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Podcast 641 – Carbon Footprint – Part 1

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Paul sits down with Alan Booker to discuss climate change, and what we can do about it. Booker tends to avoid the subject due to it’s politicization, but believes the best way to affect it is to demonstrate how permaculture can improve lifestyles and make this knowledge go viral. Support the podcast on Patreon Show […]

Podcast 612 – Permaculture Smackdown 25 – Better Bootcamp Bio – Part 2

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Paul continues this week’s smackdown with Mark, Ashley, Katie, and Kyle, and moves on to reviewing his Building a Better World book, chapter 3 which is all about light bulbs, how to save energy, where to use LEDs verses incandescents, and some hazards of excessive blue light. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and […]

Podcast 610 – Building a Better World review Session 2

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Paul takes a break from editing the SKIP book to review chapter two of his Building a Better World in your Backyard book with Julia, Katie, and Mark, although they spend half the podcast talking about the upcoming Garden Master course, progress with the SKIP book, and other Kickstarter updates. Support the podcast on Patreon […]

Podcast 609 – Building a Better World review Session 1 – Part 2

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Paul sits down with Katie and Julia to do a chapter-by-chapter review of Paul’s new book – “Building a Better World in your Backyard Instead of Being Angry at Bad Guys”, covering topics such as Rocket Mass Heaters, his efforts to get celebrities to cover his work. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and […]

Podcast 608 – Building a Better World review Session 1 – Part 1

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Paul sits down with Katie and Julia to do a chapter-by-chapter review of Paul’s new book – “Building a Better World in your Backyard Instead of Being Angry at Bad Guys”, covering topics such as Rocket Mass Heaters, carbon footprints, and the growth of cancer in the modern era. Support the podcast on Patreon Show […]

Podcast 603 – Permaculture Smackdown 24 – Building a Better World Precursor – Part 2

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Paul sits down with some of his patreons (Julia, Katie, and Mark) to talk about an essay written by Derrek Jensen that became a precursor to Paul’s Building a Better World in your Backyard, with this part discussing how the presence of people that aren’t kind and good hinder the entire process. Support the podcast […]

Podcast 602 – Permaculture Smackdown 24 – Building a Better World Precurser – Part 1

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Paul sits down with Julia, Katie, and Mark to talk about an essay written by Derrek Jensen that became a precursor to Paul’s Building a Better World in your Backyard, and mostly discusses what Derrek derides in his essay, namely personal change that hopes to result in more major change. Support the podcast on Patreon […]

podcast 458 – Book Party

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The Better World Book signing party at Wheaton labs. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this podcast on this thread at Permies.

podcast 451 – BWB Mowable Meadow – Part2

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Paul and Shawn talk about the Better World Book. Paul reads from the chapter on Mowable Meadows. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this podcast on this thread at Permies. Get all of the podcasts in convenient, giant zip files

podcast 450 – BWB Mowable Meadow – Part1

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Paul and Shawn talk about the Better World Book. Paul reads from the chapter on Mowable Meadows. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this podcast on this thread at Permies. Get all of the podcasts in convenient, giant zip files podcast 450 – BWB Mowable Meadow – […]

podcast 434 – Better World Book – Vegan

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Paul has great respect for vegans. He also thinks that the current labels applied to vegans are insufficient to cover the spectrum of vegan choices. A richer vocabulary is needed to talk about food choices. Credit: Bill Crim Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this podcast on […]

podcast 430 – Otis

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Talk about the PEP program, as told through the eyes of the fictional character “Otis” who wants to find people to take over his farm. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this podcast on this thread at Permies. This podcast was made possible thanks to: Suleiman, Karrie, […]

podcast 418 – better world book – honey bees – part 2

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This is part 2 of a podcast that was made from a YouTube live broadcast. Modern bee keepers will keep all of the queens that are hatched. Bad keepers will also sell queens from colonies that have hybridized with Africanized honey bees. They will also take all of the honey away from the bees, and […]

podcast 417 – better world book – honey bees – part 1

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This is part 1 of a podcast that was made from a YouTube live broadcast. Paul and Shawn talk about honey bee care as an example of quality animal care. The complex problems of Colony Collapse Disorder have many causes. Raising bees in a way that is more aligned with their natural tendencies will keep […]

podcast 416 – better world book – recycling

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This podcast is an audio track extracted from an experimental YouTubelive broadcast. Paul Wheaton and Shawn Klassen-Koop discuss working on the BetterWorld Book that will be coming out as a Kickstarter after the first ofthe year. Paul has been posting drafts of some chapters of the book onvarious locations and forums in the permies.com site. Paul starts […]

podcast 412 – Building a better world

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Shawn has listened to most of Paul’s podcasts and heard Paul mention wanting to make a book out of his various writings. So Shawn volunteered to help him do that. Originally, they were just going to mash it all together and do a kickstarter to get it out to the public. But, after working on […]

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