The permaculture guide to earth surgery, with David “Doc Spice” Spicer
I spoke with David Spicer, affectionately known as Doc Spice, an accomplished permaculture designer who has specialized in earthworks installation. Having taught and worked on various projects extensi...
16 Aug 202449min
The essentials of rainwater harvesting, with Rob Avis
In keeping with the theme of water regeneration this month I spoke to Rob Avis, the co-author along with Michelle Avis of their book in the New Society Essentials series called Rain Water Harvesting. ...
8 Aug 202446min
How to plant the rain in drylands and beyond, with Brad Lancaster
If at any point you’ve been interested in water harvesting in dryland contexts, it’s almost impossible that you’ve missed Brad Lancaster’s work. His pioneering activities and projects in Tucson, AZ h...
26 Jul 20241h 1min
Repairing eroded and incised waterways, with Van Clothier
In today’s episode I spoke with Van Clothier about an innovative and subtle water erosion mitigation technique, and how to build a one rock dam. I know this might seem oddly specific, but after an int...
19 Jul 202424min
Regenerating lakes and ponds with floating islands, with Bruce Kania
I had done one other episode in the past on the topic of floating wetlands that I’d like to revisit today as we continue with this series on regenerative water solutions. In today’s episode I got to ...
12 Jul 202456min
Reviving urban waterways with floating wetlands, with Galen Fulford
Today we’re going to take a look at fresh water systems and specifically, how to decontaminate them through biological methods. Some of you may remember an interview I did with Tom Duncan about his ...
5 Jul 202457min
Successful design and construction of wetlands, with Tom Biebighauser
One of the most crucial natural environments for the health and stability of landscape hydrology are wetlands. They also usually happen to be areas of the highest density of wildlife and biodiversity ...
28 Jun 20241h 37min
The story of soil through a microscope, with Isadora Schmidt
Continuing with my series highlighting badass local people around my community here in Spain, I was really pleased to be able to share this conversation that I had with a new close friend of mine and ...
21 Jun 20241h 1min
