Permaculture Lifestyle
by Sam Sycamore
Permaculture Lifestyle aims to apply the principles and ethics of permaculture to our everyday lives -- to align our core values and our daily habits towards a more sustainable, ecologically conscious way of thinking and interacting.Join host Sam Sycamore in discussion about living intentionally, finding purpose in the modern era, and taking meaningful action to heal the world by healing ourselves.
Episodes
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Think Globally, Act Intentionally (LIVE from the Louisville Permaculture Guild)
Dig the new theme song, written and recorded by yours truly! In this special live recording from the Louisville Permaculture Guild's March meeting, I talk about my background as an ecology student, share my perspective on the three ethics of permaculture -- plus my proposed fourth ethic -- and...
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Liberation Permaculture: Make Yourself Illegible & Irrelevant
What does it mean to be illegible and irrelevant to the dominant culture of destruction and exploitation? It means reclaiming a greater sense of autonomy, a self-directed lifestyle, freedom from the rat race and the pursuit of financial capital. It means rejecting the distractions and false...
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Nature Deficit Disorder and Ecological Literacy
As a culture, we've lost our fundamental connection to the natural world. This has led to a surge in dysfunctional behavior, like attention issues, depression, anxiety, and obesity, and in general I believe that this disconnect explains a lot of the suffering that we observe in the modern era. We...
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Good Intentions vs. The Culture of No-Place
This past week, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to the underlying “intentions” found in the works of Bill Mollison, David Holmgren and Masanobu Fukuoka, particularly after reading some of Mollison’s more philosophical writings. Following permaculture’s pragmatic “top-down thinking, bottom-up...
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What is a Weed? Or, the Limits of Reductionism
There’s a lot we can learn by critically assessing our culture’s relationship with the wild world, and when we do, we come to recognize the limitations of our abilities to control our surroundings, even as we work – and we must – to learn how to be a regenerative asset to the land, instead of a...
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The Value of Voluntary Simplicity
When we discover that we truly need very little, then we are finally able to revel in the magnificent abundance of the natural world. Today on the show I explore the concept of intentional simplicity, and offer some guidance for putting this life philosophy into practice. Visit...
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Permaculture Ethics: An Introduction
Our increasingly globalized culture is in dire need of a basic moral compass that we can all agree upon. Permaculture offers one such solution. Today on the show I explore the ethics of permaculture -- earth care, people care, and fair share -- and share some ways that we can incorporate them…
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What is the Permaculture Lifestyle?
In this introductory episode of Permaculture Lifestyle, I introduce myself and explain my reasons for starting this podcast. Then I offer a sketch of what a "permaculture lifestyle" might actually look like. Visit permaculturelifestyle.com for more on lifestyle design, health and wellness,...
About this show
Permaculture Lifestyle aims to apply the principles and ethics of permaculture to our everyday lives -- to align our core values and our daily habits towards a more sustainable, ecologically conscious way of thinking and interacting.Join host Sam Sycamore in discussion about living intentionally, finding purpose in the modern era, and taking meaningful action to heal the world by healing ourselves.
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