Welcome to the last interview in the Reforestation and Agroforestry series. Weāve covered so many important aspects of this topic in 10 interviews over 4 months. Iāve spoken to homesteaders regenerating cloud forests in tropical climates, tech companies with more than 20 tree planting initiatives around the world, agroforestry and […]
Welcome everyone to the first episode of a brand new season of the Abundant Edge podcast. I canāt believe Iām starting the fourth year of this little pet project that I had three years ago after I had just moved to Guatemala and was wrapping up an internship on bamboo […]
Weāve covered so many different ways to approach reforestation, both with native species and mixes of natives and orchard trees. In todayās session I wanted to focus on fruit orchards and I got to speak with the wizard behind Miracle Farms and the film, āThe Permaculture Orchardā Stefan Sobkowiak. Iāve […]
I havenāt done a special episode in a long time, in fact I havenāt done any at all this season and itās been a while since Iāve done a Regenerative Round Table since Iāve been transitioning from the farm where I lived with my colleagues in Guatemala until May of […]
Iāve talked about many different building materials through this series, but one of my all time favorites often gets overlooked because it isnāt commonly used as a structural element. Lime in all of its various forms as a plaster, paint, mortar, grout, poured floor or even in newer applications like […]
Until getting to know Daniel and his understanding of building design and healthy living, I wasnāt sure I wanted to do an episode on aircrete. Iāve focused only on natural building techniques and materials up until this point because I honestly believe that nature provides all the materials we need […]
I finally had the chance to do a follow up session with one of my favorite natural builders, April Magill. Sheās not only an accomplished architect, builder, and educator through her company āRoot Down Designā and the American College of the Building Arts, sheās also constantly experimenting with new techniques […]
In this continuation of the series of regenerative building and design, I checked in with a good friend of mine and a hero in the rocket stove and masonry heater sphere. Kirk Mobert, more commonly known as Donkey, is the founder of the Sundog school of natural building in northern […]
Continuing with this series of exploring natural building materials, design techniques and traditions, I spoke with my friend Trey Abernethy, a long-time builder and now a bamboo craftsman. For over a decade Trey worked in the industrial building trades before moving to Costa Rica where he took a bamboo building […]
