I was going to share it with you in 2022, Dan Palmer passed away aged 47. It has taken me this long to pluck up the courage to revisit our conversation - and it is now with love and respect for my dear friend Dan that I release this conversation. This week his film Reading Landscape is also...

This episode, I catch up with Charlie MGee in my lounge room to chat about his latest album, Microbiome , and his journey into permaculture songwriting! Charlie is not only an amazing  permaculturalist, but also a pedagogic creative, educator award winning, songwriter extraordinaire, and a genius of sharing permaculture with the world through his music - both as a solo artist and with his band, th...