726: Rosemary Morrow on the Earth Restorer’s Guide to Permaculture, Part 2.
Restoring Planetary Health and Rebuilding After an Impact.
In This Podcast:
This is the second part of Greg’s interview with Rosemary Morrow, a member of the first generation of what we now call the Permaculture Movement. We reached out to some of our friends in the permaculture community and asked, “If you could talk to Rowe, what would you ask her?” Learn more about Rosemary’s decades of experience teaching permaculture all over the world as she discusses the answers to these thought-provoking questions.
Editor’s Note:
This is Part 2 of this special two-part episode. Click HERE to go to Part 1.
Our Guest:
Rosemary Morrow is a permaculture teacher, author, speaker, and agricultural scientist. She has spent decades travelling the world designing healthy living systems and applying permaculture as a practice to restore our planetary health. She has worked locally across Australia as well as globally with farmers and villagers in Africa, Central and Southeast Asia; people of war-torn nations such as Vietnam and Afghanistan; and communities experiencing the serious effects of climate change like the Solomon Islands. Rosemary’s latest book, Earth Restorer’s Guide to Permaculture, brings together 40 years of evidence-based approaches to guide us towards the regeneration of our Earth. Endorsed by the United Nations as a tool for their Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, this book shares how communities, cities, workplaces, and governments can collectively and positively shape our futures.
Editor’s Note:
This is Part 2 of this special two-part episode. Click HERE to go to Part 1.
Questions for Rosemary:
- How can we get the permaculture movement to be more mainstream for the masses and share in the positive impacts?
- How do you keep yourself motivated when so many people don’t participate in Earth Care?
- If you could ask each homeowner in America to do one thing to enhance yard in a permaculture way, what would that be?
- What is the key way to involve women in permaculture?
- How do we keep people engaged and moving forward with the permaculture conversation after they graduate from a permaculture design course?
- How do we keep up permaculture practices in our spaces as we get older?
- How can we influence local businesses or local municipalities to take a larger part in the permaculture system?
- What have you learned about permaculture and rebuilding in a post-disaster zone?
Books written by Rosemary:
Earth Restorer’s Guide to Permaculture
Rosemary’s Book recommendations:
A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
Biodiversity by E.O. Wilson
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankel
How to reach Rosemary:
Website: melliodora.com bluemountainspermacultureinstitute.org.au
UrbanFarm.org/Rowe
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