[Pil-pc-oceania] some permaculture themed radio shows

Fri Feb 2 19:20:19 EST 2007

I just uploaded several radio shows, most with permaculture and/or peak 
oil themes:
http://www.energybulletin.net/25560.html

hope they're of interest :) adam

*Food Fight: 100 Million Farmers: Sharon Astyk interview 
<http://www.radio4all.net/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=21577&nav=&>*
/Why peak oil will force us back to the land, and why that might be a 
good thing./
*Summary:* Farmer, mother, peak oil activist, and co-author of the 
forthcoming book with the working title, /A Nation of Farmers/, Sharon 
Astyk on why we're going to have to re-ruralize after peak oil.
*Notes:* Sharon talks about her discovery of peak oil back in the 
mid-nineties, and how that led her to a life of farming -- and why that 
hasn't been a bad thing for her, escaping the 'voluntary quadriplegia' 
and long hours of office day jobs. Sharon argues that peak oil demands a 
rapid shift of people back to farming, and that won't have to be a bad 
thing for the rest of us either.

Her blog:
casaubonsbook.blogspot.com/ <http://casaubonsbook.blogspot.com/>

(Listen... 
<http://www.radio4all.net/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=21577&nav=&>)

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*Food Fight: Until you change the way money works, you change nothing. 
<http://www.radio4all.net/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=21580&nav=&>* 

/Richard Douthwaite on how the debt-based money system is at the root of 
dysfunctional growth./
*Summary:* How is money created? What is the connection between our 
money creation system and the oxymoronic obsession of 'sustainable 
economic growth' on a finite planet?
*Notes:* From The Wilderness founder Mike Ruppert has said, "until we 
change the way money works, we change nothing." What could that mean? It 
turns out that our monetary system works on a very particular model, one 
with some very significant consequences.

'Recovering economist' Richard Douthwaite, author of /Growth Illusion, 
Short Circuit/ and /The Ecology of Money/, explained to me how the 
private banking, debt-based monetary system -- the basis of national 
currency systems -- leads to the desperate need for economic growth; 
economic growth which is at suicidal odds with the planet's finite 
resources. The mechanics of this system are so simple it's almost 
incredible. Listen to this interview and be the first on your block to 
begin to 'get it'.

If the money system needs growth, and peak oil and gas imply the end of 
growth as we know it, is economic collapse avoidable? Richard says 
probably not, and unless new models are adopted, the monetary 
dysfunction could last for decades. A new Great Depression.

However, in this context, alternatives might be adopted -- currency 
systems which economies to contract smoothly, and focus on environmental 
and social goals. Richard has developed alternative monetary models for 
this global soft landing, including the global EBCU concept.

See:
www.gaianeconomics.org/ebcu.htm <http://www.gaianeconomics.org/ebcu.htm>
www.feasta.org <http://www.feasta.org>

Absolutely nothing about food in this edition...

(Listen... 
<http://www.radio4all.net/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=21580&nav=&>)

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*Food Fight: What will we eat as the oil runs out? 
<http://www.radio4all.net/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=21579&nav=&>* 

*Summary:* Richard Douthwaite reflects on the 2005 conference /Oil 
Security in an Energy Scarce World: What Will We Eat as the Oil Runs Out?/
*Notes:* Richard Douthwaite is author of /Growth Illusion, Short 
Circuit/ and /The Ecology of Money/, and a founder of FEASTA, the 
Foundation of the Economics of Sustainability. The conference took place 
in Dublin in June 2005 and tackled one of the most important and 
troubling questions of our times, given imminent peak oil, and the 
fossil fuel dependency of the food system: What Will We Eat as the Oil 
Runs Out?

Conference info: www.feasta.org/food <http://www.feasta.org/food>

Multimedia files of the conference are being produced, some available now:
www.feasta.org/events/foodconf/foodconf_media.htm 
<http://www.feasta.org/events/foodconf/foodconf_media.htm>

(Listen... 
<http://www.radio4all.net/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=21579&nav=&>)

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*Food Fight: Peak oil and permaculture in Cuba 
<http://www.radio4all.net/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=21578&nav=&>* 

/Interview with permaculturist Pamela Morgan/
*Summary:* Pamela Morgan spent 5 years in Cuba during the 'Special 
Period' of food and energy crises following the collapse of the Soviet 
Union.
*Notes:* I interviewed Pamela in the food garden of the Collingwood 
Childrens' Farm in Melbourne, Australia. Pamela was largely responsible 
for establishing this beautiful urban oasis back in the 1970s. In her 
time in Cuba she was involved in a number of urban agriculture projects 
and in this interview she reflects on these and aspects of the Cuban 
society which helped people through the harsh times following the 
collapse of the Soviet Union. Cuba suffered an artificial 'peak oil' as 
documented in the film /The Power of Communty: How Cuba Survived Peak 
Oil/ (www.communitysolution.org/cuba 
<http://www.communitysolution.org/cuba>)

(Listen... 
<http://www.radio4all.net/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=21578&nav=&>)

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*Food Fight: Biogas and Dream Farms 
<http://www.radio4all.net/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=21581&nav=&>* 

/Interview with environmental consultant Tom Duncan/
*Summary:* Biogas digestors provide compost and cooking fuel to millions 
of people in India and China from food and animal waste. They've now 
been integrated into elegant integrated farming systems developed by 
George Chan and dubbed the 'Dream Farm' by Mae Wan Ho.
*Notes:*
'What could possibly bring more joy and prosperity than a great big pile 
of compost?' I hear you ask. Answer: biogas digesters. Integrate them 
into a farming system with ducks, fish, lifestock, a variety of crops, 
mushrooms, and humans and you have a remarkable component in polyculture 
agriculture systems, Revolutionary. Tom talks about his work with 'Dream 
Farm' visionary George Chan.

Ecoplan, Tom's consultancy:
www.ecoplan.net.au/ <http://www.ecoplan.net.au/>

Mae Wan Ho's Institute of Science in Society, promoters of the Dream 
Farm concept:
www.i-sis.org.uk <http://www.i-sis.org.uk>

A workshop on DIY biogas with professor Lu Aye. Great intro to the technics:
tinyurl.com/lseoq <http://tinyurl.com/lseoq>

(Listen... 
<http://www.radio4all.net/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=21581&nav=&>)

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*Food Fight: The Salvation of Suburbia 
<http://www.radio4all.net/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=21582&nav=&>* 

/Renters rights to grow food, peak oil in the suburbs, the permablitz 
concept/
*Summary:* My friends Cat, Adrian and Dan faced eviction from their 
rental house for growing their own food, but turned it into a chance to 
celebrate their efforts. This story is also about psychological and 
practical responses to preparing for peak oil and potential food shortages.
*Notes:* There is hope for suburbia in a post-oil-peak world, as these 
renters proved, creating an extremely productive intensive permaculture 
garden in their backyard. They also organise food producing backyard 
garden makeover days (or 'permablitzes') to help bring people together 
and rapidly prepare for backyard food production and share skills.

This was recorded mid last year, the Thomas street share house is no 
longer, but the permablitz concept lives on...

Links:
www.permaculturesolutions.com.au/thomasstreet/ 
<http://www.permaculturesolutions.com.au/thomasstreet/>
www.permablitz.net <http://www.permablitz.net>
www.eatthesuburbs.org <http://www.eatthesuburbs.org>

(Listen... 
<http://www.radio4all.net/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=21582&nav=&>)

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