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Episode 0002 Show Notes

Thomas J. Elpel is an author, natural builder, educator and conservationist. He has authored multiple books:

• Living Homes
• Foraging the Mountain West
• Botany in a Day
• Shanleya's Quest

Thomas has also published numerous other books about plant identification, wilderness survival, and sustainable living. He has multiple videos: Building a Slipform Stone House from the Bottom Up, How to Make a Grass Rope, Build Your own Masonry Fireplace - Masonry Heater - Masonry Stove, and many more. Thomas regularly teaches classes on plant identification, primitive skills and natural building. He is founder/director of Green University, LLC in Pony, Montana.

Wwoofer Woes and Gapper Solutions - WWOOFer challenges to overcome, for wwoofers and farmers.

• Wwoof.net
• Wwoof International
• Wwoof USA
• Wheaton Labs Gapper Program

Permies Permaculture Design Course and Appropriate Technology Course

Sunday, May 28th through Saturday June 10th, 2017 near Missoula, Montana

This PDC will have a strong focus on DESIGN. Students attending this PDC will probably walk away with four times more experience with designing than students attending other PDCs. Most PDCs give equal time to urban, homestead and broadacre designs. This PDC will cover all three, but urban and broadacre design will be minimized so a stronger focus can be put on homesteading.

• Tim Barker - 2017 PDC Instructor
• Paul Wheaton - 2017 PDC Instructor
• Thomas J. Elpel - 2017 PDC Guest Instructor
• Helen Atthowe - 2017 PDC Guest Instructor
• Ernie Wisner - 2017 PDC Guest Instructor
• Erica Wisner - 2017 PDC Guest Instructor
• Jacqueline Freeman - 2017 PDC Guest Instructor
• Davin Hoyt - 2017 PDC Guest Instructor

A question came in: In the scenario of having a commercially oriented permaculture system, where the main source of income is produce, what would be the minimum land surface for it to be financially viable?

Your Hosts

Paul

Paul WheatonPermies.comRichsoil.com

Paul Wheaton is the tyrannical dictator of Permies.com, the largest permaculture forum on the web. As a certified master gardener and permaculture designer, he’s built an empire around what he calls, ‘infecting brains with permaculture’. His forums are full of rich information, and there are a number of great free resources, guides, and articles that can be found on his sister site, Richsoil.com as well.

Josiah

Partner, Director of EducationPermaEthos

Josiah Wallingford is a permaculture instructor, Partner and Director of Education for PermaEthos, and Owner of Brink of Freedom.

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