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Permaculture

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Ben Law on the way of the woodsman

Welcome to a special episode edition of this ongoing series focusing on tree planting and agroforestry. Often when we think about agroforestry we think first about food. Orchards of fruit and nut crops are certainly an important aspect of agroforestry, but so is the responsible harvesting and care for woodlands […]

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Community building

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Meet the team that’s making cob legal, an interview with members of the Cob Research Institute: 133

Todayā€™s episode is very important in that thereā€™s a limited window of time for those of you, especially in the USA who care about natural building and want to see cob and other natural building materials legalized and approved by building authorities to help this happen. An incredible opportunity is […]

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Interviews

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Benito Steen of “The Nito Project” on exploring new natural building techniques and teaching around the world: 131

Todayā€™s guest, Benito Steen is one of the people that Iā€™ve most had requested from you listeners to do an interview with, in large part because of the success of his YouTube channel called ā€œThe Nito Projectā€ where he works with his younger brother Panther to make beautiful educational videos […]

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regenerative design

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The best options for home scale renewable energy with Dan Chiras, author of “The Homeowner’s Guide to Renewable Energy: 130

Weā€™re now well into this on-going series on natural building and design, and weā€™ve covered bamboo building, rocket stoves, design at the building and community levels, and so much more already. One of the biggest topics that I havenā€™t yet explored on this podcast and has always interested me is […]

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myth busting

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Limecrete and renovating old homes with natural materials, with April Magill of RootDown Design: 128

I finally had the chance to do a follow up session with one of my favorite natural builders, April Magill. Sheā€™s not only an accomplished architect, builder, and educator through her company ā€œRoot Down Designā€ and the American College of the Building Arts, sheā€™s also constantly experimenting with new techniques […]

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bamboo

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The incredible potential of bamboo and building design for the tropics, with Trey Abernethy of “Natural Building Costa Rica:” 125

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 […]

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Everything you need to know to get your natural building off the ground, with Chris Magwood, founder of the Endeavour Center: 124

Iā€™ve 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 ā€œomnivoreā€ who experiments with any and […]