Creative Destruction - Honest Conversations About Farming, Business, And Life

Toby Hemenway joins me to talk permaculture - how permaculture has changed and how we can work more permaculture into our lives.Toby also talks about being one of instructors for the new Ecological Landscaper Immersion Program that is being put on by the Erik Ohlsen and the Permaculture Skills Center. Key TakeawaysIt really benefits anyone in almost any field to be able to think in whole systems. Someone who embraces permaculture can do a lot more than teach and design property. Apply permaculture techniques and principles to what you do. Find good mentors. Many people want to help others. You just have to ask.Some standard economic training is good. You can get a great toolkit and then apply it however you want. Standard training is a tool, a means to an end if you goal is ecological design. Catch kids while thinking in whole systems. Before they are trained out of it into compartmentalized thinking.Starting with soil fertility and building organic matter is a good idea. It is almost a universal panacea alon