Permaculture Pioneer: Geoff Lawton Interview

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
  • Growing Good Business Series: Geoff Lawton is a world-renowned permaculture consultant, designer and teacher. He first took his Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course in 1983 with Bill Mollison, widely considered the “father of permaculture.” Geoff has undertaken thousands of jobs teaching, consulting, designing, administering and implementing, in 6 continents and over 50 countries around the world.
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Комментарии • 27

  • @TheWeedyGarden
    @TheWeedyGarden 3 года назад +2

    Geoff is such a nice gentleman. He has taught me so much and I love when he visits The Weedy Garden.

  • @pthomasgarcia
    @pthomasgarcia 5 лет назад +12

    The short documentary "Greening the Desert" changed my life.

  • @sharifhussein5747
    @sharifhussein5747 3 года назад +2

    I bought permaculture idea from Geoff.
    Thanks mate for the inspiration you so share every other day.
    You're a living legend.

  • @joecrablone286
    @joecrablone286 5 лет назад +11

    Great interview with a right legend.

  • @Permisiepl
    @Permisiepl 5 лет назад +8

    Excellent interview - meaningful questions, informative and encouraging answers. On top of that very optimistic. Thank you both.

  • @renatamm1960
    @renatamm1960 5 лет назад +3

    Respect! So much Respect for both of you!
    Dear Geoff, I believe courage is contageous, and I dare say, I think you are guilt of encouraging a lot of good people around the world!
    Thank you for your work and for sharing!!

  • @francoisroland01
    @francoisroland01 2 года назад

    Hi the Verge team, I finished my PDC last year and I’m redoing it because it was so rich that I couldn’t absorb the whole stuff at once and finding this video was really a good surprise! It’s dense and precise! Thanks for interviewing Geoff, that was a good one!

  • @IsabelleBarsalo
    @IsabelleBarsalo 5 лет назад +4

    Very interesting!

  • @amyjones2490
    @amyjones2490 5 лет назад +4

    So inspiring

  • @jhosk
    @jhosk 2 года назад +1

    Love this guy

  • @o.mendez1255
    @o.mendez1255 3 года назад

    Thank you for this series and for giving a platform for these practitioners to speak and give valuable information and words

  • @tbi1161
    @tbi1161 6 месяцев назад

    Nice interview, thank you.

  • @blancaartgallery
    @blancaartgallery 2 года назад

    I would love to make my plot a reference photo and real time permaculture design example. Or just my own would do. I have taken some very small steps, but 20 years later have not got much to show for it. Still, my next move is to attempt some - small at first - swales for mostly berry bushes and understory planting, on a small part of my place, which is all on the side of a hill, and includes my large veggie garden area. I have been wracking my brain about how to turn a terraced veggie patch into a swale system without taking away from the growing area, or at least not much. I am well aware that my very approach and understanding displayed here probably shows my inadequacies as a permaculture advocate, but I think if I pay attention and listen to the land - the slope, the way the water falls and runs, how it all responds to small things I do, then I can take it further, one step at a time. I would love to do a course and one day it may happen but in the meantime…

  • @matthewcain2880
    @matthewcain2880 4 года назад

    Love this, ty for posting❤️

  • @dinosaur0073
    @dinosaur0073 3 года назад

    Great interview...!!!

  • @Clazers
    @Clazers 5 лет назад +2

    I'm in Indonesia at the moment. I'm going to study with you or Geoff.

    • @VergePermaculture
      @VergePermaculture  5 лет назад

      Both are good options!

    • @Clazers
      @Clazers 5 лет назад +1

      @@VergePermaculture You are a top-notch lad. I've watched a lot of your stuff. Geoff is a legend, isn't he?

  • @sandponics
    @sandponics Год назад

    You might get it right one day.

  • @dinosaur0073
    @dinosaur0073 3 года назад

    During Gono hurricane we lost more than billions rial Omani & people for just under estimate the power of nature. Muscat was rebuild again with additional cost. If permacalture was a part of master plan of Govm. we could not lost those billions. Today I wish all Govm.s to keep Permaculture in their master plan to move harmony with nature. That is the only way forward to reduce the cost for any disaster may occur.

  • @xyzsame4081
    @xyzsame4081 3 года назад

    21:00 large conventional farmers _claiming_ to have interest in the unusual plants / biodiversity. - I am not buying it :) this is a face saving pretext. They could be upfront and say: we have to feed and you still have pasture at the end of a massive draught. Your property has still water reserves _just in case_ the fires come into our region - and we have nothing left to defend our property or to slow down the fire.
    WATER is a main responsibility for a farmer in Australia, the outsider bested them. That was a (likely run down) cattle farm not even 20 years ago. So how could someone that is not even from a farming background be such much better in their game.
    They can't openly show an interest in the earthworks (admitting he is the expert on water management) - but they can graciously show an interest in this quirky little biodiversity thing with the old varieties.
    Admitting interest in that does not reflect badly on their water mangement (or lack thereof), and if they are on the farm they still can have a good look at the swales and ponds.
    Likely it comes up as a "side issue".
    If Geoff is nice he gives them the tour and they can pretend to humour him when they receive the 101 on on a signature project - and they never have to explicitely ask for it. They are just polite "guests" letting the host show them around.

  • @AKTomtom
    @AKTomtom 4 года назад

    I "liked" this video, the interview is great, picture clarity is awesome. So, what's wrong? The mindless video editor. I did give you credit to your video, but what's bothering me, and what I have to do to put up with throughout this video? Can you guess? And most people will not complain & will let it go. If no one tells you what's wrong you'll never know. My hope is that you'll take me well & value me as a helpful friend not an enemy, the right way. Music volume to start and the ending is awesome, but the interview volume is unacceptably low, why? I had to crank it up to hear the speaker, after all, it was about the info, not the music. So, my volume was already on high toward the end, even though the music is good I got blasted with your music at the end of your video. The question is, do you want the audience to "like" your video &/or share it with others? Other than that all else is superb with me, thank you.

  • @stevebreedlove9760
    @stevebreedlove9760 3 года назад

    I can barely hear either of you...