Sense-Making in a Changing World

It is a delight to share this conversation with 18yo permaculture leader, Sierra Robinson, on the show today on International Youth Day 2020.  Sierra is an articulate and inspiring permaculture activist (practical activist = [pr]activist) and teacher from Vancouver Island, Canada. She gave a brilliant permaculture TEDx talk when she was 17yo in Seattle entitled Beyond Sustainability: A Call for Re...

Today on Sense-Making in a Changing World , I am thrilled to welcome Rosemary Morrow - a respected teacher of permaculture teachers around the world, an elder in the Permaculture movement and author of the permaculture classics, Earth Users Guide to Permaculture ,    Earth Users Guide to Teaching Permaculture   and Permaculture Teaching Matters .  Rosemary is also the cofounder of Permaculture for...

In this episode, I am joined in conversation by my dear friend Rhonda Hetzel - award-winning blogger (32 million + views) and best-selling author of Down to Earth and The Simple Home. Rhonda's blog is also called Down to Earth . You can find her on Instagram too. Rhonda and I speak about finding pleasure and purpose in a simpler way, and of being home-based. We spoke in the midst of the covid...

It is my great pleasure to welcome Fritjof Capra , my dear friend and teacher, to Sense-making in a Changing World podcast exploring the systems view of life and the links with permaculture. Two special guests join me, my 14yo daughter, Maia and 12yo Eve -two of the founders of Permayouth . I first met Fritjof in 1992 when he was teaching a residential course at Schumacher College and interviewed...

In Episode 6 of Sense-Making in a Changing World I warmly welcome you to join me in conversation with Kosha Joubert - her last interview as CEO of the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) - an organisation she has been deeply involved with for over 15 years. She has lived in ecovillages for 25 years - currently Findhorn in Scotland, previously Sieben Linden in Germany, has visited communities in 40 cou...

In Episode 5 of Sense-Making in a Changing World, I am delighted to talk with Linda Woodrow, a well-known permaculture author. Her book The Permaculture Home Garden (Penguin 1996) and regular articles have introduced many to permaculture over the past decades. She also blogs about food and permaculture here . This week, Linda is releasing her first novel, 470 - which is also the first permaculture...

In this fourth episode of Sense-making in a Changing World, I am delighted to welcome Dr David Holmgren , co-originator of permaculture to explore how permaculture can help us practically navigate these challenging times and create locally resilient communities. Grab a cuppa and enjoy this wide ranging conversation. It is always a delight to talk with David! David lives at his permaculture propert...

In this third episode of Sense-making in a Changing World, I am delighted to welcome Jason Twill ,  globally recognised pioneer in regenerative urbanism. Together we explore what a regenerative city looks like and  how we can take clear steps toward transforming our urban habitats. About Jason Twill With a career spanning over 20 years in urban development, Jason has been at the forefront of built...

In this episode of Sense-making in a Changing World, I speak with, Mariam Issa , story-teller, author, speaker, community gardener, community-builder, human rights activist and  ambassador for the Refugee Council of Australia. A few years ago I met Mariam at an Australasian Permaculture Conference where she was a keynote speaker. We've been dear friends ever since. She has come to stay with m...

In this first episode, I am joined by Acadia Tucker - new generation regenerative farmer, plant lover, author and climate activist from New Hampshire, USA . She sees small scale regenerative farming and local food growing as an act of positive change - for the health and wellbeing of families, communities, the land and earth's systems. Acadia encourages us to join the movement of Citizen Gard...

Welcome to the SENSE MAKING IN A CHANGING WORLD podcast where we explore the kind of thinking we need to navigate a positive way forward. I’m your host Morag Gamble - permaculture educator & global ambassador, filmmaker, ecovillager, Warm Data host, food forester, mother, [pr]activist & all round lover of thinking, communicating & acting regeneratively. For a long time it has been clea...