How to repair the hydrological cycle of a landscape: Expert panel 7
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the seventh of the monthly expert panel discussions. As I mentioned before, each month I’...
Shane Simonsen is back to outline the refinement of his “Zero-Input” agriculture experiments
07 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s session is an interview that I’d been looking forward to doing for a while. Since last y...
Ivo Degn And Philippe Birker On The Climate Farmers Journey And Mission: Part 2
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the second part in our interview with the cofounders of Climate Farmers, an organiza...
Ivo Degn and Philippe Birker on the Climate Farmers journey and mission: Part 1
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve been listening to more than a few episodes this season, you’ll certainly have heard me...
The broad applications of the holistic management framework: Expert panel 6
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the sixth of the monthly expert panel discussions. As I mentioned before, each month I’...
Leilani Yats on the nuances and aspirations of regenerative travel
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A topic that I’ve been exploring personally for a long time is the concept of regenerative travel....
Gabe Brown on how to restore soil and ecological health on a massive scale
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of the farms that come to mind when I think of regenerative agriculture are smaller, more dive...
Sven Kallen on How to restore the dry and degraded lands of Europe
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Three weeks ago I published the episode with Tomas Viguurs on circular mushroom production here in C...
Farm economics with Mark Shepard and Michael Ableman: Expert panel 5
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the fifth of the monthly expert panel discussions. As I mentioned before, each month I’...
Zach Loeks on how to inegrate perennial plants in a market garden: Skill building call 2
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the second of the Regenerative Skill Building calls that I host with Climate Farmers, a n...
Closing the loop on gourmet mushroom production
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I’ve been making some really cool contacts here in Catalunya recently, and even though site visits...
Richard Perkins helps troubleshoot your market garden
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Get Richard's Mini Series!And all the free resources that come with it There’s two quick things...
Regenerating the biology in your soil: expert panel 4
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the fourth of the monthly expert panel discussions. As I mentioned in the past, each mont...
How to tell better stories
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I remember distinctly the time that a storyteller came to my middle school when I was in 7th grade. ...
Invest, Curate, Mend: A manifesto for our clothing
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you don’t know her from her books, Fibershed and Harvesting Color you’ll likely remember Rebe...
Investing in regeneration: how to rethink your wealth
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this show I’ve often taken a strong focus on the actions that we can all take to restore ecosys...
Exploring Regenerative Fashion: Expert panel 3
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the third of the monthly expert panel discussions. As I mentioned before, each month I’...
Step 1 in building your permaculture property: With Verge permaculture
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Let's take a look at the 1st step in the process of creating a design for building your permaculture...
The history and future of agroforestry
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With regenerative agriculture and agroforestry increasingly becoming popular topics in environmental...
How to plan and succeed with your own reforestation project
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Since last week’s episode was an expert panel discussion on agroforestry, I wanted to expand on th...
The potential of agroforestry: Expert panel 2
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the second of the monthly expert panel discussions. As I mentioned last time, each month ...
How to Make biochar enriched compost for epic veggies
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's time we take a look at How To Make Biochar Enriched Compost For Epic Veggies. A lot of what...
How to start a profitable Elderberry farm
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How To Start A Profitable Elderberry Farm. Since I first arrived in the northeast of Spain a year an...
How to build a One Rock Dam to regenerate an erosion area
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode I spoke with Van Clothier about an innovative and subtle water erosion mitigati...
The Future of Regenerative Agriculture, expert panel 1
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first edition of our monthly expert panels. This first edition starts off strong by a...
How to Create a School Garden program
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How to start a school garden program For this week’s episode I reached out to Kaci Rae Chirstop...
How to create an edible ecosystem
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Zach Loeks, author of the edible ecosystem solution have you ever wondered what the difference be...
How to Ask Better Questions for a regenerative future
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To kick of the new season of the Regenerative Skills podcast I wanted to set the tone by highlightin...
Working with nature to build soil health, with Robert Pavlis
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After last week’s session with Matt Powers, I want to add a second perspective on soil and the new...
The fascinating new science of regenerating soil, with Matt Powers, author of “regenerative soil”
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Now that I've wrapped up the series on waterway regeneration, I wanted to transition into a two epis...
Regenerating lakes and ponds with floating islands, with Bruce Kania of Floating Island International
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve covered a ton of angles to this topic already, from fixing broken water cycles on the land w...
Reviving urban waterways with floating wetlands, with Galen Fulford from Biomatrix Water
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back friends and family to this ongoing series on waterway regeneration. In the past three e...
Regenerating coral reefs with art and community, with Celia Gregory of the Marine Foundation
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back friends and family to this ongoing series on waterway regeneration. We’ve covered so ...
The massive potential in marine permaculture, with Brian Von Herzen
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing today with this ongoing series on waterway regeneration and a deep dive into marine ecosy...
Diving deep into ocean farming,with Joost Wouters of the Seaweed Company
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last month, I’ve been focusing on interviews with people who are pioneering the repair an...
How to plant the rain in drylands and beyond, with Brad Lancaster, author of the Rainwater Harvesting books
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the last handful of episodes we’ve explored permaculture earthworks for water harvesting landsc...
Making the most of your water on any farm, with Mark Shepard, Author of “Water for Any Farm”
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Since the last two episodes focused on earthworks, specifically water retention and catchment featur...
A Permaculture guide to Earth Surgery, with David “Doc Spice” Spicer
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSoKv2x4H0o Tying in perfectly with last week’s interview with...
How to install ponds, dams, and water retention features, with Zach Weiss from Elemental Ecosystems
18 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the ongoing series on waterway regeneration. Today’s interview is the second conve...
The Facts And Stories Behind Waterway Restoration, With Judith Schwartz
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As we continue into this series on waterway regeneration, I reached out to Judith Schwartz, a wonder...
How we can overcome the looming water crisis in our cities with “the Godfather of Green”Jerry Yudelson
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the second episode in this series on waterway regeneration. In this series we’ll b...
Why regenerating our oceans makes both public health and economic sense, with Dr. Enric Sala of National Geographic’s Pristine Seas Project
28 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode in a brand new series focusing on waterway regeneration. In the last fe...
Steps to food security: saving seeds, with James Ulager, author of Beginning seed saving for the home gardener
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is James Ulager, the author Beginning Seed Saving for the home gardener, and though ...
Bringing farmland back into the hands of our communities, with Ian McSweeny of The Agrarian Trust
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of the biggest challenges that I’ve heard repeatedly both in the interviews in this series on ...
Uniting women in agriculture for a regenerative food future, with Lisa Kivirist
07 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Kivirist Though this series on regenerative farming has covered a ton of different farming m...
Applying syntropic farming methods for dryland regeneration, with Jacob Evans
31 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Over the years I’ve been hearing about a new pedagogy of land management that has been gaining in ...
Restoring Spain’s degraded farmland with regenerative agroforestry, with Alfonzo Chico de Guzman, president of AlVelAl
24 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As I’m slowly becoming better connected here in Spain in the last year, one of the main projects i...
Regenerating the rainforest by growing cacao with Alejandro Solano of Choco Mashpi
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Though I’ve spoken to some great orchardists through this podcast, many of them are growing cold t...
What would agriculture look like with zero inputs? with Shane Simonsen, author of zero-input agriculture
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Though I’ve been inspired by all the amazing examples of regenerative farming through the people t...
Is permaculture still relevant to small farms and local food security? With Loren Luyendyk of Permaculture Intl.
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Permaculture has done an incredible job of raising awareness of natural land management techniques a...
Creating the tools, resources, and community for a regenerative future in farming, with Ray Milidoni of Farming Secrets
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ray Milidoni Though regenerative agriculture has made huge leaps forward in the last decade, it s...
Pioneering the urban farm revolution, with Michael Ableman, author of Farm the City
19 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Ableman Welcome back to another episode in the ongoing series on Regenerative Agriculture...
Stewarding the holistic health of a community orchard
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the past I’ve talked to quite a few orchardists and agroforestry practitioners, especially in t...
Is hemp the answer to a regenerative future for American agriculture? with Doug Fine, author of American Hemp Farmer
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I’ve been meaning to get in touch with someone who could explain to me the nebulous and exploding ...
How to restore soil and ecological health on a massive scale with regenerative agriculture, with Gabe Brown, author of from dirt to soil
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of the farms that come to mind when I think of regenerative agriculture are smaller, more dive...
Essential tools to accelerate agricultural land regeneration, with Rhamis Kent, Co-director of the Permaculture Research Institute
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is someone who has been an inspiration to me since I first began to study permacultur...
Can we make ecological agriculture mainstream by 2040? With John Kempf, author of Quality Agriculture
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back everyone to another episode in this ongoing series on regenerative agriculture. Before ...
Championing a regenerative farming revolution in Europe, with Richard Perkins, author of Regenerative Agriculture
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back everyone to this ongoing series on regenerative agriculture. Last week we kicked off wi...
Joel Salatin has hope for a post-COVID regenerative agri-culture
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today needs little introduction. Joel Salatin has been one of the most prominent voices in ...
A guide to resilient living wherever you are
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Download the free ebook below Welcome to another special episode! This week we’ll be wrapping u...
Building a more resilient life and investing in community, with Nicholas Burtner from The School of Permaculture
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest, NIcholas Burtner, is a permaculture designer, consultant and educator through his o...
How to build resilience in your life in a rapidly changing world, with Ben Falk of Whole Systems Design
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is someone I’ve followed and looked up to since I first began to learn about permac...
From Manhattan to the Redwood Forest. An inner journey of rewilding, with Ayana Young of “For the Wild”
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this ongoing series on homesteading I’ve talked to a lot of people who’ve given us really pra...
Permaculture Homesteading in Nepal: A Story of Community Connection, with Zac Barton of Almost Heaven Farms
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing with our ongoing series on homesteading I wanted to talk to someone with a bit more of a ...
How to produce fresh food year-round, even in cold climates! With Pam Dawling, author of “The Year-Round Hoop House”
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the first half of this interview I spoke with Pam Dawling, the author of “The Year-Round Hoop H...
Creative ideas for building your homestead on a budget, with John Moody
13 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode in this ongoing series on homesteading. In this session I reached out to ...
Is it Realistic to Produce All Your Own Food? with Deborah Niemann, author of “Homegrown and Handmade”
06 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing with this ongoing series on homesteading, I reached out to Deborah Niemann, the author of...
Essential things to consider when making the shift to a homesteading lifestyle, with Natalie Bogwalker of Wild Abundance
28 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the past I’ve done a lot of episodes focusing on specific skills and enterprises that people in...
11 Inspiring Examples to Give You Hope That the World’s Forests can be Regenerated
21 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After 11 interviews with experts on native reforestation, holistic orchard management, water retenti...
how to grow a mature Native forest in just a few years, with afforestt founder Shubhendu Sharma: 146
14 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the last interview in the Reforestation and Agroforestry series. We’ve covered so many ...
Mark Shepard on how to make the most of your water on any farm
07 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome everyone to the first episode of a brand new season of the Abundant Edge podcast. I can’t ...
Checking in with Granja Tz’ikin and the season finale, with Neal Hegarty: 144
27 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Here we are! The end of 2019 and season three of this podcast. For those of you who’ve been follow...
Turn your orchard into a resilient ecosystem with these steps! From Stefan Sobkowiak of Miracle Farms: 143
20 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve covered so many different ways to approach reforestation, both with native species and mixes...
Why forests are key to the future of agriculture, with Darren Doherty, co-author of the Regrarian’s Handbook: 142
13 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The last time I caught up with Darren Doherty for this podcast was back in season two. We talked a l...
Even the driest deserts can be regenerated. Here’s how! With Neal Spackman of the Al Baydha project: 141
06 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I had the pleasure of catching up again with Neal Spackman, one of the primary designers and organiz...
A strategy for a global shift to perennial agriculture, with Professor Peter Kahn from Rutgers University: 140
29 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In all the research I’ve been doing for this ongoing series on reforestation and agroforestry I’...
How your web searches can help reforest the world, with Pieter Van Midwoud, lead tree planting officer at Ecosia: 139
22 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing with this series on reforestation and agroforestry, I got the chance to speak with Pieter...
Alley cropping as a remedy for slash and burn agriculture with James Potter from the Indga Foundation: 138
15 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The first three interviews in this ongoing series on reforestation and agroforestry have highlighted...
Restoring degraded land to agro-cloud-forest with Kristen Krash of Sueño de Vida: 137
08 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I was first introduced to Kristen Krash through Atulya Bingham, the well known author and natural bu...
Regenerating native forests on a large scale with Alex Kronick of Caoba Farms: 136
01 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I’ve been so fortunate to get to speak directly with so many people who have created incredible ex...
Restoring Native cloud forest in southern Mexico, with Jairo Rodriguez of Teyoapa Farms:
25 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-lAJKPsQ0U&t=6s Today I’m going to kick off a new series foc...
Voices of natural and alternative building, an Abundant Edge special episode
18 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I haven’t done a special episode in a long time, in fact I haven’t done any at all this season a...
Meet the team that’s making cob legal, an interview with members of the Cob Research Institute: 133
11 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is very important in that there’s a limited window of time for those of you, esp...
The essential guide to lime. Plasters, paints and cretes, with Aulya Bingham from “The Mud Home”
04 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I’ve talked about many different building materials through this series, but one of my all time fa...
Benito Steen of “The Nito Project” on exploring new natural building techniques and teaching around the world: 131
27 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest, Benito Steen is one of the people that I’ve most had requested from you listeners...
The best options for home scale renewable energy with Dan Chiras, author of “The Homeowner’s Guide to Renewable Energy: 130
20 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’re now well into this on-going series on natural building and design, and we’ve covered bambo...
Does aircrete have a place in natural building and regenerative living? With Daniel Allen of Tiny Giant Life: 129
13 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Until getting to know Daniel and his understanding of building design and healthy living, I wasn’t...
Limecrete and renovating old homes with natural materials, with April Magill of RootDown Design: 128
06 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I finally had the chance to do a follow up session with one of my favorite natural builders, April M...
The architecture of healthy communities and designing for connection, with Mark Lakeman of Communitecture: 127
30 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As I continue to explore the topics of natural building and ecological design in this ongoing series...
The most efficient stoves in the world and how to make them, with Kirk “Donkey” Mobert of Sundog School of Natural Building: 126
23 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this continuation of the series of regenerative building and design, I checked in with a good fri...
The incredible potential of bamboo and building design for the tropics, with Trey Abernethy of “Natural Building Costa Rica:” 125
16 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing with this series of exploring natural building materials, design techniques and tradition...
Everything you need to know to get your natural building off the ground, with Chris Magwood, founder of the Endeavour Center: 124
09 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I’ve been looking forward to speaking with my next guest for a long time now. Chris Magwood is the...
Designing regenerative landscapes for wildfire ecologies, with Erik Ohlsen, founder of Permaculture Artisans: 123
02 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re back with Erik Ohlsen, founder of both Permaculture Artisans, one of the preeminent ec...
regenerating nature in the Arctic circle and the shortcomings of permaculture with Moli “The Permaculture Viking:” 122
26 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s conversation was recorded back in the last few weeks before I left Guatemala when I had a ...
Pioneering ecological design in the tropics with Scott Gallant of Porvenir Design: 121
19 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the last few episodes I’ve spoken to a number of designers and business advisors who’ve speci...
Unlocking your true potential in regenerative business with Pete Widin of The Epic Eco Designer: 119
05 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As I continue to explore the myriad options that exist for profitable regenerative work, I keep comi...
Leveraging the block chain and decentralization for environmental regeneration with Gregory Landua of Regen Network: 118
28 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Building on the theme of profitable ecosystem regeneration, I spoke to Gregory Landua, CEO and co-fo...
Running a professional ecological design company, with Daniel Halsey of Southwoods Ecosystem Ecological Design: 117
21 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most common concerns I hear from the regenerative community is how someone could make a g...
Can eating meat be ethical and good for the environment? With Meredith Leigh, author of “The Ethical Meat Handbook:” 116
14 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve reached the last episode in this month’s focus on fixing the food system. In the last thre...
The joys and realities of growing your own food at home, with Crystal Stevens, author of “Your Edible Yard:” 115
07 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing with this month’s focus on fixing the food system, I wanted to go back to basics and di...