In this episode Dan Palmer from Making Permaculture Stronger enjoys a wide-ranging conversation with Darren J. Doherty from Regrarians.org. Darren and Dan explore:
- Darren’s 25-year journey with design process including:
- how he got started
- key influences along the way
- key realisations along the way
- The Regrarians Works Pattern and the Regrarians Platform
- The current state and trajectory of permaculture including why good people so often seem to leave
- The relationship of Darren and the Regrarians approach to permaculture
- much else, including the new 10 week REX® Online Farm Planning Program (that Dan is looking forward to participating in as a student)
We really hope you enjoy the episode, and please do leave a comment sharing any feedback or reflections below…
Dan and Darren recording this episode last week in Bendigo, Australia
Oh yes, one more thing – during the closing comments at the episode’s end, Dan refers to this video clip:
Dan Palmer has been studying and practicing permaculture for a little over ten years. Along the way he helped start the now global permablitz movement, a well-respected permaculture design, implementation and education company, and several overseas permaculture projects in India and Africa. He has taught or co-taught perhaps a dozen permaculture design certificate courses, read and written a lot about permaculture, and learned from many senior designers and teachers within permaculture and in related fields. In the last year he has started running what he calls Advanced Permaculture Design courses, in which he gets to work with folks that already have some training and experience in permaculture (and want to take it to the next level). He also continues to design, with several hundred professional design projects behind him.
Tags: building resilient societies, permaculture, permaculture design
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