Weāre now well into this on-going series on natural building and design, and weāve covered bamboo building, rocket stoves, design at the building and community levels, and so much more already. One of the biggest topics that I havenāt yet explored on this podcast and has always interested me is […]
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 […]
As I continue to explore the topics of natural building and ecological design in this ongoing series, I had the pleasure of speaking again with Mark Lakeman. Mark has been a big inspiration to me through the architectural work heās done at the community level, and in exploring what it […]
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 […]
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 […]
Today weāre back with Erik Ohlsen, founder of both Permaculture Artisans, one of the preeminent ecological landscaping companies in the US, and the Permaculture Skills center a vocational training school that offers advanced education in ecological design, landscaping, farming, and land stewardship. Erik is also the author of several books […]
Todayās conversation was recorded back in the last few weeks before I left Guatemala when I had a chance to sit down with my good friend and fellow permaculture educator, Mordur Gāott, but we all call him Moli.MƶrĆ°ur or Moli is a permaculture pioneer in Iceland who has been travelling […]
In the last few episodes Iāve spoken to a number of designers and business advisors whoāve specialized in regenerative business planning and ecological work, and todayās guest many of you may remember from the very early days of this podcast. In this episode I had the pleasure of talking with […]
