Growing Color- How To Create Beautiful Dyes From Plants
Sustainable World Radio- Ecology and Permaculture Podcast
Release Date: 01/27/2012
Building a More Resilient World
Sustainable World Radio- Ecology and Permaculture Podcast
Lonny Grafman has worked with hundreds of communities around the globe assisting them with projects across a broad spectrum of sustainability. In this inspiring episode Lonny reflects on his decades of work and shares his knowledge and experience about how to support communities in increasing their resilience.
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The Wondrous World of Living Color
Sustainable World Radio- Ecology and Permaculture Podcast
Step into the vibrant and beautiful world of living color with natural dyer, designer, artist, and educator Sasha Duerr.
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How to Create Living Compost
Sustainable World Radio- Ecology and Permaculture Podcast
Longtime organic farmer Mark Sturges believes that when we create a better habitat for beneficial insects, we create a better habitat for ourselves. Mark is a master compost maker whose compost is filled with life. When Mark creates compost, he encourages the "whole neighborhood" to move in. The cast of characters in Mark's neighborhood are vast and include beetles, rotifers, fungi, nematodes, springtails, enchytraeids, and Beauveria bassiana- an insect "eating" fungi.
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Grow Good Food Without a Yard
Sustainable World Radio- Ecology and Permaculture Podcast
Are you excited to start a garden, but don't have a yard? In this fun and informative interview with plant lover and regenerative farmer Acadia Tucker, we learn how to start a verdant and productive container garden at home. Acadia tells us why she feels it's important to grow at least some of our own food and how this simple act can positively impact the world.
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Clothes and Climate: The Environmental Cost of Fast Fashion
Sustainable World Radio- Ecology and Permaculture Podcast
Learn how your clothing choices can change the world in this episode with writer Elizabeth Segran. Did you know that the fashion industry is responsible for 8% of global greenhouse gases? About 100 billion articles of clothing are manufactured yearly. This massive overproduction has a detrimental effect on land, waterways, and workers. Whether you’re a fashion follower or a thrift store shopper, you’ll learn about the fashion industry’s impact on the environment and how we can change our shopping hab
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Saving Medicinal Plants
Sustainable World Radio- Ecology and Permaculture Podcast
When medicinal at risk plants need help, United Plant Savers (UPS) comes to the rescue! Known as the "consciousness of the herbal products industry" because of their work with at risk medicinals, UPS staff and members have their feet on the ground and their hands in the soil protecting and growing these healing plants.
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Gardening the Permaculture Way: How to Create an Abundant Perennial Garden
Sustainable World Radio- Ecology and Permaculture Podcast
Put down that shovel and start a no-till perennial garden! Permaculture Designer Morag Gamble shares her tips about how to create an abundant and thriving organic oasis. We focus on building fertility through feeding the soil, why perennial plants are a good choice for any garden, and how to grow living mulches. Working with the principles found in nature, you can start and maintain a beautiful and healthy organic garden that benefits not only you and your family, but also the wildlife in your yard.
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Fantastic Fungi
Sustainable World Radio- Ecology and Permaculture Podcast
Louie Schwartzberg talks about his new film Fantastic Fungi that highlights the fascinating and often hidden world of the fungi beneath our feet. Louie also talks about what he's learned from his forty years of filming flowers, how pollination is the love story that feeds the earth, and why it's time to change our narrative about nature- from survival and competition to partnership, cooperation, and interconnectedness.
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Healing Earth: A Diversity of Solutions
Sustainable World Radio- Ecology and Permaculture Podcast
What if we could heal broken ecosystems, toxic landscapes, and poisoned water?
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Plant Speak
Sustainable World Radio- Ecology and Permaculture Podcast
Join us for a mind and heart expanding conversation with Dr. Monica Gagliano about her research in plant cognition and her direct experiences with the botanical world. A pioneer in the field of Plant BioAcoustics, Monica's peer-reviewed work has furthered the concept of plant sentience. Monica's experiences with plants have altered her life, her research, and are the subject of her new book, Thus Spoke the Plant.
info_outlineIn this interview, fiber and dye expert Rebecca R. Burgess shares her techniques for growing and harvesting color. Burgess talks about her favorite dye plants and the impact that chemical dyes have on the environment. Plants, minerals, and insects can yield brilliant, vibrant hues. These natural dyes produce little waste, are nontoxic, and are easy to make at home.