95: Larry Santoyo on Permaculture Design
Larry has been a teacher and practitioner of Permaculture Design for the last 28 years. After a career in law enforcement, Santoyo went onto land use planning and was mentored by Permaculture’s founding father, Bill Mollison. Santoyo went on to teach Permaculture with Mollison around the US and Australia. He has taught environmental design at colleges and universities nationwide, including UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, Evergreen College, CSU Northridge, and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He is also the Senior Designer at Earthflow Designs of Los Angeles, one of the largest Permaculture companies in the world. The firm specializes in planning and design that integrates economic development strategies with ecological systems management in residential, commercial and municipal projects.
Larry is Vice President of The Permaculture Institute and a recipient of Permaculture Diploma in the fields of education, community development, site design, community service and research.
Listen in to learn why permaculture design is NOT about designing gardens and why, according to Larry, the garden only a metaphor for permaculture.
Books mentioned:
Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual
Where can you find Larry?
Earthflow Design
PermacultureAcademy.com
Meetup
Facebook
Instagram
Pinterest
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