I was first introduced to Kristen Krash through Atulya Bingham, the well known author and natural builder whoās been on this show a few time. She told me about this incredible little project in Ecuador focused on regenerating the native cloud forest and off-grid living, and that I had to […]
Iāve been so fortunate to get to speak directly with so many people who have created incredible examples of permaculture abundance and ecological health and resilience through this podcast, and though Iāve also gotten to visit many permaculture projects and practitioners, many of the ones Iāve seen in person are […]
Today Iām going to kick off a new series focusing on reforestation and agroforestry. Iāve been motivated to return to this subject as it seems to be unusually pressing these days. The wild fires in the western USA and in the Amazon rainforest are not only destructive to those regions […]
One of the most common concerns I hear from the regenerative community is how someone could make a good living while working directly on projects that regenerate our planet. While there are many different ways to do this, it seems that the dominant narrative in business tells us that the […]
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 […]
In continuing this monthās focus on fixing the food system I had the pleasure of speaking to a personal hero of mine, Sean Sherman, author of the āThe Sioux Chef.ā Sean has been the recipient of a First Peoples Fund Fellowship, the Bush Foundation Fellowship, National Centerās 2018 First American […]
Welcome back to the regenerative round table. Today Neal and Oliver are joined by “Bamboo” Charlie Rendall, natural builder and founder of Return to the Forest as we talk in depth about new developments and progress on the Abundant Edge farm (aka Finca Tz’ikin). We recently had a new drainage […]
In my focus and passion for designing beautiful, functional and holistic buildings and landscapes, itās easy to get caught up in the macro and forget the micro, or to put it another way, for as important as the big picture is, the interactions at the ground level and the beauty […]
Here we are once again to talk about the progress, projects and challenges of building the Abundant Edge homestead. On this episode Neal and I are also joined by our good friend Tim Reher. Owner of Shangrila Coffee Roasters in San Marcos just one town over from us here on […]
