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 […]
Iāve been looking forward to speaking with my next guest for a long time now. Chris Magwood is the founder and director of the Endeavour center, which provides experiential education at the intersection of high-performance and natural building. Chris is a self proclaimed building āomnivoreā who experiments with any and […]
Weāve reached the last episode in this monthās focus on fixing the food system. In the last three weeks weāve talked about how co-op grocery stores offer real hope for transforming the supply and distribution of food by offering an alternative to the monopoly of the grocery giants. Weāve covered […]
Continuing with this monthās focus on fixing the food system, I wanted to go back to basics and discuss the practicalities and challenges of growing your own food with just a modest sized yard. I reached out to Crystal StevensĀ who is an author, an artist/art teacher, a folk herbalist, a […]
My guest today, Ziggy Liloia from āthe year of mudā has been building naturally and blogging about his experiences for a decade since he started with a small cob cottage, just over 200 sq ft at an ecovillage in Missouri back in 2008. Since then he has explored many other […]
Bread has been a passion of mine for years. Ever since we tried making it for ourselves when I worked on trail crews in the national parks Iāve been fascinated by how much better tasting home made bread is compared to the majority of whats available on supermarket shelves. I […]
Zach and I on my porch in Tzununa I donāt always have the pleasure of interviewing my guests in person but I was fortunate this time to be able to sit down with Zach Loeks, permaculture teachers and author of the book āThe Permaculture Market Gardenā last week while heās […]
today’s episode is going to be a bit unusual in that I’ll be stepping over to the other side of the microphone as my good friend and permaculture blogger Mike Vair Haley writer of the blog Permaculture Hami asked me to do an interview with him for an article. Mike […]
In this episode I talk about some of the most common myths and misconceptions about natural building and bust them. There’s a lot of first hand knowledge from my years as a designer and builder around the world, and I work to help you get better information than what’s often […]
