An Abundant Future With Matt Powers

Get the BEST Seed Possible! Key TakeAways: - Select Seed from the Best Plants in the Worst Soils or Conditions - Select Seed from the Earliest Plants and Save Them Separately - Use Disease & Pests to Increase Disease & Pest Resistance - Be a Rough and Messy Seed Saver Learn more about Seed Saving with an online course on permaculture that features seed to table to preservation lessons: http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/course-signup/the-permaculture-student-online-course

Tigre Pickett and Matt Powers discuss a diversity of topics under the great umbrella tent of Rewilding. Relationships, parenting, health, and more are the mix! Learn more about Tigre & Lola's work here: https://wildplayground.com

Click Here: http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/course-signup/permaculture-gardening-with-matt-powers Have you followed all the organic gardening advice out there that you can find and are you still not seeing the kind of results you’re looking?  I was there - I wanted a giant garden so I could stop paying huge sums of money for organic food and still provide safe food for my family (my wife is a 3 time cancer survivor and we have two young boys and I was just a substitute teacher at that point - so this HAD to work for me). The deer, wild pigs, ground squirrels, the dead dirt, the drought, the heat. It was all so extreme in the Central Valley of California that most people thought it was impossible to garden there unless you spent more money and time than it was worth. I didn’t have money - I had the ability to research, study, and test the most cutting edge and advanced gardening techniques though - I had access to land and the internet. There are many amazing techniques, methodologies, and disciplines

Have you ever thought about the magnitude of the Climate Change problem? How many people there are now? How little there is left of pristine nature? Has it ever just eaten up your hope? It’ll ruin your day - it could ruin a week, a month, your everyday - your island might be washing away, BUT the power, rapidity, and awe inspiring capabilities of nature will always inspire those of us willing to observe. HOPE is a product of Observation, research, practice, and reflection. We feel hope when we see a positive future for ourselves and our communities. HOPE is a product of Observation, Research, Practice, and Reflection. We feel hope when we see a positive future for ourselves and our communities.  - Observe Nature - Look at how the ruins of Detroit has been reclaimed by nature. - Research the Power of Nature - The Loess Plateau, Geoff Lawton’s Greening the Desert, Al Baydha Project, & NanoClay. Fungi can eat cigarette butts, Mealworms eat styrofoam, Bacteria eat crude oil, and so much more. - Practice Work

Have you ever wished we could easily recycle styrofoam? Have you ever wondered if there's more than red wigglers to the vermicomposting picture? Join us in a conversation with Hawaii's Eddy Garcia talking about turning surfboards into vegetables, solving pollution, and learning from Mother Nature. Learn more about Eddy's work here: http://livingearthsystems.com Photo Credit: Eddy Garcia 2016

This is the first time running through the 5 Steps to an Abundant Future in front of an audience & with local representatives of the 5 Steps speaking as well. It was AWESOME!! Huge thanks to Frank Golbeck & Golden Coast Mead for hosting this event. The 5 Steps to an Abundant Future 1. Build Soil 2. Grow Forests 3. Restore the Oceans & all Water 4. Restore Biodiversity 5. Rewild Human Culture Do you want to setup one of these in your area? Contact us: Matt@ThePermacultureStudent.com

Have you ever wanted to quit your day job? I SURE DID. My job was unsustainable even though I was tenured and head of the English Dept - I still didn't earn enough for rent in our area! Watch the video to learn how I quit my job with confidence & join us in the journey to help you to do the same: http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/course-signup/regenerative-entrepreneurs-educators-the-online-course-with-matt-powers

Does this episode feel like it's addressed to you? Well, sit down and get a pen and paper out. - Write it all Down - All your ideas - Prioritize them down to the Top 3 - Write down the Steps to Success - Write DownWhat Can be Done Today Evolve this into a daily reflection on your goals, projects, steps, daily to do, research to do, and brainstorming work. Make time for time... and join Regenerative Entrepreneurs & Educators: Alignment & Best Practices this Sunday: http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/course-signup/regenerative-entrepreneurs-educators-the-online-course-with-matt-powers

How do we make Lasting Change? In our own lives? In our backyards? It's all about adopting new patterns...

What IF? HOW? With ReWilding, Permaculture, & More Regenerative Practices, we CAN ALL DO THIS!! Adopt the NEW - Abandon the OLD. Join in the Regeneration!! http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/course-signup/regenerative-entrepreneurs-educators-the-online-course-with-matt-powers

Are you wanting to start your own regenerative business? 1. Follow Your Passion 2. Respond to a Need 3. Alignment You can help regenerate the planet in your local area and beyond - start today!http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/course-signup/regenerative-entrepreneurs-educators-the-online-course-with-matt-powers

Matt Powers is joined by Justin Bithel of Orange County California to talk about how bees can solve climate change & how we need to make it easier for everyone to work with bees. His amazing hive can be constructed without glue, nails, or screws. It's marine-quality wood too! Check out his hives here: https://www.abundantgardens.org/shop/ Discount code is in the podcast (listen close!) Watch my 5 Year old build a Top Bar Hive without directions! https://vimeo.com/179356673

Truly an inspiration to all those concerned over the loss of biodiversity in our food, Brad Gates is generating new tomato varieties at the rate of 3 per year, and he's now teaching others how to follow in his footsteps. Hear about how his tomatoes are superior when it comes to disease and pest resistance - learn why! We can breed new varieties of all sorts of plants. It's fun and easy. Join us in an enlightening and fascinating conversation with Brad Gates, the Tomato Guru. His main page: http://wildboarfarms.com Here are the GameChanger Tomatoes that started Brad Gates out!! The Porkchop: http://wildboarfarms.com/product/pork-chop/ The Black & Brown Boar: http://wildboarfarms.com/product/black-brown-boar/ Berkeley Tie Dye: http://wildboarfarms.com/product/berkeley-tie-dye/ and one of my favorites - Black Beauty: http://wildboarfarms.com/product/black-beauty/

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This episode Matt interviews Pascal Baudar, the Foraging Alchemist, about where it all started, his new book, his beer methodology, eating invasive to support natives, and more. Learn more about & from Pascal on his Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pascal.baudar?fref=nf Pascal on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pascalbaudar/ His main website (which is due for a update) http://www.urbanoutdoorskills.com

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Is investing a regenerative future possible in our current system? What if was? What if were just about connecting the audience with the potential market? Learn more about Propagate Ventures: http://www.propagateventures.com

Miracle Farm (Stefan's Farm): http://miracle.farm The Permaculture Orchard, the Movie: http://www.permacultureorchard.com Described in the podcast - Phases of Abundance: https://permaculturenews.org/2009/02/09/phases-of-abundance/

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