The Permaculture Vine

Hosted by Cormac Harkin

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We interview permaculture designers, practitioners and educators on how they discovered permaculture, and how they are doing in their permaculture careers and businesses.

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October 3, 20261 hr 4 min

130. Food Forest From PDC to Practice: Learning Permaculture by Doing It!

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September 26, 202649 min

130. Food Forest Design, AI Systems and Off-Grid Communities

September 18, 20261 hr 10 min

129. From Oil to Soil and Interdependence

September 14, 202659 min

128. Permaculture and Preparedness: Food, Water, Energy and Community

Lindsay Brandon joins Cormac Harkin to discuss preparedness through permaculture design, including food and water storage, energy and heat, growing at different scales, off-grid systems, redundancy, skills and community interdependence. In episode 128 of The Permaculture Vine Podcast, host Cormac Harkin was joined by Lindsay Brandon from Permaculture Canada. Lindsay joined the conversation from her […]

September 2, 202655 min

127. Digital Permaculture, Ethical IT and Open-Source Tools

Dominik Jais joins Cormac Harkin to discuss digital permaculture, ethical technology choices, open-source software, the European Permaculture Network and his permaculture homestead in Finland. In episode 127 of The Permaculture Vine Podcast, host Cormac Harkin was joined by Dominik Jais. The conversation covered Dominik’s introduction to permaculture, his diploma work, the development of his Finnish […]

August 27, 202658 min

126. Off-Grid Living, Productive Gardens and Natural Building

Steven Golemboski-Byrne joins Cormac Harkin to discuss developing an off-grid property, growing food and fuel, natural building, renewable-energy systems and permaculture gatherings in Ireland. In episode 126 of The Permaculture Vine Podcast, host Cormac Harkin was joined by Steven Golemboski-Byrne. The conversation covered Steven’s introduction to permaculture, the development of his property in County Down, […]

August 26, 20261 hr 1 min

125. School-Bus Living, Off-Grid Systems and Community Stewardship

Lindsay Brandon joins Cormac Harkin to discuss moving into a school bus, setting up off-grid systems, shared food production, land stewardship and sociocratic community agreements. https://gofund.me/a91f29dd6 In episode 125 of The Permaculture Vine Podcast, host Cormac Harkin was joined by Lindsay Brandon for a Permaculture Canada livestream covering her move from Calgary to an off-grid school […]

August 26, 20261 hr 2 min

124. Permaculture Projects, Off-Grid Living and Community Teams

Lindsay Brandon and Neal Hegarty join Cormac Harkin to discuss current design projects, school-bus living, humanure systems, Lake Atitlán and building effective teams. In episode 124 of The Permaculture Vine Podcast, host Cormac Harkin was joined by Lindsay Brandon of Permaculture Canada and Neal Hegarty from Lake Atitlán in Guatemala. The conversation covered Lindsay’s current design […]

August 16, 202658 min

123. Permaculture Design, Herbal Medicine and Building a Design Business with Maria McKenty

In this episode of The Permaculture Vine Podcast, host Cormac Harkin is joined by Maria McKenty of Permaculture Canada. Maria has been working with permaculture for more than 30 years and currently runs her own design and build company on the west coast of British Columbia. The conversation covers Maria’s introduction to permaculture, her early […]

August 14, 20261 hr 6 min

122. Permaculture Design: Water, Soil, Site Visits & AI

Permaculture Roundtable: Context, Water, Soil and Designing on the Ground In this episode of The Permaculture Vine Podcast Cormac and Graham are joined by Michael Wardle of Saviour Soil Permaculture. The conversation covered what each had been working on, permaculture design and site visits, the use of large language models, water management across different climates and soils, […]